TOP SONGS (Elston Brooks) IN THE USA FOR 1931*
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month-Score 1 SWEET AND LOVELY-GUS ARNHEIM & HIS COCONUT GROVE ORCHESTRA-SEPTEMBER 1076 2 SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY-LIBBY HOLMAN - January 1070 3 GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART-WAYNE KING - October 1046 4 DANCING IN THE DARK-FRED WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS - July 1040 5 ALL OF ME-PAUL WHITEMAN - December 940 6 BODY AND SOUL-PAUL WHITEMAN - January 922 7 I SURRENDER,DEAR-BING CROSBY,GUS ARNHEIM & HIS COCONUT GROVE ORCHESTRA - April 844 8 WHEN THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN-Kate Smith - August 842 9 LOVE FOR SALE-Libby Holman - March 780 10 LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND-Tom Brown,Ted Black & His Orchestra - August 756 11 Would You Like To Take A Walk?-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - February 756 12 Out Of Nowhere-Bing Crosby - May 748 13 You're My Everything-Arden Ohman Orchestra - December 716 14 Someday I'll Find You-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - March 696 15 Just One More Chance-Bing Crosby - July 690 16 When Your Lover Has Gone-Gene Austin,Leonard Jay & His Orchestra - June 642 17 I Found A Million Dollar Baby-Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - June 622 18 Home-Louis Armstrong - October 594 19 Dream A Little Dream Of Me-Wayne King - June 584 20 Heartaches-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - May 574 21 I'm Through With Love-Bing Crosby - July 560 22 You Try Somebody Else (we'll Be Back Together Again)-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Ca - May 526 23 Wabash Moon-Wayne King & His Orchestra - April 510 24 Bidin' My Time-Foursome - January 484 25 Them There Eyes-Bing Crosby,Rhythm Boys,Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra - January 480 26 Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - September 478 27 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone-Gene Austin,Leonard Jay & His Orchestra - May 466 28 Where The Blue Of The Night (meets The Gold Of The Day)-Bing Crosby - December 462 29 I Love A Parade-Arden Ohman Orchestra - April 396 30 You Call It Madness (but I Call It Love)-Russ Columbo - November 386 31 I Love Louisa-Fred Astaire,Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - August 382 32 Call Me Darling (call Me Sweetheart,call Me Dear)-Ben Selvin & Cavaliers - April 374 33 Little Girl-Harold Arlen - August 372 34 A Faded Summer Love-Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - November 364 35 Got A Date With An Angel-Debroy Somers Band - December 350 36 Mama Inez-Maurice Chevalier - March 340 37 She Didn't Say 'yes'-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - December 338 38 My Song-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - October 334 39 Wrap Your Troubles In My Dreams-Bing Crosby - May 330 40 Was That The Human Thing To Do-Bert Lown & His Orchestra - December 322 41 New Sun In The Sky-Fred Astaire,Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - July 308 42 Smile,darn Ya,smile-Joe & Don Mooney,Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - March 294 43 By The River St.marie-Guy Lombardo - May 240 44 Guilty-Ruth Etting - September 226 45 The Night Was Made For Love-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - November 184 46 That's Why Darkies Were Born-Kate Smith - October 180 47 The Thrill Is Gone-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - October 180 48 When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - August 138 49 River,stay Away From My Door-Ethel Waters - October 136 50 I Don't Know Why (i Just Do)-Ernie Burchill,Andy Hansen,Bill Enger,Wayne King & - September 130 *this list was compiled by Elston Brooks from his book "I?ve Heard Those Songs Before" by Morrow Quill paperbacks, New York (1981).The book only lists the song titles.I provided the artists by referring to Joel Whitburn's 1986 book-Pop Memories 1890-1954. I chose the recording act that had the most successful version of the song.