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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S TOP SINGLES OF 1944 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Sep 26, 2015 at 10:28 PM |
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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S TOP SINGLES OF 1944 
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1-SWINGING ON A STAR-BING CROSBY/WILLIAMS BROTHERS QUARTET-AUGUST 1238
2-I'LL GET BY-HARRY JAMES & DICK HAYMES-June 1196
3-I'LL WALK ALONE-DINAH SHORE-October 1146
4-MY HEART TELLS ME-GLEN GRAY & EUGENE BAIRD-February 1132
5-YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE-MILLS BROTHERS-October 1100
6-I'LL BE SEEING YOU-BING CROSBY-July 1096
7-HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS-DAVID ROSE-April 978
8-BESAME MUCHO-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen-April 968
9-I'LL WALK ALONE-Martha Tilton-October 900
10-I LOVE YOU-Bing Crosby-May 834
11-Shoo-Shoo Baby-Andrews Sisters-February 798
12-Shoo-Shoo Baby-Ella Mae Morse-February 740
13-G.I. Jive-Louis Jordan-August 720
14-Star Eyes-Jimmy Dorsey,Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen-January 654
15-I'm Making Believe-Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald-December 642
16-The Trolley Song-Pied Pipers-December 630
17-San Fernando Valley-Bing Crosby-May 614
18-Long Ago (And Far Away)-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-June 578
19-Long Ago (So Far Away)-Jo Stafford-May 558
20-And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine-Stan Kenton & Anita O'Day-November 518
21-Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-October 518
22-It's Love-Love-Love-Guy Lombardo & Skip Nelson Trio-April 514
23-Time Waits For No One-Helen Forrest-September 512
24-I?ll Be Seeing You-Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra-July 510
25-Together-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-November 490
26-Mairzy Doats-Merry Macs-March 488
27-Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral-Bing Crosby-November 436
28-They?re Either Too Young Or Too Old-Jimmy Dorsey & Kitty Kallen-January 434
29-I Couldn?t Sleep A Wink-Frank Sinatra-March 390
30-Amor-Andy Russell-June 370
31-Speak Low-Guy Lombardo & Billy Leach-March 364
32-Amor-Bing Crosby-July 356
33-Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking)-Russ Morgan/Al Jennings-Dec. 346
34-I?ll Walk Alone-Mary Martin-October 334
35-His Rocking House Ran Away-Betty Hutton-August 312
36-Boogie Woogie-Tommy Dorsey-January 278
37-Don?t They Ask About You-Jimmy Dorsey & Kitty Kallen-April 252
38-It Had To Be You-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-October 238
39-Poinciana-Bing Crosby-March 236
40-My Shining Hour-Glen Gray & Eugenie Baird-January 192
41-Long Ago (So Far Away)-Bing Crosby-July 192
42-The Trolley Song-Judy Garland-December 190
43-It's Love-Love-Love-King Sisters-April 188
44-Mairzy Doats-Al Trace & Red Maddox-March 184
45-My Ideal-Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly-February 176
45-Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)-Louis Jordan-October 144
47-Till Then-Mills Brothers-October 138
48-Goodnight,Wherever You Are-Russ Morgan-July 132
49-I Love You-Jo Stafford-April 130
50-Blue Rain-Glenn Miller & Ray Eberle-January 128
51-I?ll Get By-Ink Spots-May 120
52-I Dream Of You-Andy Russell-December 98
53-White Christmas-Bing Crosby-December (1942) 98
54-It Had To Be You-Betty Hutton-September 94
55-No Love,No Nothin?-Ella Mae Morse-February 94
56-White Christmas-Frank Sinatra-December 92
57-Don?t Sweetheart Me-Lawrence Welk & Wayne March -May 92
58-Long Ago (So Far Away)-Perry Como-June 88
59-Do Nothin? Til? You Hear From Me-Woody Herman-March 86
60-Besame Mucho-Andy Russell-April 84
61-Milkman Keeps The Bottles Quiet-Ella Mae Morse-May 84
62-I Love You-Enric Madriguera & Bob Lido-April 48
63-Mairzy Doats-Pied Pipers-April 46
64-Straighten Up And Fly Right-King Cole Trio-June 44
65-How Many Hearts Have You Broken-Stan Kenton & Gene Howard-November 44
66-It Had To Be You-Artie Shaw-November 42
67-Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking)-Evelyn Knight-October 42
68-It Could Happen To You-Jo Stafford-October 42
69-How Sweet You Are-Kay Armen-January 42
70-Cherry-Harry James-January 42
71-Don Do Nothin? Til You Hear From Me-Duke Ellington-February 42
72-Don Do Nothin? Til You Hear From Me-Stan Kenton & Red Dorris-March 42
73-G.I. Jive-Johnny Mercer-June 36
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