List of singles in the 1944 Harlem Hit Parade

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 , each related to the calendar year). The presetting takes place after the artist / title first enters the top 10 of the charts. It can also be sorted by artist, title, chart entry, length of stay, position and label.

The list of singles in the 1944 Harlem Hit Parade includes all songs by singles that were listed in the appropriate category on Billboard in the 1944 calendar year . The later Billboard Rhythm & Blues Chart emerged from the Harlem Hit Parade .

background

Since the early 1940s, the market for so-called race records (records by African American musicians for an African American audience) had grown so much that Billboard became interested in measuring their sales. Race Music was a term that had been used by the record industry since the 1920s .

Sales charts for Race Records have been identified by Billboard as the Harlem Hit Parade since October 1942 . The weekly sales were first surveyed in an informal survey of an unspecified selection of the “most popular record stores” in the New York borough of Harlem (which was heavily influenced by African American people). In early 1944, record stores in Chicago and Newark (New Jersey) were added, and from February 1944 in the whole of the United States, which is why the list was henceforth known as the "Harlem" Hit Parade . In June 1949 the term Race was replaced in the chart lists by " Rhythm and Blues ".

In 1944 a total of 65 songs were placed.

list

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

Interpreter	Title Author (s)	Chart entry	Weeks	HP	Label number	Remarks
Louis Jordan	Ration Blues Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosie , Collenane Clark	December 18, 1943	21st	1	Decca 8654	"In 1944, the influence of World War II was demonstrated in songs like Ration Blues by Louis Jordan." Jordan's songs was originally called Mop! Mop! .
Ella Mae Morse , see Dick Walters & His Orchestra	Shoo Shoo Baby Phil Moore	December 18, 1943	13	1	Capitol 143	“ Shoo-Shoo Baby , released by Ella Mae Morse and this time sponsored by the Dick Walters Orchestra, has something of World War II slang, [a song] written by Phil Moore, fast and full of excitement. Ella Mae shines again with her sultry voice. "
Erskine Hawkins	Don't Cry Baby Saul Bernie , James P. Johnson , Besie Unger	07/31/1943	28	2	Bluebird 30-0813	The original song was recorded by Bessie Smith in 1929 . Don't Cry Baby was the top hit in the Harlem Hit Parade in 1943 ; he also hit # 15 on the Billboard Pop Chart.
Nat King Cole Trio	All for You Robert Sherman	11/06/1943	14th	4th	Capitol 139
Lucky Millinder	Sweet Slumber Lucky Millinder, Al J. Neiburg , William Henri Woode	December 11, 1943	17th	5	Decca 18569	The band vocalist was Trevor Bacon.
The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll Johnny S. Black	May 29, 1943	29	6th	Decca 20-1519	Paper Doll was the most successful title the Mills Brothers ever recorded; it became their signature tune.
Duke Ellington	Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington	05/08/1943	25th	7th	Victor 28610	Two different versions of Do not Get Around Much Anymore , on the one hand by the Ink Spots and the other of Ellington and his orchestra, each reached No. 1 on the rhythm-and-blues - charts in 1943. Even Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra reached that same year with a recording on the Billboard charts, sung by Kenny Sargent .
Bing Crosby	I'll Be Home for Christmas Ande Rand , Walter Kent , Kim Gannon	01/01/1944	1	8th	Decca 18570
Bing Crosby	White Christmas Irving Berlin	01/01/1944	1	9	Decca 18429
Duke Ellington	Sentimental Lady Duke Ellington	04.09.1943	18th	1	Victor 20-1528	Sentimental Lady was based on an earlier composition by Ellington, I Didn't Know About You .
Glenn Miller	It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) Chummy MacGregor , George Dale Williams	01/08/1944	9	2	Victor 20-1546	It Must Be Jelly was Glenn Miller's last listing on the Harlem Hit Parade .
