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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.
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. July 27 "I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers [4]August 3 [5]August 10 [6]August 17 [7]
In China, the 1940s was the golden era of Mandarin pop songs which were collectively termed 'Shidaiqu', literally "songs of the era". Shanghai Pathe Records, then belonging to EMI, emerged to be the leading record company in China and featured a blend of Chinese melodies and western orchestrations as well as Big Band Jazz elements in ...
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 ...
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 total points a record earned determined its year-end rank.
Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork ...
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; ... Pages in category "1940 songs" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.