Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Nick Lucas | "Tip Toe Through the Tulips"[3] | Brunswick 4418 | May 9, 1929 (1929-5-9) | September 1929 (1929-9) | US BB 1929 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks |
2 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | Honey"[4] | Victor 21869 | February 7, 1929 (1929-2-7) | March 1929 (1929-3) | US BB 1929 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 15 total weeks |
3 | Gene Austin | Carolina Moon"[5] | Victor 21833 | December 10, 1928 (1928-12-10) | February 1929 (1929-2) | US BB 1929 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks |
4 | Al Jolson | "Little Pal"[6] | Brunswick 4400 | April 7, 1929 (1929-4-7) | July 1929 (1929-7) | US BB 1929 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks |
5 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "The Wedding of the Painted Doll"[7] | Columbia 1780 | March 11, 1929 (1929-3-11) | May 1929 (1929-5) | US BB 1929 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks |
6 | Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring Orchestra) | "Pagan Love Song"[8] | Brunswick 4321 | March 29, 1929 (1929-3-29) | June 1929 (1929-6) | US BB 1929 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks |
7 | Cliff Edwards | "Singin' In The Rain"[9] | Columbia 1869 | May 28, 1929 (1929-5-28) | July 1929 (1929-7) | US BB 1929 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
8 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "Sweethearts On Parade"[10] | Columbia 1628 | November 10, 1928 (1928-11-10) | December 1928 (1928-12) | US BB 1929 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
9 | Ethel Waters | "Am I Blue?"[11] | Columbia 1837 | May 14, 1929 (1929-5-14) | June 1929 (1929-6) | US BB 1929 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007 |
10 | George Olsen and His Music | "A Precious Little Thing Called Love"[12] | Victor 21832 | October 3, 1928 (1928-10-3) | March 1929 (1929-3) | US BB 1929 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
11 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Great Day"[13] | Columbia 2023 | October 9, 1929 (1929-10-9) | December 1929 (1929-12) | US BB 1929 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks |
12 | Nick Lucas | "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"[14] | Brunswick 4418 | May 9, 1929 (1929-5-9) | September 1929 (1929-9) | US BB 1929 #12, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks |
13 | Ted Weems and His Orchestra | "Piccolo Pete"[15] | Victor 22037 | June 28, 1929 (1929-6-28) | September 1929 (1929-9) | US BB 1929 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 15 total weeks |
14 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Weary River"[16] | Victor 21868 | February 6, 1929 (1929-2-6) | April 1, 1929 (1929-4-1) | US BB 1929 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks |
15 | Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (vocalBurt Lorin aka Scrappy Lambert) | "You Were Meant for Me"[17] | Victor 21886 | February 15, 1929 (1929-2-15) | April 1929 (1929-4) | US BB 1929 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks |
16 | Helen Kane | "I Wanna Be Loved by You"[18] | Victor 21684 | September 20, 1928 (1928-9-20) | December 1928 (1928-12) | US BB 1928 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
17 | Ruth Etting | "Love Me or Leave Me"[19] | Columbia 1680 | December 17, 1928 (1928-12-17) | January 1929 (1929-1) | US BB 1929 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
18 | Eddie Cantor | "Makin' Whoopee"[20] | Victor 21831 | December 18, 1928 (1928-12-18) | February 1929 (1929-2) | US BB 1929 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks |
19 | Jimmie Rodgers and the Three Southerners | "The Sailor's Plea"[21] / I'm Lonely and Blue[22] | Victor 40054 | February 14, 1928 (1928-2-14) | April 19, 1929 (1929-4-19) | 236,231 sales[23] |
20 | George Olsen and His Music /The Troubadours | "Sonny Boy"[24] / Beggars of Life[25] | Victor 21683 | September 18, 1928 (1928-9-18) | December 1928 (1928-12) | 219,029 sales[26] |
21 | Gene Austin | "A Garden in the Rain"[27] | Victor 21915 | March 13, 1929 (1929-3-13) | May 3, 1929 (1929-5-3) | US BB 1929 #173, US #15 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, 84,063 sales[28] |
22 | Gene Austin | "Little Pal"[29] | Victor 21952 | April 3, 1929 (1929-4-3) | September 1929 (1929-9) | US BB 1929 #70, US #7 for 1 weeks 5 total weeks, 63,438 sales[30] |
23 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra | "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame"[31] | Victor 21920 | April 1, 1929 (1929-4-1) | July 1929 (1929-7) | US BB 1929 #154, US #13 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, 44,431 sales[32] |
24 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Deep Night"[33] | Victor 21868 | February 6, 1929 (1929-2-6) | April 1929 (1929-4) | US BB 1929 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks |
25 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra | "Sleepy Valley"[34] | Victor 21986 | April 17, 1929 (1929-4-17) | July 1929 (1929-7) | US BB 1929 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks |
26 | The Carter Family | "Wildwood Flower"[35] | Victor 40000 | May 10, 1928 (1928-5-10) | January 10, 1929 (1929-1-10) | US BB 1929 #30, US #3 for 1 weeks 10 total weeks, Hillbilly 1929 #1, 1,000,000 sales,[2][36] National Recording Registry 2006 |