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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.
Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.
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.
| # | 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), US BB 3 of 1944, POP 3 of 1944, Europe 14 of the 1940s (1944), AFI 37, RYM 44 of 1944, Brazil 64 of 1945, Acclaimed 1619 (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, Australia 1 for 3 months - Sep 1945, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1944), US BB 4 of 1944, Europe 5 of the 1940s (1944), POP 9 of 1944, Brazil 55 of 1945, Acclaimed 1699 (1943) |
| 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, US BB 15 of 1944, Europe 15 of the 1940s (1944), POP 15 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944, Brazil 83 of 1944 |
| 4 | Jimmy Dorsey | Bosame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (23 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1944 (16 weeks), US 1 for 7 weeks - Mar 1944, US BB 10 of 1944, Brazil 10 of 1944, POP 10 of 1944, Europe 67 of the 1940s (1943) |
| 5 | 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, US BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, RYM 23 of 1944, Brazil 32 of 1945 |
| 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, US BB 13 of 1944, POP 13 of 1944, Brazil 57 of 1945, Europe 84 of the 1940s (1944) |
| 7 | 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, US BB 19 of 1944, Europe 21 of the 1940s (1944), POP 23 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944 |
| 8 | Bing Crosby | Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra | 1944 | US BB 1 of 1944, Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1945, POP 1 of 1944, US Billboard 4 - Oct 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944 (9 weeks), RYM 50 of 1944 |
| 9 | 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 BB 9 of 1944, POP 19 of 1944, Brazil 72 of 1944 |
| 10 | 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, US BB 20 of 1944, POP 25 of 1944, Brazil 66 of 1944 |
| 11 | 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, US 1940s 5 - Dec 1944 (5 weeks), US BB 18 of 1944, POP 21 of 1944, RYM 24 of 1944, Brazil 56 of 1945 |
| 12 | 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, US BB 6 of 1944, POP 6 of 1944 |
| 13 | Louis Jordan | GI Jive | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - May 1944 (25 weeks), RYM 1 of 1944, US 1940s 3 - Jun 1944 (15 weeks), US BB 16 of 1944, POP 18 of 1944, Brazil 74 of 1945 |
| 14 | 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, Europe 41 of the 1940s (1944) |
| 15 | Judy Garland | The Trolley Song | 1944 | US BB 2 of 1944, POP 2 of 1944, US Billboard 4 - Nov 1944 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Dec 1944 (4 weeks), RYM 12 of 1944, AFI 26 |
| 16 | Stan Kenton | Artistry in Rhythm | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1985 (1945), US BB 9 of 1943, POP 9 of 1943, US Billboard 16 - Nov 1944 (1 week), RYM 23 of 1945, Acclaimed 1921 (1945) |
| 17 | Bing Crosby | San Fernando Valley | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1944 (22 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1944 (12 weeks), US BB 11 of 1944, POP 11 of 1944, RYM 49 of 1944 |
| 18 | The Andrews Sisters | Shoo-Shoo Baby | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1944 (15 weeks), US BB 12 of 1944, POP 12 of 1944, Brazil 67 of 1944 |
| 19 | Nat King Cole | Straighten Up & Fly Right | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1944), RYM 5 of 1944, US Billboard 9 - Jun 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jun 1944 (2 weeks), POP 16 of 1944 |
| 20 | Merry Macs | Mairzy Doates | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1944 (9 weeks), US BB 5 of 1944, POP 5 of 1944 |
| 21 | David Rose | Holiday for strings | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1943), US Billboard 2 - Feb 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1944 (19 weeks) |
| 22 | Louis Jordan | Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) | 1944 | RYM 1 of 1944, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (19 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks) |
| 23 | Frank Sinatra | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1944, US Billboard 11 - Mar 1944 (4 weeks), RYM 21 of 1944, Europe 28 of the 1940s (1944) |
| 24 | 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, RYM 105 of 1946 |
| 25 | 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) |
| 26 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | Vic'try Polka | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Sep 1944, US Billboard 5 - Jan 1944 (13 weeks), RYM 6 of 1943 |
