No. |
Song |
Artist |
|
1 |
You Always Hurt The One You Love
| Mills Brothers
|
2 |
Swinging On A Star
| Bing Crosby
|
3 |
Don't Fence Me In
| Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters / Roy Rogers & Sons of Pioneers
|
4 |
Rum And Coca-Cola
| Andrews Sisters
|
5 |
G.I. Jive
| Louis Jordan
|
6 |
Straighten Up And Fly Right
| King Cole Trio
|
7 |
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
| Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers
|
8 |
I'll Be Seeing You
| Bing Crosby / Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) / Billie Holiday
|
9 |
I'm Making Believe
| Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
|
10 |
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
| Louis Jordan / Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
|
11 |
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
| Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
|
12 |
Till Then
| Mills Brothers
|
13 |
I Wonder
| Private Cecil Gant
|
14 |
A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin
| Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
|
15 |
I'm Beginning To See The Light
| Harry James (Kitty Kallen)
|
16 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
| Judy Garland
|
17 |
San Fernando Valley
| Bing Crosby
|
18 |
I Love You
| Bing Crosby
|
19 |
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
| King Cole Trio
|
20 |
Cherry Red Blues
| Cootie Williams (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)
|
21 |
I'll Walk Alone
| Dinah Shore
|
22 |
Long Ago (And Far Away)
| Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Bing Crosby / Jo Stafford
|
23 |
Time Waits For No One
| Helen Forrest / Johnny Long
|
24 |
Cow-Cow Boogie
| Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
|
25 |
The Trolley Song
| Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers / Judy Garland
|
26 |
Opus No. 1
| Tommy Dorsey
|
27 |
Evil Gal Blues
| Dinah Washington
|
28 |
It Had to Be You
| Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Betty Hutton / Artie Shaw
|
29 |
(Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
| Leadbelly
|
30 |
Amor
| Bing Crosby / Andy Russel / Xavier Cugat
|
31 |
Somebody’s Gotta Go
| Cootie Williams (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)
|
32 |
Smoke on The Water
| Red Foley
|
33 |
Sweet Lorraine
| King Cole
|
34 |
Try Me One More Time
| Ernest Tubb
|
35 |
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)
| Bing Crosby
|
36 |
Sometimes I'm Happy
| Lester Young
|
37 |
When My Man Comes Home
| Buddy Johnson (Ella Johnson)
|
38 |
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
| Stan Kenton (Anita O'Day)
|
39 |
It's Love-Love-Love
| Guy Lombardo (Skip Nelson)
|
40 |
There Goes That Song Again
| Russ Morgan
|
41 |
Woodyn' You
| Coleman Hawkins
|
42 |
My Little Brown Book
| Duke Ellington
|
43 |
Together
| Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Guy Lombardo (Tony Craig)
|
44 |
Don't Sweetheart Me
| Lawrence Welk (Wayne Marsh)
|
45 |
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
| Ella Mae Morse / Woody Herman / King Sisters
|
46 |
I'm Wastin' My Tears On You
| Tex Ritter
|
47 |
I'm Lost
| Benny Carter (Dick Gray)
|
48 |
Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
| Bing Crosby / David Rose
|
49 |
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
| Ink Spots
|
50 |
Moonlight In Vermont
| Billy Butterfield (Margaret Whiting)
|
51 |
Artistry In Rhythm
| Stan Kenton
|
52 |
It Could Happen to You
| Jo Stafford / Bing Crosby
|
53 |
Main Stem
| Duke Ellington
|
54 |
Cherry
| Erksine Hawkins (Jimmy Mitchelle)
|
55 |
Soldier's Last Letter
| Ernest Tubb
|
56 |
My Mama Don't Allow Me
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
|
57 |
His Rocking Horse Ran Away
| Betty Hutton
|
58 |
Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking)
| Russ Morgan / Evelyn Knight
|
59 |
Hamp's Boogie Woogie
| Lionel Hampton
|
60 |
Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes
| Merry Macs
|
61 |
I Learned a Lesson, I'll Never Forget
| Five Red Caps
|
62 |
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
| Woody Herman
|
63 |
Salty Papa Blues
| Dinah Washington
|
64 |
Tess' Torch Song
| Ella Mae Morse / Cootie Williams (Pearl Bailey)
|
65 |
White Christmas
| Frank Sinatra
|
66 |
I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
| Frank Sinatra
|
67 |
The Patty Cake Man
| Ella Mae Morse
|
68 |
How Many Hearts Have You Broken?
