PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1938*

https://playback.fm/year/1938

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
 1 BEGIN THE BEGUINE-ARTIE SHAW-OCTOBER
 2 BEI MIR BIST DU SCHOEN-ANDREWS SISTERS-February
 3 A TISKET A TASKET-ELLA FITZGERALD & CHICK WEBB-September
 4 THANKS FOR THE MEMORY-BOB HOPE & SHIRLEY ROSS-January
 5 WABASH CANNONBALL-ROY ACUFF-December	
 6 CHANGE PARTNERS-FRED ASTAIRE-October
 7 DON'T BE THAT WAY-BENNY GOODMAN-June 
 8 I CAN'T GET STARTED-Bunny Berigan-July
 9 I'VE GOT A POCKETFUL OF DREAMS-Bing Crosby-October
10 YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY-Bing Crosby-December
11 Heart And Soul-Larry Clinton-November
12 Alexander's Ragtime Band-Bing Crosby & Connee Boswel-October
13 Music, Maestro, Please-Edythe Wright & Tommy Dorsey-July
14 Whistle While You Work-Seven Dwarfs-March	
15 My Reverie-Larry Clinton-November 
16 Nice Work If You Can Get It-Fred Astaire-January
17 Jeepers Creepers-Paula Kelly & Al Donohue-December 
18 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart-Duke Ellington-July 
19 Alexander's Ragtime Band-The Boswell Sisters-October
20 They Say-Artie Shaw & Helen Forrest-December
21 Summertime-Sidney Bechet-July	
22 My Heart Belongs To Daddy-Mary Martin-December	
23 Cathedral In The Pines-Jerry Steward & Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-June
24 Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey-November	
25 Cry,Baby,Cry-Larry Clinton-June
26 Lula Mae-Tampa Red-July	
27 Two Sleepy People-Fats Waller-December
28 Jumpin' At The Woodside-Count Basie-December	
29 Goin' Down in Galilee-Kokomo-July	
30 Je Chante-Charles Trenet-July	
31 Pastorinhas-Silvio Caldas-July	
32 Short'nin' Bread-The Andrews Sisters-April
33 You Go To My Head-Larry Clinton-September
34 Ti-Pi-Tin-Lysbeth Hughes & Horace Heidt-April
35 The Umbrella Man-Ginny Simms,Harry Babbitt & Kay Kyser-February
36 September Song-Walter Huston-December
37 I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams-Russ Morgan-October	
38 Any Old Time-Artie Shaw-July	
39 Now It Can Be Told-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey-August
40 Mexicali Rose-Bing Crosby-December
41 I Don't Do Things Like That-Tommy Trinder-July	
42 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen-Louis Armstrong-July	
43 Ti-Pi-Tin-Guy Lombardo-April
44 My Own-Edythe Wright & Tommy Dorsey-November
45 So Help Me-Mildred Bailey-November
46 Love Walked In-Kenny Baker-May
47 I'm Gonna Lock My Heart-Billie Holiday=September
48 Deep Purple-Jimmy Dorsey-December
49 Camisa Listada-Carmen Miranda-July	
50 Always And Always-Bea Wain & Larry Clinton Orchestra-April
51 Change Partners-Jimmy Dorsey-October	
52 Love Walked In-Tommy Ryan & Sammy Kaye Orchestra-May
53 Adagio For Strings-Arturo Toscanini-July	
54 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart-Martha Tilton-July
55 Fascinating Rhythm-Sol Hoopii-April
56 Please Be Kind-Mildred Bailey & Red Norvo-May
57 I Won't Tell A Soul (I Love You)-Pha Terrell & Andy Kirk-December 
58 You're A Sweetheart-Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol-January 
59 Whistle While You Work-Bob Goday & Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-March	
60 Alexander's Ragtime Band-Ray Noble-October

*This list was compiled with charts from various 
western industrialized  nations (primarily the USA and UK).