(Saturday, July 4, 1936) — “The Glory of Love” by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (vocal refrain by Helen Ward; recorded Apr. 23, 1936 in Chicago) peaked at #1 on today’s Your Hit Parade weekly music chart for one week.
It was Goodman’s second of seven number one hits on the chart (1936-1940), although he would go on to have another number one hit on Billboard‘s Best Selling Singles chart in 1943.
