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Songs from the Year 1944 |
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This page lists the top songs of 1944 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during 1944.
Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find). These results should be treated with some caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts and biased towards the USA.
During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.
The top ten song artists of 1944 were: | ||||
| 1:Bing Crosby | 3:Jimmy Dorsey | 5:Frank Sinatra | 7:Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra | 9:Stan Kenton |
| 2:Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | 4:Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | 6:The Mills Brothers | 8:Guy Lombardo | 10:Judy Garland |
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Bing Crosby | Swinging On a Star | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - May 1944 (28 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1944 (20 weeks), US 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1944, Australia 1 for 1 month - Apr 1945, Oscar in 1944 (film 'Going My Way'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1944), DZE 1 of 1944, ASCAP song of 1944, DDD 2 of 1944, US invalid BB 3 of 1944, POP 3 of 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 5 - Oct 1944 (3 weeks), Your Hit Parade 5 of 1944, nuTsie 6 of 1940s, Europe 14 of the 1940s (1944), AFI 37, Brazil 64 of 1945, Acclaimed 1619 (1944), RYM 44 of 1944 |
| 2 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | Don't Fence Me In | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944 (18 weeks), US 1 for 8 weeks - Dec 1944, UK Sheet Music 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1945, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - May 1945 (14 weeks), Australia 1 for 3 months - Sep 1945, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1944), DDD 3 of 1944, DZE 3 of 1944, US invalid BB 4 of 1944, Europe 5 of the 1940s (1944), POP 9 of 1944, Australian Nostalgia 13 of 1940-1949, nuTsie 18 of 1940s, Your Hit Parade 22 of 1945, Brazil 55 of 1945, Acclaimed 1699 (1943), Song of 1944 |
| 3 | Bing Crosby | I'll be seeing you | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (24 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1944 (19 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks - Jul 1944, Australia 1 for 1 month - Aug 1945, Your Hit Parade 7 of 1944, DDD 8 of 1944, nuTsie 13 of 1940s, Europe 15 of the 1940s (1944), US invalid BB 15 of 1944, POP 15 of 1944, Brazil 83 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944 |
| 4 | Jimmy Dorsey | Besame Mucho | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (23 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1944 (16 weeks), US 1 for 7 weeks - Mar 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Mar 1944 (4 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1944, DZE 4 of 1944, DDD 6 of 1943, Brazil 10 of 1944, US invalid BB 10 of 1944, POP 10 of 1944, nuTsie 58 of 1940s, Europe 67 of the 1940s (1943) |
| 5 | The Mills Brothers | You Always Hurt the One You Love | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1944 (33 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1944 (20 weeks), US 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1944, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017 (1944), DDD 1 of 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Jul 1946 (32 weeks), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1944, US invalid BB 6 of 1944, POP 6 of 1944, nuTsie 7 of 1940s, DZE 7 of 1944 |
| 6 | Dinah Shore | I'll Walk Alone | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1944 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1944 (20 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1944, Oscar in 1944 (film 'Follow the Boys') (Nominated), US invalid BB 13 of 1944, POP 13 of 1944, DDD 21 of 1944, Brazil 57 of 1945, Europe 84 of the 1940s (1944), nuTsie 92 of 1940s |
| 7 | Woody Guthrie | This Land is Your Land | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989 (1947), DDD 1 of 1947, Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1944), RIAA 3, Music Imprint 3 of 1940s, nuTsie 29 of 1940s, Australian Nostalgia 51 of 1940-1949, Acclaimed 204 (1947), WXPN 258, Visconti song of 1944, RYM 2 of 1947, Guardian Folk/ World 15, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 |
| 8 | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 month - Apr 1946, UK 40s Sheet Music 4 - May 1946 (20 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1944 (5 weeks), DDD 11 of 1944, US invalid BB 18 of 1944, POP 21 of 1944, Brazil 56 of 1945, nuTsie 85 of 1940s, RYM 24 of 1944 |
