| 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 |
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