Top Artists of 1944 - Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

US & UK hit charts

1943 <-

1944

-> 1945

	Artist	Points	Songs
1.	Bing Crosby	3389	01/1944 • White Christmas • 238 pts 01/1944 • Vict'ry Polka • 199 pts 02/1944 • Poinciana (Song of the Tree) • 256 pts 03/1944 • The San Fernando Valley • 352 pts 04/1944 • I Love You • 351 pts 04/1944 • I'll Be Seeing You • 352 pts 05/1944 • Swinging on a Star • 352 pts 07/1944 • Amor • 303 pts 07/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 218 pts 09/1944 • Going My Way • 123 pts 09/1944 • The Day After Forever • 123 pts 10/1944 • Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) • 240 pts 12/1944 • It Could Happen to You • 116 pts 12/1944 • I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) • 88 pts
2.	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	1441	01/1944 • My Ideal • 218 pts 01/1944 • Star Eyes • 256 pts 01/1944 • Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) • 352 pts 02/1944 • When They Ask About You • 259 pts 04/1944 • Holiday for Strings • 117 pts 09/1944 • An Hour Never Passes • 95 pts
3.	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians	1243	01/1944 • Speak Low • 218 pts 01/1944 • Take It Easy • 130 pts 03/1944 • It's Love-Love-Love • 351 pts 06/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 129 pts 07/1944 • Humoresque • 116 pts 09/1944 • Together • 181 pts 12/1944 • Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis • 117 pts
4.	Harry James and His Orchestra	1109	01/1944 • Jump Town • 102 pts 01/1944 • Cherry • 258 pts 04/1944 • Back Beat Boogie • 88 pts 04/1944 • I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You) • 352 pts 07/1944 • Memphis Blues • 107 pts 09/1944 • Estrellita (My Little Star) • 123 pts
5.	Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters	1025	09/1944 • (There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In) • 351 pts 09/1944 • Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) • 302 pts 11/1944 • Don't Fence Me In • 372 pts
6.	Louis Jordan	1004	01/1944 • Ration Blues • 213 pts 05/1944 • G.I. Jive • 398 pts 07/1944 • Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) • 374 pts
7.	The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald	977	03/1944 • Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Y-Ay) • 187 pts 11/1944 • I'm Making Believe • 392 pts 11/1944 • Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall • 398 pts
8.	Russ Morgan	803	05/1944 • Good Night, Wherever You Are • 200 pts 07/1944 • Louise • 91 pts 11/1944 • Dance with a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stockin') • 256 pts 11/1944 • There Goes That Song Again • 256 pts
9.	Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest	798	04/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 303 pts 09/1944 • It Had to Be You • 240 pts 10/1944 • Together • 256 pts
10.	The Andrews Sisters	794	01/1944 • Shoo-Shoo Baby • 351 pts 01/1944 • Down in the Valley • 95 pts 06/1944 • Straighten Up and Fly Right • 165 pts 07/1944 • Sing a Tropical Song • 91 pts 07/1944 • Tico-Tico • 91 pts
11.	Jo Stafford	715	01/1944 • Old Acquaintance • 110 pts 01/1944 • How Sweet You Are • 101 pts 04/1944 • I Love You • 165 pts 05/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 200 pts 09/1944 • It Could Happen to You • 139 pts
12.	Woody Herman and His Orchestra	707	02/1944 • Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me • 213 pts 03/1944 • The Music Stopped • 140 pts 04/1944 • By the River of the Roses • 123 pts 06/1944 • Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet • 140 pts 12/1944 • Let Me Love You Tonight • 91 pts
13.	The Mills Brothers	694	02/1944 • I'll Be Around • 101 pts 06/1944 • You Always Hurt the One You Love • 382 pts 06/1944 • Till Then • 212 pts
14.	Andy Russell	683	04/1944 • Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) • 140 pts 06/1944 • Amor • 218 pts 10/1944 • What a Diff'rence a Day Made • 108 pts 12/1944 • I Dream of You • 218 pts
15.	Ella Mae Morse	678	01/1944 • No Love, No Nothin' • 240 pts 05/1944 • Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet • 181 pts 05/1944 • Tess's Torch Song (I Had a Man) • 117 pts 09/1944 • The Patty Cake Man • 140 pts
16.	The Four King Sisters	676	04/1944 • It's Love-Love-Love • 240 pts 04/1944 • I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You) • 123 pts 06/1944 • Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet • 117 pts 11/1944 • The Trolley Song • 117 pts
