Song
Artist
Lyricist
Recording Date
Weeks in
#1 spot
3/21/31
 By The River Sainte Marie
Guy Lombardo
Edgar Leslie
3
7/4/31
 I Found A Million Dollar Baby
Fred Waring
Mort Dixon
3
3/5/32
 Too Many Tears
Guy Lombardo
Al Dubin
2
3/4/33
 You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Bing Crosby
Al Dubin
4
4/1/33
 Forty Second Street
Don Bestor
Al Dubin
3
7/5/33
 Shadow Waltz
Bing Crosby
Al Dubin
2
6/9/34
 I'll String Along With You
Ted Fiorito
Al Dubin
5
5/4/35
 Lullaby Of Broadway
Dorsey Bros Orch.
Al Dubin
2
6/22/35
 She's A Latin From Manhattan
Victor Young
Al Dubin
4
12/5/36
 I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs
Eddy Duchin
Al Dubin
1
1/16/37
 With Plenty Of Money And You
Henry Busse
Al Dubin
1
6/5/37
 September In The Rain
Guy Lombardo
Al Dubin
4
11/6/37
 Remember Me?
Bing Crosby
Al Dubin
3
12/3/38
 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
Bing Crosby
Johnny Mercer
2
1/14/39
 Jeepers Creepers
Al Donahue
Johnny Mercer
5
11/29/41
 Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Glenn Miller
Mack Gordon
9
10/24/42
 I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
Glenn Miller
Mack Gordon
8
2/13/43
 I Had The Craziest Dream
Harry James
Mack Gordon
2
7/24/43
 You'll Never Know
Dick Haymes
Mack Gordon
7
1/29/44
 My Heart Tells Me
Glen Gray
Mack Gordon
5
7/14/45
 Atchison, Topeka, And The Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
8

 

The World's First Gold Record

The World's First "Gold Record" (actually pressed onto a gold disc) was presented to Glenn Miller by RCA Records in 1941, after his recording of Harry's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" sold 1.2 million records.

Glenn Miller's recordings of "At Last", "I Know Why, (and so do you)"," I Wish I Knew", "Devil May Care", "Serenade in Blue", "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", and "People like You and Me" --all composed by Harry-- helped considerably in catapulting Miller's band to the top of the "Big Bands" of the forties.