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Top Songs of the 1940s

1930s <-1940-> 1950s
    

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1.
10/1942
398

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
[Academy Award for Best Original Song 1942]
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin
2.
08/1943
394

✫1
US
✫1
country
5
R&B
as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter
3.
11/1942
392

✫1
US


2
R&B
4.
12/1942
383

✫1
US


4
R&B
vocals by Helen Forrest
[Columbia 36659]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
5.
05/1946
382

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
written by Billy Reid
6.
04/1948
380

✫1
US


2
R&B
as King Cole
[Capitol 15054]
written by Eden Ahbez
7.
09/1949
380

✫1
US
✫1
country


written by Floyd Tillman
8.
12/1949
378

✫1
US
✫1
country


as Gene Autry & The Pinafores
[Christmas]
[Columbia 38610]
written by Johnny Marks
9.
01/1943
376

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
[Columbia 36668]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
10.
07/1943
376

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
[Decca 18556]
written by Harry Warren, Mack Gordon & Dorothy Fern Norris
11.
04/1949
375

✫1
US
2
country


written by Stan Jones
12.
11/1944
374

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
13.
05/1944
374

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Johnny Mercer
14.
01/1945
373

✫1
US


3
R&B
[Decca 18636]
written by Lord Invader & Lionel Belasco
15.
02/1947
372

✫1
US


2
R&B
[novelty]
[RCA Victor 2127]
written by Bob Russell
16.
08/1943
371

✫1
US


2
R&B
written by Johnny Black (as Johnny S. Black)
17.
07/1947
371

✫1
US
✫1
country


[Capitol Americana 40001]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams
18.
01/1945
370

✫1
US


4
R&B
[Capitol 180]
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
19.
11/1946
370

✫1
US


3
R&B
[Capitol 304]
written by Pat Best (as William Best) & Deek Watson
20.
08/1946
369

✫1
US


3
R&B
21.
11/1944
368

✫1
US


2
R&B
B side to Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
written by James V. Monaco & Mack Gordon
22.
02/1947
367

✫1
US


3
R&B
[novelty]
[Columbia 37268]
written by Bob Russell
23.
06/1947
366

✫1
US
2
country


featuring Jo Stafford on vocals
written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown)
24.
08/1943
364

✫1
US


3
R&B
[Decca 18561]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
25.
363

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11230]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
26.
08/1941
360

✫1
US




27.
360

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11215]
written by Meredith Willson
28.
05/1941
360

✫1
US




29.
05/1941
359

✫1
US




30.
06/1941
359

✫1
US




written by Bobby Troup
31.
08/1941
359

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Grady Watts & Frank Ryerson
32.
03/1941
359

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Joseph LaCalle & Albert Gamse
33.
06/1944
359

✫1
US


5
R&B
B side to Till Then
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
34.
05/1941
359

✫1
US




35.
358

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11274]
written by Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop & Dick Jurgens
36.
357

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11029]
written by traditional & Mily Balakirev
37.
355

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11401]
written by Kim Gannon & Lucky Roberts
38.
11/1943
355

✫1
US


7
R&B
vocals by Eugenie Baird
[Decca 18567]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
39.
354

✫1
US




[Victor 27934]
written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
40.
353

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10612]
written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson & Julian Dash
41.
11/1943
352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
[Decca 23277]
written by Al Dexter
42.
352

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10598]
written by Eldo Di Lazzaro & Harold Adamson
43.
07/1944
352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin
44.
04/1942
351

✫1
US




45.
04/1942
351

✫1
US




46.
351

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11382]
written by Jerry Gray
47.
07/1942
351

✫1
US




48.
351

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10570]
written by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
49.
01/1942
350

✫1
US




50.
350

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10520]
written by Lew Quadling, Eddy Howard & Dick Jurgens
51.
08/1940
350

