List of number one country hits in the US (1944)

This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's Most Played Juke Box Folk Records (Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, etc.) in the US in 1944, first released on January 8, 1944. These charts are considered to be the predecessors of the Hot Country Songs introduced in 1958 . This year there were a total of thirteen number one songs, taking into account all Pistol Packin 'Mama versions.

← 1943 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			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 7) 7th Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orchestra Al Dexter & His Troopers Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter The only exception where multiple versions of a song were put together in first place. In the chart lists from January 8th and January 15th an additional version by Don Baxter was listed, furthermore a recording by Sid Peltyn on January 15th and by Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher on February 5th . February 26, 1944 - March 10, 1944 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Ration Blues Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark - March 11, 1944 - March 18, 1944 1 week (total 8/1) 8/1 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orchestra Al Dexter & His Troopers Pistol Packin 'Mama Rosalita Al Dexter - March 18, 1944 - March 24, 1944 1 week (total 1) 1 Floyd Tillman & His Favorite Playboys They Took the Stars Out of Heaven Floyd Tillman - March 25, 1944 - March 31, 1944 1 week (total 1) 1 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - April 1, 1944 - April 7, 1944 1 week (total 1) 1 Al Dexter & His Troopers Too Late to Worry Al Dexter B-side of So Long Pal April 8, 1944 - April 14, 1944 1 week (total 2) 2 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - April 15, 1944 - April 21, 1944 1 week (total 3/2/3) 3/2/3 Al Dexter & His Troopers Al Dexter & His Troopers Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five So Long Pal Too Late to Worry Ration Blues Al Dexter Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark - April 22, 1944 - April 28, 1944 1 week (total 1) 1 Floyd Tillman & His Favorite Playboys They Took the Stars Out of Heaven Floyd Tillman - April 29, 1944 - May 5, 1944 1 week (total 3) 3 Al Dexter & His Troopers Too Late to Worry Al Dexter - May 6, 1944 - June 9, 1944 5 weeks (8 in total) 8th Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - June 10, 1944 - June 16, 1944 1 week (total 9/1) 9/1 Al Dexter & His Troopers The King Cole Trio So Long Pal Straighten Up and Fly Right Al Dexter Nat King Cole , Irving Mills - June 17, 1944 - June 30, 1944 2 weeks (total 3) 3 The King Cole Trio Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole, Irving Mills - July 1, 1944 - July 7, 1944 1 week (9 in total) 9 Al Dexter & His Troopers So Long Pal Al Dexter - July 8, 1944 - July 14, 1944 1 week (4 in total) 4th The King Cole Trio Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole, Irving Mills - July 15, 1944 - July 21, 1944 1 week (total 10/5) 10/5 Al Dexter & His Troopers The King Cole Trio So Long Pal Straighten Up and Fly Right Al Dexter Nat King Cole, Irving Mills - July 22, 1944 - July 28, 1944 1 week (6 in total) 6th The King Cole Trio Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole, Irving Mills - July 29, 1944 - September 1, 1944 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma 'Baby) Billy Austin, Louis Jordan Part of the soundtrack of the Universal production Follow the Boys September 2, 1944 - September 22, 1944 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Ernest Tubb Soldier's Last Letter Ernest Tubb, Henry Stewart - September 23, 1944 - September 29, 1944 1 week (total 11/4/1) 11/4/1 Al Dexter & His Troopers Ernest Tubb Red Foley So Long Pal Soldier's Last Letter Smoke on the Water Al Dexter Ernest Tubb, Henry Stewart Earl Nunn, Zeke Clements - September 30, 1944 - December 22, 1944 12 weeks (total of 13) 13 Red Foley Smoke on the Water Earl Nunn, Zeke Clements - December 23, 1944 - December 29, 1944 1 week (total 1) 1 Tex Knights & His Texans I'm Wastin 'My Tears on You Frank Harford, Tex Ritter -
← 1943				→ 1945 →

See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1944)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Billboard, January 8th, 1944, p. 18 (available in the American Radio History Archives )
2. ↑ Discogs (Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orchestra - Pistol Packin 'Mama)
3. ↑ Discogs (Al Dexter & his Troopers - Pistol Packin 'Mama)
4. ↑ Discogs (Don Baxter & his Orchestra - Pistol Packin 'Mama)
5. ↑ Discogs (Sid Peltyn & His Orchestra - Pistol Packin 'Mama)
6. ↑ Discogs (Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher & His Orchestra - Pistol Packin 'Mama)
7. ↑ Discogs (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Ration Blues)
8. ↑ Discogs (Floyd Tillman & His Favorite Playboys - They Took the Stars Out of Heaven)
9. ↑ Discogs (Al Dexter & His Troopers - So Long Pal)
10. ↑ Discogs (The King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right)
11. ↑ Discogs (Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma 'Baby))
12. ↑ Discogs (Ernest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter)
13. ↑ Discogs (Red Foley - Smoke on the Water)
14. ↑ Discogs (Tex Ritter & His Texans - I'm Wastin 'My Tears on You)