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1950 to 1958 →. Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 ...
number-one singles of 1940. Bandleader Tommy Dorsey achieved the first Billboard number-one single with "I'll Never Smile Again", which topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart for twelve consecutive weeks. Singer Bing Crosby topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks with "Only Forever". "Frenesi", an instrumental recorded by ...
Pop. Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.
Songs by total number of weeks at number-one. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1950–1958. 13. "Goodnight Irene". Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers. 11. "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog".
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.
Harlem Hit Parade – 1942 to February 10, 1945. Juke Box Race Records – February 17, 1945 to June 17, 1957. Billboard's "Best Sellers" – May 22, 1948 to October 13, 1958. Rhythm & Blues – June 25, 1949 to November 23, 1963. Billboard's "Jockeys" – January 22, 1955 to October 13, 1958. Hot R&B – October 20, 1958 to November 23, 1963.
The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart during the 1940s. The source for this decade is the "Kent Music Report". These charts were calculated in the 1990s in retrospect, by David Kent, using archival data. Before 1949, charts in Australia were only available on a monthly basis.
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: National Best Selling Retail Records – ranked the highest-selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the United States.