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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1944 according to The Billboard. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, The Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1944, the following two all-genre national singles charts were published:
It was the most successful of many songs released during World War II which bemoaned life in the army. [5] Jordan was by far the most successful artist of the 1940s on Billboard ' s R&B charts. His tally of 18 chart-toppers was a record which would stand until the 1980s, and he spent 113 weeks at number one, [a] a record which would still stand ...
1944 in music. 14 languages ... It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, ... US R&B 1944 #5, Harlem Hit Parade ...
0–9. List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1942; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1943; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1944; List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945
Released: 1944 () Genre: R&B: Songwriter(s) Johnny Mercer "G.I. Jive" is a 1944 song written and originally performed by Johnny Mercer. [1] Background
It was released as a single and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the R&B chart. [5] In 1978, the German Schlager singer Bata Illic released a German version with lyrics by Michael Marian. [6] In 2001, Luis Miguel covered the song, which was released as the lead single from his album Mis Romances (2001).
Most Played Juke Box Records (debuted January 1944) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. Most Played by Jockeys (debuted February 1945) – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. The list below includes the Best Selling Singles chart ...
In 1944, The Billboard replaced the term "hillbilly" with "folk songs and blues", and switched to "country" or "country and western" in 1949. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] But while cowboy and western music were the most popular styles, a new style – honky tonk – would take root and define the genre of country music for decades to come.