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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:
On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued.
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 ...
Counting all seven weeks in which his version of "Pistol Packin' Mama" was bracketed with other artists' recordings of the same song and counting each of his two songs which tied for the top spot in the issue of Billboard dated April 15 as having one week at number one, Al Dexter spent the highest number of weeks at the top of the chart in 1944 ...
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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 ...
The September 2, 1944 chart forward is the predecessor to today's Hot Country Songs chart. 1944 ... US Billboard 1944 #89, US Pop #11, US Hillbilly 1944 #10 ...
US Billboard 1947 #3, US Pop #1 for 10 weeks, 22 total weeks, 222 points 9: Bing Crosby "Swinging on a Star" [14] Decca 18597: February 7, 1944 () April 1944 () US Billboard 1944 #1, US Pop #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 219 points, 1,000,000 sales [4] 10: Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" [15]