| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions< |
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| 1 | Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"[4] | Decca 1840 | May 2, 1938 (1938-05-02) | June 1938 (1938-06) | US Billboard 1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales[5] |
| 2 | Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) | "My Reverie"[6] | Victor 26006 | July 16, 1938 (1938-07-16) | August 3, 1938 (1938-08-03) | US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales[5] |
| 3 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal Edythe Wright) | "Music, Maestro, Please"[7] | Victor 25866 | May 12, 1938 (1938-05-12) | June 8, 1938 (1938-06-08) | US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks |
| 4 | Artie Shaw and his Orchestra | "Begin the Beguine" | Bluebird 7746 | July 24, 1938
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