Duke Ellington	Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me Bob Russell , Duke Ellington	01/08/1944	18th	1	Victor 20-1547	The original title of Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me was Concerto for Cootie . In 1944, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman versions of the title made it into the Harlem Hit Parade ; most successful, however, was the version of the Duke Ellington Orchestra .
Johnny Mercer	GI Jive Johnny Mercer	01/08/1944	6th +	1	Capitol	The song describes the day of the man enlisted in the military in basic training with lines such as “ Met a gal in calico, down in Santa Fe / Used to be her Sunday beau til I rode away. / Do I want her, do I want her love? "
Duke Ellington	A slip of the lip	January 15, 1944	15th	1	Victor 20-1528	A Slip of the Lip from July 1942, sung by Ray Nance , was a typical wartime song, the lyrics of which warned against speaking too openly, as the enemy could overhear ( Shhh, don't talk to much / Cause a slip of the lip might sink a ship ).
Harry James	Jump Town Harry James, Jack Matthias	January 15, 1944	1	9	Columbia 36683	Jump Town was the B-side of James' recording of Cherry , written by Don Redman .
Glen Gray	My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) Harry Warren , Mack Gordon	01/22/1944	1	7th	Decca	Betty Grable introduced the song My Heart Tells Me in the musical sweet Rosie O'Grady .
Erskine Hawkins	Cherry Don Redman	01/29/1944	6th	5	Bluebird 30-0819	The song Cherry was followed by a series of successful recordings by the band leader such as Tippin 'In and After Hours .
Harry James	Cherry Don Redman	02/29/1944	2	10	Columbia 36683
Benny Carter & His Orchestra (Blues Vocal by Savannah Churchill )	Hurry, Hurry Richard Larkin	02/12/1944	7th	2	Capitol 144	With the instrumental number Hurry, Hurry! Benny Carter made his recording debut with Capitol Records . Richard Larkin's song was also recorded by Christine Chatman, Nellie Lutcher and Lucky Millinder .
Benny Goodman	Solo Flight Charlie Christian , Mundy, B. Goodman	02/12/1944	6th	1	Columbia 36684	The soloist in the Benny Goodman Sextet was guitarist Charlie Christian .
The Five Red Caps	I've Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forgot Joe Davis	02/19/1944	18th	3	Beacon 7120	The vocal ensemble Five Red Caps recorded the number (in the tradition of the Ink Spots) together with the songwriter Joe Davis, who was performed under the pseudonym Leslie York .
Benny Carter	Poinciana (Song of the Tree) Buddy Bernier , Nat Simon	02/19/1944	1	8th	Capitol 144	Poinciana was the B-side of Cart's chart hit Hurry Hurry! .
Woody Herman	Do Nothin 'Til You Hear from Me Ellington	02/19/1944	4th	4th	Decca 18678
Buddy Johnson	When My Man Comes Hone Mayo Williams , Buddy Johnson	02/26/1944	24	1	Decca 8655	When My Man Comes Home was one of Buddy Johnson's biggest hits; The vocalist is Ella Johnson .
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ya) Don Raye , Gene De Paul , Benny Carter	02/26/1944	12	1	Decca18587	"Cow Cow Boogie" should by Ella Fitzgerald in the film Ride 'em Cowboy of Abbott and Costello are sung (1942). In the completed film, Fitzgerald does a square dance and sings some other songs, but Cow Cow Boogie did not appear in the film.
Duke Ellington	Main Stem Duke Ellington	03/04/1944	13	1	Victor 20-1556	" Main Stem (1942) illustrates his use of the blue notes , which are sharply accented on the strong first beat of each bar."
The Ink Spots	Don't Believe Everything You Dream (From the RKO-Picture Around the World ) Jimmy McHugh , Harold Adamson	03/18/1944	3	6th	Decca 18583	Version of the song from the film Around the World (1943, directed by Allan Dwan ), with Kay Kyser , Mischa Auer and Joan Davis in the lead roles. In the film, the song is introduced by Georgia Carroll and Harry Babbitt.
Jimmy Dorsey	When They Asked About You Sam H. Stept	03/18/1944	1	10	Decca 18582	Singing by Kitty Kallen
Lester Young	Sometimes I'm Happy Vincent Youmans , Irving Caesar	March 25, 1944	4th	5	Keynote 604	Sometimes I'm Happy was the B-side of Afternoon of a Basie-ite . In Lester Young Quartet played Johnny Guarnieri , Slam Stewart and Sidney Catlett .
Lester Young	Just You, Just Me Douglas Gamley, Bob Docker, Jesse Greer & Raymond Klages	March 25, 1944	1	9	Keynote 603
