List of number one hits on the jukebox folk charts in the USA (1944)

The list of the number one hits in the jukebox folk charts in the USA (1944) is based on the tracks determined by Billboard in 1944 that are most played every week in the jukeboxes of certain US locations.

background

In 1943, the Billboard Music Popularity Chart included the categories Songs with Most Radio Plugs , National and Regional Bestselling Retail Records and Sheet Music Best Sellers and (from October 1940) the Harlem Hit Parade , which analyzed the Afro-American market and from which the later Rhythm & Blues Chart developed. From January 8, 1944, the category Most Played Juke Box Folk Records was added , which, according to the subline , comprised the musical genres Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs , etc. , and from February 1944 Hillbilly , Race, Songs, Spirituals . "The Billboard was a bit inaccurate about what exactly was folk ". Initially, however, a target group-specific approach was not recorded according to genre. The data was collected on a weekly basis “from a selected group of jukebox operators whose locations require Folk Records ”. “Billboard and Casbox also recorded pop vocalists with new material outside the mainstream in the respective categories Folk and Race Records .” Therefore, in early 1944, in addition to country songs, R&B numbers such as “Is It You or Is It You Ain't ”by Louis Jordan or“ Straighten Up and Fly Right ”by Nat King Cole and his trio. In 1949, the investigation on the basis of the jukebox playback was switched to the determination of the sales figures for records and the hit parade was renamed Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records .

list

See also : List of Singles on the Billboard Charts (1944) , List of Number One Hits in the United States (1944), and List of Singles in Harlem Hit Parade 1944

In the Total column, the list shows the total number of weeks that the title was in this hit parade.

← 1943 ←	List of number one hits on the jukebox folk charts in the USA			1945 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) January 8, 1944 - February 25, 1944 7 weeks (total of 12) 12 Bing Crosby & Andrew Sisters Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter The song was a remake or "cover" of the Al Dexter hit that Crosby recorded with the Andrew Sisters for Decca Records . February 19, 1944 - February 25, 1944 1 week (4 in total) 4th Al Dexter Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter On February 19, Pistol Packin 'Mama came in at # 1 in two versions, by Al Dexter (OKeh) and Bing Crosby / Andrew Sisters (Decca). February 26, 1944 - March 10, 1944 2 weeks (total of 12) 12 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Ration Blues Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosie, Collenane Clark Jordan's Ration Blues (Decca) was also successful in the 1944 Harlem Hit Parade . March 18, 1944 - March 24, 1944 1 week (total of 12) 12 Floyd Tillman They Looked the Stars Out of Heaven Floyd Tillman "It was the first time Floyd Tillman's expressive baritone was recorded." March 25, 1944 - April 9, 1944 3 weeks (29 in total) 29 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - April 1, 1944 - April 8, 1944 1 week (total of 24) 24 Al Dexter & His Troopers Too Late to Worry (Too Blue to Cry) - April 8, 1944 - April 28, 1944 3 weeks (29 in total) 29 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - April 29, 1944 - May 5, 1944 1 week (total of 24) 24 Al Dexter & His Troopers Too Late to Worry (Too Blue to Cry) - May 6, 1944 - June 16, 1944 6 weeks (29 in total) 29 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - June 17, 1944 - June 30, 1944 2 weeks (total 10) 10 Nat King Cole Trio Straighten Up and Fly Right Irving Mills, Nat King Cole The title was also successful in the 1944 Harlem Hit Parade . July 1, 1944 - July 7, 1944 1 week (29 in total) 29 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - July 8, 1944 - July 28, 1944 3 weeks (total 10) 10 Nat King Cole Trio Straighten Up and Fly Right Irving Mills, Nat King Cole - July 29, 1944 - September 1, 1944 5 weeks (8 in total) 8th Louis Jordan Is It You or Is It You Ain't Billy Austin , Louis Jordan - September 2, 1944 - September 29, 1944 4 weeks (total of 21) 21st Ernest Tubb Soldier's Last Letter Ernest Tubb - Sgt. Henry Stewart Sergeant Henry "Redd" Stewart was Pee Wee King's longtime singer and musical partner. September 30, 1944 - December 22, 1944 12 weeks (total of 25) 25th Red Foley Smoke on the Water Earl Nunn, Zeke Clements - December 23, 1944 - February 2, 1945 6 weeks (total of 18) 18th Tex Ritter and His Texans I'm Wastin 'My Tears on You Frank Hartford, Tex Ritter B-side of "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder", a song that was also in this hit parade in 1944/45.
← 1943				→ 1945 →

Web links

• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Don Cusic: Discovering Country Music . Westport (CT): Praeger 2006 p. 54
2. ^ Billboard January 22, 1949, p. 40
3. ↑ Don Cusic: The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles . Jefferson (North Carolina): Mc Farland & Co. 2011, p. 112
4. ↑ Blue Suede News, Volumes 66-72 2004, p. 18
5. ^ Bill C. Malone: Country Music, USA University of Texas Press, 1985
6. ↑ Tex Ritter and His Texans - There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder / I'm Wasting My Tears on You at Discogs