List of singles on the Billboard charts (1944)

Notes on using the list

This list contains musicians, titles and their composer (s), date of entry into the charts, length of stay in the charts and highest position (abbreviated HP ). The presetting is made alphabetically according to the artist. It can also be sorted by title, chart entry, length of stay, position and label.

The List of Singles on the Billboard Charts (1944) is a complete list of songs that made it onto the US charts published by Billboard in the 1944 calendar year .

When setting up it should be noted that the A and B sides of a sound carrier could also be placed individually in the Billboard charts; in this case they are listed separately in this list. The information on the number of weeks and the best placement correspond to the timeframe of the respective calendar year and thus only represent partial statistics. In 1944 a total of 81 songs were placed.

Harry James rehearsing for the Coca Cola Radio Show, New York, between 1946 and 1948, Image: William P. Gottlieb

In 1944, the big big bands of the swing era were no longer at the top of the US charts; the nationally known orchestras of Charlie Barnet , Jimmy & Tommy Dorsey , Benny Goodman , Jimmie Lunceford , Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw were still in business; Also represented in the charts were the Casa Loma Orchestra , Earl Hines and His Orchestra , Woody Herman and His Orchestra and Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, as well as the bands of Cab Calloway , Lionel Hampton , Lucky Millinder , Stan Kenton , Louis Prima and Freddie Slack . Exceptions to the hit rankings were position 1 for the oldie " I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) " by Harry James from 1941.

Small combos were more successful , like the trio of pianist and singer Nat "King" Cole ("Straighten Up and Fly Right", Capitol ), Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five ("GI Jive", Decca ), but above all the vocal Soloists and ensembles such as Bing Crosby (“Swinging on a Star”), the Andrews Sisters (“Don't Fence Me In”, with Bing Crosby), Ella Mae Morse , Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots (“Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall "), the Mills Brothers (" You Always Hurt the One You Love "), the vocal quartet Merry Macs with" Mairzy Doats "(# 1), Judy Garland (" The Trolley Song ") and Dinah Shore (" I ' ll Walk Alone ”).

When Perry Como signed his first contract with RCA Victor it was during the musicians' strike from 1942 to 1944, also known as the American Federation of Musicians Recording ban . Singers like Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Como, who were not members of the musicians' union, were not affected by the ban. So Como and other singers were accompanied by musicians at live performances or radio shows, not in the record studio. One way the record industry found at the time to circumvent the problem was to replace the bands with different vocal groups that were available when recording.

The wartime admission ban (followed by another strike in 1948) had thwarted record sales in the music industry . The record buying audience was frustrated, compounded by the dispute over recording technology between Columbia Records and RCA Victor . The music industry, increasingly dominated by Hollywood, preferred to promote the non-swing influenced music. Eventually, two days after the 1944 US presidential election and nearly 27 months after the ban began, RCA and Columbia capitulated and signed the royalty agreement. With the end of World War II, the music industry entered a new era of prosperity. In 1945 165,000,000 records were sold, by 1946 there were 275,000,000, and the 1947 production was 350,000,000.

Bing Crosby at a troop support appearance in London in August 1944

After Pearl Harbor, the Tin Pan Alley songwriters rushed to write the Great American War song - an over there for World War II. The most popular songs, however, were still romantic ballads, escape melodies or novelty songs . To remedy this, the federal government created the National Wartime Music Committee , an advisory group to the Office of War Information (OWI), which presented "real" war songs as well as tips for writing and writing texts. The music business also formed its own music war committee to promote war songs.