The Five Red Caps	Boogie-Woogie Ball Joe Davis	March 25, 1944	1	3	Beacon 7121
Stan Kenton	Do Nothin 'Til You Hear from Me Duke Ellington	04/01/1944	1	8th	Capitol 145
Lionel Hampton	Salty Papa Blues [[]]	04/01/1944	1	10	Keynote 606	This song was recorded by the 5 Red Caps for Joe Davis in September 1943, one of their earliest recordings. First released on Beacon Records in January 1944, then again on the Gennett Label in September 1944.
Nat King Cole Trio	Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole, Irving Mills	04/15/1944	24	1	Capitol 154	Nat King Cole's classic, one of his first big hits on Capitol Records, was Straighten Up and Fly Right , which also made it into the American pop and country charts.
Lionel Hampton ( Dinah Washington , vocals)	Evil Gal Blues Leonard Feather	04/22/1944	2	9	Keynote 605	A song from the first recording session of singer Dinah Washington with the Lionel Hampton Sextet for Keynote Records .
The Five Red Caps	Just for You Joe Davis	04/22/1944	2	10	Beacon 7119	The August 2, 1943 Enquirer article mentioned the four titles recorded in the 5 Red Caps session: No Fish Today, Just for You, Grand Central Station, and I'm Going "to Live My Life Alone .
Louis Jordan	GI Jive Johnny Mercer	04/29/1944	26th	1	Decca 8659	Louis Jordan was "the global favorite of eleven million GIs "; with songs like Ration Blues and GI Jive he spoke directly to those who experienced the effects of war in civil and military life.
Nat King Cole Trio	I Can't See for Lookin ' Nadine Robinson - Doc Stanford	05/13/1944	13	2	Capitol 154	The song was also covered by Sonny Dunham , Lucky Millinder and Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five during this period .
The Ink Spots	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) Fred E. Ahlert , Roy Turk	05/13/1944	13	4th	Decca 18579	A song that was also covered by Dick Haymes and Billie Holiday in those years .
Cootie Williams	Cherry Red - Blues Big Joe Turner , Pete Johnson	05/20/1944	39	2	Hit 7084	Cherry Red was the biggest hit for Cootie Williams and His Orchestra . a. Eddie Vinson , Bud Powell , Eddie Lockjaw Davis and George Treadwell played.
Lester Young & His Kansas City Five	Lester Leaps In Lester Young	05/20/1944	2	10	Keynote 1302	Lester Young's composition was first recorded in 1939 by Count Basie 's Kansas City Seven. The title soon became a jazz standard .
Cozy Cole 's All Star Band	Just One More Chance Arthur Johnston , Sam Coslow	May 27, 1944	1	10	Keynote 1300	The Cozy Cole All Stars on this recording from February 22, 1944 were next to the band leader and drummer Cozy Cole Joe Thomas (tp), Trummy Young (trb), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Earl Hines (p), Teddy Walters (git) and Billy Taylor (kb)
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra , with Vocal Refrain	My Little Brown Book Billy Strayhorn	06/03/1944	17th	4th	Victor 20-1584	When recording on June 26, 1942, Billy Strayhorn replaced the band leader on the piano; the singer was Herb Jeffries . The B-side of the record was Someone , who also made it into the Harlem Hit Parade .
The Mills Brothers	Till Then Eddie Seller, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus	06/03/1944	18th	1	Decca 18599	B-side of the single was the song You Always Hurt the One You Love , the 1944/45 version of the Mills Brothers also made it into the Harlem Hit Parade .
Duke Ellington	Someone Duke Ellington	06/10/1944	7th	7th	Victor 20-1584	B-side of My Little Brown Book . Soloists are Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone), Lawrence Brown (trombone) and Ray Nance (trumpet).
Louis Jordan	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby Billy Austin , Louis Jordan	06/17/1944	16	3	Decca 8859	In the mid-1940s, Jordan's Tympani Five were among the most popular black bands nationwide, with hits like Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby)? and Choo Choo Ch'boogie .
Coleman Hawkins	Body and Soul John W. Green , Edward Heyman , Frank Eyton , Robert Sour	07/01/1944	10	4th	Bluebird 30-0825
