Hits of the 1940s
1949 1 "A" - You're Adorable Perry Como
1949 4 "A" - You're Adorable Jo Stafford and Gordon McRae
1945 2 Accentuate the Positive Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
1945 1 Accentuate the Positive Johnny Mercer
1945 5 Accentuate the Positive Artie Shaw
1947 2 Across the Alley From the Alamo The Mills Brothers
1940 7 Alice Blue Gown Frankie Masters
1949 1
All I Want For Christmas Spike Jones
1940 1
All the Things You Are Tommy Dorsey
1940 8
All the Things You Are Artie Shaw
1947 20 Almost Like Being In Love Frank Sinatra
1945
2

Along the Navajo Trail
Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
1945
7
Along the Navajo Trail
Gene Krupa
1945
7
Along the Navajo Trail
Dinah Shore
1945 10 Always Sammy Kaye
1945 10 Always Guy Lumbardo
1941 1
Amapola Jimmy Dorsey
1944
2

Amor
Bing Crosby
1944
5
Amor Andy Russell
1944
10
Amor Xavier Cugat
1946


Angel Eyes
Matt Dennis
1946


Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
Irving Berlin
1946
8

Aren't You Glad You're You?
Bing Crosby
1943 3 As Time Goes By Jacques Renard
1943 1 As Time Goes By Rudy Vallee
1942 9 At Last Glenn Miller
1948 3
Baby Face Art Mooney
1949 9 Baby, It's Cold Outside Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
1949 3 Baby, It's Cold Outside Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting
1949 4 Baby, It's Cold Outside Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark
1949 5
Bali Hai Perry Como
1949 10
Bali Hai Paul Weston
1947 1 Ballerina Vaughn Monroe
1948 5 Ballerina Buddy Clark
1948 10 Ballerina Bing Crosby
1948 10 Ballerina Jimmy Dorsey
1946


Be A Clown
Cole Porter
1945 9 Bell Bottom Trousers Jerry Colonna
1945 3 Bell Bottom Trousers Kay Kyser
1945 2 Bell Bottom Trousers Guy Lombardo
1945 2 Bell Bottom Trousers Tony Pastor
1945 6 Bell Bottom Trousers Louis Prima
1944 1
Bésame Mucho Jimmy Dorsey
1944 10
Bésame Mucho Andy Russell
1948


Black Coffee

1949


Bloody Mary
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1940 1
Blue Champagne Jimmy Dorsey
1941 10
Blues in the Night Artie Shaw
1942 8
Blues in the Night Cab Calloway
1942 1
Blues in the Night Woody Herman
1942 4
Blues in the Night Jimmie Lunceford
1942 4
Blues in the Night Dinah Shore
1940 1 Blueberry Hill Glenn Miller
1943 2 Brazil Xavier Cugat
1941


Buckle Down Winsocki

1948 1 Buttons and Bows Dinah Shore
1945 8
Candy Johnny Long
1945 1
Candy Johnny Mercer and Jo Stafford
1945 5
Candy Dinah Shore
1941 1
Chattanooga Choo Choo Glenn Miller
1945 1
Chickery Chick Sammy Kaye
1945 10
Chickery Chick Gene Krupa
1946 3 The Christmas Song Nat 'King' Cole
1949


A Cock-Eyed Optimist
Rodgers and Hart
1945 4 Cocktails For Two Spike Jones
1946 17 Come Rain Or Come Shine Margaret Whiting
1943 2 Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer Willie Kelly
1943 1 Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer Song Spinners
1949 1 Cruising Down the River Blue Baron
1949 8 Cruising Down the River Framkie Carle
1949 1 Cruising Down the River Russ Morgan
1949 3 Cruising Down the River Jack Smith
1941 1
Daddy Sammy Kaye
1941 9
Dancing In the Dark Artie Shaw
1940 1 Darn That Dream Benny Goodman
1946 5
Day By Day Frank Sinatra
1946 8
Day By Day Jo Stafford
1949 19 Dear Hearts and Gentle People Gordon McRae
1942 3
Deep In the Heart of Texas Bing Crosby
1942 7
Deep In the Heart of Texas Horace Heidt
1942 1
Deep In the Heart of Texas Alvino Ray
1946


Devil Moon
Burton Lane
1949


Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

1945 1 Dig You Later (A Hubba Hubba Hubba) Perry Como (didn't chart but well known)
1944 10 Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me (Instrumental) Duke Ellington
1944 7 Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me Woody Herman
1944 10 Do Nothin'Till You Hear From Me Stan Kenton
1946


Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

1946 8
Doin' What Comes Naturally Jimmy Dorsey
1946 2
Doin' What Comes Naturally Freddy Martin
1946 3
Doin' What Comes Naturally Dinah Shore
1944 1
Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
1945 10
Don't Fence Me In Horace Heidt
1945 4
Don't Fence Me In Sammy Kaye
1945 8
Don't Fence Me In Kate Smith
1943 8 Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington
1943 7 Don't Get Around Much Anymore Glen Gray
1943 2 Don't Get Around Much Anymore The Ink Spots
1942 1 Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree Glenn Miller
1945 9
Dream Freddy Martin
1945 1
Dream Pied Pipers
1945 5
Dream Frank Sinatra
1949


A Dream Is A Wish Your Dream Makes

1941 8
Elmer's Tune Dick Jurgens
1941 1
Elmer's Tune Glenn Miller
1941


Everything Happens To Me

1949 4 Far Away Places Perry Como
1949 2 Far Away Places Bing Crosby
1949 2 Far Away Places Margaret Whiting
1940 1 Fools Rush In Glenn Miller
1942 3
For Me and My Gal Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
1946 1
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Nat 'King' Cole
1946 5
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Charlie Spivak
1947 8
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Ella Fitzgerald
1947 2
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Eddy Howard
1947 2
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Dinah Shore
1940 1
Frenesi Artie Shaw
1944 1 G. I. Jive Louis Jordan
1946 5
A Gal In Calico Johnny Mercer
1947 6
A Gal In Calico Tex Beneke
1947 8
A Gal In Calico Bing Crosby
1947 6
A Gal In Calico Benny Goodman
1945


Give Me the Simple Life

1940 5
God Bless America Kate Smith
1941


God Bless the Child

1941 1 Green Eyes Jimmy Dorsey
1944


Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

1943


Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

1949


Happy Talk
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1949


Honey Bun
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1947 6 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? Buddy Clark
1947 9 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? Tommy Dorsey
1947 9 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? Dick Haymes
1947 8 How Are Things In Glocca Morra? Martha Tilton
1940 6 How High the Moon Benny Goodman
1941 2 The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody) Freddy Martin
1941 3 The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody) Horace Heidt
1941 7 The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Rhapsody) The King Sisters
1949 1
I Can Dream, Can't I? Andrews Sisters
1940


I Could Write A Book
Rodgers and Hart
1942 1
I Don't Want To Walk Without You Harry James
1942 13
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Duke Ellington
1942

I Know Why (And So Do You) Glenn Miller Orchestra (never charted)
1942


I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City

1945 8 I Should Care Frank Sinatra
1945 10 I Should Care Martha Tilton
1947 9 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Dick Haymes
1947 5 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Betty Hutton
1947 2 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Vaughn Monroe
1947 2 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Dinah Shore
1943 3 I'll Be Home For Christmas Bing Crosby
1944 1 I'll Be Seeing You Bing Crosby
1944 4 I'll Be Seeing You Tommy Dorsey
1945 2 I'll Buy That Dream Harry James
1945 2 I'll Buy That Dream Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
1945 8 I'll Buy That Dream Hal McIntyre
1940 1
I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey
1946


I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch

1945 5
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Perry Como
1945 7
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
1946 9
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Harry James
1945 6
I'm Beginning To See the Light Duke Ellington
1945 5
I'm Beginning To See the Light Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots
1945 1
I'm Beginning To See the Light Harry James
1949


I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1948 1
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover Art Mooney
1942 1 I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Glenn Miller
1949 1 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Les Brown
1949 9 I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm The Mills Brothers
1940


I've Got No Strings

1943 1 I've Heard That Song Before Harry James
1945 3
If I Loved You Perry Como
1945 8
If I Loved You Bing Crosby
1945 8
If I Loved You Harry James
1945 7
If I Loved You Frank Sinatra
1946


If This Isn't Love
Burton Lane
1940 1 Imagination Tommy Dorsey
1940 1 Imagination Glenn Miller
1940 1
In the Mood Glenn Miller
1943 1
In the Mood Glenn Miller
1944 2
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma Baby?) Louis Jordan
1944 2
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma Baby?) Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
1944 4 It Had To Be You Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
1944 5 It Had To Be You Betty Hutton
1944 10 It Had To Be You Artie Shaw
1945 5 It Might As Well Be Spring Dick Haymes
1945 6 It Might As Well Be Spring Paul Weston
1946 4 It Might As Well Be Spring Sammy Kaye
1940


