TOP SONGS (Elston Brooks) IN THE USA FOR 1932*
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month-Score 1 PARADISE-LEO REISMAN-JANUARY 1218 2 IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN-TED LEWIS & HIS BAND-May 1216 3 SAY IT ISN'T SO-PAUL SMALL,GEORGE OLSEN & HIS ORCHESTRA - September 1054 4 JUST AN ECHO IN THE VALLEY-BING CROSBY - September 1046 5 LULLABY OF THE LEAVES-GEORGE OLSEN & HIS ORCHESTRA - May 1018 6 JUST A LITTLE STREET WHERE OLD FRIENDS MEET-FRANK HAZZARD,ISHAM JONES & HIS ORC - July 972 7 (I DON'T STAND) A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU-BING CROSBY - April 932 8 PLEASE-Bing Crosby & Anson Weeks Orchestra - November 912 9 SOFT LIGHTS AND SWEET MUSIC-Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - April 910 10 MY SILENT LOVE-Ruby Newman & His Orchestra - February 910 11 How Deep Is The Ocean? (how High Is The Sky?)-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadian - July 878 12 The Song Is You-Paul Small,Jack Denny & His Orchestra - December 878 13 Love Is Sweeping The Country-Larry Bradford Orchestra - January 834 14 I've Told Ev'ry Little Star-Paul Small,Jack Denny & His Orchestra - December 824 15 Of Thee I Sing-Ben Selvin & Knickerbockers - January 820 16 Star Dust-Isham Jones - January 768 17 Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee-Chick Bullock,Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - April 748 18 Let's Put Out The Lights-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - September 726 19 Just Friends-Russ Columbo - March 700 20 Alone Together-Frank Kuther,Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - October 686 21 Masquerade-Dick Robertson,Ted Black & His Orchestra - June 678 22 Here Lies Love-Bing Crosby - October 676 23 Brother,can You Spare A Dime?-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - November 660 24 Underneath The Harlem Moon-Joe Rines & His Orchestra - November 640 25 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye-Guy Lombardo - July 620 26 It Was So Beautiful-Harry Richman - July 612 27 Speak To Me Of Love (parlez-moi D'amour)-Lucienne Boyer - May 592 28 (when It's) Darkness On The Delta-Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra - September 546 29 You're An Old Smoothie-Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - December 536 30 Sweethearts Forever-Gordon Graham,Wayne King & His Orchestra - May 508 31 Willow Weep For Me-Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra - November 476 32 Drums In My Heart-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - March 456 33 Cuban Love Song-Jacques Renard & His Orchestra - January 424 34 Louisiana Hayride-Arthur Schwartz,Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - October 416 35 Now's The Time To Fall In Love-Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - January 400 36 Mimi-Maurice Chevalier - September 334 37 Who Cares?-Al Jolson - February 302 38 Three On A Match-Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - May 282 39 Play,fiddle,play-Dave Marshall,George Olsen & His Orchestra - October 266 40 Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing-Ben Bernie & His Orchestra - February 230 41 Three's A Crowd-Tom Gerun - September 194 42 Strange Interlude-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - July 134 *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.