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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (USA) R&B WEEKLY SINGLES CHARTS FROM 1944
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 1,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 3 1 RATION BLUES-LOUIS JORDAN 2 3 3 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 3 4 23 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 4 5 9 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 5 1 4 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 6 6 26 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 7 8 25 1 Don't Get Around Much Anymore-Duke Ellington Orchestra 8 - 1 8 I'll Be Home For Christmas-Bing Crosby 9 RE 10 1 White Christmas-Bing Crosby 10 7 18 1 Sentimental Lady-Duke Ellington Orchestra
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 8,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 SHOO SHOO BABY-ELLA MAE MORSE 2 3 24 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 - 1 3 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 4 1 4 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 5 5 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 6 - 1 6 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 7 - 1 7 G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer 8 4 10 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 9 6 27 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 10 RE 16 1 A Slip Of The Lip-Duke Ellington Orchestra
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 15,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 6 2 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 2 25 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 1 5 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 4 3 2 3 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 5 7 2 5 G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer 6 5 6 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 7 4 5 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 8 8 11 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 9 - 1 9 Jump Town-Harry James 10 9 28 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 22,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 5 3 1 G.I. JIVE-JOHNNY MERCER 2 4 2 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 3 8 11 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 4 1 2 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 5 6 6 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 6 2 25 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 7 - 1 7 My Heart Tells Me-Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners 8 3 6 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 9 10 28 2 Paper Doll-Mills Brothers 10 7 5 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 29,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 3 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 6 26 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 3 8 7 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 4 5 7 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 5 1 4 1 G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer 6 2 3 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 7 10 6 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 8 - 1 8 Cherry-Erskine Hawkins 9 RE 2 9 Jump Town-Harry James 10 - 1 10 On The Sunnyside Of The Street-Lionel Hampton
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 5,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 7 7 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 3 3 8 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 4 4 8 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 5 6 4 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 6 2 27 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 7 5 5 1 G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer 8 8 2 8 Cherry-Erskine Hawkins 9 RE 12 1 All For You-King Cole Trio 10 - 1 10 Cherry-Harry James
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 12,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 - 1 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter 3 4 9 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 4 2 8 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 8 3 5 Cherry-Erskine Hawkins 6 - 1 6 Solo Flight-Benny Goodman 7 7 6 1 G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer 8 3 9 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 9 5 5 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 10 9 13 1 All For You-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 19,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 9 6 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 3 8 10 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 4 2 2 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter 5 - 1 5 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 6 RE 28 1 Don't Cry Baby-Erskine Hawkins 7 4 9 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 8 - 1 8 Poinciana-Benny Carter 9 3 10 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 10 - 1 10 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Woody Herman
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 26,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 - 1 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 3 5 2 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 4 3 11 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 5 2 7 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller 6 RE 2 6 Solo Flight-Benny Goodman 7 RE 4 5 Cherry-Erskine Hawkins 8 7 10 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 9 - 1 9 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 10 10 2 10 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Woody Herman
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 4,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 - 1 2 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 3 2 2 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 4 6 3 4 Solo Flight-Benny Goodman 5 9 2 5 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 6 7 5 5 Cherry-Erskine Hawkins 7 4 3 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter 8 4 12 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 9 8 11 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 10 5 8 2 It Must Be Jelly-Glenn Miller
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 11,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 4 1 SOLO FLIGHT-BENNY GOODMAN 2 7 4 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter 3 1 9 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 4 2 2 2 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 5 5 3 5 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 6 RE 3 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 7 6 6 5 Cherry-Erskine HawkinsF 8 RE 3 8 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Woody Herman 9 3 3 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 10 RE 11 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 18,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 10 1 DO N0THING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 5 4 2 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 3 4 3 2 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 4 2 5 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter 5 6 4 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 6 1 5 1 Solo Flight-Benny Goodman 7 9 4 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 8 RE 13 1 Shoo Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse 9 - 1 9 Don't Believe Everything You Dream-Ink Spots 10 - 1 10 When They Ask About You-Jimmy Dorsey
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 25,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 COW COW BOOGIE-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 1 11 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 3 3 4 2 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 4 7 5 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 5 RE 12 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 6 RE 12 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 7 - 1 7 Sometimes I'm Happy-Lester Young's Quartet 8 5 5 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 9 - 1 9 Just You,Just Me-Lester Young's Quartet 10 - 1 10 Boogie-Woogie Ball-Five Red Caps