✫1
US




written by Alberto Domínguez (as Alberto Dominguez)
52.
350

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11474]
written by Charles Tobias (as Charlie Tobias), Lew Brown & Sam H. Stept (as Sam Stept)
53.
07/1940
350

✫1
US




vocals by Frank Sinatra
written by Ruth Lowe
54.
09/1940
350

✫1
US




[Decca 3300]
written by James V. Monaco & Johnny Burke
55.
11/1944
349

✫1
US


9
R&B
[Decca 23364]
written by Cole Porter & Robert Fletcher
56.
07/1940
349

✫1
US




[Decca 3133]
written by Joseph Buell Carey
57.
06/1940
349

✫1
US




58.
07/1943
349

✫1
US


10
R&B
vocals by Frank Sinatra
[Victor 201530]
written by Tom Adair (as Thomas Montgomery Adair) & Alfonso D'Artega
59.
07/1940
349

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Ernesto Lecuona & Al Stillman
60.
349

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10622]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
61.
07/1940
349

✫1
US




62.
349

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10768]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock
63.
05/1943
349

✫1
US


10
R&B
vocals by Helen Forrest
written by Vernon Duke, John La Touche (as John Latouche) & Ted Fetter
64.
08/1944
348

✫1
US


10
R&B
[Victor 1586]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
65.
348

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10728]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
66.
06/1948
345

✫1
US




hit for Earl Fuller in 1917
[Capitol 15105]
written by Euday L. Bowman
67.
06/1949
344

✫1
US




[Mercury 5271]
written by Pat Genaro, Sunny Skylar & Ruggero Leoncavallo
68.
04/1949
344

✫1
US




[RCA 47-2896]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
69.
03/1949
344

✫1
US




[Decca 24569]
written by Franz Winkler & Malia Rosa
70.
09/1949
344

✫1
US




hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1938
[Decca 24705]
written by Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal
71.
08/1949
343

✫1
US




[Mercury 5316]
written by Beasley Smith & Haven Gillespie
72.
02/1949
343

✫1
US




[Decca 24568]
written by Eily Beadell & Nell Tollerton
73.
01/1949
343

✫1
US




74.
08/1949
343

✫1
US




written by Jimmie Hodges
75.
04/1949
343

✫1
US




written by Sidney Lippman (as Sid Lippman), Buddy Kaye & Fred Wise
76.
11/1949
343

✫1
US




as Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners
[Mercury 5345]
written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
77.
03/1949
342

✫1
US




[Capitol 15379]
written by Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
78.
09/1948
342

✫1
US




dinah shore & her happy valley boys
[Columbia 38284]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
79.
06/1948
341

✫1
US




as Al Trace & his new orchestra
written by Sam Martin, Ben Trace & Al Trace (as Clem Watts)
80.
05/1948
341

✫1
US




81.
04/1948
341

✫1
US




as Ken Griffin at the Organ
vocals by Jerry Wayne (added later)
written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
82.
01/1948
341

✫1
US




83.
07/1948
341

✫1
US




[Capitol 15122]
written by Billy Reid
84.
01/1948
341

✫1
US




written by Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
85.
11/1948
341

✫1
US




written by Harvey O. Brooks
86.
12/1948
341

✫1
US




87.
01/1948
341

✫1
US




88.
11/1948
341

✫1
US




written by Frank Loesser
89.
12/1948
341

✫1
US




hit for Ray Noble in 1937
written by Irving Berlin
90.
03/1945
341

✫1
US




written by Redd Evans & David Mann
91.
06/1948
341

✫1
US




92.
03/1945
341

✫1
US




93.
11/1948
340

✫1
US




94.
11/1945
340

✫1
US




95.
12/1945
340

✫1
US




96.
08/1945
340

✫1
US




[Victor 1709]
written by Ted Mossman & Buddy Kaye
97.
07/1945
340

✫1
US




98.
01/1945
340

✫1
US




99.
02/1945
340

✫1
US




100.
03/1945
340

✫1
US




[Capitol 15246]
written by Johnny Mercer

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