AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CHARTS – COMPILED BY NOSTALGIA RADIO As played on Australian radio stations TOP 60 SONGS 1930-1939 TOP 60 SONGS 1940-1949 1: Cheek to cheek - Fred Astaire 1: White Christmas - Bing Crosby 2: Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby 2: In the mood - Glenn Miller 3: In a shanty in old Shanty town - Ted Lewis 3: Woodpecker song - Kate Smith 4: Stein song - Rudy Vallee 4: Anniversary song - Al Jolson 5: A-tisket, a-tasket - Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots 5: A nightingale sang in Berkley Square - Vera Lynn 6: Night and day - Fred Astaire 6: I don’t want to walk without you - Kate Smith 7: Pennies from Heaven - Bing Crosby 7: Near you - Francis Craig 8: Last roundup - George Olsen 8: Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore 9: Deep purple - Larry Clinton 9: Blue orchids - Joe Loss 10: Stormy weather - Leo Reisman 10: Till the lights of London shine again - Joe Loss 11: Scatterbrain - Frankie Masters 11: White cliffs of Dover - Jean Cerchi 12: My reverie - Larry Clinton 12: You’ll never know - Vera Lynn 13: Dancing with tears in my eyes - Nat Shilkret 13: Don’t fence me in - Bing Crosby a/t Andrews Sisters 14: Little white lies - Fred Waring a/h Pennsylvanians 14: On a slow Boat to China - Kay Kyser 15: Body and soul - Paul Whiteman 15: RamBling rose - Perry Como 16: Sweet and lovely - Gus Arnheim 16: Far away places - Bing Crosby 17: Please - Bing Crosby 17: Riders in the sky - Vaughn Monroe 18: Smoke gets in your eyes - Paul Whiteman 18: South of the border - Joe Loss 19: Love in bloom - Bing Crosby 19: It’s a great day for the Irish - Judy Garland 20: Isle of Capri - Ray Noble 20: I don’t want to set the world on fire - Horace Heidt 21: Once in a while - Tommy Dorsey 21: Deep in the heart of Texas - Gene Autry 22: Over the rainBow - Judy Garland 22: Sunday, Monday, or always - Frank Sinatra 23: June in January - Bing Crosby 23: Amor, amor - Bing Crosby 24: The peanut vendor - Don Azpiazu 24: It could happen to you - Bing Crosby 25: Alone - Tommy Dorsey 25: Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters 26: Goody goody - Benny Goodman 26: A friend of yours - Bing Crosby 27: Glory of love - Benny Goodman 27: On the Atcheson, Topeka, a/t Santa Fe - Bing Crosby 28: Way you look tonight - Fred Astaire 28: Symphony - Bing Crosby 29: Dipsy doodle - Tommy Dorsey 29: Prisoner of love - Ink Spots 30: Ti-pi-pin - Hoarce Heidt 30: They say it’s wonderful - Bing Crosby 31: Music maestro please - Tommy Dorsey 31: Pussy cat song - Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby 32: Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw 32: It’s a Big wide wonderful world - Buddy Clark 33: South of the border - Shep Fields 33: When you were sweet sixteen - Al Jolson 34: And the angels sing - Benny Goodman 34: I’m looking over a four leaf clover - George Trevare 35: Jeepers creepers - Al Donohue 35: Chi- baba, chi-baba - Perry Como 36: Don’t Be that way - Benny Goodman 36: Mamselle - Frank Sinatra 37: Bei mir Bist du schoen - Andrews Sisters 37: Five minutes more - Frank Sinatra 38: It looks like rain - Guy Lombardo 38: To each his own - Ink Spots 39: Boo hoo - Guy Lombardo 39: Laughing on the outside - Sammy Kaye 40: A fine romance - Fred Astaire 40: I’m Beginning to see the light - Ella Fitzgerald 41: Music goes round and round - Tommy Dorsey 41: My dreams are getting Better all the time - Organ 42: The very thought of you - Ray Noble 42: Lilli Marlene - Geraldo 43: I’ll string along with you - Ted Fio Rito 43: No other love - Joe Loss 44: Cocktails for two - Duke Ellington 44: Happy in love - Dinah Shore 45: Little Dutch mill - Bing Crosby 45: Bless them all - George Formby 46: Let’s fall in love - Eddy Duchin 46: Down Argentina way - Shep Fields 47: Love is the sweetest thing - Ray Noble 47: FerryBoat serenade - The Tic-Toc Rhythm 48: We couldn’t just say goodBye - Guy Lombardo 48: Serenade of the bells - Sammy Kaye 49: Stairway to the stars - Glenn Miller 49: I had the craziest dream - Vera Lynn 50: Beer Barrel polka - Will Glahe 50: Powder your face with sunshine - Evelyn Knight 51: Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway 51: This land is your land - Woody Guthrie 52: Summertime - Sidney Bechet 52: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters 53: Back in the saddle again - Gene Autry 53: You are my sunshine - Jimmie Davis 54: Puttin’ on the Ritz - Harry Richman 54: Take the ‘A’ train - Duke Ellington 55: On the good ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple 55: Stormy weather - Lena Horne 56: WaBash CannonBall - Roy Acuff 56: Rudolph the red nosed reindeer - Gene Autry 57: Alexander’s ragtime Band - Boswell Sisters 57: ‘Round midnight - Thelonius Monk 58: Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly 58: When you wish upon a star - Cliff Edwards 59: Thanks for the memory - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross 59: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Johnny Mercer 60: Brother can you spare a dime? - Rudy Vallee 60: Sentimental journey - Les Brown and his orchestra From the book “Australian Radio History ” by Bruce Carty Ph.D. - ([email protected]) .