1940 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN (16)
Ruth Lowe
THE WOODPECKER SONG (16)
Lyrics: Harold Adamson; Music: Eldo di Lazzaro
IMAGINATION (13)
Lyrics: Johnny Burke; Music: James Van Heusen
ONLY FOREVER (13)
Lyrics: Johnny Burke; Music: James V. Monaco
Introduced by Bing Crosby in Paramount film: Rhythm On The River
MAYBE (13)
Allan Flynn and Frank Madden
(originally written in 1935, revived in 1940)
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT (17)
Ernest Gold
SIERRA SUE (14)
Joseph B. Carey
Introduced in the Non-Musical Film: Sierra Sue
WE THREE (07)
Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson and Nelson Cogane
TRADE WINDS (15)
Cliff Friend and Charles Tobias
CARELESS (13)
Lew Quadling, Eddy Howard and Dick Jurgens
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (13)
Lyrics: Ned Washington; Music: Leigh Harline
Introduced in the Musical Film: Pinocchio
FRENESI (19)
Lyrics: Ray Charles, Sidney Keith (Bob) Russell;
Music: Albert Dominguez
FOOLS RUSH IN (09)
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music: Rube Bloom
FERRYBOAT SERENADE (11)
Lyrics: Harold Adamson; Music: Eldo di Lazzaro
DARN THAT DREAM (07)
Lyrics: Edgar De Lange; Music: James Van Heusen
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Swingin' the Dream
THERE I GO (19)
Lyrics: Hy Zaret; Music: Irving Weiser
MAKE BELIEVE ISLAND (12)
Lyrics: Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny and Sam Coslow;
Music: Will Grosz
IT'S A BLUE WORLD (09)
Robert Wright and George Forrest
Introduced in the Musical Film: Music in My Heart
THE BREEZE AND I (13)
Lyrics: Al Stillman; Music: Ernesto Lecuona
based on Lecuona's composition Andalucia in 1930
STARLIT HOUR (07)
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish; Music: Peter De Rose
WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN IN YOUR HAIR (11)
Clara Edwards (a.k.a. Bernard Haig) and Jack Lawrence
(originally written in 1930, revived in 1940)
SAY IT (OVER AND OVER AGAIN) (07)
Lyrics: Frank Loesser; Music: Jimmy McHugh
Introduced in the Musical Film: Buck Benny Rides Again
WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO (13)
Leon T. Rene
I'M NOBODY'S BABY (11)
Benny Davis, Lester Santly and Milton Ager
(originally written in 1921 and revived in 1940)
WHERE WAS I? (10)
Lyrics: Al Dubin; Music: W. Franke Harling
Introduced in the film 'Til We Meet Again
BLUEBERRY HILL (14)
Al Lewis, Larry Stock and Vincent Rose
Introduced in the Musical Film: Singing Hill
SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
IT'S A BLUE WORLD (09)
Robert Wright and George Forrest
THE BREEZE AND I (13)
Lyrics: Al Stillman; Music: Ernesto Lecuona
STARLIGHT HOUR (07)
Hans May, Frederick Tysh and Sonny Miller
WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN IN YOUR HAIR (11)
Clara Edwards (a.k.a. Bernard Haig) and Jack Lawrence
SAY IT (OVER AND OVER AGAIN) (07)
Lyrics: Frank Loesser; Music: Jimmy McHugh
WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO (13)
Leon T. Rene
I'M NOBODY'S BABY (11)
Benny Davis, Lester Santly and Milton Ager
WHERE WAS I (10)
Lyrics: Al Dubin; Music: W. Franke Harling
BLUEBERRY HILL (14)
Al Lewis, Larry Stock and Vincent Rose
WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO (13)
Leon T. Rene
THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
I GIVE YOU MY WORD (13)
Al Kavelin and Merril Lyn
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO (05)
Lyrics: Edgar De Lange; Music: James Van Heusen
Introduced in the Non-Musical Film: All This and Heaven Too
IN AN OLD DUTCH GARDEN (11)
Lyrics: Mack Gordon; Music: Will Grosz
AT THE BALALAIKA (11)
Lyrics: George Forrest, Robert Wright and Eric Maschwitz;
Music: George Posford
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Balalaika
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE (05)
Lyrics: Eric Maschwitz and Jack Strachey;
Music: Manning Sherwin
ON THE ISLE OF MAY (09)
Andr Kostelanetz and Mack David
Based on Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile
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