Even by the time it became clear that the United States was about to enter World War II, popular patriotism was strong and influenced popular culture, including the music industry. In 1938 Kate Smith had released a version of Irving Berlin's song God Bless America , which topped the charts and was re-released in 1940 and 1942. Artists such as the Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby released military and war-related songs such as the 1941 Boogie Woogie Bugl "" e Boy and 1943 Shoo Shoo Baby, and Crosby's I'll Be Home at Chistmas . Many songs were directly related to the war like Sammy Kaye's Remember Pearl Harbor from 1942 or Johnny Mercer's G.I. Jive from 1944. Unless related directly to the global conflict, the wartime songs often hinted at a sense of loss and longing, and focused on the distance between lovers and the waiting for the soldiers to return home . One of the most popular songs of this type was " I'll Be Seeing You " by Shirley Temple , from the drama film of the same name by William Dieterle ; other examples are I'll Walk Alone (1944) by Dinah Shore and Till Then by the Mills Brothers . Other songs focused on promoting high morale by adding to an optimistic mood or satirically fighting the enemy, as in the song The Fuehrer's Face (1943) by Spike Jones & His City Slickers or Kay Kyser with his songs Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition from the same year. Many of these songs could also be seen in war films at the time, which were very popular.

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

Interpreter	Title Author (s)	Chart entry	Weeks	HP	Label number	Remarks
The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Shoo-Shoo Baby (From Universal-Picture "Three Cheers For The Boys") Phil Moore	01/01/1944	15th	2	Decca 18 572	Version of the piece from the universal production Follow the Boys ; in the film version, the Andrews Sisters were accompanied by Freddie Slack .
Kay Armen & the Balladiers	How Sweet You Are (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Thank Your Lucky Stars") Arthur Schwartz , Frank Loesser	01/22/1944	1	10	Decca 18 566	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Thank Your Lucky Stars . In the film, the “sweet ballad” is performed by Dinah Shore and choir accompaniment.
Perry Como with Mixed Chorus	Long Ago (and Far Away) (From The Columbia film "Cover Girl") Ira Gershwin , Jerome David Kern	05/20/1944	3	8th	Victor 20-1569	Version of the piece from the Columbia production The Goddess Dances . After smaller hits with "Long Ago and Far Away", "I'm Gonna Love That Gal" and "If I Loved You", the singer made his breakthrough the following year with the number one hit "Till the End of Time" .
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Don't Fence Me In (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Hollywood Canteen") Cole Porter	11/25/1944	5	1	Decca 23 364	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Hollywood Canteen . In the film version, the Andrews Sisters sang to the accompaniment of Jimmy Dorsey .
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma 'Baby) (From Universal-Picture "Follow The Boys") Billy Austin, Louis Jordan	09/16/1944	10	2	Decca 23 350	Version of the piece from the universal production Follow the Boys . The Andrew Sisters' fruitful career collaboration with Crosby included "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma 'Baby?)" As well as "Pistol Packin' Mama", " Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive ", "Down the Navajo Trail", "The Three Caballeros" and "Sparrow in the Tree Top".
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter	01/01/1944	1	10	Decca 23 277	In January 1944, Billboard published its first chart on country music . That list included Bing Crosby's recording of Pistol Packin 'Mama. The song was a remake or "cover" of the Al Dexter hit that Crosby recorded with the Andrew Sisters for Decca Records .
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	Amor (Featured in MGM picture "Broadway Rhythm") Gabriel Ruiz, Sunny Skylar	07/08/1944	7th	4th	Decca 18 608	Version of the piece from MGM production Broadway Rhythm (1944, directed by Roy Del Ruth ), with George Murphy , Ginny Simms and Charles Winninger in the leading roles.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	I Love You (From Michael Todd's "Mexican Hayride") Cole Porter	04/22/1944	14th	1	Decca 18 595	Version of the piece from the Broadway musical Mexican Hayride (1944) produced by Michael Todd .
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) Walter Kent , Kim Gannon , Buck Ram	01/01/1944	2	3	Decca 18 570	During the main phase of World War II, the lyrics reflected the longings of those who took part in the war and their relatives: I'll be home for Christmas, You can count on me.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	I'll Be Seeing You Sammy Fain , Irving Kahal	May 27, 1944	19th	1	Decca 18 595	B-side of I Love You . "When Bing Crosby recorded the already popular song" I'll Been Seing You "in early 1944, his beautiful baritone aroused bittersweet comfort for so many people that the song reached number one and stayed there for four weeks."