| Three Suns / Stan Kenton / Tiny Hill
|
69 |
Mexico Joe
| Ivie Anderson
|
70 |
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
| Ella Fitzgerald
|
71 |
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
| Frank Sinatra / Ink Spots
|
72 |
You're From Texas
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
|
73 |
Yesterday's Tears
| Ernest Tubb
|
74 |
Like Someone in Love
| Bing Crosby
|
75 |
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)
| Frank Sinatra
|
76 |
I Want Two Wings
| Rev. Utah Smith
|
77 |
There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder
| Tex Ritter
|
78 |
I Stay in the Mood for You
| Billy Eckstine
|
79 |
Good Night, Wherever You Are
| Russ Morgan
|
80 |
Holiday For Strings
| Jimmy Dorsey / Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
|
81 |
The Music Stopped
| Woody Herman (Frances Wayne)
|
82 |
Just You, Just Me
| Lester Young
|
83 |
Don't Believe Everything You Dream
| Ink Spots
|
84 |
Silver Wings In The Moonlight
| Freddie Slack (Margaret Whiting)
|
85 |
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
| Lena Horne
|
86 |
It's Only A Paper Moon
| King Cole Trio
|
87 |
By The River Of Roses
| Woody Herman
|
88 |
Estrellita
| Harry James
|
89 |
Tico Tico
| Ethel Smith / Andrews Sisters
|
90 |
Cuban Sugar Mill
| Freddie Slack
|
91 |
Lili Marline
| Perry Como
|
92 |
My Funny Valentine
| Hal McIntyre (Ruth Gaylor)
|
93 |
A Fellow on A Furlough
| Phill Hanna / Al Sack
|
94 |
An Hour Never Passes
| Jimmy Dorsey
|
95 |
Once Too Often
| Ella Fitzgerald
|
96 |
Memphis Blues
| Harry James
|
97 |
Hurry, Hurry
| Benny Carter (Savannah Churchill) / Lucky Millinder (Wynonie Harris)
|
98 |
Sam's Got Him
| Johnny Mercer
|
99 |
D-Day
| King Cole Trio
|
100 |
There's a Blue Star Shining Bright (In a Window Tonight)
| Red Foley
|
20 more worth mentioning. |
101 |
She Broke My Heart in Three Places
| Hoosier Hot Shots
|
102 |
I'm Woke Up Now
| Big Bill Broozny
|
103 |
We Might as Well Forget It
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
|
104 |
Suddenly It's Spring
| Glen Gray (Eugenie Baird) / Harry Sosnik (Hildegarde)
|
105 |
Arsenic And Old Lace
| Jerry Jerome
|
106 |
You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
| Tampa Red
|
107 |
Back Door Stuff
| Jimmie Lunceford
|
108 |
Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry
| Texas Jim Lewis / Al Dexter & His Troopers
|
109 |
Boogie Woogie Ball
| Five Red Caps
|
110 |
There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder
| Tex Ritter
|
111 |
G.I. Blues
| Floyd Tillman
|
112 |
Here We Go Again
| Glenn Miller
|
113 |
Someday I'll Meet You Again
| Ink Spots / Enric Madriguera
|
114 |
I'll Live True to You
| Tab Smith (Trevor Bacon)
|
115 |
I Wanna Get Married
| Gertrude Niesen
|
116 |
Robin Hood
| Louis Prima
|
117 |
These Young Men Blues
| Bea Booze
|
118 |
Going Out the Back Way
| Johnny Hodges
|
119 |
Texas Blues
| Foy Willing
|
120 |
Is It Too Late Now
| Jimmie Davis
|
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1944 |
Adam's Choice: An unheralded great record from 1944 |
* |
Date Bait
| Roosevelt Sykes
|
Bruce's Choice: |
* |
The Sunny Side Of The Street
| Lester Young (Marie Bryant)
|
Lew's Choice: |
* |
Just One More Chance
| Cozy Cole's All Stars
|