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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Songs of the 1940s

1930s <-1940-> 1950s

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1.
10/1942

White Christmas by Bing Crosby

398

✫1
US


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

Pistol Packin' Mama by Al Dexter

394

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

There Are Such Things by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

392

✫1
US


2
R&B
vocals by Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers
[Victor 27974]
written by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer & George W. Meyer
4.
12/1942

I Had the Craziest Dream by Harry James and His Orchestra

383

✫1
US


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

The Gypsy by The Ink Spots

382

✫1
US


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

Nature Boy by Nat King Cole

380

✫1
US


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

Slipping Around by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

380

✫1
US
✫1
country


written by Floyd Tillman
8.
12/1949

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry

378

✫1
US
✫1
country


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

I've Heard That Song Before by Harry James and His Orchestra

376

✫1
US


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

You'll Never Know by Dick Haymes

376

✫1
US


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

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) by Vaughn Monroe

375

✫1
US
2
country


written by Stan Jones
12.
11/1944

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

374

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
written by Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts
13.
05/1944

G.I. Jive by Louis Jordan

374

✫1
US


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

Rum and Coca-Cola by The Andrews Sisters

373

✫1
US


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

Open the Door, Richard! by Count Basie

372

✫1
US


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

Paper Doll by The Mills Brothers

371

✫1
US


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

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) by Tex Williams

371

✫1
US
✫1
country


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

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive by Johnny Mercer

370

✫1
US


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

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons by The King Cole Trio

370

✫1
US


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

To Each His Own by The Ink Spots

369

✫1
US


3
R&B
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
21.
11/1944

I'm Making Believe by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

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

Open the Door, Richard by The Three Flames

367

✫1
US


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

Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle and the Natural Seven

366

✫1
US
2
country


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

Sunday, Monday or Always by Bing Crosby

364

✫1
US


3
R&B
[Decca 18561]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke
25.
1941

Chattanooga Choo Choo by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

363

✫1
US




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

Piano Concerto in B Flat by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

360

✫1
US




written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
27.
1941

You and I by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

360

✫1
US




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

Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

360

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
written by Adolfo Utrera, Nilo Menéndez, Eddie Rivera & Eddie Woods
29.
05/1941

Maria Elena by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

359

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Lorenzo Barcelata & Bob Russell
30.
06/1941

Daddy by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

359

✫1
US




written by Bobby Troup
31.
08/1941

Blue Champagne by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

359

✫1
US




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

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

359

✫1
US




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

You Always Hurt the One You Love by The Mills Brothers

359

✫1
US


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

My Sister and I by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

359

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
35.
1941

Elmer's Tune by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

358

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11274]
written by Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop & Dick Jurgens
36.
1941

Song of the Volga Boatmen by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

357

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11029]
written by traditional & Mily Balakirev
37.
1942

Moonlight Cocktail by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

355

✫1
US




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

My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra

355

✫1
US


7
R&B
vocals by Eugenie Baird
[Decca 18567]
written by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon
39.
1942

(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

354

✫1
US




[Victor 27934]
written by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
40.
1940

Tuxedo Junction by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

353

✫1
US




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

Pistol Packin' Mama by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters

352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
[Decca 23277]
written by Al Dexter
42.
1940

The Woodpecker Song by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

352

✫1
US




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

Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) by Louis Jordan

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

Sleepy Lagoon by Harry James and His Orchestra

351

✫1
US




written by Eric Coates & Jack Lawrence
45.
04/1942

Tangerine by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

351

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
written by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
46.
1942

A String of Pearls by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

351

✫1
US




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

Jingle Jangle Jingle by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

351

✫1
US




vocals by Harry Babbitt
written by Frank Loesser & Joseph J. Lilley
48.
1940

When You Wish upon a Star by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

351

✫1
US




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

Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) by Woody Herman and His Orchestra

350

✫1
US




written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
50.
1940

Careless by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

350

✫1
US




[Bluebird 10520]
written by Lew Quadling, Eddy Howard & Dick Jurgens
51.
1942

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone else but Me) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

350

✫1
US




[Bluebird 11474]
written by Charles Tobias (as Charlie Tobias), Lew Brown & Sam H. Stept (as Sam Stept)
52.
08/1940