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	Long Ago (and Far Away) (From Columbia-Picture "Cover Girl") Jerome David Kern, Ira Gershwin	07/08/1944	4th	5	Decca 18 608	B-side of Cupid ; Version of the piece from the Columbia production The Goddess Dances in which he is introduced by Gene Kelly .
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	Poinciana (Song of the Tree) Neil Simon, Buddy Bernier	03/11/1944	5	5	Decca 18 586	Romantic ballads like “Poinciana” continued to be the most popular songs of the time. " Poinciana, your branches speak to me of love / Pale moon casts shadows from above ," Bing Crosby sang.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	San Fernando Valley Gordon Jenkins	04/15/1944	12	2	Decca 18 586	B-side of Poinciana (Song of the Tree) . A song that Gordon Jenkins wrote for Roy Rogers , starring in the western film San Fernando Valley (1944, directed by John English ).
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) (From Paramount-Picture "Going My Way") James Royce Shannon	10/28/1944	8th	4th	Decca 18 621	Version of the piece from the Paramount production The Way to Happiness . Bing Crosby sang an a cappella version in the film.
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra & The Williams Brothers Quartet	Swinging on a Star (From Paramount-Picture "Going My Way") Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	06/17/1944	20th	1	Decca 18 597	Version of the piece from the Paramount production The Way to Happiness . The song won an Oscar for best song in 1945.
Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	White Christmas (From Paramount-Picture "Holiday Inn") Irving Berlin	01/01/1944	1	9	Decca 18 429	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Musik, Musik (1942, directed by Mark Sandrich ), in which the song is presented by Bing Crosby and Martha Mears (as the singing double of Marjorie Reynolds ).
Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin with the Sportsmen Glee Club	Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin ' (From Musical Production "Oklahoma") Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein II	01/01/1944	2	6th	Decca 18 564	Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin ' was the b-side of Bing Crosby's version of the love song People Will Say We're in Love . The vocalists Trudy Erwin and The Sportsmen Glee Club acted as Bing's accompanying ensemble.
Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin with the Sportsmen Glee Club	People Will Say We're in Love (From Musical Production "Oklahoma") Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	01/01/1944	3	4th	Decca 18 564	People Will Say We're in Love from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Musical Oklahoma! (1943) came in 10th position on Variety as the biggest hit of 1943. Trudy Erwin and the Sportsmen Glee Club took over the accompanying part.
Al Dexter & his Troopers with String Band	Pistol Packin 'Mama Al Dexter	01/08/1944	1	7th	Okeh 6708	Pistol Packin 'Mama was a hit for Al Dexter & his Troopers, with which Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters were also successful in 1943 - albeit with a defused text.
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly	My Ideal Leo Robin , Richard A. Whiting , Newell Chase	January 15, 1944	4th	8th	Decca 18 574	My Ideal , a number from the late 1920s, was also covered by Glenn Miller , Hal McIntyre , Coleman Hawkins , Count Basie , Sonny Dunham , Boyd Raeburn and Don Byas during this period .
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen	Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much) Consuelo Velázquez , Sunny Skylar	January 15, 1944	16	1	Decca 18 574	B-side of My Ideal . In 1943/1944 the first cover versions of Jimmy Dorsey and Abe Lyman came on the market, which, like the version by Andy Russell shortly thereafter, were able to place well in the charts.
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen	Star Eyes (From MGM-Picture "I Dood It") Don Raye , Gene De Paul	01/08/1944	13	3	Decca 18 574	B-side of They're Either Too Young or Too Old , version of the song from the MGM production I Dood It ; in the film, Helen O'Connell took over the female vocal part.
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen	They're Either Too Young or Too Old (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Thank Your Lucky Stars") Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser	01/01/1944	5	3	Decca 18 571	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Thank Your Lucky Stars , in which Bette Davis introduced him. Tony Pastor recorded the song for a V-Disc in 1943 ; the song was also in the repertoire of the bands of Les Brown , Bob Crosby , Jan Garber and Jimmy Dorsey at this time .
