Sunday, February 5, 2012

Top 10 Songs on this day, 1938

According to Mr. Chuck Cecil's The Swinging Years

FDR was the White House, Hitler was Fuhrer of Germany, Spain was racked by civil war, and Japan was waging an undeclared war on China. "Our Town" opened on Broadway. Ella Fitzgerald was the girl singer for the Chick Webb Orchestra. Dick Tracy premiered on the radio.

10. "Whistle While You Work" by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Candians

 9. "The Dipsy Doodle" by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Edith Wright

 8. "Thanks for the Memory" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra with (the liltin') Martha Tilton.
 
 7. "True Confessions" by Mal Hallett and his Orchestra with Jerry Perkins

 6. "Goodnight Angel" by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra with Bob Allan

  5. "I Double Dare You" by  Russ Morgan and his Orchestra with Beatrice Parks

  4. "There's a Gold Mine in the Sky" by Bing Crosby with organist Eddie Dunstetter

  3. "You're a Sweetheart" by Tommy Dorsey and his Clambake 7 with Edith Wright

  2. "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" by the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and his Orchestra


And the number 1 song on this day, 1938 was
"Rosalie" by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra

It was a fairly new Cole Porter tune made famous by the movie of the same name starring tap dancing queen Eleanor Powell and tenor Nelson Eddy. I couldn't find a version of Sammy Kaye's arrangement on line, but here is the song as song and danced in the film.


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