PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1944*
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No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 SWINGING ON A STAR-BING CROSBY/WILLIAMS BROTHERS QUARTET-AUGUST 2 DON'T FENCE ME IN-BING CROSBY & THE ANDREWS SISTERS-December 3 I'LL BE SEEING YOU-BING CROSBY-June 4 BESAME MUCHO (KISS ME MUCH)-JIMMY DORSEY-March 5 I'LL WALK ALONE-DINAH SHORE-September 6 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-INK SPOTS & ELLA FITZGERALD-November 7 I'M MAKING BELIEVE-INK SPOTS & ELLA FITZGERALD-December 8 YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE-Mills Brothers-September 9 (TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RA!) THAT'S AN IRISH LULLABY-Bing Crosby-November 10 I LOVE YOU-Bing Crosby-May 11 I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)-Harry James & Dick Haymes-November 12 My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)-Glen Gray-January 13 It's Love-Love-Love-Guy Lombardo & Skip Nelson Trio-April 14 Straighten Up And Fly Right-Nat King Cole-July 15 Shoo-shoo Baby-Andrews Sisters-February 16 The Trolley Song-Judy Garland-December 17 Artistry in Rhythm-Stan Kenton-July 18 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan-August 19 Mairzy Doats-Merry Macs-March 20 San Fernando Valley-Bing Crosby-May 21 A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening-Frank Sinatra-March 22 Amor,Amor-Bing Crosby-March 23 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)-Louis Jordan-September 24 Long Ago & Far Away-Bing Crosby-July 25 Vic'try Polka-Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters-September 26 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington-March 27 I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night-Frank Sinatra-April 28 A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening-Ink Spots-March 29 It Could Happen To You-Bing Crosby-September 30 Holiday For Strings-David Rose Orchrstra-March 31 White Christmas-Frank Sinatra-December 32 And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine-Stan Kenton Orchestra & Anita O'Day-November 33 Long Ago And Far Away-Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes-June 34 It Could Happen To You-Jo Stafford-October 35 No Other Love-Joe Loss Orchestra-November 36 You'll Never Know-Vera Lynn-October 37 You'll Never Know-Joe Loss Orchestra-September 38 Atire a Primeira Pedra-Orlando Silva-July 39 No Other Love-Vera Lynn-November 40 Cherry-Harry James-February 41 Till Then-Mills Brothers-September 42 Time Waits For No One-Helen Forrest-September 43 Skyliner-Charlie Barnet-February 44 It Had To Be You-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-September 45 My Shining Hour-Glen Gray-January 46 I'll Walk Alone-Mary Martin, Camarata Orchester-December 47 Long Ago (So Far Away)-Perry Como-June 48 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-February 49 Don't You Sweetheart Me-Lawrence Welk-July 50 There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin-Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters-November 51 Smoke On The Water-Red Foley-October 52 Babalu-Xavier Cugat Orchestra, Miguelito Valdez-April 53 I'm Wastin' My Tears On You-Tex Ritter, Texans-December 54 Soldier's Last Letter-Ernest Tubb-September 55 Too Late To Worry,Too Blue To Cry-Al Dexter & The Troopers-April 56 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)-Al Dexter & The Troopers-April 57 Black,Brown & Beige-Duke Ellington-July 58 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-October 59 The Trolley Song-The Pied Pipers & Jo Stafford-December 60 Speak Low (When You Speak, Love)-Guy Lombardo-February 61 Falsa Baiana-Cyro Monteiro-July 62 Twilight Time-Les Brown Orchestra-December 63 I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)-Ink Spots-May 64 Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)-Bing Crosby-April 65 Shame On You-Spade Cooley-December 66 Together-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-November 67 Dance With A Dolly (With a Hole In Her Stocking)-Russ Morgan-December 68 Star Eyes-Jimmy Dorsey-February 69 Amor-Xavier Cugat Orchestra & Carmen Castillo-August 70 Eu Brinco (Com Pandeiro ou Sem Pandeiro)-Francisco Alves-July 71 Estrellita (My Little Star)-Harry James Orchestra-October 72 It's Love-Love-Love-King Sisters-April 73 Just You,Just Me-Lester Young's Quartet-March 74 They Took The Stars Out of Heaven-Floyd Tillman 75 When They Ask About You-Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Kitty Kallen-March 76 So Long Pal-Al Dexter & his Troopers-July 77 I'll Be Seeing You-Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & Frank Sinatra-July 78 Embraceble You-Billie Holiday-January 79 Down by the Riverside-Sister Rosetta Tharpe-July 80 The Trolley Song-Vaughn Monroe Orchestra & Marilyn Duke-December *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).