| 9 | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | I'm Making Believe | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944 (12 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1944, Oscar in 1944 (film 'Sweet and Low-Down') (Nominated), DDD 9 of 1944, US invalid BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, Brazil 32 of 1945, RYM 23 of 1944 |
| 10 | Bing Crosby | Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1945, US invalid BB 1 of 1944, POP 1 of 1944, US Billboard 4 - Oct 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944 (9 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 4 - Jan 1945 (9 weeks), DDD 35 of 1944, RYM 50 of 1944 |
| 11 | Bing Crosby | I Love You | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944 (14 weeks), US 1 for 5 weeks - May 1944, DZE 9 of 1944, DDD 18 of 1944, US invalid BB 19 of 1944, Europe 21 of the 1940s (1944), POP 23 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944 |
| 12 | Glen Gray | My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1943 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1943 (20 weeks), US 1 for 5 weeks - Jan 1944, US invalid BB 9 of 1944, DDD 14 of 1943, POP 19 of 1944, Your Hit Parade 21 of 1944, Brazil 72 of 1944 |
| 13 | Guy Lombardo | It's Love-Love-Love | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1944 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944 (10 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1944, Your Hit Parade 9 of 1944, US invalid BB 20 of 1944, POP 25 of 1944, DDD 39 of 1944, Brazil 66 of 1944 |
| 14 | Nat King Cole | Straighten Up & Fly Right | 1944 | US Country 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1944, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1944), Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1943), DDD 6 of 1944, US Billboard 9 - Jun 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jun 1944 (2 weeks), Your Hit Parade 10 of 1944, POP 16 of 1944, RYM 5 of 1944 |
| 15 | The Andrews Sisters | Shoo-Shoo Baby | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1944 (15 weeks), DZE 2 of 1944, DDD 5 of 1943, Your Hit Parade 12 of 1944, US invalid BB 12 of 1944, POP 12 of 1944, Brazil 67 of 1944, nuTsie 83 of 1940s |
| 16 | Harry James & Dick Haymes | I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (28 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944 (21 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1944, Your Hit Parade 2 of 1944, DZE 5 of 1944, Europe 41 of the 1940s (1944), Song of 1944 |
| 17 | Judy Garland | The Trolley Song | 1944 | Your Hit Parade 1 of 1944, US invalid BB 2 of 1944, POP 2 of 1944, Oscar in 1944 (film 'Meet Me in St. Louis') (Nominated), US Billboard 4 - Nov 1944 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Dec 1944 (4 weeks), DDD 25 of 1944, AFI 26, RYM 12 of 1944 |
| 18 | Louis Jordan | GI Jive | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - May 1944 (25 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1944 (15 weeks), DDD 5 of 1944, Your Hit Parade 13 of 1944, US invalid BB 16 of 1944, POP 18 of 1944, Brazil 74 of 1945, nuTsie 97 of 1940s, RYM 1 of 1944 |
| 19 | Stan Kenton | Artistry in Rhythm | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1985 (1945), Library of Congress artifact added 2011 (1943), US invalid BB 9 of 1943, POP 9 of 1943, Your Hit Parade 14 of 1944, US Billboard 16 - Nov 1944 (1 week), DDD 52 of 1944, Acclaimed 1921 (1945), RYM 23 of 1945 |
| 20 | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | Together | 1944 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 1 week - Mar 1945, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Feb 1945 (9 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Oct 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1944 (10 weeks), DDD 43 of 1944 |
| 21 | Merry Macs | Mairzy Doates | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1944 (9 weeks), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1944, US invalid BB 5 of 1944, POP 5 of 1944, DZE 8 of 1944, DDD 12 of 1943 |
| 22 | Lale Andersen | Lied eines jungen Wachtposten (Lili Marlen) | 1944 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 8 weeks - Jun 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jun 1944 (16 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 month - Jan 1945, RYM 6 of 1939 |
| 23 | Bing Crosby | San Fernando Valley | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1944 (22 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1944 (12 weeks), DZE 10 of 1944, Your Hit Parade 11 of 1944, US invalid BB 11 of 1944, POP 11 of 1944, DDD 17 of 1944, RYM 49 of 1944 |
