"Top 40"

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45-49
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Top Singles
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Top Century
Top Songs 1940-1944
 
Year Song - Artist (Highest Rank)
1940 Alice Blue Gown - Frankie Masters   (#7)
1940 All This and Heaven Too - Jimmy Dorsey   (#9)
1940 All the Things You Are - Tommy Dorsey   (#1)
1940 All the Things You Are - Artie Shaw   (#8)
1940 And So Do I - Jimmy Dorsey   (#25)
1940 Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells - Orrin Tucker   (#8)
1940 At the Balalaika - Orrin Tucker   (#3)
1940 Blue Love Bird - Kay Kyser   (#7)
1940 Blueberry Hill - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 The Breeze and I - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1940 The Call Of the Canyon - Glenn Miller   (#10)
1940 Careless - Dick Jurgens   (#6)
1940 Careless - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 Crosstown - Glenn Miller   (#9)
1940 Darn That Dream - Benny Goodman   (#1)
1940 Devil May Care - Glenn Miller   (#7)
1940 Do I Love You? - Leo Reisman   (#7)
1940 Dolemite - Erskine Hawkins   (#10)
1940 Down Argentina Way - Leo Reisman   (#7)
1940 Down the Road A Piece - Will Bradley   (#10)
1940 Faithful Forever - Glenn Miller   (#4)
1940 Ferry Boat Serenade - Andrews Sisters   (#1)
1940 Ferry Boat Serenade - Gray Gordon   (#7)
1940 Five O'Clock Whistle - Glenn Miller   (#5)
1940 Fools Rush In - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 Frenesi - Artie Shaw   (#1)
1940 Gaucho Serenade - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1940 Gaucho Serenade - Dick Todd   (#4)
1940 God Bless America - Kate Smith   (#5)
1940 Handful Of Stars - Glenn Miller   (#10)
1940 How High the Moon - Benny Goodman   (#6)
1940 I Can't Love You Any More (Any More Than I Do) - Benny Goodman   (#5)
1940 I Give You My Word - Mitchell Ayres   (#7)
1940 I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey   (#1)
1940 I'm Nobody's Baby - Judy Garland   (#3)
1940 I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight - Glenn Miller   (#7)
1940 I'm Too Romantic - Bing Crosby   (#3)
1940 I've Got My Eyes On You - Bob Crosby   (#8)
1940 I've Got My Eyes On You - Tommy Dorsey   (#6)
1940 Imagination - Tommy Dorsey   (#1)
1940 Imagination - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 In An Old Dutch Garden - Dick Jurgens   (#3)
1940 In An Old Dutch Garden - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1940 In the Mood - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 Indian Summer - Tommy Dorsey   (#1)
1940 Indian Summer - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1940 It's A Blue World - Tony Martin   (#2)
1940 It's A Wonderful World - Charlie Barnet   (#8)
1940 It's So Peaceful In the Country - Mildred Bailey   (#24)
1940 Leanin' On the Old Top Rail - Bob Crosby   (#7)
1940 Let There Be Love - Sammy Kaye   (#4)
1940 Little Curly Hair In A Highchair - Fats Waller   (#6)
1940 The Little Red Fox - Kay Kyser   (#4)
1940 Looking For Yesterday - Woody Herman   (#15)
1940 Lover's Lullaby - Glen Gray   (#9)
1940 Make Believe Island - Mitchell Ayres   (#1)
1940 Make Believe Island - Jan Savitt   (#8)
1940 Maybe - The Ink Spots   (#2)
1940 A Million Dreams Ago - Dick Jurgens   (#12)
1940 The Nearness Of You - Glenn Miller   (#5)
1940 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Glenn Miller   (#2)
1940 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Ray Noble   (#10)
1940 Now I Lay Me Down To Dream - Bob Chester   (#11)
1940 On the Isle Of May - Connee Boswell   (#3)
1940 Only Forever - Bing Crosby   (#1)
1940 Only Forever - Tommy Dorsey   (#7)
