Moonlight Serenade” was recorded on the RCA Bluebird label and was
a Top Ten hit on the pop charts in 1939, reaching number three on the
Billboard charts, where is stayed for fifteen weeks. It was the #5 top
hit of 1939 on Billboard in the year end tally of the top records of
1939.Â
Wow!!! A top 10 hit on the charts in 1039! A hit before the invention of records. I am impressed.
Ya got me Jim! Thanks, correction made.
IN 1956 BILLBOARD CONDUCTED A NATIONWIDE
SURVEY OF DIS JOCKEYS ON THEIR FAVORITE RECORDS OF ALL TIME. “MOONLIGHT SERENADE”
CHECKED IN AT #2 BEHIND ARTIE SHAW’S RECORD
ING OF STARDUST. AT #3 WAS ANOTHER SHAW HIT, BEGIN THE BEGUINE, FOLLOWED BY MILLER’S
OWN VERSION OF STARDUST, AND A STRING OF
PEARLS ROUNDED OUT THE TOP FIVE!