| 24 | Dooley Wilson | As Time Goes By | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1944), AFI 2, Your Hit Parade 3 of 1943, UK 15 - Dec 1977 (9 weeks), DDD 26 of 1946, nuTsie 49 of 1940s |
| 25 | Frank Sinatra | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Jul 1944 (6 weeks), US Billboard 11 - Mar 1944 (4 weeks), Europe 28 of the 1940s (1944), DDD 72 of 1944, RYM 21 of 1944 |
| 26 | Louis Jordan | Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) | 1944 | US Country 1 for 5 weeks - Jul 1944, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (19 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks), DDD 10 of 1944, Your Hit Parade 19 of 1944, nuTsie 82 of 1940s, RYM 1 of 1944 |
| 27 | Bing Crosby | Amor, Amor | 1944 | Australia 1 for 2 months - Feb 1945, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1944 (7 weeks), Australian Nostalgia 23 of 1940-1949, DDD 30 of 1944 |
| 28 | Duke Ellington | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011 (1944), US Billboard 10 - Feb 1944 (6 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Feb 1944 (1 week), DDD 16 of 1943, POP 20 of 1944, Your Hit Parade 22 of 1944 |
| 29 | Helen Forrest | Time Waits For No One | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Aug 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1944 (10 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Jan 1945 (5 weeks), Your Hit Parade 16 of 1944, DDD 23 of 1944 |
| 30 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | Vic'try Polka | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Sep 1944, US Billboard 5 - Jan 1944 (13 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 12 - Mar 1944 (1 week), DDD 30 of 1943, RYM 6 of 1943 |
| 31 | Frank Sinatra | I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night | 1944 | Oscar in 1944 (film 'Higher and Higher') (Nominated), US Billboard 4 - Aug 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Feb 1944 (8 weeks), Europe 27 of the 1940s (1944), DDD 67 of 1944, RYM 21 of 1944 |
| 32 | Bing Crosby | Long Ago & Far Away | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - May 1945, US Billboard 5 - Jul 1944 (9 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Jul 1944 (4 weeks), DDD 22 of 1944 |
| 33 | The Mills Brothers | Till Then | 1944 | Peel list 4 of 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 6 - Oct 1946 (21 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Aug 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks), DDD 12 of 1944 |
| 34 | Bing Crosby | It Could Happen to You | 1944 | Australia 1 for 2 months - Jun 1945, US Billboard 18 - Dec 1944 (2 weeks), Australian Nostalgia 24 of 1940-1949, DDD 53 of 1944 |
| 35 | Tommy Dorsey | Opus One | 1944 | US invalid BB 3 of 1945, POP 3 of 1945, US Billboard 12 - Mar 1945 (3 weeks), DDD 26 of 1944, nuTsie 50 of 1940s, RYM 7 of 1944, Song of 1944 |
| 36 | Frank Sinatra | White Christmas | 1944 | US Billboard 5 - Dec 1945 (4 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1944 (3 weeks), Europe 18 of the 1940s (1944), Scrobulate 42 of christmas, DDD 66 of 1944, RYM 105 of 1946 |
| 37 | Jo Stafford | It Could Happen to You | 1944 | US invalid BB 8 of 1944, POP 8 of 1944, US Billboard 10 - Sep 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Sep 1944 (1 week), Your Hit Parade 17 of 1944, DDD 53 of 1944 |
| 38 | Stan Kenton | And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Sep 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944 (11 weeks), Your Hit Parade 18 of 1944, DDD 38 of 1944, Brazil 84 of 1945 |
| 39 | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | Long Ago & Far Away | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Apr 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1944 (11 weeks), DDD 22 of 1944, Brazil 53 of 1945 |
| 40 | Johnny Dennis | Mairzy Doates | 1944 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 2 weeks - May 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - May 1944 (5 weeks) |
| 41 | Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra | I'll be seeing you | 1944 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 1 week - Oct 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks) |
| 42 | Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra | It Can't Be Wrong | 1944 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 1 week - Mar 1944, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Mar 1944 (3 weeks) |
| 43 | Harry James | Cherry | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jan 1944 (1 week), Your Hit Parade 20 of 1944, DDD 47 of 1943, Brazil 100 of 1945 |
| 44 | The Ink Spots | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1944, US Billboard 16 - Mar 1944 (1 week), DDD 72 of 1944 |