1940 Our Love Affair - Tommy Dorsey   (#5)
1940 Our Love Affair - Dick Jurgens   (#10)
1940 Our Love Affair - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1940 Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller   (#5)(instrumental)
1940 Playmates - Kay Kyser   (#2)
1940 Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet   (#3)
1940 Practice Makes Perfect - Bob Chester   (#3)
1940 The Same Old Story - Frankie Masters   (#16)
1940 Say It - Glenn Miller   (#2)
1940 Shake Down the Stars - Glenn Miller   (#4)
1940 Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby   (#1)
1940 The Singing Hills - Bing Crosby   (#3)
1940 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga - Jimmy Dorsey   (#4)
1940 So Far, So Good - Bob Crosby   (#10)
1940 South Of the Border - Ambrose   (#8)
1940 Starlit Hour - Glenn Miller   (#10)
1940 Stop! It's Wonderful - Orrin Tucker   (#5)
1940 That's For Me - Bing Crosby   (#9)
1940 There I Go - Vaughn Monroe   (#1)
1940 There I Go - Tommy Tucker   (#10)
1940 This Changing World - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1940 To You, Sweetheart, Aloha - Dick Todd   (#10)
1940 Trade Winds - Bing Crosby   (#1)
1940 Trade Winds - Tommy Dorsey   (#10)
1940 Two Dreams Met - Mitchell Ayres   (#9)
1940 We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, & Me) - Tommy Dorsey   (#3)
1940 When You Wish Upon A Star - Cliff Edwards   (#10)
1940 When You Wish Upon A Star - Guy Lombardo   (#5)
1940 When You Wish Upon A Star - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - The Ink Spots   (#4)
1940 When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano - Glenn Miller   (#2)
1940 Where Was I? - Charlie Barnet   (#1)
1940 Whispering Grass - The Ink Spots   (#10)
1940 With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair - Bob Crosby   (#2)
1940 With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair - Kay Kyser   (#4)
1940 The Woodpecker Song - The Andrews Sisters   (#6)
1940 The Woodpecker Song - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1940 You Think Of Ev'rything - Tommy Dorsey   (#10)
1940 You're Lonely and I'm Lonely - Tommy Dorsey   (#9)
1940 You, You Darlin' - Kay Kyser   (#10)
1941 Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - The Andrews Sisters   (#2)
1941 Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar) - Will Bradley   (#1)
1941 The Bells Of San Raquel - Dick Jurgens   (#7)
1941 Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 Blues In the Night - Artie Shaw   (#10)
1941 Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1941 Daddy - Sammy Kaye   (#1)
1941 Dancing In the Dark - Artie Shaw   (#9)
1941 Do I Worry? - Tommy Dorsey   (#4)
1941 Do I Worry? - The Ink Spots   (#8)
1941 Do You Care? - Sam Donohue   (#17)
1941 Down Argentina Way - Bob Crosby   (#2)
1941 Dream Valley - Sammy Kaye   (#1)
1941 Elmer's Tune - Dick Jurgens   (#8)
1941 Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1941 Ferry Boat Serenade - Kay Kyser   (#6)
1941 Five O'Clock Whistle - Ella Fitzgerald   (#9)
1941 G'bye Now - Horace Heidt   (#2)
1941 G'bye Now - Woody Herman   (#10)
1941 Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 Hi, Neighbor - Orrin Tucker   (#22)
1941 High On A Windy Hill - Will Bradley   (#9)
1941 High On A Windy Hill - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 High On A Windy Hill - Gene Krupa   (#2)
1941 The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Horace Heidt   (#3)
1941 The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - The King Sisters   (#7)
1941 The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Freddy Martin   (#2)
