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:
National Best Selling Retail Records – ranked the highest-selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the United States. Most Played Juke Box Records (introduced January 8) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States, as reported by machine operators.
Shown are the songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records and Most Played Juke Box Records charts in 1944.
Issue dateNational Best Selling Retail RecordsMost Played Juke Box RecordsJanuary 1"Paper Doll"The Mills Brothers January 8"Paper Doll"The Mills BrothersJanuary 15"Shoo-Shoo Baby"The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His OrchestraJanuary 22January 29"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Eugenie BairdFebruary 5February 12February 19February 26March 4"Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty KallenMarch 11March 18"Mairzy Doats"The Merry MacsMarch 25April 1April 8April 15April 22"It's Love-Love-Love"Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson and the Lombardo Trio"Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty KallenApril 29"San Fernando Valley"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraMay 6"I Love You"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraMay 13May 20May 27"I Love You"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJune 3"San Fernando Valley"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJune 10"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes"I Love You"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJune 17"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick HaymesJune 24July 1"I'll Be Seeing You"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJuly 8"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick HaymesJuly 15"I'll Be Seeing You"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His OrchestraJuly 22July 29"G.I. Jive"Louis Jordan and His Tympany FiveAugust 5"Swinging on a Star"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers QuartetAugust 12August 19"Swinging on a Star"Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers QuartetAugust 26September 2September 9September 16September 23September 30October 7"You Always Hurt the One You Love"The Mills BrothersOctober 14"I'll Walk Alone"Dinah Shore"(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)"Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His OrchestraOctober 21"You Always Hurt the One You Love"The Mills BrothersOctober 28November 4"I'll Walk Alone"Dinah ShoreNovember 11November 18November 25"You Always Hurt the One You Love"The Mills Brothers"I'll Walk Alone"Dinah ShoreDecember 2"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"The Ink Spots and Ella FitzgeraldDecember 9"I'm Making Believe"The Ink Spots and Ella FitzgeraldDecember 16"Don't Fence Me In"Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His OrchestraDecember 23"Don't Fence Me In"Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His OrchestraDecember 30
Number-one artists +List of number-one artists by total weeks at number oneArtistsWeeks at #1Bing Crosby20The Mills Brothers9Jimmy Dorsey7Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra5Dinah Shore4Harry JamesGuy Lombardo2Ella FitzgeraldThe Ink SpotsThe Andrews Sisters
See also 1944 in music
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