BILLBOARD NUMBER ONES OF THE 1940S Flashcards
I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN (1940)
TOMMY DORSEY
ONLY FOREVER (1940)
BING CROSBY
FRENESI (1940)
ARTIE SHAW
SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (1941)
GLENN MILLER
AMAPOLA (PRETTY LITTLE POPPY) (1941)
JIMMY DORSEY
MY SISTER AND I (1941)
JIMMY DORSEY
DADDY (PAPITO) (1941)
SAMMY KAYE
MARIA ELENA (1941)
JIMMY DORSEY
GREEN EYES (AQUELLOS OJOS VERDES) (1941)
JIMMY DORSEY
BLUE CHAMPAGNE (1941)
JIMMY DORSEY
PIANO CONCERTO IN B FLAT (1941)
FREDDY MARTIN
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (1941)
GLENN MILLER
ELMER’S TUNE (1942)
GLENN MILLER
A STRING OF PEARLS (1942)
GLENN MILLER
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1942)
WOODY HERMAN
MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL (1942)
GLENN MILLER
TANGERINE (1942)
JIMMY DORSEY
SLEEPY LAGOON (1942)
HARRY JAMES
JINGLE JANGLE JINGLE (1942)
KAY KYSER
(I’VE GOT A GAL IN) KALAMAZOO (1942)
GLENN MILLER
WHITE CHRISTMAS (1942)
BING CROSBY
THERE ARE SUCH THINGS (1943)
TOMMY DORSEY
I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM (1943)
HARRY JAMES
I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE (1943)
HARRY JAMES
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (1943)
GLENN MILLER
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (1943)
BENNY GOODMAN
COMIN’ IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER (1943)
THE SONG SPINNERS
YOU’LL NEVER KNOW (1943)
DICK HAYMES
IN THE BLUE OF EVENING (1943)
TOMMY DORSEY
SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS (1943)
BING CROSBY
PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA (1943)
AL DEXTER
PAPER DOLL (1943)
MILLS BROTHERS
MY HEART TELLS ME (SHOULD I BELIEVE MY HEART?) (1944)
GLEN GRAY
BESAME MUCHO (KISS ME MUCH) (1944)
JIMMY DORSEY
IT’S LOVE-LOVE-LOVE (1944)
GUY LOMBARDO
I LOVE YOU (1944)
BING CROSBY
I’LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU) (1944)
HARRY JAMES
I’LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)
BING CROSBY
SWINGING ON A STAR (1944)
BING CROSBY
YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE (1944)
MILLS BROTHERS
I’LL WALK ALONE (1944)
DINAH SHORE
I’M MAKING BELIEVE (1944)
THE INK SPOTS & ELLA FITZGERALD
DON’T FENCE ME IN (1944)
BING CROSBY & THE ANDREWS SISTERS
RUM AND COCA-COLA (1945)
THE ANDREWS SISTERS
MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME (1945)
LES BROWN & DORIS DAY
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (1945)
LES BROWN & DORIS DAY
ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE SANTA FE (1945)
JOHNNY MERCER
TILL THE END OF TIME (1945)
PERRY COMO
CHICKERY CHICK
SAMMY KAYE
IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME (1945)
HARRY JAMES OR BING CROSBY & THE LES PAUL TRIO
SYMPHONY (1946)
FREDDY MARTIN
I CAN’T BEGIN TO TELL YOU (1946)
BING CROSBY & CARMEN CAVALLARO
LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! (1946)
VAUGHN MONROE
DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF (1946)
BETTY HUTTON
PERSONALITY (1946)
JOHNNY MERCER
OH! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE (1946)
FRANKIE CARLE
I’M A BIG GIRL NOW (1946)
SAMMY KAYE
PRISONER OF LOVE (1946)
PERRY COMO
THE GYPSY (1946)
THE INK SPOTS
SURRENDER (1946)
PERRY COMO
TO EACH HIS OWN (1946)
EDDY HOWARD OR FREDDY MARTIN
FIVE MINUTES MORE (1946)
FRANK SINATRA
RUMORS ARE FLYING (1946)
FRANKIE CARLE
OLE BUTTERMILK SKY (1946)
KAY KYSER
THE OLD LAMP-LIGHTER (1946)
SAMMY KAYE
(I LOVE YOU) FOR SENTIMENAL REASONS (1947)
THE KING COLE TRIO
OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD (1947)
COUNT BASIE
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA (1947)
FREDDY MARTIN
HEARTACHES (1947)
TED WEEMS
MAM’SELLE (1947)
ART LUND
PEG O’ MY HEART (1947)
THE HARMONICATS
CHI-BABA, CHI-BABA (MY BAMBINO GO TO SLEEP) (1947)
PERRY COMO
SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! (THAT CIGARETTE) (1947)
TEX WILLIAMS
NEAR YOU (1947)
FRANCIS CRAIG
BALLERINA (1947)
VAUGHN MONROE
I’M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER (1948)
ART MOONEY
MANANA (IS SOON ENOUGH FOR ME) (1948)
PEGGY LEE
NATURE BOY (1948)
NAT KING COLE
WOODY WOOD-PECKER (1948)
KAY KYSER
YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN’ (1948)
AL TRACE
TWELFTH STREET RAG (1948)
PEE WEE HUNT
A TREE IN THE MEADOW (1948)
MARGARET WHITING
BUTTONS AND BOWS (1948)
DINAH SHORE
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH) (1949)
SPIKE JONES
A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (1949)
EVELYN KNIGHT
CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (1949)
BLUE BARRON OR RUSS MORGAN
RIDERS IN THE SKY (A COWBOY LEGEND) (1949)
VAUGHN MONROE
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (1949)
PERRY COMO
YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART (1949)
VIC DAMONE
THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (1949)
FRANKIE LAINE
MULE TRAIN (1949)
FRANKIE LAINE