Frenesi by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

350

✫1
US




written by Alberto Domínguez (as Alberto Dominguez)
53.
07/1940

I'll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

350

✫1
US




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

Only Forever by Bing Crosby

350

✫1
US




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

Don't Fence Me In by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters

349

✫1
US


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

Sierra Sue by Bing Crosby

349

✫1
US




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

Make-Believe Island by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music

349

✫1
US




written by Will Grosz, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny
58.
07/1943

In the Blue of Evening by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

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

The Breeze and I by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

349

✫1
US




vocals by Bob Eberly
written by Ernesto Lecuona & Al Stillman
60.
1940

Imagination by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

349

✫1
US




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

Where Was I? by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra

349

✫1
US




written by Al Dubin & W. Franke Harling
62.
1940

Blueberry Hill by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

349

✫1
US




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

Taking a Chance on Love by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

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

I'll Walk Alone by Dinah Shore

348

✫1
US


10
R&B
[Victor 1586]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
65.
1940

Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

348

✫1
US




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

Twelfth Street Rag by Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra

345

✫1
US




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

You're Breaking My Heart by Vic Damone

344

✫1
US




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

Some Enchanted Evening by Perry Como

344

✫1
US




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

Forever and Ever by Russ Morgan

344

✫1
US




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

I Can Dream, Can't I by The Andrews Sisters

344

✫1
US




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

That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine

343

✫1
US




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

Cruising Down the River by Russ Morgan

343

✫1
US




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

Cruising Down the River by Blue Barron and His Orchestra

343

✫1
US




written by Eily Beadell & Nell Tollerton
74.
08/1949

Someday by Vaughn Monroe

343

✫1
US




written by Jimmie Hodges
75.
04/1949

A-You're Adorable by Perry Como

343

✫1
US




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

Mule Train by Frankie Laine

343

✫1
US




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

Careless Hands by Mel Tormé

342

✫1
US




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

Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore

342

✫1
US




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

You Call Everybody Darlin' by Al Trace and His Orchestra

341

✫1
US




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

Love Somebody by Doris Day and Buddy Clark

341

✫1
US




written by Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
81.
04/1948

You Can't Be True, Dear by Ken Griffin

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

Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) by Bing Crosby

341

✫1
US




written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
83.
07/1948

A Tree in the Meadow by Margaret Whiting

341

✫1
US




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

Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) by Peggy Lee

341

✫1
US




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

A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Knight

341

✫1
US




written by Harvey O. Brooks
86.
12/1948

Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) by Evelyn Knight

341

✫1
US




written by Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski
87.
01/1948

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover by Art Mooney

341

✫1
US




written by Harry M. Woods & Mort Dixon
88.
11/1948

My Darling, My Darling by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae

341

✫1
US




written by Frank Loesser
89.
12/1948

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Les Brown and His Orchestra

341

✫1
US




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

There! I've Said It Again by Vaughn Monroe

341

✫1
US




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

Woody Woodpecker by Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

341

✫1
US




vocals by Gloria Wood
written by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss
92.
03/1945

Sentimental Journey by Les Brown and His Orchestra

341

✫1
US




written by Les Brown, Ben Homer & Bud Green
93.
11/1948

All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) by Spike Jones and His City Slickers

340

✫1
US




vocals by George Rock
written by Donald Yetter Gardner
94.
11/1945

I Can't Begin to Tell You by Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro

340

✫1
US




written by James V. Monaco & Mack Gordon
95.
12/1945

Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief by Betty Hutton

340

✫1
US




written by Hoagy Carmichael & Paul Francis Webster
96.
08/1945

Till the End of Time by Perry Como

340

✫1
US




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

On the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe by Johnny Mercer

340

✫1
US




written by Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer
98.
01/1945

I'm Beginning to See the Light by Harry James and His Orchestra

340

✫1
US




vocals by Kitty Kallen
written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges & Harry James
99.
02/1945

Candy by Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford

340

✫1
US




written by Alex Kramer, Mack David & Joan Whitney
100.
03/1945

Dream by The Pied Pipers

340

✫1
US




[Capitol 15246]
written by Johnny Mercer
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