Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the ...
Songs by the year in which they were written, or first performed, published, recorded, or released. ... 1940 songs (104 P) 1941 songs (115 P) 1942 songs (96 P)
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
"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 ...
Because of You (1940 song) Bengawan Solo (song) Bésame Mucho; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Bilećanka; Blueberry Hill; Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) The Breeze and I; Broadway (1940 song)
Songs written or first produced in the decade 1940s, i.e the years 1940 to 1949. 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s ... Pages in category "1940s ...
March 30, 1940 "When You Wish Upon a Star" [2] April 6, 1940 April 13, 1940 April 20, 1940 April 27, 1940 090 May 4, 1940 "The Woodpecker Song" [2] May 11, 1940 May 18, 1940 May 25, 1940 June 1, 1940 June 8, 1940 June 15, 1940 091 June 22, 1940 "Imagination" [2] 092 June 29, 1940 "Make Believe Island" Mitchell Ayres [2] re July 6, 1940 ...
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.