It Never Entered My Mind
Rodgers and Hart
1945


It's A Grand Night For Singing
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1945 1 It's Been A Long, Long Time Bing Crosby with Les Paul
1945 1 It's Been A Long, Long Time Harry James
1945 6 It's Been A Long, Long Time Stan Kenton
1945 4 It's Been A Long, Long Time Charlie Spivak
1948 2 It's Magic Doris Day
1948 9 It's Magic Dick Haymes
1948 9 It's Magic Gordon McRae
1945 9 It's Only A Paper Moon Ella Fitzgerald
1945 10 It's Only A Paper Moon Benny Goodman
1940


I've Got No Strings
from Pinnocheo
1942 1 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle Kay Kyser
1944 4 Jingle, Jangle, Jingle The Merry Macs
1940


Johnson Rag

1945


June Is Bustin Out All Over
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1945 9 Laura Dick Haymes
1945 4 Laura Woody Herman
1945 5 Laura Johnnie Johnston
1945 6 Laura Freddy Martin
1945 8 Laura Jerry Wald
1946 9
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Connee Boswell
1946 7
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Woody Herman
1946 1
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Vaughn Monroe
1941 7
Let's Get Away From It All Tommy Dorsey
1944


Lili Marlene

1947 1 Linda Ray Noble with Buddy Clark
1947 5 Linda Charlie Spivak
1947 8 Linda Paul Weston
1944 8 Long Ago (and Far Away) Perry Como
1944 5 Long Ago (and Far Away) Bing Crosby
1944 2 Long Ago (and Far Away) Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes
1944 6 Long Ago (and Far Away) Jo Stafford
1946


Look To The Rainbow
Burton Lane
1945 11 Love Letters Dick Haymes
1941


Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)

1944 1 Mairzy Doats The Merry Macs
1944 8 Mairzy Doats The Pied Pipers
1944 7 Mairzy Doats Al Trace
1947 1 Mam'selle Frank Sinatra
1947 1 Mam'selle Art Lund
1947 3 Mam'selle The Pied Pipers
1947 3 Mam'selle Dick Haymes
1947 7 Mam'selle Ray Dorey
1947 8 Mam'selle Dennis Day
1948 1 Manana (Is Good Enough For Me) Peggy Lee
1946 Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis
1943 1
Mister Five By Five Harry James
1943
1

Moonlight Becomes You
Bing Crosby
1942 1 Moonlight Cocktail Glenn Miller
1945 7 The More I See You Dick Haymes
1945 10
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) Frank Sinatra
1948 1
Nature Boy Nat 'King' Cole
1948 7
Nature Boy Frank Sinatra
1948 9
Nature Boy Sara Vaughn
1947 2 Near You The Andrews Sisters
1947 1 Near You Francis Craig
1947 3 Near You Larry Green
1947 4 Near You Elliot Lawrence
1947 3 Near You Alvino Ray
1940 5 The Nearness of You Glenn Miller
1940 2
A Nightengale Sang in Berkley Square Glenn Miller
1940 10
A Nightengale Sang in Berkley Square Ray Noble
1941 3
A Nightengale Sang in Berkley Square Guy Lumbardo
1948 1
Now Is the Hour Bing Crosby
1943 12
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning Frank Sinatra
1944 4
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning Bing Crosby
1943


Oklahoma!
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1949


The Old Piano Roll Blues
Bent Fabric, Liberace, Hoagy Carmichael, Andrews Sisters
1946 2 Ole Buttermilk Sky Hoagy Carmichael
1946 7 Ole Buttermilk Sky Helen Carroll
1946 1 Ole Buttermilk Sky Kay Kyser
1946 6 Ole Buttermilk Sky Paul Weston
1948 6 On a Slow Boat To China Eddy Howard
1948 2 On a Slow Boat To China Kay Kyser
1948 4 On a Slow Boat To China Freddy Martin
1949 7 On a Slow Boat To China Benny Goodman
1945 3 On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Bing Crosby
1945 6 On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Tommy Dorsey
1945 10 On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Judy Garland
1945 1 On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Johnny Mercer
1945 10 On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Tommy Tucker
1948


Once In Love With Amy
Frank Loesser
1943


One For My Baby
Frank Sinatra
1943


Opus One

1943


Out Of My Dreams
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1943 1 Paper Doll Mills Brothers
1947 1
Peg O' My Heart Buddy Clark
1947 8
Peg O' My Heart Clark Dennis
1947 1
Peg O' My Heart Harmonicats
1947 4
Peg O' My Heart Art Lund
1947 1
Peg O' My Heart Three Suns
1947 5
Peg O' My Heart Ted Weems
1940 5 Pennsylvania 6-5000 (instrumental) Glenn Miller
1943 2
People Will Say We're In Love Bing Crosby
1943 3
People Will Say We're In Love Frank Sinatra
1941 3 Perfidia (Tonight) (instrumental) Xavier Cugat
1941 9 Perfidia (Tonight) Jimmy Dorsey
1942