17.	Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra	675	03/1944 • Don't Sweetheart Me • 303 pts 04/1944 • Mairzy Doats • 101 pts 04/1944 • Is My Baby Blue Tonight? • 117 pts
18.	Stan Kenton and His Orchestra	664	04/1944 • Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me • 161 pts 08/1944 • Eager Beaver • 110 pts 09/1944 • And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine • 241 pts 11/1944 • How Many Hearts Have You Broken • 152 pts
19.	Frank Sinatra	635	02/1944 • I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night • 240 pts 03/1944 • A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening • 107 pts 09/1944 • Night and Day • 107 pts 12/1944 • White Christmas • 180 pts
20.	The Merry Macs	627	02/1944 • Mairzy Doats • 351 pts 07/1944 • Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes • 181 pts 10/1944 • Let's Sing a Song About Susie • 94 pts
21.	The King Cole Trio	588	04/1944 • Straighten Up and Fly Right • 236 pts 05/1944 • I Can't See for Lookin' • 142 pts 09/1944 • Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You • 129 pts
22.	The Ink Spots	574	03/1944 • Don't Believe Everything You Dream • 137 pts 03/1944 • A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening • 94 pts 05/1944 • I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You) • 213 pts 07/1944 • Someday I'll Meet You Again • 129 pts
23.	Dinah Shore	493	08/1944 • I'll Walk Alone • 370 pts 11/1944 • Together • 123 pts
24.	Perry Como	493	01/1944 • Have I Stayed Away Too Long? • 110 pts 04/1944 • I Love You • 101 pts 05/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 165 pts 08/1944 • Lili Marlene • 117 pts
25.	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra	489	01/1944 • Embraceable You • 91 pts 03/1944 • Another One of Them Things • 88 pts 05/1944 • I'll Be Seeing You • 241 pts
26.	The Pied Pipers	467	04/1944 • Mairzy Doats • 164 pts 10/1944 • The Trolley Song • 302 pts
27.	Johnny Long and His Orchestra	465	02/1944 • No Love, No Nothin' • 218 pts 02/1944 • I've Had This Feeling Before (But Never Like This) • 82 pts 07/1944 • Time Waits for No One • 165 pts
28.	Duke Ellington	451	01/1944 • Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me • 246 pts 03/1944 • Main Stem • 129 pts
29.	The Three Suns	447	07/1944 • Long Ago (And Far Away) • 101 pts 08/1944 • How Many Hearts Have You Broken • 182 pts 11/1944 • Twilight Time • 165 pts
30.	Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra	441	01/1944 • My Shining Hour • 239 pts 05/1944 • Suddenly It's Spring • 123 pts
31.	Judy Garland	441	11/1944 • The Trolley Song • 240 pts
32.	David Rose and His Orchestra	432	02/1944 • Holiday for Strings • 303 pts 02/1944 • Poinciana (Song of the Tree) • 129 pts
33.	Vaughn Monroe	432	09/1944 • Take It, Jackson • 82 pts 12/1944 • The Trolley Song • 240 pts 12/1944 • The Very Thought of You • 110 pts
34.	Betty Hutton	399	07/1944 • His Rocking Horse Ran Away • 181 pts 08/1944 • It Had to Be You • 218 pts
35.	Ernest Tubb	375	01/1944 • Try Me One More Time • 139 pts 05/1944 • Soldier's Last Letter • 138 pts 06/1944 • Yesterday's Tears • 97 pts
36.	Benny Carter and His Orchestra	337	02/1944 • Poinciana (Song of the Tree) • 145 pts 02/1944 • Hurry, Hurry! • 145 pts
37.	Johnny Mercer	334	01/1944 • G.I. Jive • 164 pts 09/1944 • Sam's Got Him • 88 pts
38.	Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra	331	04/1944 • I Love You • 180 pts
39.	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	330	09/1944 • We Might as Well Forget It • 161 pts 09/1944 • You're from Texas • 142 pts
40.	Jan Garber and His Orchestra	321	02/1944 • My Heart Tells Me • 110 pts 02/1944 • Shoo-Shoo Baby • 123 pts 05/1944 • No Love, No Nothin' • 88 pts
41.	Kay Armen and the Balladiers	320	01/1944 • The Dreamer • 180 pts 01/1944 • How Sweet You Are • 140 pts
42.	Martha Tilton	311	07/1944 • I'll Walk Alone • 241 pts
43.	Tex Ritter	309	11/1944 • I'm Wastin' My Tears on You • 166 pts 11/1944 • There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder • 111 pts
44.	Helen Forrest	302	08/1944 • Time Waits for No One • 302 pts
45.	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	288	09/1944 • It Had to Be You • 140 pts
46.	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	286	01/1944 • Sweet Slumber • 179 pts 07/1944 • Hurry, Hurry • 107 pts
47.	Dick Haymes	281	06/1944 • How Blue the Night • 130 pts
48.	Al Dexter	278	01/1944 • Rosalita • 113 pts 03/1944 • Too Late to Worry • 128 pts
49.	Louis Prima	276	05/1944 • I'll Walk Alone • 96 pts 12/1944 • Angelina • 95 pts
50.	Hildegarde	274	04/1944 • Suddenly It's Spring • 107 pts 09/1944 • Lili Marlene • 101 pts