Top Artists of 1931 - Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

US & UK hit charts

1930 <-

1931

-> 1932

	Artist	Points	Songs
1.	Bing Crosby	3428	1931 • A Faded Summer Love • 174 pts 1931 • At Your Command • 370 pts 1931 • Dancing in the Dark • 269 pts 1931 • Good Night, Sweetheart • 230 pts 1931 • I Apologize • 269 pts 1931 • I Found a Million-Dollar Baby • 318 pts 1931 • I'm Through with Love • 269 pts 1931 • Just One More Chance • 370 pts 1931 • Many Happy Returns of the Day • 269 pts 1931 • Out of Nowhere • 370 pts 1931 • Star Dust • 230 pts 1931 • Sweet and Lovely • 161 pts 1931 • Were You Sincere? • 130 pts
2.	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians	2940	1931 • (There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time • 370 pts 1931 • Begging for Love • 253 pts 1931 • By the River St. Marie • 370 pts 1931 • Goodnight, Sweetheart • 369 pts 1931 • Heartaches • 130 pts 1931 • Now That You're Gone • 319 pts 1931 • Running Between the Rain-Drops • 100 pts 1931 • Sweet and Lovely • 319 pts 1931 • Whistling in the Dark • 269 pts 1931 • Without That Gal! • 269 pts 1931 • You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again) • 174 pts
3.	Ted Lewis & His Band	1994	1931 • An Ev'ning in Caroline • 319 pts 1931 • At Last I'm Happy • 130 pts 1931 • Dallas Blues • 191 pts 1931 • Egyptian Ella • 161 pts 1931 • Ho Hum! • 210 pts 1931 • I'm All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart • 190 pts 1931 • Just a Gigolo • 369 pts 1931 • Some Day, Sweetheart • 106 pts 04/1931 • Somebody Loves You • 319 pts
4.	Wayne King and His Orchestra	1805	1931 • Dream a Little Dream of Me • 371 pts 1931 • Good Night, Sweetheart • 373 pts 1931 • Goofus • 147 pts 1931 • Guilty • 136 pts 1931 • Hello, Beautiful • 106 pts 1931 • I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) • 318 pts 1931 • Star Dust • 100 pts 1931 • Wabash Moon • 253 pts
5.	Cab Calloway	1517	1931 • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • 113 pts 1931 • Kickin' the Gong Around • 253 pts 1931 • Minnie the Moocher • 369 pts 1931 • Nobody's Sweetheart • 123 pts 1931 • Six or Seven Times • 116 pts 1931 • St. James Infirmary • 269 pts 1931 • Tickeration • 174 pts 1931 • You Rascal, You • 100 pts
6.	Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees	1378	1931 • As Time Goes By • 113 pts 1931 • Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries • 269 pts 1931 • My Song • 147 pts 1931 • Tears • 130 pts 1931 • The Thrill is Gone • 147 pts 1931 • When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba • 319 pts 1931 • Would You Like to Take a Walk? • 253 pts
7.	Ruth Etting	1339	1931 • Good Night, Sweetheart • 100 pts 1931 • Guilty • 253 pts 1931 • I'm Good for Nothing but Love • 190 pts 1931 • Love is Like That • 230 pts 1931 • Now That You're Gone • 123 pts 1931 • Overnight • 96 pts 1931 • Reaching for the Moon • 210 pts 1931 • Were You Sincere? • 136 pts
8.	Ben Bernie & His Orchestra	1118	1931 • Just a Gigolo • 269 pts 1931 • Me • 136 pts 1931 • Ninety-Nine out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) • 123 pts 1931 • Sweet and Lovely • 130 pts 1931 • The King's Horses (And the King's Men) • 191 pts 1931 • To Whom It May Concern • 269 pts
9.	Boswell Sisters	1046	1931 • (With You On My Mind I Find) I Can't Write the Words • 86 pts 1931 • I Found a Million-Dollar Baby • 269 pts 1931 • It's the Girl • 161 pts 1931 • Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On • 190 pts 1931 • When I Take My Sugar to Tea • 210 pts 12/1931 • An Evening in Caroline • 130 pts
10.	Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians	978	1931 • Dancing in the Dark • 270 pts 1931 • Elizabeth • 93 pts 1931 • High and Low • 130 pts 1931 • I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store) • 369 pts 1931 • Love for Sale • 116 pts
11.	Russ Columbo	838	1931 • Good Night, Sweetheart • 269 pts 1931 • Guilty • 123 pts 1931 • Sweet and Lovely • 93 pts 1931 • Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) • 123 pts 1931 • You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) • 230 pts
12.	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	836	1931 • Just a Gigolo • 113 pts 1931 • Out of Nowhere • 210 pts 1931 • Time on My Hands • 210 pts 1931 • When the Moon Comes over the Mountain • 130 pts 1931 • Without That Gal! • 174 pts
13.	Bert Lown and His Orchestra	822	1931 • I Wanna Sing About You • 269 pts 1931 • Now You're in My Arms • 269 pts 1931 • Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone • 148 pts 1931 • You're the One I Care For • 136 pts