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 1,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 5 1 MAIN STEM-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 4 6 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 3 2 12 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 4 8 6 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 5 7 2 5 Sometimes I'm Happy-Lester Young's Quartet 6 RE 6 1 Solo Flight-Benny Goodman 7 1 6 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 8 - 1 8 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Stan Kenton 9 RE 2 9 Don't Believe Everything You Dream-Ink Spots 10 - 1 10 Salty Papa Blues-Lionel Hampton
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 8,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MAIN STEM-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 2 7 2 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 3 3 13 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 4 RE 13 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 7 7 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 6 9 3 6 Don't Believe Everything You Dream-Ink Spots 7 5 3 5 Sometimes I'm Happy-Lester Young's Quartet 8 4 7 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 9 RE 13 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 10 RE 6 2 Harry,Harry!-Benny Carter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 15,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 WHEN MY MAN COMES HOME-BUDDY JOHNSON 2 1 7 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 3 4 14 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 4 RE 4 4 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Woody Herman 5 3 14 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 6 9 14 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 7 7 4 5 Sometimes I'm Happy-Lester Young's Quartet 8 - 1 8 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 9 8 8 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 10 5 8 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 22,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 MAIN STEM-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 3 15 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 3 8 2 3 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 4 1 9 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 5 6 15 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 6 5 15 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 7 10 9 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 8 9 9 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 9 - 1 9 Evil Gal Blues-Lionel Hampton 10 - 1 10 Just For You-Five Red Caps
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 29,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 3 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 1 9 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 3 4 10 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 4 2 16 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 7 10 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 6 - 1 6 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 7 6 16 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 8 5 16 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder 9 9 2 9 Evil Gal Blues-Lionel Hampton 10 10 2 10 Just For You-Five Red Caps
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 6,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 MAIN STEM-DUKE ELLINGTON 2 1 4 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 3 11 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 4 4 17 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 - 1 5 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 6 5 11 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 7 6 2 6 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 8 7 17 1 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington 9 RE 10 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 10 8 17 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 13,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 7 3 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 3 12 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 4 4 18 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 5 1 11 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 6 - 1 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 7 5 2 5 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 8 6 12 1 Cow Cow Boogie-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 9 9 11 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 10 10 18 1 Sweet Slumber-Lucky Millinder
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 20,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 7 3 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 3 2 4 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 4 3 13 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 5 - 1 5 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 6 2 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 7 5 12 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 8 9 12 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 9 4 19 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 10 - 1 10 Lester Leaps Again-Lester Young And His Kansas City Seven
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 27,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 3 5 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 5 2 3 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 7 13 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 5 4 14 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 6 2 4 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 7 6 3 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 8 8 13 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 9 9 20 1 Ration Blues-Louis Jordan 10 - 1 10 Just One More Chance-Cozy Cole's All Star Band
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 3,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 3 3 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 3 6 5 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 4 2 6 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 5 5 15 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 6 7 4 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 7 4 14 1 Main Stem-Duke Ellington 8 - 1 8 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 9 8 14 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 10 - 1 10 Till Then-Mills Brothers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 10,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 4 7 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 2 4 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 3 6 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 5 8 2 5 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 6 5 16 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 7 - 1 7 Someone-Duke Ellington 8 6 5 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 9 9 15 3 I've Learned A Lesson I'll Never Forget-Five Red Caps 10 RE 2 10 Lester Leaps Again-Lester Young And His Kansas City Seven
