| Hits of 1940 | Yearbook |
| Oscar: Best Picture: | Rebecca |
| Oscar: Best Actor | James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story |
| Oscar: Best Actress | Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle |
| Oscar: Best Song | "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio |
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Alice Blue Gown | 7 |
Frankie Masters |
| All the Things You Are | 1 8 |
Tommy Dorsey Artie Shaw |
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Blueberry Hill | 1 |
Glenn Miller |
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The Breeze and I (Andalucia) |
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Jimmy Dorsey |
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Darn That Dream | 1 |
Benny Goodman |
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Fools Rush In | 1 |
Glenn Miller |
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Frenesi | 1 |
Artie Shaw |
| God Bless America | 5 |
Kate Smith | |
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How High the Moon | 6 |
Benny Goodman |
| I'll Never Smile Again | 1 | Tommy Dorsey | |
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Imagination | 1 1 |
Tommy Dorsey Glenn Miller |
| In the Mood | 1 |
Glenn Miller | |
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The Nearness Of You | 5 | Glenn Miller |
| A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | 2 10 |
Glenn Miller Ray Noble |
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Pennsylvania 6-5000 (instrumental) | 5 |
Glenn Miller |
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South Of the Border | 8 |
Ambrose |
| When You Wish Upon A Star | 1 5 10 |
Glenn Miller Guy Lombardo Cliff Edwards |
| All This and Heaven Too | 9 |
Jimmy Dorsey | |
| And So Do I | 25 |
Jimmy Dorsey | |
| Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells | 8 |
Orrin Tucker | |
| At the Balalaika | 3 |
Orrin Tucker | |
| Blue Love Bird | 7 |
Kay Kyser | |
| The Call Of the Canyon | 10 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Careless | 1 6 |
Glenn Miller Dick Jurgens |
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| Crosstown | 9 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Devil May Care | 7 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Do I Love You? | 7 |
Leo Reisman | |
| Dolemite | 10 |
Erskine Hawkins | |
| Down Argentina Way | 7 |
Leo Reisman | |
| Down the Road A Piece | 10 |
Will Bradley | |
| Faithful Forever | 4 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Ferry Boat Serenade | 1 7 |
Andrews Sisters Gray Gordon |
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| Five O'Clock Whistle | 5 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Gaucho Serenade | 4 8 |
Dick Todd Glenn Miller |
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| Handful Of Stars | 10 |
Glenn Miller | |
| I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do) | 5 |
Benny Goodman | |
| I Give You My Word | 7 |
Mitchell Ayres | |
| I'm Nobody's Baby | 3 |
Judy Garland | |
| I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight | 7 |
Glenn Miller | |
| I'm Too Romantic | 3 |
Bing Crosby | |
| I've Got My Eyes On You | 6 8 |
Tommy Dorsey Bob Crosby |
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| In An Old Dutch Garden | 3 8 |
Dick Jurgens Glenn Miller |
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| Indian Summer | 1 8 |
Tommy Dorsey Glenn Miller |
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| It's A Blue World | 2 |
Tony Martin | |
| It's A Wonderful World | 8 |
Charlie Barnet | |
| It's So Peaceful In the Country | 24 |
Mildred Bailey | |
| Leanin' On the Old Top Rail | 7 |
Bob Crosby | |
| Let There Be Love | 4 |
Sammy Kaye | |
| Little Curly Hair In A Highchair | 6 |
Fats Waller | |
| The Little Red Fox | 4 |
Kay Kyser | |
| Looking For Yesterday | 15 |
Woody Herman | |
| Lover's Lullaby | 9 |
Glen Gray | |
| Make Believe Island | 1 8 |
Mitchell Ayres Jan Savitt |
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| Maybe | 2 |
The Ink Spots | |
| A Million Dreams Ago | 12 |
Dick Jurgens | |
| Now I Lay Me Down To Dream | 11 |
sBob Chester | |
| On the Isle Of May | 2 |
Connee Boswell | |
| Only Forever | 1 |
Bing Crosby | |
| Only Forever | 7 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| Our Love Affair | 5 8 10 |
Tommy Dorsey Glenn Miller Dick Jurgens |
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| Playmates | 2 |
Kay Kyser | |
| Pompton Turnpike | 3 |
Charlie Barnet | |
| Practice Makes Perfect | 3 |
Bob Chester | |
| The Same Old Story | 16 |
Frankie Masters | |
| Say It | 2 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Shake Down the Stars | 4 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Sierra Sue | 1 |
Bing Crosby | |
| The Singing Hills | 3 |
Bing Crosby | |
| Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga | 4 |
Jimmy Dorsey | |
| So Far, So Good | 10 |
Bob Crosby | |
| Starlit Hour | 10 |
Glenn Miller | |
| Stop! It's Wonderful | 5 |
Orrin Tucker | |
| That's For Me | 9 |
Bing Crosby | |
| There I Go | 1 10 |
Vaughn Monroe Tommy Tucker |
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| This Changing World | 8 |
Glenn Miller | |
| To You, Sweetheart, Aloha | 10 |
Dick Todd | |
| Trade Winds | 1 10 |
Bing Crosby Tommy Dorsey |
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| Two Dreams Met | 9 |
Mitchell Ayres | |
| We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, & Me) | 3 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano | 2 4 |
Glenn Miller The Ink Spots |
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| Where Was I? | 1 |
Charlie Barnet | |
| Whispering Grass | 10 |
The Ink Spots | |
| With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair | 2 4 |
Bob Crosby Kay Kyser |
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| The Woodpecker Song | 1 6 |
Glenn Miller The Andrews Sisters |
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| You Think Of Ev'rything | 10 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| You're Lonely and I'm Lonely | 9 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| You, You Darlin' | 19 |
Kay Kyser |