The Mills Brothers	You Always Hurt the One You Love Allan Roberts , Doris Fisher	08/05/1944	22nd	5	Decca 18599	You Always Hurt the One You Love was the Mills Brothers' fourth number 1 hit on the Billboard charts 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.
Lionel Hampton	Hamp's Boogie Woogie Lionel Hampton	08/12/1944	23	1	Decca 18613	"Lionel Hampton's most famous composition in this genre was undoubtedly Hamp's Boogie-Woogie (1944), with tiny Teddy Buckner pushing the number forward."
Benny Carter	I'm lost	08/19/1944	17th	1	Capitol 185	Benny Carter's orchestra played in May 1944 a. a. Karl George , JJ Johnson , Bart Varsalona , Porter Kilbert , Bumps Myers , Gerald Wiggins, and Max Roach ; The vocalist was Dick Gray.
Billy Eckstine with DeLuxe All Star Band	I Stay in the Mood for You Eckstine	09/01/1944	6th	3	De Luxe 2000	Billy Eckstine was accompanied at the session for De Luxe a. a. by Dizzy Gillespie , Freddie Webster , Shorty McConnell , Al Killian (tp), Trummy Young , Claude Jones (trb), Budd Johnson (as), Wardell Gray (ts), Clyde Hart (p), Connie Wainwright (git), Oscar Pettiford (kb) and Shadow Wilson (dr). Eckstine also recorded I'll Wait and Pray for Deluxe.
Nat King Cole Trio	I Realize Now Stanley Cowan , Sidney Miller	09/23/1944	4th	9	Capitol 169
Nat King Cole Trio	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Don Redman , Andy Razaf	09/30/1944	23	1	Capitol 169	Gee Baby, Is not I Good to You , a song from the 20s, was 1944/45 also from Jimmy Rushing , Hot Lips Page , The Delta Rhythm Boys (with The Gulf Coast Five) and Count Basie & Lester Young recorded .
Johnny Hodges & Orchestra ( An Ellington Unit )	Going Out the Back Way Duke Ellington	07.10.1944	1	10	Bluebird 30-0817	A compact edition of the Duke Ellington Orchestra , featuring Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney , Ray Nance , Lawrence Brown , Duke Ellington, Jummy Blanton and Sonny Greer .
Cecil Gant	I Wonder Cecil Gant	October 19, 1944	28	2	Applies to Edge 500	I Wonder's Gilt Edge publication (as Pvt. Cecil Gant ) sold well in the United States; the title reached number one on the Billboard Harlem Hit Parade in 1944 and number 20 on the national pop table.
Louis Great	I'll Walk Alone Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn	October 19, 1944	1	9	Hit 7083
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall Allan Roberts , Doris Fisher	10/28/1944	21st	1	Decca 23356	The successful single was number one in both the Harlem Hit Parade (1944) and the pop charts. The B-side of the single was the song I'm Making Believe , which was also successful in both charts.
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe Mack Gordon , James V. Monaco	10/28/1944	14th	3	Decca 23356
Cootie Williams	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Billy Austin , Louis Jordan	October 19, 1944	3	9	Hit 7108
Nat King Cole Trio	I'm Lost Otis René	04/11/1944	12	4th	Excelsior 2986	A track by Nat King Cole (p, vcl), Oscar Moore (git) and Johnny Miller (kb)
The Five Red Caps	No One Else Will Do Joe Davis	04/11/1944	1	10	Beacon 7130	This American R&B vocal group shaped the rhythm and blues revolution of the early 1950s. Three plates of the group made it this year in the charts, namely Boogie Woogie Ball, Just for You and No One Else Will Do .
Dinah Shore	I'll Walk Alone Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn	11/18/1944	2	10	Victor 20-1586
Nat King Cole Trio	It's Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen , EY Harburg	12/02/1944	5	5	Capitol 20012
Louis Jordan	(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) White Cliffs of Dover Walter Kent , Nat Burton	December 16, 1944	3	10	Hit 7109	The patriotic song was popular during wartime in versions by Vera Lynn , Kai Kyer , Glenn Miller, and Kate Smith .
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	I Don't Mind Billy Strayhorn , Duke Ellington	December 23, 1944	3	9	Victor 1598	With Ivy Anderson , vocals

Web links

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Individual evidence

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2. ^ Billboard February 26, 2000
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