| 45 | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | It Had to Be You | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Sep 1944 (9 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Sep 1944 (5 weeks), DDD 28 of 1944, Brazil 89 of 1945 |
| 46 | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | Cow Cow Boogie | 1944 | UK 40s Sheet Music 9 - Mar 1944 (1 week), US Billboard 10 - Mar 1944 (8 weeks), DDD 24 of 1944, POP 24 of 1944, RYM 11 of 1944 |
| 47 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1944 (14 weeks), DZE 6 of 1944, DDD 14 of 1944 |
| 48 | Lawrence Welk | Don't You Sweetheart Me | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Mar 1944 (20 weeks), US 1940s 8 - May 1944 (2 weeks), Your Hit Parade 15 of 1944, DDD 44 of 1944 |
| 49 | Red Foley | Smoke On the Water | 1944 | US Country 1 for 13 weeks - Sep 1944, US Billboard 7 - Sep 1944 (11 weeks), DDD 32 of 1944 |
| 50 | Russ Morgan | There Goes That Song Again | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Nov 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Jan 1945 (3 weeks), Your Hit Parade 8 of 1945, DDD 40 of 1944 |
| 51 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1944 (10 weeks), DDD 10 of 1944 |
| 52 | Ernest Tubb | Soldier's Last Letter | 1944 | US Country 1 for 3 weeks - Sep 1944, US Billboard 16 - Aug 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 56 of 1944 |
| 53 | Al Dexter & his Troopers | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | 1944 | US Country 1 for 1 week - Mar 1944, US Billboard 29 - Apr 1944 (1 week), DDD 61 of 1943 |
| 54 | Frank Sinatra | Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night) | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Feb 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Feb 1945 (4 weeks), DDD 76 of 1944, RYM 22 of 1944 |
| 55 | Les Brown | Twilight Time | 1944 | US invalid BB 7 of 1944, POP 7 of 1944, US Billboard 16 - Mar 1945 (1 week), DDD 48 of 1945 |
| 56 | Vera Lynn | You'll Never Know | 1944 | Australia 1 for 3 months - Feb 1944, Australian Nostalgia 12 of 1940-1949 |
| 57 | The Ink Spots | I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) | 1944 | US Billboard 7 - May 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 7 - May 1944 (3 weeks), DDD 50 of 1944, nuTsie 60 of 1940s |
| 58 | Merry Macs | Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes | 1944 | UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Feb 1945 (3 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Jul 1944 (14 weeks), DDD 61 of 1944 |
| 59 | Joe Loss Orchestra | No Other Love | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Nov 1944, Australian Nostalgia 43 of 1940-1949 |
| 60 | Jimmy Dorsey | Star Eyes | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Jan 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1944 (13 weeks), DDD 10 of 1943 |
| 61 | Bing Crosby | Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Mar 1944 (5 weeks), DDD 49 of 1944, RYM 49 of 1944 |
| 62 | The Andrews Sisters | Down in the Valley | 1944 | UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Jul 1946 (33 weeks), US Billboard 20 - Jan 1944 (1 week), DDD 66 of 1943 |
| 63 | Russ Morgan | Dance With A Dolly (With a Hole In Her Stocking) | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Nov 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1944 (7 weeks), DDD 59 of 1944 |
| 64 | Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra | I'll be seeing you | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - May 1944 (17 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jun 1944 (11 weeks), DDD 8 of 1944 |
| 65 | Mary Martin | I'll Walk Alone | 1944 | US Billboard 6 - Oct 1944 (13 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1944 (7 weeks), Brazil 97 of 1945 |
| 66 | Tex Ritter | I'm Wastin' My Tears On You | 1944 | US Country 1 for 6 weeks - Dec 1944, US Billboard 11 - Nov 1944 (4 weeks) |
| 67 | Al Dexter & his Troopers | Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry | 1944 | US Country 1 for 10 weeks - Apr 1944, US Billboard 23 - Apr 1944 (1 week) |
| 68 | Perry Como | Long Ago & Far Away | 1944 | US Billboard 8 - May 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 8 - May 1944 (3 weeks), Europe 31 of the 1940s (1944) |
| 69 | Jimmy Dorsey | When They Ask About You | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Feb 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1944 (5 weeks), DDD 46 of 1944 |
| 70 | Lester Young | Just You, Just Me | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1944), DDD 82 of 1944 |
