AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (DAVID KENT) TOP SINGLES FOR 1944
1-YOU’LL NEVER KNOW-VERA LYNN;JOE LOSS-MARCH
2-SUNDAY,MONDAY OR ALWAYS-BING CROSBY;FRANK SINATRA-May
3-PAPER DOLL-MILLS BROTHERS-February
4-A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING-INK SPOTS;FRANK SINATRA-December
5-SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-BING CROSBY;JOE LOSS-December
6-ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL-FRANK SINATRA-April
7-NO OTHER LOVE-JOE LOSS;VERA LYNN-November
8-WHISPERING GRASS (DON’T TELL THE TRESS)-Ink Spots-July
9-PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA-Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters-October
10-VIC’TRY POLKA-Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters-September
11-Ev’ry Night About This Time-Ink Spots-January
12-Happy In Love-Dinah Shore;Glenn Miller-August
13-Take It From There-Geraldo;Victor Silvester-August
14-I’ve Heard That Song Before-Vera Lynn;Eric Winstone-April
15-Cow Cow Boogie-Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald-December
16-I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes-Gene Autry;Bing Crosby-March
17-I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink-Frank Sinatra;Vera Lynn
18-Kiss Me (Besame Mucho)-Vera Lynn;Jimmy Dorsey-September
19-I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen-Charlie Spivak;Sammy Kaye-June
20-Close To You-Frank Sinatra;Vera Lynn-October
21-With All My Heart-Vera Lynn-May
22-If You Please-Bing Crosby;Frank Sinatra-June
23-It Can’t Be Wrong-Vera Lynn-July
24-Don’t Get Around Much Anymore-Ink Spots;Duke Ellington-April
25-I Never Mention Your Name (Oh!No!)-Jack Leonard-July
26-Sunday,Monday Or Always-George Trevare-May
27-I’ve Heard That Song Before-Harry James-April
28-I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink-Dinah Shore-October
29-Pistol Packin’ Mama-George Trevare-October
30-I Never Mention Your Name (Oh!No!)-Dick Haymes-July
31-Comin’ In On A Wing & A Prayer-George Trevare-January
32-Mairzy Doats-Merry Macs;Joe Loss-October
33-My Heart Tells Me-George Trevare-August
34-Street Of Dreams-Ink Spots;Tommy Dorsey-April
35-What’s The Good Word,Mr.Bluebird-Victor Silvester;Harry Roy-May
36-Serenade In Blue-Glenn Miller-October
37-I’m Sending My Blessing-Vera Lynn-November
38-Really And Truly-Vera Lynn-March
39-Shoo-Shoo Baby-Andrew Sisters-December
40-I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo-Glenn Miller-October
41-At Last-Glenn Miller-December
42-There Are Such Things-Tommy Dorsey;Harry Roy-February
43-We Mustn’t Say Goodbye-George Trevare-May
44-Say A Prayer For The Boys Over There-George Trevare-June
45-A Touch Of Texas-Kay Kyser-June
46-Kiss Me Again-Deanna Durbin;Kate Smith-March
47-A Journey To A Star-Judy Garland-December
48-Star Eyes-Jimmy Dorsey-October
49-Serenade To A Dream-Harry Roy;Joe Loss-August
50-Mary’s A Grand Old Name-Bing Crosby;Joe Loss-July
51-By-U-By-O(The Louisiana Lullaby)-Freddy Martin;Merry Macs-April
52-Put Your Arms Around Me,Honey-Dick Haymes;Joe Loss-July
53-Silver Wings In The Moonlight-Carroll Gibbons-March
54-Stormy Weather-Lena Horne-April
55-I’ll Never Make The Same Mistake-Ink Spots-July
56-The Home Coming Waltz-Victor Silvester;Ivy Benson-August
57-Chloe-e (Song Of The Swamp)-Dinah Shore-July
58-In The Blue Of Evening-Tommy Dorsey-May
59-I Heard You Cried Last Night-Harry James-May
60-Memphis Blues-Dinah Shore-August
61-Thanks To Love-Harry Roy-April
62-Sweet Eloise-Glenn Miller-December
63-For The First Time (I’ve Fallen In Love)-Dick Haymes-November
64-Did Anyone Call?-Mills Brothers-December
65-Flight Of The Bumble Bee-Harry James-April
66-Now I Know-Dinah Shore-October
67-Please Think Of Me-Vera Lynn-April