1941 I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire - Horace Heidt   (#1)
1941 I Give You My Word - Eddy Duchin   (#2)
1941 I Guess I'll Have To Dream the Rest - Glenn Miller   (#4)
1941 I Hear A Rhapsody - Charlie Barnet   (#2)
1941 I Hear A Rhapsody - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 I Hear A Rhapsody - Dinah Shore   (#9)
1941 I See A Million People - Cab Calloway   (#23)
1941 I Went Out Of My Way - Teddy Powell   (#23)
1941 Intermezzo - Benny Goodman   (#10)
1941 Intermezzo - Wayne King   (#5)
1941 Intermezzo - Guy Lombardo   (#1)
1941 Intermezzo - Freddy Martin   (#7)
1941 Intermezzo - Charlie Spivak   (#10)
1941 It All Comes Back To Me Now - Hal Kemp   (#5)
1941 It All Comes Back To Me Now - Gene Krupa   (#2)
1941 Jim - Jimmy Dorsey   (#2)
1941 Jim - Dinah Shore   (#5)
1941 Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina - Gene Krupa   (#4)
1941 Keep An Eye On Your Heart - Harry Roy   (#9)
1941 Let's Dream This One Out - Frankie Masters   (#21)
1941 Let's Get Away From It All - Tommy Dorsey   (#7)
1941 Maria Elena - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 Maria Elena - Wayne King   (#2)
1941 Maria Elena - Tony Pastor   (#9)
1941 May I Never Love Again - Bob Chester   (#15)
1941 My Sister and I - Jimmy Dorsey   (#1)
1941 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Guy Lombardo   (#3)
1941 Number Ten Lullaby Lane - Eddy Duchin   (#21)
1941 Oh, Look At Me Now - Tommy Dorsey   (#2)
1941 Orange Blosom Lane - Glenn Miller   (#23)
1941 Perfidia (Tonight) - Xavier Cugat   (#3) (Instrumental)
1941 Perfidia (Tonight) - Jimmy Dorsey   (#9)
1941 Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat - The Andrews Sisters   (#10)
1941 Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat - Will Bradley   (#2)
1941 Shepherd Serenade - Horace Heidt   (#7)
1941 The Shrine Of St. Cecilia - The Andrews Sisters   (#3)
1941 A Sinner Kissed An Angel - Tommy Dorsey   (#15)
1941 So You're the One - Eddy Duchin   (#6)
1941 So You're the One - Hal Kemp   (#8)
1941 Star Dust - Tommy Dorsey   (#7)
1941 Star Dust - Artie Shaw   (#2)
1941 There'll Be Some Changes Made - Benny Goodman   (#6)
1941 The Things I Love - Jimmy Dorsey   (#7)
1941 This Love Of Mine - Tommy Dorsey   (#3)
1941 'Till Reveille - Bing Crosby   (#6)
1941 'Till Reveille - Kay Kyser   (#1)
1941 Time Was - Jimmy Dorsey   (#10)
1941 Tonight We Love (Piano Concerto In B Flat) - Tony Martin   (#5)
1941 Two Hearts That Pass In the Night - Sammy Kaye   (#9)
1941 Two In Love - Tommy Dorsey   (#9)
1941 Walkin' By the River - Una Mae Carlisle   (#14)
1941 We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me) - Ink Spots   (#1)
1941 The Wise Old Owl - Al Donohue   (#3)
1941 Yes Indeed - Tommy Dorsey   (#4)
1941 You Walk By - Blue Barron   (#7)
1941 You Walk By - Eddy Duchin   (#6)
1941 You Walk By - Tommy Tucker   (#7)
1941 You and I - Bing Crosby   (#5)
1941 You and I - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1941 Yours - Jimmy Dorsey   (#2)
1942 Always In My Heart - Glenn Miller   (#10)
1942 At Last - Glenn Miller   (#9)
1942 Be Careful, It's My Heart - Bing Crosby   (#2)
1942 Blues In the Night - Cab Calloway   (#8)
1942 Blues In the Night - Woody Herman   (#1)
1942 Blues In the Night - Jimmie Lunceford   (#4)
1942 Blues In the Night - Dinah Shore   (#4)
1942 Daybreak - Tommy Dorsey   (#10)
1942 Dearly Beloved - Dinah Shore   (#10)
1942 Deep In the Heart Of Texas - Bing Crosby   (#3)
1942 Deep In the Heart Of Texas - Horace Heidt   (#7)
1942 Deep In the Heart Of Texas - Alvino Ray   (#1)
1942 Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1942 Ev'rything I Love - Glenn Miller   (#7)
1942 For Me and My Gal - Judy Garland and Gene Kelly   (#3)
