1939 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
OVER THE RAINBOW (15)
Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg: Music: Harold Arlen
Introduced in the 1939 musical film: Wizard of Oz
SCATTERBRAIN (13)
Lyrics: Johnny Burke: Music: Frankie Masters, Keene-Bear
Introduced in the 1939 musical film: That's Right, You're Wrong
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (11)
Lyrics: Edgar De Lange: Music: James Van Heusen
OUR LOVE (10)
Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich
Song based on Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet"
DEEP PURPLE (12)
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish; Music: Peter De Rose
(originally written in 1934, lyrics added in 1939)
SOUTH OF THE BORDER (15)
Michael Carr and Jimmy Kennedy
MOON LOVE (12)
Andre Kostelanetz, Mack Davis and Mack David
Adapted from Tschaikovsky's Fifth Symphony
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (11)
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Jerome Kern
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Very Warm for May
AND THE ANGELS SING (12)
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music: Ziggy Elman
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Dream
DAY IN, DAY OUT (10)
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music: Rube Bloom
INDIAN SUMMER (14)
Lyrics: Al Dubin; Music: Victor Herbert
Adapted from a 1919 piano solo Indian Summer: An American Idyll
BLUE ORCHIDS (10)
Hoagy Carmichael
WISHING (14)
Buddy De Sylva
Introduced in the Non-Musical Film: Love Affair
STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (12)
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish; Music: Matt Malneck and Frank Signorelli
SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
OH, YOU CRAZY MOON (06)
Lyrics: Johnny Burke; Music: James Van Heusen
SUNRISE SERENADE (15)
Lyrics: Jack Lawrence; Music: Frankie Carle
THE MAN WITH THE MANDOLIN (10)
Frank Weldon, John Redmond, James Cavanaugh
LITTLE SIR ECHO (10)
Laura Smith, J. S. Fearis, Adele Girard and Joe Marsala
(origially written in 1917, but revived in 1939)
THE LADY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU (09)
Lyrics: Frank Loesser; Music: Burton Lane
Introduced in the Musical Film: Some Like It Hot
MY PRAYER (14)
Lyrics: Jimmy Kennedy; Music: Georges Boulanger
adapted from Boulanger's Avant de Mourir, opus 17
BEER BARREL POLKA (16)
Lyrics: Lew Brown; Music: Wladimir A. Timm and Taromir Vejvoda
WHITE SAILS (10)
Charles F. Kenny, Nick A. Kenny, Harry Archer
THREE LITTLE FISHIES (09)
Horace Kirby (Saxie) Dowell
PENNY SERENADE (11)
Melle Weersma and Arthur William Hallifax
OH JOHHNY, OH JOHNNY, OH! (11)
Lyrics: Ed Rose; Music: Abe Ohlman
WHAT'S NEW (07)
Lyrics: Johnny Burke; Music: Bob Haggart
THE UMBRELLA MAN (11)
Larry Stock, Vincent Rose and James Cavanaugh
THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
COULD BE (08)
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music: Walter Donaldson
LILACS IN THE RAIN (11)
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish; Music: Peter De Rose
HURRY HOME (02)
Buddy Bernier, Robert D. Emmerich, Joseph Meyer
THE LAMP IS LOW (09)
Lyrics: Mitchell Parish; Music: Bert Shefter and Peter De Rose
based on Maurice Ravel's Pavanne for a Dead Princess
CINDERELLA, STAY IN MY ARMS (02)
Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr
I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL (07)
Lyrics: Jane Brown Thompson; Music: Hoagy Carmichael
IF I DIDN'T CARE (07)
Jack Lawrence
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