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen	When They Ask About You Sam H. Stept	04/01/1944	5	4th	Decca 18 582	The track was also recorded by Sonny Dunham , Tommy Dorsey , Count Basie and The Squadronaires in 1944 .
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra	Boogie Woogie Pinetop Smith	January 15, 1944	2	5	Victor 26 054	The new edition of Dorsey's millionaire hit from 1938 (# 3) brought Boogie Woogie into the charts for the second time; Dean Kinkaide arranged the boogie woogie classic for orchestra and "hits the easy swing that characterizes Pinetop's game - and that some of his clumsy successors missed."
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra	I'll Be Seeing You Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain	06/03/1944	8th	5	Victor 20-1574	I'll Be Seeing You , one of the most popular songs of the era, was also covered by Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford , Vera Lynn , Ilene Woods , Billie Holiday , Mildred Bailey and by Kay Kyser & The King Sisters .
Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra, Trumpet Solo by Cootie Williams	Do Nothin 'till You Hear from Me Duke Ellington	02/05/1944	1	10	Victor 20-1547	Do Nothin '' till You Hear from Me , originally the opening theme from Concerto for Cootie , became one of Ellington's most popular songs.
Helen Forrest with Toots Camarata & his Orchestra	Time Waits for No One (From Warner Bros.-Picture "Shine on Harvest Moon") Cliff Friend, Charlie Tobias	08/05/1944	10	4th	Decca 18 600	Version of the play from the Warner Bros. production Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) directed by David Butler , starring Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson .
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes with Toots Camarata & his Orchestra	Long Ago (and Far Away) (From Columbia Picture "Cover Girl") Jerome David Kern, Ira Gershwin	05/06/1944	11	2	Decca 23 317	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Es Dances the Goddess , in which it is performed by Gene Kelly and Martha Mears (as the singing double of Rita Hayworth ).
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes with Victor Young & his Orchestra	It Had to Be You (Featured In RKO-Picture "Show Business") Isham Jones , Gus Kahn	09/16/1944	5	4th	Decca 23 349	Version of the piece from the RKO production Show Business (1944) directed by Edwin L. Marin , with Eddie Cantor , George Murphy and Joan Davis in the leading roles.
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes with Victor Young & his Orchestra	Together (Featured in David O. Selznick-Production "Since You Went Away") BG DeSylva , Lew Brown , Ray Henderson	10/14/1944	9	3	Decca 23 349	B-side of It Had to Be You ; Version of the piece from the Selznick production When you said goodbye .
The Four King Sisters with Male Chorus	It's Love-Love-Love Mack David , Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer	04/29/1944	4th	4th	Bluebird 30-0822	"If your heart goes bumpety bump / It's Love-Love-Love! / If your throat comes up with a lump / It's Love-Love-Love! "
Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll & his Orchestra	The Trolley Song (From MGM-Picture "Meet Me in St. Louis") Hugh Martin , Ralph Blane	December 9, 1944	1	10	Decca 23 361	Version of the piece from the MGM production Meet Me in St. Louis ; the film version received an Academy Award nomination for best song in 1945 .
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra , Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird	My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) (From 20th Century-Fox Picture "Sweet Rosie O'Grady") Harry Warren , Mack Gordon	01/01/1944	15th	1	Decca 18 567	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943, directed by Irving Cummings ) in which Betty Grable introduced him. My Heart Tells Me was also played in 1943 by Harry James , Charlie Parker , Hal McIntyre and in London by Stéphane Grappelli .
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird	My Shining Hour (From RKO-Picture "The Sky's The Limit") Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer	01/22/1944	4th	4th	Decca 18 567	Version of the piece from the RKO production The Sky's the Limit ; the film version received an Academy Award nomination for best song in 1945 .
Woody Herman & his Orchestra	Do Nothin 'till You Hear from Me Duke Ellington, Bob Russell	03/11/1944	2	9	Decca 18 578	Even Woody Herman and His Orchestra coverten the Ellington song, a soon jazz standard should be. The vocalist was the band leader; Dave Matthews the arranger.