1942 Full Moon - Jimmy Dorsey   (#19)
1942 Happy In Love - Dick Jurgens   (#19)
1942 He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser   (#1)
1942 He's My Guy - Harry James   (#7)
1942 Here You Are - Sammy Kaye   (#25)
1942 How About You? - Tommy Dorsey   (#8)
1942 How Do I Know It's Real? - Kate Smith   (#21)
1942 Humpty Dumpty Heart - Glenn Miller   (#23)
1942 I Came Here To Talk For Joe - Sammy Kaye   (#8)
1942 I Don't Want To Walk Without You - Harry James   (#1)
1942 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - Duke Ellington   (#13)
1942 I Left My Heart At the Stage Door Canteen - Sammy Kaye   (#3)
1942 I Left My Heart At the Stage Door Canteen - Charlie Spivak   (#8)
1942 I Remember You - Jimmy Dorsey   (#9)
1942 I'll Pray For You - The Andrews Sisters   (#22)
1942 I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller   (#1)
1942 Idaho - Benny Goodman   (#4)
1942 Idaho - Alvino Ray   (#3)
1942 Jersey Bounce - Jimmy Dorsey   (#9)
1942 Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman   (#1)  (instrumental)
1942 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser   (#1)
1942 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland - Kay Kyser   (#2)
1942 Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland - Guy Lombardo   (#9)
1942 Just As Though You You Were Here - Tommy Dorsey with vocal by Frank Sinatra   (#6)
1942 Madelaine - Sammy Kaye   (#9)
1942 Manhattan Serenade - Harry James   (#9)
1942 Me and My Melinda - Kay Kyser   (#10)
1942 Miss You - Bing Crosby   (#9)
1942 Miss You - Dinah Shore   (#8)
1942 Mister Five By Five - Freddie Slack   (#10)
1942 Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra   (#1)
1942 One Dozen Roses - Glen Gray   (#8)
1942 One Dozen Roses - Harry James   (#4)
1942 One Dozen Roses - Dick Jurgens   (#3)
1942 One Dozen Roses - Dinah Shore   (#8)
1942 Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - The Merry Macs   (#8)
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor - Sammy Kaye   (#3)
1942 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song) - Freddy Martin   (#4)
1942 Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song) - Kate Smith   (#8)
1942 Serenade In Blue - Glenn Miller   (#2)
1942 She'll Always Remember - Glenn Miller   (#8)
1942 Shepherd Serenade - Bing Crosby   (#4)
1942 The Shrine Of St. Cecilia - Sammy Kaye   (#7)
1942 Skylark - Glenn Miller   (#7)
1942 Skylark - Dinah Shore   (#5)
1942 Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James   (#1)
1942 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Benny Goodman   (#1)
1942 Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Russ Morgan   (#5)
1942 Sometimes - Eddy Duchin   (#23)
1942 Take Me - Jimmy Dorsey   (#7)
1942 Take Me - Tommy Dorsey   (#5)
1942 Take Me - Benny Goodman   (#10)
1942 Tangerine - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra   (#1)
1942 There Will Never Be Another You - Woody Herman   (#23)
1942 This Is No Laughing Matter - Charlie Spivak   (#8)
1942 This Is Worth Fighting For - Jimmy Dorsey   (#13)
1942 Three Little Sisters - The Andrews Sisters   (#8)
1942 Tonight We Love (Piano Concerto In B Flat) - Freddy Martin   (#8)
1942 We're the Couple In the Castle - Glenn Miller   (#24)
1942 White Christmas - Bing Crosby   (#1)
1942 The White Cliffs Of Dover - Kay Kyser   (#1)
1942 The White Cliffs Of Dover - Glenn Miller   (#6)
1942 The White Cliffs Of Dover - Kate Smith   (#9)
1942 Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home - Sammy Kaye   (#19)
1943 All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra with Harry James   (#1)
1943 As Time Goes By - Jacques Renard   (#3)
1943 As T