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Songs from the Year 1944

Other Years: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

This page lists the top songs of 1944 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 they are based on fairly subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Bing Crosby Swinging On a Star 1944 US Billboard 1 - May 1944 (28 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1944, US 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1944, Australia 1 for 1 months Apr 1945, Oscar in 1944, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002, US BB 3 of 1944, POP 3 of 1944, Europe 14 of the 1940s, AFI 37, RYM 44 of 1944, Brazil 64 of 1945, Acclaimed 1619
2 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Don't Fence Me In 1944 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944, US 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1944, Australia 1 for 3 months Sep 1945, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, US BB 4 of 1944, Europe 5 of the 1940s, POP 9 of 1944, Brazil 55 of 1945, Acclaimed 1699
3 Bing Crosby I'll be seeing you 1944 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (24 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1944, US 1 for 4 weeks Jul 1944, Australia 1 for 1 months Aug 1945, US BB 15 of 1944, Europe 15 of the 1940s, POP 15 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944, Brazil 83 of 1944
4 Jimmy Dorsey Bosame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) 1944 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (23 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1944, US 1 for 7 weeks Mar 1944, US BB 10 of 1944, Brazil 10 of 1944, POP 10 of 1944, Europe 67 of the 1940s
5 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe 1944 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944, US 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1944, US BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, RYM 23 of 1944, Brazil 32 of 1945
6 Dinah Shore I'll Walk Alone 1944 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1944 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1944, US 1 for 4 weeks Oct 1944, US BB 13 of 1944, POP 13 of 1944, Brazil 57 of 1945, Europe 84 of the 1940s
7 Bing Crosby I Love You 1944 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944, US 1 for 5 weeks May 1944, US BB 19 of 1944, Europe 21 of the 1940s, POP 23 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944
8 Bing Crosby Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra 1944 US BB 1 of 1944, Australia 1 for 1 months Dec 1945, POP 1 of 1944, US Billboard 4 - Oct 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944, RYM 50 of 1944
9 Guy Lombardo It's Love-Love-Love 1944 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1944 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944, US 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1944, US BB 20 of 1944, POP 25 of 1944, Brazil 66 of 1944
10 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall 1944 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1944 (17 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 months Apr 1946, US 1940s 5 - Dec 1944, US BB 18 of 1944, POP 21 of 1944, RYM 24 of 1944, Brazil 56 of 1945
11 The Mills Brothers You Always Hurt the One You Love 1944 US Billboard 1 - Jun 1944 (33 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1944, US 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1944, US BB 6 of 1944, POP 6 of 1944
12 Glen Gray My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart) 1944 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1943 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1943, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1944, US BB 9 of 1944, POP 19 of 1944
13 Louis Jordan GI Jive 1944 US Billboard 1 - May 1944 (25 weeks), RYM 1 of 1944, US 1940s 3 - Jun 1944, US BB 16 of 1944, POP 18 of 1944, Brazil 74 of 1945
14 Harry James & Dick Haymes I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) 1944 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1944 (28 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944, US 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1944, Europe 41 of the 1940s
15 Judy Garland The Trolley Song 1944 US BB 2 of 1944, POP 2 of 1944, US Billboard 4 - Nov 1944 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Dec 1944, RYM 12 of 1944, AFI 26
16 Stan Kenton Artistry in Rhythm 1944 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1985, US BB 9 of 1943, POP 9 of 1943, US Billboard 16 - Nov 1944 (1 weeks), RYM 23 of 1945, Acclaimed 1921
17 Bing Crosby San Fernando Valley 1944 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1944 (22 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1944, US BB 11 of 1944, POP 11 of 1944, RYM 49 of 1944
18 The Andrews Sisters Shoo-Shoo Baby 1944 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1944, US BB 12 of 1944, POP 12 of 1944, Brazil 67 of 1944