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	His Rocking Horse Ran Away (From Paramount-Picture "And the Angels Sing") Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	07/29/1944	7th	7th	Capitol 155	B-side of It Had to Be You ; Version of the piece from the Paramount production And the Angels Sing (1944, directed by George Marshall ), in which Betty Hutton also introduces him.
Betty Hutton with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	It Had To Be You (From Warner Bros.-Picture "The Roaring Twenties") Isham Jones, Gus Kahn	09/23/1944	2	5	Capitol 155	Version of the play from the Warner Bros. production The Roaring Twenties (1939, directed by Raoul Walsh ) in which he was introduced by Priscilla Lane .
The Ink Spots with Instrumental Accompaniment	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) (Featured In MGM-Picture "A Guy Named Joe") Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	May 27, 1944	3	7th	Decca 18 579	Version of the piece from the MGM production Kampf in den Wolken , in which it is performed by both Ward Bond (harmonica) and Irene Dunne .
The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald with Instrumental Accompaniment	I'm Making Believe (From 20th Century-Fox-Picture "Sweet And Low-Down") James V. Monaco , Mack Gordon	11/25/1944	5	1	Decca 23 356	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Sweet and Low-Down . The song, which alternates between Ink Spots' Bill Kenny and Fitzgerald, was also recorded by the Three Suns, Hal McIntyre and Mark Warnow.
The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald with Instrumental Accompaniment	Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall Allan Roberts , Doris Fisher	December 16, 1944	2	5	Decca 23 356	B-side of I'm Making Believe . The bands of Charlie Spivak and Charlie Barnet also recorded the song in 1944.
Harry James & his Orchestra	Cherry Don Redman	01/29/1944	1	10	Columbia 36 683
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert	04/22/1944	21st	1	Columbia 36 698
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five	GI Jive Johnny Mercer	06/10/1944	14th	3	Decca 8659	In 1944, Louis Jordan was successful with GIFive in both the Harlem Hit Parade and the pop charts. Mercer had intended to write a song the soldiers would like, and the song was the biggest hit of any song dealing with the lives of soldiers in World War II.
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma 'Baby) (From Universal-Picture "Follow The Boys") Billy Austin, Louis Jordan	09/02/1944	3	5	Decca 8659	B-side from GI Jive ; Version of the piece from the universal production Follow the Boys (1944, directed by A. Edward Sutherland ). The song reached # 1 on the US Folk & Country charts, stayed at # 2 on the pop chart and # 3 on the R&B chart for three weeks.
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra, Vocal by Anita O'Day	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine Joe Greene, Charles Lawrence, Stan Kenton	09/16/1944	11	4th	Capitol 166	Her Tears Flowed Like Wine was Kenton's first commercially successful single. Singer Anita O'Day brought the African American Jesse Price into the studio and asked Kenton to let him take part in the session.
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra, vocal by Gene Howard	How Many Hearts Have You Broken Marty Symes, Al Kaufman	04/11/1944	1	9	Capitol 166	Tiny Hill and His Hilltoppers, Les Brown , Billie Rogers and Jimmy Joy & His Orchestra also recorded the title in 1944/45 .
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra, Vocal by Red Dorris	Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me Bob Russell, Duke Ellington	04/01/1944	1	10	Capitol 145	In addition to the Ellington Orchestra , the song was also popular in 1944 versions by Woody Herman , Billie Holiday , the Modernaires, and the Delta Rhythm Boys .
The King Cole Trio	Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole , Irving Mills	06/17/1944	2	9	Capitol 154	During its first Capitol session, the King Cole Trio recorded “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, a Cole composition the group had already recorded for the film Here Comes Elmer (1943, directed by Joseph Santley ).
Evelyn Knight with Toots Camarata & his Orchestra	Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking) Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton	10/14/1944	1	10	Decca 18 614	This was the debut record of the singer Evelyn Knight (1917-2007). In the following years the song was also covered by the Andrews Sisters , Damita Jo , Bill Haley and Louis Prima .
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, Vocal Chorus by Billy Leach	Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) (From "One Touch Of Venus") Kurt Weill , Ogden Nash	01/29/1944	8th	6th	Decca 18 573	From the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus . The Kurt Weill title was also played by Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, Boyd Raeburn , Nat King Cole and Jimmy Dorsey in 1944 .
