PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1940*
https://playback.fm/year/1940 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 IN THE MOOD-GLENN MILLER-FEBRUARY 2 FRENESI-ARTIE SHAW-Decemver 3 I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN-TOMMY DORSEY,FRANK SINATRA & THE PIED PIPERS-August 4 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR-CLIFF EDWARDS (UKELE IKE)-April 5 ONLY FOREVER-BING CROSBY-October 6 WE THREE (MY ECHO,MY SHADOW & ME)-INK SPOTS-November 7 THE WOODPECKER SONG-GLENN MILLER-May 8 THE BREEZE AND I-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly-July 9 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR-Glenn Miller-April 10 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE-Jimmie Davis-May 11 New San Antonio Rose-Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys-April 12 Tuxedo Junction-Glenn Miller-July 13 When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano-Ink Spots-August 14 Blueberry Hill-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-September 15 Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)-Ink Spots-October 16 Maybe-Ink Spots-October 17 Trade Winds-Bing Crosby-November 18 Pennsylvania 6-5000-Glenn Miller-July 19 All The Things You Are-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-January 20 Ferryboat Serenade-Andrews Sisters-December 21 Sierra Sue-Bing Crosby-September 22 Imagination-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-July 23 Where Was I?-Charlie Barnett & Mary Ann McCall-June 24 I'm Nobody's Baby-Judy Garland-September 25 Down Argentina Way-Bob Crosby & Bonnie King-December 26 The Woodpecker Song-Kate Smith-May 27 Down Argentina Way-Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-December 28 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)-Ray Eberle-Glenn Miller-August 29 There I Go-Vaughn Monroe-December 30 Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)-Will Bradley & Ray McKinley-November 31 Make Believe Island-Mitchell Ayers & Mary Ann Mercer-June 32 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)-Joe Loss Orchestra-January 33 Blue Orchid-Joe Loss-May 34 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)-Carson Robison-January 35 Dama das Camelias-Francisco Alves-July 36 The Spitfire Song-Joe Loss-December 37 Till The Lights Of London Shine Again-Joe Loss & Chick Henderson-August 38 Beer Barrel Polka (Roll out the Barrel)-Joe Loss Orchestra-April 39 Careless-Glenn Miller-March 40 Our Love Affair-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-November 41 Ko Ko-Duke Ellington-June 42 Stardust On The Moon-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-January 43 Mule Skinner Blues-Bill Monroe-July 44 Fixing To Die Blues-Bukka White-July 45 It's A Blue World-Tony Martin & Ray Sinatra Orchestra-March 46 Pompton Turnpike-Charlie Barnett-November 47 We Three (My Echo,My Shadow & Me)-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-December 48 When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano-Glenn Miller-August 49 Stardust-Tommy Dorsey,Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers-December 50 Special Stream Line-Bukka White-July 51 Suplica-Orlando Silva-July 52 A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-December 53 Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat-Will Bradley & Ray McKinley-December 54 Five O'Clock Whistle-Ella Fitzgerald-December 55 L'accordeoniste-Edith Piaf-July 56 Dolemite-Erskine Hawkins-September 57 Java Jive-The Ink Spots-December 58 Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)-Dick Robertson & His Orchestra-March 59 Say 'si Si' (Para Vigo Me Voy)-Andrews Sisters-July 60 Imagination-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-July 61 Playmates-Kay Kyser & Sully Mason Trio-July 62 Down The Road Apiece-Will Bradley-December 63 I'm Nobody's Baby-Nat Gonella-December 64 O Samba da Minha Terra-Bando da Lua-July 65 Celery Stalks At Midnight-Will Bradley-December 66 Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)-The Andrews Sisters-November 67 Oh! Seu Oscar-Cyro Monteiro-July 68 Were You There?-Roland Hayes-July 69 Seven Come Eleven-Benny Goodman-July 70 Dream Valley-Sammy Kaye & Tommy Ryan-November 71 Practice Makes Perfect-Bob Chester & Al Stuart-November 72 Tom Dooley-Frank Proffitt-July 73 Sweet Lorraine-Art Tatum-July 74 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga-Jimmy Dorsey & Helen O'Connell-August 75 I'd Know You Anywhere-Glenn Miller-December 76 Upa! Upa! (Meu Trolinho)-Dircinha Batista-July 77 On The Isle Of May-Connee Boswell-March 78 The Nearness Of You-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-August 79 There I Go-Will Bradley & Jimmy Valentine-December 80 Passarinho do Relogio (Cuco)-Aracy de Almeida-July *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).