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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.
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).
US Billboard 1944 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #44, Harlem Hit Parade #10 for 2 weeks, 2 total weeks, CashBox #1, 173 points 32: Vic Damone "You're Breaking My Heart" [32] Mercury 5271: February 15, 1949 () May 1949 () US Billboard 1949 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, 172 points 33
This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film. Songs are all sourced from, [1] [2] and,. [3] For information concerning music from James Bond films see
Here Are 19 Songs That Prove The Genre Is Still *Chef's Kiss* October 1, 2022 at 9:31 PM There has been a debate about the wellbeing of R&B, and people think the genre has fallen off.
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 song was written for the 1944 musical film Follow the Boys, in which it was sung by Dinah Shore, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to “Swinging on a Star”. Shore recorded the song in March as a single, which became her first #1 hit on the Billboard charts. "I'll Walk Alone" was released in May 1944 ...