| 27 | Frank Sinatra | I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Feb 1944 (8 weeks), RYM 21 of 1944, Europe 27 of the 1940s (1944) |
| 28 | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | Long Ago & Far Away | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Apr 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1944 (11 weeks), Brazil 53 of 1945 |
| 29 | Jo Stafford | It Could Happen to You | 1944 | US BB 8 of 1944, POP 8 of 1944, US Billboard 10 - Sep 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Sep 1944 (1 week) |
| 30 | 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) |
| 31 | Bing Crosby | It Could Happen to You | 1944 | Australia 1 for 2 months - Jun 1945, US Billboard 18 - Dec 1944 (2 weeks) |
| 32 | Bing Crosby | Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Mar 1944 (5 weeks), RYM 49 of 1944 |
| 33 | Stan Kenton | And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Sep 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944 (11 weeks), Brazil 84 of 1945 |
| 34 | Duke Ellington | Black, Brown & Beige | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1990 (1944), Acclaimed 1269 (1944) |
| 35 | Helen Forrest | Time Waits For No One | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Aug 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1944 (10 weeks) |
| 36 | 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) |
| 37 | The Mills Brothers | Till Then | 1944 | Peel list 4 of 1944, US Billboard 8 - Aug 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Sep 1944 (3 weeks) |
| 38 | The Pied Pipers & Jo Stafford | The Trolley Song | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Oct 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1944 (12 weeks) |
| 39 | Lionel Hampton | Hamp's Boogie Woogie | 1944 | POP 4 of 1944, RYM 13 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Sep 1944 (1 week) |
| 40 | Harry James | Cherry | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jan 1944 (1 week), Brazil 100 of 1945 |
| 41 | Les Brown | Twilight Time | 1944 | US BB 7 of 1944, POP 7 of 1944, US Billboard 16 - Mar 1945 (1 week) |
| 42 | 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 |
| 43 | Woody Herman | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | 1944 | US Billboard 7 - Feb 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1944 (2 weeks), RYM 27 of 1943 |
| 44 | 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) |
| 45 | Bing Crosby | Amor | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1944 (7 weeks) |
| 46 | Duke Ellington | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | 1944 | US Billboard 10 - Feb 1944 (6 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Feb 1944 (1 week), POP 20 of 1944 |
| 47 | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | Cow Cow Boogie | 1944 | US Billboard 10 - Mar 1944 (8 weeks), RYM 11 of 1944, POP 24 of 1944 |
| 48 | Duke Ellington | Main Stem | 1944 | RYM 8 of 1943, POP 17 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Mar 1944 (1 week) |
| 49 | Judy Garland | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 1944 | RYM 8 of 1944, US Billboard 27 - Dec 1944 (1 week), AFI 76 |
| 50 | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | Together | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Oct 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1944 (10 weeks) |
| 51 | 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) |
| 52 | Jimmy Dorsey | Star Eyes | 1944 | US Billboard 3 - Jan 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1944 (13 weeks) |
| 53 | Lawrence Welk | Don't You Sweetheart Me | 1944 | US Billboard 2 - Mar 1944 (20 weeks), US 1940s 8 - May 1944 (2 weeks) |
| 54 | Charlie Barnet | Skyliner | 1944 | Peel list 2 of 1944, US Billboard 19 - Mar 1945 (1 week) |
| 55 | King Sisters | It's Love-Love-Love | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Apr 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1944 (4 weeks) |
| 56 | Joe Loss Orchestra | No Other Love | 1944 | Australia 1 for 1 month - Nov 1944 |
| 57 | Glen Gray | My Shining Hour | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1944 (4 weeks) |
| 58 | Lester Young | Just You, Just Me | 1944 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1944) |
| 59 | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin | 1944 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1944 (14 weeks) |
| 60 | Jimmy Dorsey | When They Ask About You | 1944 | US Billboard 4 - Feb 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1944 (5 weeks) |
Previous Comments
5 Sep 2009
songs of the fortiies
June: Thanks for the list of songs. They are great! Will try to find them atthe mall next to the DQ! Love you for thinking of us. Dad
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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.