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, Vocal Chorus by by Skip Nelson & The Lombardo Trio	It's Love-Love-Love Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer	04/15/1944	10	1	Decca 18 589	The song was covered in the USA in 1943/44 by Louis Armstrong , Les Brown , Jan Garber , Kay Kyser , Glenn Miller, and in Europe by The Squadronaires, Ernst van't Hoff and Leo Souris .
Enric Madriguera & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Bob Lido	I Love You (From "Mexican Hayride") Cole Porter	04/08/1944	1	7th	Hit 7077	Version of the piece from the Broadway musical Mexican Hayride (1944) produced by Michael Todd .
Mary Martin with Toots Camarata & his Orchestra	I'll Walk Alone (From Universal-Picture "Follow The Boys") Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn	07.10.1944	7th	6th	Decca 23 340	Version of the piece from the Universal production Follow the Boys (1944, directed by A. Edward Sutherland ), in which Dinah Shore introduces him.
Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	GI Jive Johnny Mercer	06/17/1944	1	13	Capitol 141	Mercer combined military jargon with hipster slang. His own recording with Paul Weston's orchestra was a best seller.
The Merry Macs with Orchestra	Mairzy Doats Milton Drake, Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston	02/26/1944	9	2	Decca 18 588	Released in 1943, the Novelty Song was first played by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists on the WOR radio station in New York. The song hit the pop charts several times, most successfully a version of the Merry Macs. The song was also a number-one in the note sale ( Sheet Music ), with sales of over 450,000 within the first three weeks of publication.
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle	Blue Rain Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen	01/22/1944	1	9	Victor 20-1536	Miller had already recorded the number in October 1939; During this time she was also recorded by the Casa Loma Orchestra , Mildred Bailey , Tommy Dorsey , Bea Wain and Les Brown .
The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll Johnny S. Black	01/01/1944	9	1	Decca 18 318	Paper Doll was the most successful title the Mills Brothers ever recorded; it became their signature tune. In 1944 the song was also recorded by Wingy Manone , outside the USA by Oscar Alemán , Fred Bohler and Robert De Kers .
The Mills Brothers	Till Then Guy Wood, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus	09/30/1944	3	8th	Decca 18 599	B-side of You Always Hurt the One You Love
The Mills Brothers	You Always Hurt the One You Love Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts	07/01/1944	20th	1	Decca 18 599	You Always Hurt the One You Love was the Mills Brothers' fourth number 1 hit and the second '78 to sell over a million copies. In 1944, Kay Starr , Charlie Spivak , Charlie Barnet and Bunk Johnson also took him on.
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Marilyn Duke	The Trolley Song (From the MGM movie "Meet Me in St. Louis") Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	December 23, 1944	1	8th	Victor 20-1605	Version of the piece from the MGM production Meet Me in St. Louis ; the film version received an Academy Award nomination for best song in 1945 .
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra	Good Night, Wherever You Are Frank Weldon, Al Hoffman, Dick Robertson	07/01/1944	3	6th	Decca 18 598	"Good Night, Wherever You Are" follows the pattern of songs of the time such as "Goodnight Irene" and "Goodnight My Love".
Russ Morgan & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Al Jennings	Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stockin ') Terry Shand, Jimmy Eaton, Mickey Leader	11/11/1944	7th	3	Decca 18 625	This was the revision of an older song by Terry Shand (1904–1977), with new lyrics by Jimmy Eaton and Mickey Leader. Terry Shand himself (Decca), Tony Pastor , Louis Prima and Cab Calloway also recorded the song in 1944.
Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & his Orchestra	Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (From MGM's "Broadway Rhythm") Don Raye, Gene De Paul	05/13/1944	2	10	Capitol 151	Version of the piece from the MGM production Broadway Rhythm , in which Nancy Walker and Ben Blue present it with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra. Even Woody Herman , Tommy Dorsey , Boyd Raeburn and Loumell Morgan trio recorded the song on the 1944th
Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & his Orchestra	No Love, No Nothin ' (From the 20th Century Fox Picture "The Gang's All Here") Harry Warren, Leo Robin	02/05/1944	2	7th	Capitol 143	B-side of Shoo-Shoo Baby ; Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production The Gang's All Here .
Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & his Orchestra	Shoo-Shoo Baby (From the Universal-Picture "Three Cheers For The Boys") Phil Moore	01/01/1944	14th	4th	Capitol 143	Version of the piece from the Universal production Follow the Boys , in which he was introduced by the Andrew Sisters . Shoo Shoo Baby was one of the most popular songs of the war years in America; he was also used in numerous film musicals of the time, such as Follow the Boys (1944) and South of Dixie (1944, directed by Jean Yarbrough ), in which Morse sang him.
The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Mairzy Doats Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston	04/08/1944	1	8th	Capitol 148
The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	The Trolley Song Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane	10/21/1944	9	2	Capitol 168
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II feat. Members of the Original New York Production	Oklahoma! - Selections from the Theater Guild Musical Play -	01/08/1944	1	10	Decca A-359	At Decca album was released with six 78ern with music of the performance Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! , a selection from the Theater Guild music piece by members of the Original New York Production with choir and orchestra conducted by Jay Blackton .
David Rose & his Orchestra	Holiday for Strings David Rose	02/19/1944	19th	2	Victor 27 853
Andy Russell with Al Sack & his Orchestra	Amor (From MGM-Picture "Broadway Rhythm") Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez, Gabriel Ruiz	06/03/1944	8th	5	Capitol 156	Version of the piece from the MGM production Broadway Rhythm.
Andy Russell with Al Sack & his Orchestra	Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much) Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar	04/22/1944	2	10	Capitol 149
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra	It Had to Be You Gus Kahn, Isham Jones	04/11/1944	1	10	Victor 20-1593	"It Had to Be You," a number from the 1920s was 1944, of Nat King Cole , Art Tatum & The Les Paul Trio, Harry James , Tommy Dorsey , Edmond Hall / Teddy Wilson , Louis Armstrong and Erroll Garner aufgnoemmen .
Dinah Shore & with Mixed Chorus	I'll Walk Alone (From The Universal Movie "Follow The Boys") Jule Styne, Sammy Caan	08/12/1944	20th	1	Victor 20-1586	Version of the piece from the universal production Follow The Boys .
Frank Sinatra, Vocal Chorus by the Bobby Tucker Singers	I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night (From "Higher And Higher") Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh	02/12/1944	8th	5	Columbia 36 687	Version of the piece from the RKO production Higher and Higher ; the film version received an Academy Award nomination for best song in 1945.
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	I Love You (From "Mexican Hayride") Cole Porter	04/29/1944	4th	8th	Capitol 153	B-side of Long Ago (and Far Away) ; Version of the piece from the Broadway musical Mexican Hayride (1944) produced by Michael Todd.
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	It Could Happen to You (From Paramount-Picture "And the Angels Sing") Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen	09/30/1944	1	10	Capitol 158	Version of the piece from the Paramount production And the Angels Sing (1944, directed by George Marshall ), in which he is introduced by Dorothy Lamour .
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Long Ago (and Far Away) (From Columbia's "Cover Girl") Jerome David Kern, Ira Gershwin	05/13/1944	12	6th	Capitol 153	Version of the piece from the Columbia production The Goddess Dances . "Long Ago (and Far Away)" was the most successful song Ira Gershwin has ever written.
Martha Tilton with Orchestra	I'll Walk Alone (From Universal-Picture "Follow The Boys") Sammy Cahn, Juile Styne	08/05/1944	18th	5	Capitol 157	Version of the piece from the universal production Follow The Boys . In addition to Dinah Shore (Victor), Mary Martin (Decca), Louis Prima (Hit), the singer Martha Tilton was also successful with the song in 1944.
Al Trace & his Silly Symphonists with Red Maddock	Mairzy Doats Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston	02/19/1944	3	7th	Hit 8079	The Silly Symphonists were "a band within a band" who performed at the 1933 Chicago World Fair . Drummer Red Maddock, bassist Dave DeVore and Nate Wexler, who played almost everything, were the main actors. The band, which appeared on record, radio, film and television, had their greatest success in popularizing "Mairzy Doats".
Lawrence Welk & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Wayne March	Don't Sweetheart Me Cliff Friend, Charlie Tobias	05/06/1944	2	8th	Decca 4434	Welk's first chart single was "Don't Sweetheart Me" on Decca in 1944.

Web links

• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)

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