EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1936*

No. Song-Artist-Month
  1 WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN?-GUY LOMBARDO-OCTOBER 934 
  2 DID I REMEMBER?-CHARLES CHESTER & SHEP FIELDS-August 872 
  3 GOODY-GOODY-HELEN WARD & BENNY GOODMAN-March 840 
  4 A BEAUTIFUL LADY IN BLUE-JAN GARBER-March 824 
  5 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT-FRED ASTAIRE-November 806 
  6 IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE?-JIMMY DORSEY -June 800 
  7 IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE-FATS WALLER-July 792 
  8 ALONE-Cliff Weston & Tommy Dorsey-February 776 
  9 A MELODY FROM THE SKY-Jan Garber-May 748 
 10 LOST-Guy Lombardo-May 720 
 11 In The Chapel In The Moonlight-Shep Fields-December 706 
 12 Lights Out-Eddy Duchin-March 704 
 13 The Glory Of Love-Helen Ward & Benny Goodman-July 660 
 14 Organ Grinder's Swing-Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra-November 652 
 15 It's Been So Long-Benny Goodman-March 648 
 16 Robins And Roses-Bing Crosby-June 640 
 17 These Foolish Things-Helen Ward & Benny Goodman-July 640 
 18 I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs-Eddy Duchin-November 638 
 19 Would You?-Joe Sundy,Hanry King & His Orchestra-June 632 
 20 South Sea Island Magic-Bing Crosby-November 620 
 21 Until The Real Thing Comes Along-Andy Kirk-September 620 
 22 A Star Fell Out Of Heaven-Hal Kemp & His Orchestra-September 612 
 23 On The Beach At Bali Bali-Connee Boswell-August 600 
 24 Me And The Moon-Hal Kemp-October 588 
 25 Moon Over Miami-Lee Sherwood,Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra-February 580 
 26 I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket-Fred Astaire-April 548 
 27 You-Tommy Dorsey-May 540 
 28 A Fine Romance-Fred Astaire-October 536 
 29 You Turned The Tables On Me-Benny Goodman-November 536 
 30 When I'm With You-Hal Kemp-August 536 
 31 Take My Heart-Eddy Duchin-July 524 
 32 Rendezvous With A Dream-Johnny Green Orchestra-August 504 
 33 A Little Bit Independent-Fats Waller-January 486 
 34 Sing, Baby, Sing-Ruby Herman-November 476 
 35 You Started Me Dreaming-Joe Dixon & Tommy Dorsey-May 468 
 36 It's De-lovely-Eddy Duchin-December 466 
 37 All My Life-Fats Waller-June 456 
 38 Christopher Columbus-Andy Kirk-May 444 
 39 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter-Boswell Sisters-March 436 
 40 She Shall Have Music-Buudy Clark,Lud Gluskin & His Orchestra-June 432 
 41 You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes-Helen Ward & Benny Goodman-August 432 
 42 Bye Bye Baby-Fats Waller-September 428 
 43 No Regrets-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-August 408 
 44 There's A Small Hotel-Maxine Gray,Hal Kemp & His Orchestra-July 408 
 45 I Can't Escape From You-Bing Crosby & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra-September 408 
 46 I've Got You Under My Skin-Al Bowlly.Ray Noble & His Orchestra-December 404 
 47 Tormented-Stuart Allen,Richard Himber & Orchestra-May 392 
 48 The Touch Of Your Lips-Bing Crosby-May 392 
 49 I'm Shooting High-Jan Garber-February 360 
 50 I'm An Old Cowhand-Bing Crosby-September 356 
 51 Let Yourself Go-Fred Astaire-April 348 
 52 The Music Goes 'round And Around-Tommy Dorsey-January 346 
 53 Let's Face The Music And Dance-Fred Astaire-March 336 
 54 I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze-Lee Bennett & Jan Garber Orchestra-February 328 
 55 Wah-hoo!-Durell Alexander & Paul Whiteman-April 316 
 56 Dinner For One, Please, James-Al Bowlly,Ray Noble & His Orchestra-February 308 
 57 Please Believe Me-Wingy Manone-March 304 
 58 The Broken Record-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians-January 300 
 59 Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes-Tommy Dorsey-February 292 
 60 Empty Saddles-Bing Crosby-September 288 
 61 Who Loves You?-Billie Holiday & Ted Wilson Orchestra-November 284 
 62 Love Is Like A Cigarette-Ivie Anderson & Duke Ellington-May 276 
 63 Did You Mean It?-Kay Kyser Orchestra-December 242 
 64 Eeny Meeny Miney Mo-Benny Goodman-January 236 
 65 Let's Sing Again-Fats Waller-July 228 
 66 Knock, Knock Who's There?-Ted Weems Orchestra-September 228 
 67 There Is No Greater Love-Isham Jones-May 224 
 68 What's The Name Of That Song?-Paul Whiteman-April 224 
 69 With All My Heart-Hal Kemp & His Orchestra-February 204 
 70 Alone At A Table For Two-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians-March 200 
 71 Cling To Me-Stuart Allen & Richard Himber Orchestra-March 196 
 72 Every Minute Of The Hour-George Hall-April 192 
 73 I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown-Fred Astaire-February 192 
 74 You Do The Darndest Things, Baby-Guy Lombardo-November 188 
 75 Cross Patch-Fats Waller-July 188 
 76 When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South-Benny Goodman-October 180 
 77 Close To Me-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-November 176 
 78 Midnight Blue-Russ Morgan Orchestra-December 176 
 79 Where Am I?-Little Jack Little-January 160 
 80 One Night In Monte Carlo-Freddy Martin-January 160 
 81 Shoe Shine Boy-Count Basie-July 156 
 82 Stompin' At The Savoy-Benny Goodman Orchestra-July 156 
 83 Sing, Sing, Sing-Benny Goodman Orchestra-October 140 
 84 West Wind-Fats Waller-April 136 
 85 Here's Love In Your Eyes-Benny Goodman Orchestra-December 136 
 86 Us On A Bus-Fats Waller-May 112 
 87 Sing Me A Song (And Let Me Dance)-Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald-July 112 
 88 You're Not The Kind-Fats Waller-August 112 
 89 Twilight On The Trail-Max Fleischer-July 100 
 90 Exactly Like You-Benny Goodman-December 92 
 91 Lovely Lady-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-April 88 
 92 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra-December 80 
 93 Sing An Old Fashioned Song To A Young Sophisticated Lady-Fats Waller-April 68 
 94 I'm Talking Through My Heart-Shep Fields-December 64 
 95 A Little Rendezvous In Honolulu-Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey-March 60 
 96 Yours Truly Is Truly Yours-Benny Davis & Leo Reisman Orchestra-May 56 
 97 Swingtime In The Rockies-Benny Goodman-August 52 
 98 Until Today-Fletcher Henderson Orchestra-September 44 
 99 Ride, Red, Ride-Mills Blue Rhythm Band-March 44 
100 Thru The Courtesy Of Love-Ben Pollack & His Orchesra-October 44 
101 Spreadin' Rhythm Around-Billie Holiday-March 44 
102 If I Should Lose You-Stuart Allen,Richard Himber & His Orchestra-January 44 

*Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to
compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.