19 Nat King Cole Straighten Up & Fly Right 1944 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, RYM 5 of 1944, US Billboard 9 - Jun 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jun 1944, POP 16 of 1944
20 Merry Macs Mairzy Doates 1944 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1944, US BB 5 of 1944, POP 5 of 1944
21 Louis Jordan Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) 1944 RYM 1 of 1944, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (19 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1944
22 Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 1944 Australia 1 for 1 months Dec 1944, US Billboard 11 - Mar 1944 (4 weeks), RYM 21 of 1944, Europe 28 of the 1940s
23 Frank Sinatra White Christmas 1944 US Billboard 5 - Dec 1945 (4 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1944, Europe 18 of the 1940s, Scrobulate 42 of christmas, RYM 105 of 1946
24 Bing Crosby Long Ago & Far Away 1944 Australia 1 for 1 months May 1945, US Billboard 5 - Jul 1944 (9 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Jul 1944
25 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Vic'try Polka 1944 Australia 1 for 1 months Sep 1944, US Billboard 5 - Jan 1944 (13 weeks), RYM 6 of 1943
26 Frank Sinatra I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night 1944 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Feb 1944, RYM 21 of 1944, Europe 27 of the 1940s
27 Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes Long Ago & Far Away 1944 US Billboard 2 - Apr 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1944, Brazil 53 of 1945
28 Jo Stafford It Could Happen to You 1944 US BB 8 of 1944, POP 8 of 1944, US Billboard 10 - Sep 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Sep 1944
29 The Ink Spots A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening 1944 Australia 1 for 1 months Dec 1944, US Billboard 16 - Mar 1944 (1 weeks)
30 Bing Crosby It Could Happen to You 1944 Australia 1 for 2 months Jun 1945, US Billboard 18 - Dec 1944 (2 weeks)
31 Bing Crosby Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) 1944 US Billboard 3 - Feb 1944 (15 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Mar 1944, RYM 49 of 1944
32 Stan Kenton And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine 1944 US Billboard 4 - Sep 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1944, Brazil 84 of 1945
33 Duke Ellington Black, Brown & Beige 1944 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1990, Acclaimed 1269
34 Helen Forrest Time Waits For No One 1944 US Billboard 2 - Aug 1944 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1944
35 David Rose Holiday for strings 1944 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1944 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1944
36 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) 1944 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1944
37 The Mills Brothers Till Then 1944 Peel list 4 of 1944, US Billboard 8 - Aug 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Sep 1944
38 The Pied Pipers & Jo Stafford The Trolley Song 1944 US Billboard 2 - Oct 1944 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1944
39 Lionel Hampton Hamp's Boogie Woogie 1944 POP 4 of 1944, RYM 13 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Sep 1944 (1 weeks)
40 Harry James Cherry 1944 US Billboard 4 - Jan 1944 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jan 1944, Brazil 100 of 1945
41 Les Brown Twilight Time 1944 US BB 7 of 1944, POP 7 of 1944, US Billboard 16 - Mar 1945 (1 weeks)
42 Mary Martin I'll Walk Alone 1944 US Billboard 6 - Oct 1944 (13 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1944, Brazil 97 of 1945
43 Woody Herman Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 1944 US Billboard 7 - Feb 1944 (11 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1944, RYM 27 of 1943
44 Perry Como Long Ago & Far Away 1944 US Billboard 8 - May 1944 (7 weeks), US 1940s 8 - May 1944, Europe 31 of the 1940s
45 Bing Crosby Amor 1944 US Billboard 2 - Jul 1944 (16 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1944
46 Duke Ellington Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 1944 US Billboard 10 - Feb 1944 (6 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Feb 1944, POP 20 of 1944
47 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots Cow Cow Boogie 1944 US Billboard 10 - Mar 1944 (8 weeks), RYM 11 of 1944, POP 24 of 1944
48 Duke Ellington Main Stem 1944 RYM 8 of 1943, POP 17 of 1944, US Billboard 23 - Mar 1944 (1 weeks)
49 Judy Garland Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 1944 RYM 8 of 1944, US Billboard 27 - Dec 1944 (1 weeks), AFI 76
50 Russ Morgan Dance With A Dolly (With a Hole In Her Stocking) 1944 US Billboard 3 - Nov 1944 (12 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1944
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