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 17,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 2 8 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 3 5 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 5 3 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 5 4 7 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 6 8 6 6 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 7 6 17 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 8 7 2 7 Someone-Duke Ellington 9 RE 2 9 Till Then-Mills Brothers 10 - 1 10 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 24,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 2 9 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 3 6 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 5 8 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 5 6 7 5 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 6 4 4 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 7 9 3 7 Till Then-Mills Brothers 8 7 18 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 9 8 3 7 Someone-Duke Ellington 10 10 2 10 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 1,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 2 10 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 3 7 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 5 8 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 5 - 1 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 6 7 4 7 Till Then-Mills Brothers 7 4 9 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 8 10 3 8 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 9 8 5 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 10 9 4 7 Someone-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 8,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT-KING COLE TRIO 2 2 11 2 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 3 8 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 6 5 4 Till Then-Mills Brothers 5 7 10 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 6 RE 19 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 7 10 5 7 Someone-Duke Ellington 8 9 6 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 9 8 4 8 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 10 5 2 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 15,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 12 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 1 14 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 3 9 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 5 11 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 5 4 6 4 Till Then-Mills Brothers 6 10 3 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 7 6 20 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 8 7 6 7 Someone-Duke Ellington 9 8 7 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 10 RE 9 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 22,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 15 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 7 21 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 4 3 10 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 5 7 4 Till Then-Mills Brothers 6 9 8 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 7 RE 4 7 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 8 4 12 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 9 6 4 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 10 10 10 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 29,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 16 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 4 11 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 5 8 4 Till Then-Mills Brothers 5 7 5 5 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 6 3 22 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 7 6 9 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 8 10 11 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 9 9 5 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 10 8 13 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 5,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 17 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 3 9 3 Till Then-Mills Brothers 4 3 12 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 5 6 5 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 6 9 6 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 7 8 12 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 8 - 1 8 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 6 23 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 10 7 10 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 12,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 18 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 3 5 7 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 4 3 10 3 Till Then-Mills Brothers 5 - 1 5 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 6 4 13 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 7 RE 14 2 I Can't See For Lookin'-King Cole Trio 8 9 24 1 When My Man Comes Home-Buddy Johnson 9 6 7 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 10 7 13 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 19,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 10 1 TILL THEN-MILLS BROTHERS 2 1 17 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 5 2 3 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 3 8 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 5 2 19 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 6 6 14 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 7 9 8 5 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 8 - 1 8 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 9 10 14 4 I'll Get By-Ink Spots 10 RE 2 8 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 26,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 18 1 G.I. JIVE-LOUIS JORDAN 2 1 11 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 3 3 3 3 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 7 9 4 Body And Soul-Coleman Hawkins 5 6 15 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 4 9 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 7 5 20 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 8 8 2 8 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 9 10 3 8 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 10 RE 7 7 Someone-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 2,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 2 12 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 3 1 18 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 4 6 10 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 5 9 4 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 6 - 1 6 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 7 5 16 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 8 7 21 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 9 8 3 8 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 10 RE 11 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 9,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 3 19 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 3 2 13 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 4 9 4 4 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 5 7 17 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 4 11 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 7 6 2 6 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 8 5 5 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 8 22 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 10 10 12 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 16,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 3 14 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 3 5 18 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 4 5 4 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 5 2 20 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 6 9 23 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 7 7 3 6 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 8 8 6 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 6 12 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 10 10 13 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 23,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 2 15 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 3 3 19 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 7 4 4 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 5 4 6 4 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 6 9 13 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 7 5 21 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 8 10 14 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 9 - 1 9 I Realize Now-King Cole Trio 10 8 7 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 30,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 5 7 1 I'M LOST-BENNY CARTER 2 1 8 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 3 4 5 3 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 4 2 16 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 5 8 15 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 6 - 1 6 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 7 3 20 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 8 10 8 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 7 22 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 10 6 14 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 7,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 7 21 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 3 1 8 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 4 4 17 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 5 RE 24 1 Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio 6 6 2 6 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 7 5 16 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 8 9 23 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 9 3 6 3 I Stay In The Mood For You-Billy Eckstine 10 - 1 10 Going Out The Back Way-Johnny Hodges
