1940 in Music - Top Hit Records

Top Hit Records

• "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" – Glenn Miller
• "The Breeze and I" – Jimmy Dorsey
• "Careless" – Glenn Miller
• "Darn That Dream" – Benny Goodman
• "Do You Care?" – Bob Crosby with Johnny Desmond
• "Ferryboat Serenade" – The Andrews Sisters
• "Fools Rush In" – Glenn Miller
• "Frenesi" – Artie Shaw
• "I'll Never Smile Again" – Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
• "I'm Nobody's Baby – Benny Goodman
• "It's the Same Old Shillelagh" – Billy Murray With Harry's Tavern Band
• "Imagination" – Glenn Miller
• "Indian Summer" – Tommy Dorsey
• "In the Mood" – Glenn Miller
• "It's A Blue World" – Glenn Miller
• "Make Believe Island" – Mitchell Ayres
• "Maybe" – Bing Crosby
• "Maybe" – The Ink Spots
• "New San Antonio Rose" – Bob Wills
• "Only Forever" – Bing Crosby
• "Playmates", recorded by
  • Kay Kyser and his orchestra (vocals: Sully Mason & His Playmates)
  • Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions In Music (vocals: Mary Ann Mercer & Tommy Taylor)
  • Hal Kemp and The Smoothies.
• "Practice Makes Perfect" – Billie Holiday
• "Say It" – Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
• "Sierra Sue" – Bing Crosby
• "The Starlit Hour" – Ella Fitzgerald
• "Trade Winds" – Bing Crosby
• "Tuxedo Junction" – Glenn Miller
• "With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair" – Stan Kenton
• "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" – The Ink Spots
• "We Three" – The Ink Spots
• "When You Wish Upon a Star", recorded by
  • Cliff Edwards
  • Glenn Miller
• "Where Was I? – Charlie Barnet
• "The Woodpecker Song", recorded by
  • Glenn Miller
  • Kate Smith
  • The Andrews Sisters
• "You Are My Sunshine" – Jimmie Davis
• "You Forgot About Me" – Bob Crosby with Johnny Desmond