TOP SONGS (Elston Brooks) IN THE USA FOR 1930*

No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month-Score
  1 LITTLE WHITE LIES-FRED WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS-AUGUST 1220 
  2 THE PEANUT VENDOR-DON AZPIAZU - December 988 
  3 TIME ON MY HANDS (YOU IN MY ARMS)-SMITH BALLEW & HIS PIPING ROCK ORCHESTRA - July 982 
  4 EXACTLY LIKE YOU-RUTH ETTING - April 978 
  5 BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON-BOB BORGER,GEORGE OLSEN & HIS ORCHESTRA - September 884 
  6 FOR YOU-JOHN BLOES & LEROY SHIELD'S ORCHESTRA - October 862 
  7 BYE,BYE BLUES-BILTMORE RHYTHM BOYS,BERT LOWN & HIS ORCHESTRA - June 842 
  8 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - April 816 
  9 EMBRACEABLE YOU-Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - December 790 
 10 TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS-Nick Lucas - February 776 
 11 Happy Days Are Here Again-Benny Meroff & Dusty Rhodes - March 772 
 12 My Ideal-Maurice Chevalier - December 748 
 13 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes-Nat Shilkret & The Victor Young Orchestra - August 714 
 14 So Beats My Heart For You-Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchest - June 708 
 15 When You're Hair Has Turned To Silver-Frank Luther & Carson Robinson - May 668 
 16 Sing Something Simple-Jacques Renard & His Orchestra - November 650 
 17 Painting The Clouds With Sunshine-Nick Lucas - February 608 
 18 I Got Rhythm-Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - December 606 
 19 On The Sunny Side Of The Street-Ted Lewis & His Band - March 604 
 20 Should I?-Arden Ohman Orchestra - May 602 
 21 You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me-Bing Crosby,Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - May 594 
 22 A Little Kiss Each Morning (a Little Kiss Each Night)-Rudy Vallee & His Connecti - February 590 
 23 It Happened In Monterey-Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - May 564 
 24 Great Day-Paul Whiteman - January 538 
 25 The Stein Song (university Of Maine)-Rudy Vallee - July 510 
 26 The Waltz You Saved Me For-Wayne King & His Orchestra - March 484 
 27 Three Little Words-Duke Ellington - November 478 
 28 Cryin' For The Carolines-Will Morgan & Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians - August 476 
 29 A Cottage For Sale-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - May 444 
 30 Without A Song-Paul Whiteman - January 440 
 31 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Parker Gibbs,Ted Weems & His Orchestra - June 438 
 32 Moonlight On The Colorado-Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - September 436 
 33 You're Driving Me Crazy! (what Did I Do?)-Guy Lombardo - November 434 
 34 I Still Get A Thrill(thinking Of You)-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - November 406 
 35 I'll See You Again-Leo Reisman Orchestra - January 394 
 36 My Future Just Passed-High Hatters - July 392 
 37 You Do Something To Me-Leo Reisman & His Orchestra - January 392 
 38 Get Happy-Phil Dewey,Frank Luther,Leo O'Rourke,Nat Shilkret & The Victor Young O - July 350 
 39 Two Hearts In Waltz Time-Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra - October 344 
 40 Cheerful Little Earful-Tom Gerun & His Orchestra - November 342 
 41 Ten Cents A Dance-Ruth Etting - August 340 
 42 Confessin' (that I Love You)-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - September 334 
 43 Fine And Dandy-Arden Ohman Orchestra - October 330 
 44 Betty Co-ed-Bob Haring & His Orchestra - September 300 
 45 Blue Again-Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - December 286 
 46 Lady,play Your Mandolin-Nick Lucas - February 282 
 47 Strike Up The Band-Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - February 236 
 48 More Than You Know-Ruth Etting - February 232 
 49 Can This Be Love?-Arden Ohman Orchestra - October 226 
 50 Why Was I Born?-Helen Morgan - January 200 
 51 I'm Alone Because I Love You-Frank Luther - March 180 
 52 Dancing On The Ceiling-Jack Hylton & His Orchestra - April 178 
 53 If I Had A Talking Picture Of You-Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra - January 136 
 54 My Baby Just Cares For Me-Art Jarrett,Ted Weems & His Orchestra - May 100 
 55 Sunny Side Up-Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra - January 94 

*this list was compiled by Elston Brooks from his book "I?ve Heard Those Songs Before" 
by Morrow Quill paperbacks, New York (1981).The book only lists the song titles.I 
provided the artists by referring to Joel Whitburn's 1986 book-Pop Memories 1890-1954. 
I chose the recording act that had the most successful version of the song.