Perdido

1946 9
Personality Bing Crosby
1946 1
Personality Johnny Mercer
1946 10
Personality Dinah Shore
1944 3
Poinciana Bing Crosby
1942 8 Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition The Merry Macs
1943 1 Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition Kay Kyser
1946 1 Prisoner Of Love Perry Como
1946 10 Prisoner Of Love Billy Eckstine
1946 9 Prisoner Of Love The Ink Spots
1946


Put the Blame on Mame

1942


Put Your Dreams Away For Another Day
Frank Sinatra
1949 8
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Guy Lombardo
1949 3
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Vaughn Monroe
1944


Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk
1946


Route 66

1945 8 Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week) Frankie Carle
1945 6 Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week) Sammy Kaye
1945 2 Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week) Frank Sinatra
1946 7
Seems Like Old Times Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
1946 7
Seems Like Old Times Vaughn Monroe
1945 1
Sentimental Journey Les Brown (featuring Doris Day)
1945 3
Sentimental Journey Hal McIntyre
1945 4
Sentimental Journey The Merry Macs
1944 1
Shoo Shoo Baby The Andrews Sisters
1944 4
Shoo Shoo Baby Ella Mae Morse
1942 7
Skylark Glenn Miller
1942 5
Skylark Dinah Shore
1941


Snootie Little Cutie
Bobby Troup
1949 13 So In Love Patti Page
1949 1 Some Enchanted Evening Perry Como
1949 3 Some Enchanted Evening Bing Crosby
1949 7 Some Enchanted Evening Ezio Pinza
1949 6 Some Enchanted Evening Frank Sinatra
1949 4 Some Enchanted Evening Jo Stafford
1949 9 Some Enchanted Evening Paul Weston
1940 8 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) Ambrose
1944 5 Speak Low (When You Speak Love) Guy Lombardo
1943


Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

1941 7
Stardust Tommy Dorsey
1941 2
Stardust Artie Shaw
1946


Stella By Starlight

1948


Steppin' Out With My Baby

1943


Surry With the Fringe On Top
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1944 1
Swinging On A Star Bing Crosby
1941


Take the 'A' Train

1943 1 Taking a Chance On Love Benny Goodman
1942 1
Tangerine The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
1943 1 That Old Black Magic The Glenn Miller Orchestra
1943 10 That Old Black Magic Freddie Slack
1949


There Is Nothing Like A Dame
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1946


There's No Business Like Show Business
Irving Berlin
1946 4
They Say It's Wonderful Perry Como
1946 10
They Say It's Wonderful Andy Russell
1946 2
They Say It's Wonderful Frank Sinatra
1949


This Nearly Was Mine
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1945
1

Till The End Of Time
Perry Como
1945
3

Till The End Of Time
Dick Haymes
1945
3

Till The End Of Time
Les Brown
1946 1 To Each His Own Eddy Howard
1946 1 To Each His Own The Ink Spots
1946 1 To Each His Own Freddy Martin
1946 4 To Each His Own Tony Martin
1946 3 To Each His Own The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
1948


Too Darn Hot
Cole Porter
1944 4 The Trolley Song Judy Garland
1944 2 The Trolley Song The Pied Pipers
1945 4 The Trolley Song Vaughn Monroe
1946


When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love
Burton Lane
1940 10
When You Wish Upon A Star Cliff Edwards
1940 5
When You Wish Upon A Star Guy Lumbardo
1940 1
When You Wish Upon A Star Glenn Miller
1942 1
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1944 5
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1944 7
White Christmas Frank Sinatra
1945 1
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1946 6
White Christmas Frank Sinatra
1946 5
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1946 9
White Christmas Jo Stafford
1947 1
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1948 3
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1949 6
White Christmas Bing Crosby
1942 1 The White Cliffs of Dover Kay Kaiser
1942 6 The White Cliffs of Dover Glenn Miller
1942 9 The White Cliffs of Dover Kate Smith
1946 10
Winter Wonderland Perry Como
1947 4
Winter Wonderland Johnny Mercer
1948 1
Woody Woodpecker Kay Kyser
1948 2
Woody Woodpecker Mel Blanc & Sportsmen
1945
3

You Belong To My Heart
Bing Crosby
1945
6

You Belong To My Heart
Charlie Spivak
1943 3
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Dinah Shore
1943 1 You'll Never Know Dick Haymes with The Song Spinners
1943 6 You'll Never Know Willie Kelly
1943 2 You'll Never Know Frank Sinatra
1949


Younger Than Springtime
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1947 8
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Johnny Mercer