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 14,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 9 1 I'M LOST-BENNY CARTER 2 1 10 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 3 2 22 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 6 3 4 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 5 4 18 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 6 8 24 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 7 RE 9 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 8 RE 15 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 9 7 17 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 10 RE 2 9 I Realize Now-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 21,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 4 1 GEE,BABY,AIN'T I GOOD T0 YOU?-KING COLE TRIO 2 1 10 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 3 2 11 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 3 23 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 9 18 4 My Little Brown Book-Duke Ellington 6 6 25 1 G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan 7 - 1 7 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 8 7 10 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 - 1 9 I'll Walk Alone-Louis Prima 10 - 1 10 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 28,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 GEE,BABY,AIN'T I GOOD T0 YOU?-KING COLE TRIO 2 3 12 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 3 2 11 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 4 7 2 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 5 - 1 5 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 6 4 24 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 7 8 11 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 8 RE 19 1 Till Then-Mills Brothers 9 - 1 9 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 10 RE 16 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 4,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 GEE,BABY,AIN'T I GOOD T0 YOU?-KING COLE TRIO 2 5 2 2 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 3 2 13 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 6 25 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 4 3 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 6 7 12 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 7 3 12 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 8 RE 2 8 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 9 10 17 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 10 - 1 10 No One Else Will Do-Five Red Caps
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 11,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 GEE,BABY,AIN'T I GOOD T0 YOU?-KING COLE TRIO 2 2 3 2 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 3 4 26 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 3 14 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 5 7 13 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 6 8 3 6 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 7 5 4 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 8 6 13 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 RE 2 9 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 10 RE 3 9 I Realize Now-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 18,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 1 8 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 3 4 15 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 7 5 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 5 3 27 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 5 14 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 7 8 14 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 8 6 4 6 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 9 RE 18 3 Is You Is Or Is You Ain't-Louis Jordan 10 - 1 10 I'll Walk Alone-Dinah Shore
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 25,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 16 1 HAMPTON'S BOOGIE WOOGIE-LIONEL HAMPTON 2 1 5 1 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 3 2 9 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 4 5 28 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 4 6 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 6 6 15 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 7 8 5 6 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 8 7 15 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 RE 4 9 I Realize Now-King Cole Trio 10 10 2 10 I'll Walk Alone-Dinah Shore
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 2,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 3 10 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 3 1 17 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 4 29 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 8 16 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 6 7 6 6 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 7 5 7 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 8 6 16 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter 9 RE 3 9 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 10 - 1 10 It's Only A Paper Moon-King Cole Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 9,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 2 11 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 3 4 30 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 4 3 18 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 5 6 7 5 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 6 7 8 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 7 9 4 7 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 8 5 17 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 10 2 9 It's Only A Paper Moon-King Cole Trio 10 8 17 1 I'm Lost-Benny Carter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 16,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 2 12 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 3 4 19 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 4 3 31 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 5 9 3 5 It's Only A Paper Moon-King Cole Trio 6 6 9 4 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 7 7 5 7 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 8 8 18 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 9 5 8 5 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 10 - 1 10 White Cliffs Of Dover-Louis Prima
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 23,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 6 10 2 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 3 2 13 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 4 9 9 4 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 5 4 32 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 7 6 6 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 7 3 20 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 8 5 4 5 It's Only A Paper Moon-King Cole Trio 9 8 19 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 10 - 1 10 I Don't Mind-Duke Ellington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 30,1944 Harlem Hit Parade TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL-ELLA FITZGERALD & INK SPOTS 2 3 14 1 Gee,Baby,Ain't I Good To You?-King Cole Trio 3 6 7 3 I'm Making Believe-Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots 4 2 11 2 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 5 5 33 2 Cherry Red Blues-Cootie Williams 6 4 10 4 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio 7 9 20 5 You Always Hurt The One You Love-Mills Brothers 8 7 21 1 Hampton's Boogie Woogie-Lionel Hampton 9 10 2 9 I Don't Mind-Duke Ellington 10 8 5 5 It's Only A Paper Moon-King Cole Trio
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