1931 in music

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Events

Published popular music

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1931.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Minnie the Moocher 1931 RYM 1 of 1931, US BB 3 of 1931, POP 3 of 1931, RIAA 82, Scrobulate 87 of swing, Acclaimed 649
2 Ted Lewis Just a Gigolo 1931 US BB 1 of 1931, POP 1 of 1931
3 Duke Ellington Mood Indigo 1931 RYM 3 of 1931, US BB 7 of 1931, POP 7 of 1931, Acclaimed 518
4 Guy Lombardo Goodnight, Sweetheart 1931 US BB 4 of 1931, POP 4 of 1931, RYM 40 of 1931
5 Isham Jones Stardust 1931 US BB 5 of 1931, POP 5 of 1931, RYM 47 of 1930

Top hits on record

Top blues recordings

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

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