14.	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	693	1931 • A Faded Summer Love • 253 pts 1931 • Choo Choo • 106 pts 1931 • Cuban Love Song • 123 pts 1931 • When It's Sleepy Time Down South • 211 pts
15.	Red Nichols & His Five Pennies	660	1931 • Blue Again • 148 pts 1931 • Corrine Corrina • 96 pts 1931 • Fan It • 86 pts 1931 • The Peanut Vendor • 230 pts 1931 • You Rascal, You • 100 pts
16.	Ethel Waters	653	1931 • I Got Rhythm • 100 pts 1931 • River, Stay 'Way from My Door • 96 pts 1931 • Shine On, Harvest Moon • 161 pts 1931 • Three Little Words • 174 pts 1931 • You Can't Stop Me from Loving You • 123 pts
17.	The Mills Brothers	624	1931 • Tiger Rag • 371 pts 11/1931 • Nobody's Sweetheart • 253 pts
18.	Kate Smith	612	1931 • I Don't Know Why • 113 pts 1931 • That's Why Darkies Were Born • 130 pts 1931 • When the Moon Comes over the Mountain • 369 pts
19.	Abe Lyman and His Californians	610	1931 • Give Me Your Affection, Honey • 147 pts 1931 • In a Cafe on the Road to Calais • 123 pts 1931 • It Looks Like Love • 130 pts 1931 • Just One More Chance • 210 pts
20.	Jacques Renard and His Orchestra	599	1931 • As Time Goes By • 123 pts 1931 • Come to Me • 106 pts 1931 • Cuban Love Song • 190 pts 1931 • Dancing in the Dark • 86 pts 1931 • Who Am I? • 93 pts
21.	Nick Lucas	594	1931 • Lady, Play Your Mandolin • 230 pts 1931 • Walkin' My Baby Back Home • 174 pts 1931 • When the Moon Comes over the Mountain • 190 pts
22.	Smith Ballew & His Orchestra	553	1931 • Say a Little Prayer for Me • 113 pts 1931 • Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) • 210 pts 1931 • What Is It? • 100 pts 1931 • You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) • 130 pts
23.	Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra	546	1931 • Sweet and Lovely • 372 pts 1931 • Why Shouldn't I? • 174 pts
24.	Gene Austin	503	1931 • Lies • 86 pts 1931 • Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone • 269 pts 1931 • When Your Lover Has Gone • 147 pts
25.	Libby Holman	346	1931 • I'm One of God's Children • 116 pts 1931 • Love for Sale • 230 pts
26.	Louis Armstrong	343	1931 • I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You • 123 pts 1931 • Peanut Vendor • 113 pts 1931 • Star Dust • 106 pts
27.	High Hatters	323	1931 • Come to Me • 113 pts 1931 • There Ought to be a Moonlight Saving Time • 210 pts
28.	Clyde McCoy & His Orchestra	320	1931 • Sugar Blues • 320 pts
29.	Peter van Steeden & His Orchestra	319	12/1931 • Home • 319 pts
30.	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra	319	1931 • (There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time • 319 pts
31.	Arden-Ohman Orchestra	295	1931 • Ooh! That Kiss • 147 pts 1931 • You're My Everything • 148 pts
32.	Ted Weems and His Orchestra	290	1931 • I Love to Hear a Military Band • 116 pts 1931 • Walkin' My Baby Back Home • 174 pts
33.	Bing Crosby, the Boswell Sisters and the Mills Brothers	270	1931 • Gems from George White's Scandals • 270 pts
34.	Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra	257	1931 • On the Beach with You • 96 pts 1931 • Truly (I Love You) • 160 pts
35.	Frank Luther & Carson Robison	253	1931 • When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver • 253 pts
36.	Joe Venuti & His Orchestra	253	1931 • Little Girl • 253 pts
37.	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	231	1931 • Lady of Spain • 231 pts
38.	The Charleston Chasers	230	1931 • Basin Street Blues • 117 pts 1931 • Walkin' My Baby Back Home • 113 pts
39.	The California Ramblers	230	1931 • The Peanut Vendor • 230 pts
40.	Jack Denny & His Orchestra	230	1931 • Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) • 230 pts
41.	Maurice Chevalier	226	1931 • Mama Inez • 96 pts 1931 • My Ideal • 130 pts
42.	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra	213	1931 • Casa Loma Stomp • 113 pts 1931 • Do the New York • 100 pts
43.	Ted Black & His Orchestra	210	1931 • Love Letters in the Sand • 210 pts
44.	Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra	209	1931 • I Surrender, Dear • 96 pts 1931 • Imagine • 113 pts
45.	Henry Busse & His Orchestra	190	1931 • I'm Through with Love • 190 pts
46.	Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys	174	1931 • I'm an Unemployed Sweetheart (Looking for Somebody to Love) • 174 pts
47.	Isham Jones & His Orchestra	174	1931 • Lonesome Lover • 174 pts
48.	Benny Krueger and His Orchestra	174	1931 • I Don't Know Why • 174 pts
49.	The Foursome	161	1931 • Bidin' My Time • 161 pts
50.	Frank Luther	161	1931 • I'm Alone Because I Love You • 161 pts