PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1939*
https://playback.fm/year/1939 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 OVER THE RAINBOW-JUDY GARLAND-OCTOBER 2 MOONLIGHT SERENADE-GLENN MILLER-October 3 GOD BLESS AMERICA-KATE SMITH-August 4 STRANGE FRUIT-BILLIE HOLIDAY-July 5 BODY AND SOUL-COLEMAN HAWKINS-December 6 IF I DIDN'T CARE-THE INK SPOTS-June 7 DEEP PURPLE-BESS WAIN & LARRY CLINTON-March 8 AND THE ANGELS SING-Martha Tilton-May 9 BEER BARREL POLKA (ROLL OUT THE BARREL)-Will Glahe & His Orchestra-July 10 SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY)-Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-November 11 Three Little Fishies-Kay Kyser-May 12 Tea For Two-Art Tatum-August 13 Back in the Saddle Again-Gene Autry-December 14 At The Woodchopper's Ball-Woody Herman-December 15 Blue Orchids-Ray Eberle & Glenn Miller-November 16 O Que & Que a Baiana Tem?-Carmen Miranda & Dorival Caymmi-July 17 Beer Barrel Polka (Roll out the Barrel)-Andrews Sisters-December 18 When The Saints Go Marching In-Louis Armstrong-April 19 Heaven Can Wait-Clyde Burke & Glen Gray-April 20 Cherokee-Charlie Barnet-October 21 Our Love-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-April 22 Wishing (Will Make It So)-Glenn Miller-June 23 Your Feet's Too Big-Fats Waller-December 24 Sunrise Serenade-Glen Gray Orchestra-August 25 Stairway To The Stars-Glenn Miller-July 26 Says My Heart-Mildred Bailey & Red Norvo-July 27 Little Brown Jug-Glenn Miller-July 28 Scatter-Brain-Frankie Masters & His Orchestra-December 29 Over The Rainbow-Ray Eberle & Glenn Miller-October 30 Lied Eines Jungen Wachtposten (Lili Marlen)-Lale Andersen-July 31 Penny Serenade-Guy Lombardo-March 32 I Miss You So-The Cats & The Fiddle-July 33 Lester Leaps In-Count Basie-July 34 Darn That Dream-Benny Goodman Orchestra & Mildred Bailey-December 35 Sunrise Serenade-Glenn Miller-August 36 My Prayer-Ink Spots-December 37 Address Unknown-The Ink Spots-November 38 The Lion Sleeps Tonight-Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds-July 39 We'll Meet Again-Vera Lynn-December 40 Hold Tight,Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood,Mama)-Andrews Sisters-April 41 Faithful Forever-Ray Eberle & Glenn Miller-December 42 An Apple For Teacher-Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell-October 43 What's New?-Bing Crosby-November 44 Moon Love-Glenn Miller-August 45 I Poured My Heart Into A Song-Tony Pastor & Artie Shaw-August 46 All The Things You Are-Frankie Masters & His Orchestra-December 47 Two Sleepy People-Bob Hope & Shirley Ross-January 48 Penny Serenade-Sammy Kaye-March 49 I Don't Know-Cripple Clarence Lofton-July 50 A Jardineira-Orlando Silva-July 51 Day-In Day-Out-Bob Crosby & his Orchestra-October 52 Man With The Mandolin-Marion Hutton & Glenn Miller-October 53 Thanks For Everything-Artie Shaw & Helen Forrest-January 54 Indian Summer-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-December 55 My Country 'tis Of Thee-Marian Anderson-July 56 Careless-Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra-December 57 The Lamp Is Low-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-August 58 Frenesi-Juan Daniel-December 59 I Thought About You-Mildred Bailey-December 60 No Rancho Fundo-Silvio Caldas-July *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).