| 71 | Lionel Hampton | Hamp's Boogie Woogie | 1944 | POP 4 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Sep 1944 (1 week), DDD 60 of 1944, RYM 13 of 1944 |
| 72 | Duke Ellington | Black, Brown & Beige | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1990 (1944), Acclaimed 1269 (1944) |
| 73 | The Pied Pipers & Jo Stafford | The Trolley Song | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Oct 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1944 (12 weeks) |
| 74 | Guy Lombardo | Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) | 1944 | US Billboard 5 - Jan 1944 (9 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1944 (8 weeks), Your Hit Parade 8 of 1944 |
| 75 | Woody Herman | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | 1944 | US Billboard 7 - Feb 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 63 of 1944, RYM 27 of 1943 |
| 76 | Betty Hutton | It Had to Be You | 1944 | US Billboard 5 - Aug 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 28 of 1944 |
| 77 | Andy Russell | Amor | 1944 | US Billboard 5 - Jun 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Jun 1944 (8 weeks), DDD 30 of 1944 |
| 78 | Ella Mae Morse | No Love No Nothin' | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Feb 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 25 of 1943 |
| 79 | Xavier Cugat | Amor | 1944 | US Billboard 10 - Jul 1944 (9 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1944, DDD 30 of 1944 |
| 80 | Jo Stafford | Long Ago & Far Away | 1944 | US Billboard 6 - May 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 6 - May 1944 (12 weeks), DDD 22 of 1944 |
| 81 | Jimmy Dorsey | My Ideal | 1944 | US Billboard 5 - Jan 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jan 1944 (4 weeks), DDD 32 of 1943 |
| 82 | Charlie Barnet | Skyliner | 1944 | Peel list 2 of 1944, US Billboard 19 - Mar 1945 (1 week) |
| 83 | Dinah Washington | Evil Gal Blues | 1944 | Peel list 3 of 1943, DDD 27 of 1944, RYM 26 of 1944 |
| 84 | Russ Morgan | Good Night, Wherever You Are | 1944 | US Billboard 6 - May 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jul 1944 (3 weeks), DDD 79 of 1944 |
| 85 | Xavier Cugat | Babelu | 1944 | Brazil 24 of 1944, US Billboard 27 - Apr 1944 (1 week), US CashBox 40 - Mar 1952 (4 weeks) |
| 86 | Harry James | Estrellita | 1944 | US Billboard 12 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks), DDD 88 of 1944, Brazil 95 of 1945 |
| 87 | Duke Ellington | Main Stem | 1944 | POP 17 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Mar 1944 (1 week), DDD 54 of 1944, RYM 8 of 1943 |
| 88 | Judy Garland | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 1944 | DDD 16 of 1944, US Billboard 27 - Dec 1944 (1 week), AFI 76, RYM 8 of 1944 |
| 89 | Betty Hutton | His Rocking Horse Ran Away | 1944 | US Billboard 7 - Jul 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jul 1944 (7 weeks), DDD 58 of 1944 |
| 90 | Evelyn Knight | Dance With A Dolly (With a Hole In Her Stocking) | 1944 | US Billboard 6 - Aug 1944 (17 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Oct 1944 (1 week), DDD 59 of 1944 |
| 91 | Ella Mae Morse | Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet | 1944 | US Billboard 7 - May 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 10 - May 1944 (2 weeks), DDD 45 of 1944 |
| 92 | Stan Kenton | How Many Hearts Have You Broken | 1944 | US Billboard 9 - Nov 1944 (4 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Nov 1944 (1 week), DDD 69 of 1944 |
| 93 | Artie Shaw | It Had to Be You | 1944 | US Billboard 10 - Sep 1944 (4 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Nov 1944 (1 week), DDD 28 of 1944 |
| 94 | Orlando Silva | Atire a Primeira Pedra | 1944 | Brazil 1 of 1944 |
| 95 | Vera Lynn | No Other Love | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Nov 1944 |
| 96 | Joe Loss Orchestra | You'll Never Know | 1944 | Australia 1 for 3 months - Feb 1944 |
| 97 | Johnny Mercer | GI Jive | 1944 | US Billboard 11 - Jan 1944 (9 weeks), US 1940s 13 - Jun 1944 (1 week), DDD 37 of 1943 |
| 98 | Eddie Condon | Uncle Sam Blues | 1944 | Library of Congress artifact added 2008 (1944) |
| 99 | Al Dexter & his Troopers | So Long Pal | 1944 | US Country 1 for 1 week - Mar 1944 |
| 100 | King Sisters | It's Love-Love-Love | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Apr 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1944 (4 weeks) |
Previous Comments (newest first)
4 Feb 2016
Harry leader
Where can I buy cd of Harry leader and his band singing if you evr go to ireland
25 Jan 2016
#40 - Lale Andersen - Lili Marlene
This recording is the same as (& should be combined with) the 1939 entry byLale Andersen titled 'Lied Eines Jungen Wachtposten (Lili Marlen)'. Currently #44 in 1939.
