The iTunes Top 40 Big Band Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of big band jazz — the swinging sound of large jazz orchestras that defined American popular music in the 1930s and 40s. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 big band jazz singles on iTunes, giving you a real-time snapshot of what’s resonating most with fans of the genre right now.
The genre has been shaped by visionaries like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and their modern successors who keep big band’s infectious swing alive, whose work defines what big band jazz can sound and feel like. Whether the genre has centuries of tradition behind it or only emerged in recent decades, the artists on this chart are its current standard-bearers.
Discover what big band jazz sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Big Band Jazz Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-10-08
1.
It's Been A Long, Long Time
Kitty Kallen
November 26, 1963
2.
What Do You Wanna Play? (From Spooky Month: The Wacky Wicked Woods) (feat. Kayleigh McKee)
Bryan Teoh
October 4, 2026
3.
I'm fuckin' tired of this fuckin' shit
Mr.Cine
June 12, 2025
4.
Abstraction (feat. Amanda Hufford, Michael Kovach & CLOUDSAVE) [Big Band Version]
KittenSneeze
August 29, 2025
5.
I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
Sid Bader
March 1, 2024
6.
Where Gods Go When They Die
Lydia the Bard
September 19, 2026
7.
Little Things Mean A Lot
Kitty Kallen
April 29, 2003
8.
Sing, Sing, Sing
Benny Goodman Orchestra
January 1, 1978
9.
Skeleton in the Closet
Louis Armstrong
October 21, 2011
10.
Tejano (Live)
The Hometown boys
January 1, 2009
11.
Air Force Song
The United States Air Force Academy Band
July 1, 2005
12.
In the Mood
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
September 15, 1939
13.
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Marilyn Monroe
January 1, 1964
14.
River of No Return
Marilyn Monroe
January 1, 2000
15.
Hail to the Chief (Original)
USMMA Band / Force
October 9, 2008
16.
The Very Thought of You (feat. Al Bowlly)
Ray Noble & Ray Noble Orchestra
July 19, 2019
17.
Midway March
John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra
May 21, 1991
18.
Kiss
Marilyn Monroe
January 1, 1999
19.
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
September 1, 2010
20.
Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken (Seiya's Theme) [Epic Orchestral Version]
Ediern
September 10, 2021
21.
It Could Happen to You
Steven Feifke & Benny Benack III
June 16, 2023
22.
Hot and Bothered (Recorded, 01/10/2028)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
January 1, 2012
23.
Santa Caterina Sunday
Martin Landstrom
March 18, 2022
24.
Mood Hollywood
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
February 28, 1984
25.
Alkebulan (feat. Sean Jones, Warren Wolf & Veronica Swift)
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