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Throughout most of the 1940s the magazine published the following three charts: Best Selling Singles – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played Juke Box Records (debuted January 1944) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
1940s song stubs (2 C, 135 P) Pages in category "1940s songs" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
"Frenesi", an instrumental recorded by clarinetist Artie Shaw, occupied the number one position on the chart during the final two weeks of 1940. In 1940, The Billboard began compiling and publishing the National Best Selling Retail Records chart. Debuting in the issue dated July 27, it marked the beginning of the magazine's nationwide tracking ...
Frank Sinatra would go on to become one of the most successful artists of the 1940s and one of the best selling music artists of all time. Sinatra remained relevant through the 1950s and 60s, even with rock music being the dominant form of music in his later years. In the later decades, Sinatra's music would be mostly aimed at an older adult ...
Pages in category "1940 songs" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. L'Accordéoniste;
The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart during 1940. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on.
The popularity of the song is lampooned in a 1940s film short. [4] In the film, The King's Men (who also performed on Fibber McGee and Molly) play young men living in a boarding house who are endlessly singing the song while getting dressed, eating dinner, playing cards, etc., until an exasperated fellow boarder (William Irving (actor)) finally has them removed to an insane asylum.
By 1945, Jordan had four number-one hits and eventually became the most successful R&B chart act of the 1940s. [6] "Caldonia" became his fifth number one on "Race Records" chart. It debuted on the chart in May 1945 and reached number one in June, where it stayed for seven weeks; on Billboard ' s broader chart, the song peaked at number six. [7]