Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart positions
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1 |
Bing Crosby |
"Swinging on a Star"[5] |
Decca 18597 |
February 7, 1944 (1944-02-07) |
April 1944 (1944-04) |
US BB 1944 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
|
2 |
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters |
"Don't Fence Me In"[7] |
Decca 23364 |
July 25, 1944 (1944-07-25) |
November 1944 (1944-11) |
US BB 1944 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 21 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
|
3 |
Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Dick Haymes) |
"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"[8] |
Columbia 36698 |
April 7, 1941 (1941-04-07) |
March 1944 (1944-03) |
US BB 1944 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 29 total weeks
|
4 |
The Mills Brothers |
"You Always Hurt The One You Love"[9] |
Decca 18599 |
February 27, 1944 (1944-02-27) |
May 1944 (1944-05) |
US BB 1944 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 32 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #29, Harlem Hit Parade #5 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
|
5 |
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocals Bob Eberle and Helen O'connell) |
"Besame Mucho"[10] |
Decca 18574 |
October 7, 1943 (1943-10-07) |
December 1943 (1943-12) |
US BB 1944 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[11]
|
6 |
Dinah Shore |
"I'll Walk Alone"[12] |
Victor 20-1586 |
April 11, 1944 (1944-04-11)[13] |
May 19, 1944 (1944-05-19) |
US BB 1944 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #44, Harlem Hit Parade #10 for 2 weeks, 2 total weeks, CashBox #1, USPop #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks
|
7 |
Bing Crosby |
"I'll Be Seeing You"[14] |
Decca 18595 |
February 17, 1944 (1944-02-17) |
April 1944 (1944-04) |
US BB 1944 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks
|
8 |
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra |
"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"[15] |
Decca 18567 |
October 1, 1943 (1943-10-01) |
November 1943 (1943-11) |
US BB 1944 #8, US #1 for 5 weeks, 24 total weeks
|
9 |
Red Foley |
"Smoke on the Water"[16] |
Decca 6102 |
May 4, 1944 (1944-05-04) |
June 13, 1944 (1944-06-13) |
US BB 1944 #57, US #7 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #2, MPJBFR #1 for 13 weeks, 27 total weeks
|
10 |
Bing Crosby |
"I Love You"[17] |
Decca 18595 |
February 11, 1944 (1944-02-11) |
March 1944 (1944-03) |
US BB 1944 #9, US #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks
|
11 |
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots |
"I'm Making Believe"[18] |
Decca 23356 |
August 30, 1944 (1944-08-30) |
October 1944 (1944-10) |
US 1944 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, CashBox #4, USPop #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #18, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
|
12 |
King Cole Trio |
"Straighten Up and Fly Right"[19] |
Capitol 154 |
November 30, 1943 (1943-11-30) |
April 14, 1944 (1944-04-14) |
US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, MPJBFR #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
|
13 |
Bing Crosby |
"San Fernando Valley"[20] |
Decca 18586 |
December 29, 1943 (1943-12-29) |
February 1944 (1944-02) |
US BB 1944 #11, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 24 total weeks
|
14 |
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots |
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"[21] |
Decca 23356 |
August 30, 1944 (1944-08-30) |
October 1944 (1944-10) |
US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[11]
|
15 |
The Andrews Sisters |
"Shoo-Shoo Baby"[22] |
Decca 18572 |
October 5, 1943 (1943-10-05) |
November 1943 (1943-11) |
US BB 1944 #12, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks
|
16 |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
"G.I. Jive"[23] |
Decca 8659 |
March 15, 1944 (1944-03-15) |
April 1944 (1944-04) |
US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
|
17 |
Merry Macs |
"Mairzy Doats"[24] |
Decca 18588 |
December 13, 1943 (1943-12-13) |
January 1944 (1944-01) |
US BB 1944 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 14 total weeks, Decca Records' best-selling release of 1944[25]
|
18 |
Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes |
"Long Ago (and Far Away)"[26] |
Decca 23317 |
January 27, 1944 (1944-01-27) |
April 1944 (1944-04) |
US BB 1944 #15, US #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
|
19 |
The Pied Pipers |
"The Trolley Song"[27] |
Capitol 168 |
May 19, 1944 (1944-05-19) |
September 1944 (1944-09) |
US BB 1944 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|
20 |
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters |
"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin"[28] |
Decca 23350 |
June 30, 1944 (1944-06-30) |
August 24, 1944 (1944-08-24) |
US BB 1944 #20, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 15 total weeks
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