Here is a list of the top 24 songs of 1940;
01 – Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – In the Mood.
02 – Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra – There I Go.
03 – Mildred Bailey & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – Darn That Dream.
04 – Bing Crosby – Sierra Sue.
05 – Connee Boswell – On The Isle Of May
06 – Bob Eberly & Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra – The Breeze And I.
07 – Bonnie King & Bob Crosby & His Orchestra – Down Argentina Way.
08 – Artie Shaw & His Orchestra – Frenesi.
09 – Ray Eberle & Glenn Miller & His Orchestra -Blueberry Hill.
10 – The Ink Spots – Maybe.
11 – Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra -All The Things You Are.
12 – Bing Crosby – Only Forever.
13 – Ray McKinely & Bill Bradley & His Orchestra – Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar).
14 – The Andrews Sisters – Ferryboat Serenade (La Piccinina).
15 – Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra – Body And Soul.
16 – Lil Green – Romance In the Dark.
17 – Tony Martin – It’s A Blue World.
18 – The Ink Spots – We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me).
19 – Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – Pennsylvania 6-5000.
20 – Bing Crosby – Trade Winds.
21 – Mary Ann Mercer & Mithcell Ayres & His Fashions in Music – Make-Believe Island.
22 – Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra – I’ll Never Smile Again.
23 – Judy Garland – I’m Nobody’s Baby.
24 - Cliff Edwards, Backup Vocals by the Ken Darby Singers – When You Wish Upon A Star.
Here is Glenn Miller and his orchestra and their number one hit "In The Mood."
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