Data fixed, thanks
25 Jan 2016
#39 - Johnny Dennis - Mairzy Doates
To tie in with several other recordings with the same name; the Song Titlehere should be changed to just ' Mairzy Doates ' (same as #21 here).
Data fixed, thanks
30 Jun 2015
the gypsy
Please list words
22 Mar 2015
Gettin corns for my country
Was this song ever a bit song in USO circles in 1944 done the Andrew Sisters and Cass Daley?
Seach for "corns" on this site
13 Sep 2014
Glen Gray
#15 - My Heart Tells Me was also on Your Hit Parade (as #21). It's listed as by Casa Loma Orch.( which is Glen Gray's Orch. )+
That does look likely. We've fixed the data, thanks
8 Sep 2014
WW2
Hello, I am currently +looking for a song with lyrics that reflect ww2 if you can help let me know
30 Aug 2014
No. 1 song Dec. 1944
What was the number 1 hit song on Decenber 5 1944?
Look on the "Number ones" page perhaps?
17 Apr 2014
1940s song
Frank Sinatra; "Bloop, bloop, bleep,bleep- the faucet keeps a dripin' and I just can't sleep."
25 Oct 2013
1940s song
Can someone tell me the words and name of the song that had "drip drip drip" in it.
10 Mar 2013
Anyone know who sang this song? It goes Keep your eyes on Spring, Run whenChurch Bells ring, It5 could happen to you
The song "It Could Happen to You" was a hit in 1944 for both Jo Stafford and Bing Crosby
9 Mar 2012
individual song
My grandmother wrote and submitted a song "G.I.Joe" about her son. I remember hearing it on the radio about 1943 or'44. Appreciate all help. Thank you Vic Heater
There is a song by Louis Jordan and Johnny Mercer called "GI Jive". The song "Linda" was nominated for an Oscar from the film 'The Story of G.I. Joe'.
Those are the only two songs we have listed that even come close.
31 Jan 2012
Trying to find out a songs name
My grandfather was in the navy in WWII he has altimerz and he sings something like this all the time "curbside beauty mother"
30 Dec 2010
This is a great way for me to show my grandchildren what music was like when I was a kid. It brings back memories...
31 Jan 2010
song
The # 1 song and by whom of Dec. 30th. 1944
The first question is "where?", for example in Australia the number 1 song was "A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening" (with two versions by The Ink Spots and by Frank Sinatra).
We can see that you are from the USA so we suspect that you meant what was the number 1 song in the US.
So the next question would be "according to who?", there were no official charts published in the 1940s, the closest would be some occasional charts published by Billboard magazine. Billboard produced a variety of different charts starting in 1936 these were finally consolidated in 1958 into the "Hot 100" which has been published ever since (although the way they are calculated has changed of course).
In 1944 the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart is probably the most representative one. In that chart the number 1 record was:
"Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
in the entry for the song above it says "US 1 for 8 weeks - Dec 1944" that means it was the Billboard "Stores" number 1 for 8 weeks starting in December 1944.
5 Sep 2009
songs of the fortiies
June: Thanks for the list of songs. They are great! Will try to find them at the mall next to the DQ! Love you for thinking of us. Dad
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