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Songs from the Year 1941

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1941

This page lists the top songs of 1941 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.

During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Glenn Miller	Chattanooga Choo Choo	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Sep 1941, US 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1941, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, RYM 2 of 1941, US BB 9 of 1941, POP 16 of 1941, Europe 54 of the 1940s
2	The Andrews Sisters & Sammy Kaye	Daddy	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1941, US 1 for 8 weeks Jun 1941, Australia 1 for 1 months Jun 1942, US BB 16 of 1941, POP 17 of 1941, RYM 23 of 1941, Brazil 82 of 1942
3	Jimmy Dorsey	Green Eyes	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (24 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1941, US 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1941, US BB 12 of 1941, POP 12 of 1941, Brazil 22 of 1941, Europe 62 of the 1940s
4	Artie Shaw	Stardust	1941	US BB 1 of 1941, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988, POP 1 of 1941, US Billboard 2 - 1941 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1941, RYM 30 of 1940
5	Jimmy Dorsey	Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Mar 1941, US 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1941, Brazil 16 of 1941, US BB 18 of 1941, POP 21 of 1941, Europe 75 of the 1940s
6	Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child	1941	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1976, US BB 3 of 1941, POP 3 of 1941, RYM 5 of 1941, US Billboard 25 - 1941 (1 weeks), RIAA 58, Scrobulate 89 of jazz, Acclaimed 341, WXPN 814
7	Freddy Martin	Piano Concerto in B Flat	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1941, US 1 for 8 weeks Oct 1941, US BB 10 of 1941, POP 10 of 1941, Brazil 88 of 1942
8	Glenn Miller	Elmer's Tune	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1941, US 1 for 1 week Dec 1941, Brazil 53 of 1942, Europe 59 of the 1940s, RYM 91 of 1941
9	Duke Ellington	Take The 'A' Train	1941	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1976, RYM 3 of 1941, US BB 6 of 1941, POP 6 of 1941, US Billboard 11 - 1941 (7 weeks), RIAA 17, Scrobulate 20 of swing, Acclaimed 394
10	The Andrews Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	1941	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, RYM 1 of 1941, POP 4 of 1941, US Billboard 6 - 1941 (8 weeks), RIAA 6, Acclaimed 978
11	Jimmy Dorsey	Maria Elena	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1941, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1941, Brazil 20 of 1942, Europe 73 of the 1940s
12	Horace Heidt	I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (13 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 months Oct 1942, US 1940s 2 - Sep 1941, US BB 17 of 1941, POP 19 of 1941
13	Jimmy Dorsey	Blue Champagne	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1941, US 1 for 1 week Sep 1941, Brazil 30 of 1942
14	Glenn Miller	Song of the Volga Boatmen	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (10 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1941, US 1 for 1 week Mar 1941
15	Jimmy Dorsey	My Sister & I	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (12 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1941, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1941
16	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me)	1941	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1940 (15 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1940, POP 5 of 1941, US BB 11 of 1941, Brazil 94 of 1941
17	Glenn Miller	You & I	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Sep 1941, US BB 14 of 1941, POP 14 of 1941, RYM 52 of 1941
18	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire	1941	Australia 1 for 2 months Oct 1942, US Billboard 4 - 1941 (10 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1941, RYM 58 of 1941
19	Guy Lombardo	And the Band Played On	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (14 weeks), US 1940s 6 - May 1941, US BB 8 of 1941, POP 8 of 1941
20	Harry James	You Made Me Love You	1941	US Billboard 5 - 1941 (18 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Nov 1941, US BB 7 of 1941, POP 7 of 1941, Europe 42 of the 1940s
21	Ernest Tubb	Walking the Floor Over You	1941	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, RYM 14 of 1941, US Billboard 23 - 1941 (1 weeks), Acclaimed 879
22	The Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	1941	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1986, US Billboard 25 - 1941 (1 weeks), RYM 29 of 1941, Acclaimed 1568
23	Jimmy Dorsey	I Hear A Rhapsody	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (10 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1941, Europe 58 of the 1940s
24	Artie Shaw	Dancing in the Dark	1941	US BB 5 of 1941, US Billboard 9 - 1941 (3 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1941, POP 9 of 1941
25	Artie Shaw	Summit Ridge Drive	1941	US Billboard 10 - 1941 (7 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Feb 1941, US BB 13 of 1941, POP 22 of 1941
26	Wayne King	You Are My Sunshine	1941	POP 2 of 1941, US BB 4 of 1941, US Billboard 20 - Nov 1940 (2 weeks)
27	Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra	This Love of Mine	1941	US Billboard 3 - 1941 (24 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1941, RYM 74 of 1941
28	Glenn Miller	Anvil Chorus	1941	US Billboard 3 - 1941 (17 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1941, Brazil 87 of 1942
29	Glenn Miller	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	1941	US Billboard 3 - 1941 (5 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Mar 1941, Brazil 90 of 1942
30	Jimmy Dorsey	High On A Windy Hill	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (10 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Feb 1941
31	Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra	Dolores	1941	US Billboard 1 - 1941 (13 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Apr 1941
32	Bing Crosby	Dolores	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1941
33	Gene Krupa	High On A Windy Hill	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (9 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1941
34	Jimmy Dorsey	Yours	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1941
35	Wayne King	Maria Elena	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (8 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1941
36	Charlie Barnet	I Hear A Rhapsody	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (16 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1941
37	Horace Heidt	G'bye Now	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (12 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1941
38	Freddy Martin	The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (13 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1941
39	Gene Krupa	It's All Coming Back to Me Now	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (11 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1941
40	Bing Crosby	Shepherd's Serenade	1941	US Billboard 4 - Dec 1941 (9 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1941, RYM 115 of 1941
41	The Andrews Sisters	I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time	1941	US Billboard 5 - 1941 (17 weeks), US 1940s 5 - May 1941, RYM 53 of 1941
42	Tommy Dorsey	Let's Get Away From It All	1941	US Billboard 7 - 1941 (5 weeks), US 1940s 7 - May 1941, POP 24 of 1941
43	Benny Goodman	There'll Be Some Changes Made	1941	US 1940s 6 - Apr 1941, US BB 20 of 1941, POP 25 of 1941
44	Jimmy Dorsey	Jim	1941	US Billboard 2 - 1941 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Oct 1941
45	Horace Heidt	The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)	1941	US Billboard 3 - 1941 (13 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1941
46	Kay Kyser	Alexander the Swoose (Half Swan, Half Goose)	1941	US Billboard 3 - 1941 (4 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Apr 1941
47	Glenn Miller	I Know Why	1941	RYM 2 of 1941, US Billboard 18 - 1941 (1 weeks)
48	Vera Lynn	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	1941	Australia 1 for 4 months May 1941
49	Dick Robertson	Ferryboat Serenade	1941	Australia 1 for 1 months Apr 1941
50	The Jesters	It's a Great Day for the Irish	1941	Australia 1 for 2 months Oct 1941