TOP SONGS (Elston Brooks) IN THE USA FOR 1934*
No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month-Score 1 TEMPTATION-BING CROSBY & LENNIE HAYTON'S ORCHESTRA-FEBRUARY 1074 2 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU-HOWARD PHILLIPS,BEN SELVIN & HIS ORCHESTRA - October 994 3 DID YOU EVER SEE A DREAM WALKING?-MEYER DAVIS & HIS ORCHESTRA - January 936 4 WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A DAY MADE-BOB CROSBY & DORSEY BROTHERS - July 856 5 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE-GRACE MOORE - August 834 6 THE BEAT OF MY HEART-BEN POLLACK & HIS ORCHESTRA - April 802 7 LOST IN A FOG-RUDY VALLEE & HIS CONNECTICUT YANKEES - June 786 8 THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU-Ray Noble - June 740 9 TWO CIGARETTES IN THE DARK-George Bouler,Johnny Green & His Orchestra - September 696 10 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR-Bing Crosby - May 688 11 The Carioca-Enric Madriguera - March 674 12 Everything I Have Is Yours-George Olsen & His Orchestra - January 660 13 Let's Fall In Love-Eddy Duchin - March 654 14 Stars Fell On Alabama-Guy Lombardo - November 638 15 With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming-George Bueber,Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - August 636 16 Yesterdays-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - January 636 17 Love In Bloom-Bing Crosby & Irving Aaronson's Orchestra - August 632 18 Moonglow-Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - September 588 19 Wagon Wheels-Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - March 576 20 Thank You For A Lovely Evening-Neil Buckley,Don Bestor & His Orchestra - May 556 21 Love Is Just Around The Corner-Bing Crosby & Georgie Stoll Orchestra - July 544 22 Stay As Sweet As You Are-Jimmie Grier - December 538 23 All I Do Is Dream Of You-Jan Garber - June 510 24 Be Still,my Heart!-Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - June 506 25 Flying Down To Rio-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - January 484 26 The Continental (you Kiss While You're Dancing)-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - November 464 27 Champagne Waltz-Kenny Sargent,Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - May 454 28 The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams-Lee Bennett,Jan Garber & His Orchestra - March 448 29 Hands Across The Table-Lucienne Boyer - October 446 30 Out In The Cold Again-Kenny Sargent,Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - October 436 31 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town-Sonny Schuyler,George Hall & His Orchestra - December 424 32 Little Man,you've Had A Busy Day-Emil Coleman & His Orchestra - May 414 33 I'll String Along With You-Ted Fio Rito - April 398 34 You Oughta Be In Pictures-Little Jack Little - April 390 35 I Saw Stars-Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - August 358 36 You're The Top-Peggy Healy,John Hauser,Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - December 350 37 Cocktails For Two-Duke Ellington - June 350 38 Orchids In The Moonlight-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - March 334 39 The Moon Was Yellow (and The Night Was Young)-Bing Crosby & Georgie Stoll Orche - July 320 40 I'll Follow My Secret Heart-Al Bowlly,Ray Noble & His Orchestra - November 304 41 All Through The Night-Bob Lawrence,Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - December 304 42 You're A Builder Upper-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - September 286 43 My Old Flame-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - September 236 44 No! No! A Thousand Times No!-Sam Browne,Elsie Carlisle,Ambrose And His Orchestr - May 136 45 Pardon My Southern Accent-Irving Aaronson & His Commanders - May 92 46 True-Enric Madriguera & His Orchestra - April 88 *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.