1940
1. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
3. I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey w/Frank Sinatra
4. Only Forever - Bing Crosby
5. Body & Soul - Coleman Hawkins
6. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - The Ink Spots
7. The Breeze and I - Jimmy Dorsey w/Bob Eberly
8. You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis
9. When You Wish Upon a Star - Glenn Miller
10. Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
11. Careless - Glenn Miller
12. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar - The Andrews Sisters
13. The Woodpecker Song - Glenn Miller & Kate Smith
14. Say It (Over And Over Again) - Tommy Dorsey w/Frank Sinatra
15. Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby
16. Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller
17. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
18. Ferryboat Serenade - The Andrews Sisters
19. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me - Dick Robertson
20. Ballad For Americans - Paul Robeson
21. Playmates - Kay Kyser w/Sully Mason
22. All The Things You Are - Tommy Dorsey
23. Imagination - Glenn Miller
24. Trade Winds - Bing Crosby
25. I'm Nobody's Baby - Benny Goodman
26. Where Was I? - Charlie Barnet
27. The Starlit Hour - Ella Fitzgerald
28. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills
29. Practice Makes Perfect - Billie Holiday
30. Rug Cutter's Swing - Glenn Miller
31. You Forgot About Me - Bob Crosby with Johnny Desmond
32. Fools Rush In - Glenn Miller
33. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair - Stan Kenton
34. Indian Summer - Tommy Dorsey
35. Darn That Dream - Benny Goodman
36. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Glenn Miller
37. Blueberry Hill - Gene Autry
38. The Last Time - Louis Armstrong
39. Java Jive - The Ink Spots
40. Do You Care? - Bob Crosby with Johnny Desmond
1941
1. Frenesi - Artie Shaw
2. Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra w/Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly
3. Daddy - Sammy Kaye
4. Piano Concerto in B Flat - Freddy Martin
5. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters
6. Maria Elena - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
7. Song of the Volga Boatmen - Glenn Miller
8. Take the A Train - Duke Ellington
9. Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra w/Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly
10. Stardust - Artie Shaw
11. My Sister and I - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
12. Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
13. Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller
14. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
15. You Are My Sunshine - Wayne King
16. The Last Time I Saw Paris - Tony Martin
17. You and I - Glenn Miller
19. We Three - The Ink Spots
20. Dancing in the Dark - Artie Shaw
21. And the Band Played On - Guy Lombardo
22. By the Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
23. Oh! Look At Me Now - Tommy Dorsey w/Frank Sinatra
24. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire - Horace Heidt
25. There I Go - Vaughn Monroe
26. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Benny Goodman
27. Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
28. Racing with the Moon - Vaughn Monroe
29. Bounce Me Brother - The Andrews Sisters
30. Dolores - Tommy Dorsey w/Frank Sinatra
31. I Hear a Rhapsody - Charlie Barnet
32. I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time - Andrews Sisters
33. Intermezzo - Earl Hines
34. Tonight We Love - Nelson Eddy
35. Perfidia - Xavier Cugat
36. Music Makers - Harry James
37. Summit Ridge Drive - Artie Shaw
38. Lament To Love - Harry James
39. This Love of Mine - Tommy Dorsey Orchestra w/Frank Sinatra
40. I Know Why - Glenn Miller
1942
2. Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller
3. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
4. Jingle Jangle Jingle - Kay Kyser
5. I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller
6. Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey
7. Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James
8. String of Pearls - Glenn Miller
9. Blues in the Night - Woody Herman
10. Deep In the Heart of Texas - Alveno Rey
11. The White Cliffs of Dover - Kay Kyser
12. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - Glenn Miller
13. The Pennsylvania Polka - The Andrews Sisters
14. Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
15. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
16. Strip Polka - Kay Kyser
17. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey w/Frank Sinatra
18. Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
19. Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
20. Somebody Else is Taking My Place - Benny Goodman
21. I Don't Want to Walk Without You - Harry James
22. For Me And My Gal - Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
23. I'll Remember April - Woody Herman
24. Let's Start the New Year Right - Bing Crosby
25. Who Wouldn't You Love - Kay Kyser
26. My Devotion - Vaughn Monroe
27. At Last - Glenn Miller
28. Rose O'Day - Freddy Martin
29. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
30. Manhattan Serenade - Harry James
31. Cow Cow Boogie - Freddie Slack
32. Be Careful, It's In My Heart - Bing Crosby
34. He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings - Kay Kyser
35. One Dozen Roses - Harry James
36. Travellin' Light - Billie Holiday
37. Strictly Instrumental - Harry James
38. The Night We Called it A Day - Frank Sinatra
39. Blues in the Night - Dinah Shore
40. That Ain't Right - Nat King Cole
1943
1. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
2. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' - Bing Crosby
3. As Time Goes By - Rudy Vallee
4. Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
5. I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James with Helen Forrest
6. Sentimental Lady - Duke Ellington
7. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Ink Spots
8. That Old Black Magic - Glenn Miller
9. Stormy Weather - Lena Horne
10. Taking a Chance on Love - Benny Goodman
11. Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby
13. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey
14. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes
15. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troops
16. I Had The Craziest Dream - Harry James
17. In the Blue of the Evening - Tommy Dorsey
18. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Judy Garland
19. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
20. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home to - Dinah Shore
21. Two O'Clock Jump - Harry James
22. Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller
23. When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) - Vaughn Monroe
24. People Will Say We're in Love - Bing Crosby
25. Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Kay Kyser
26. You'll Never Know - Frank Sinatra
27. Artistry In Rhythm - Stan Kenton
28. There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Jimmy Wakely
29. Don't Cry, Baby - Erskine Hawkins
30. Perdido - Duke Ellington
31. People Will Say We're in Love - Frank Sinatra
32. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
33. Let's Get Lost - Vaughn Monroe
34. Mister Five By Five - Harry James
35. Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby
36. All for You - King Cole Trio
37. Why Don't You Do Right - by Benny Goodman
38. I'm Old Fashioned - Fred Astaire
39. Brazil - Xavier Cugat
40. Shoo-Shoo Baby - Ella Mae Morse
1944
1. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby (Little Lulu)
3. Besame Mucho - Jimmy Dorsey
4. You Always Hurt The One You Love - Mills Brothers
5. Mairzy Doates - Merry Macs
6. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
7. Twilight Time - Les Brown
8. It's Love-Love-Love - Guy Lombardo
9. My Heart Tells Me - Glen Gray
10. I Love You - Bing Crosby
11. I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore
12. I'm Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
13. Straighten Up And Fly Right - The King Cole Trio
14. Til Then - The Ames Brothers
15. I'll Get By - Harry James
16. Long Ago - Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
17. Amor - Andy Russell
18. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
19. Long Ago - Bing Crosby
20. Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week - Frank Sinatra
21. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
22. I'm Lost - Benny Carter
23. Main Stem - Duke Ellington
24. Cow-Cow Boogie -(Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) - Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald
25. Amor - Bing Crosby (Dean Martin)
26. Long Ago - Jo Stafford
27. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton
28. Cherry - Harry James
29. Shoo-Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters
30. Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton
31. San Fernando Valley - Bing Crosby
32. Don't Sweetheart Me - Lawrence Welk
33. A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
34. It Had To Be You - Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
35. Time Waits For No One - Helen Forrest
36. Shoo-Shoo Baby - The Andrews Sisters
37. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington
38. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night - Frank Sinatra
39. Is You Is or Is You Ain't - The Andrews Sisters
40. It Could Happen to You - Jo Stafford
1945
1. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown with Doris Day
2. It's Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James with Kitty Kallen
3. Rum and Coca-Cola - Andrews Sisters
4. On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
5. Till The End Of Time - Perry Como
6. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer
7. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters
8. Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye
9. My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Les Brown with Doris Day
10. I Can't Begin To Tell You - Bing Crosby
11. Opus One - Tommy Dorsey
12. There! I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe
13. Tampico - Stan Kenton with June Christy
15. Candy - Jo Stafford
16. Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold
17. It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
18. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Harry James
19. There Goes That Song Again - Russ Morgan
20. Temptation - Perry Como
21. It's Been a Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby with the Les Paul Trio
22. You'll Never Walk Alone - Frank Sinatra
23. Caldonia - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
24. I'll Buy That Dream - Dick Haymes
25. Dream - Pied Pipers
26. You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby & the Xavier Cugat Orchestra
27. A Little on the Lonely Side - Frankie Carle
28. Gotta Be This or That - Benny Goodman
29. Dig You Later - Perry Como
30. Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well - Lucky Millinder
31. The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers
32. Bell Bottom Trousers - Tony Pastor's Orchestra
33. Somebody's Gotta Go - Cootie Williams
34. Tippin' In - Erskine Hawkins
35. I Wonder - Roosevelt Sykes
36. Soliloquy - John Raitt
37. Bijou - Woody Herman
38. Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frank Sinatra
39. Dream - Frank Sinatra
40. Your Father's Moustache - Woody Herman
1946
1. The Gypsy - The Ink Spots
2. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow! - Vaughn Monroe
3. Prisoner of Love - Perry Como
4. Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle
5. To Each His Own - Eddy Howard
6. Personality - Johnny Mercer
8. Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra
9. Oh! What it Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle
10. Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy - Stan Kenton
11. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton
12. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
13. Surrender - Perry Como
14. I'm a Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye
15. I Can't Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallero
16. Symphony - Freddy Martin
17. To Each His Own - Freddy Martin
18. Laughing On The Outside - Dinah Shore
19. Christmas Song - Nat "King" Cole
20. I Don't Know Enough About You - Peggy Lee
21. Take the A Train - Duke Ellington
22. Hay! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton
23. Blue Skies - Count Basie
24. Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) - Spike Jones
25. To Each His Own - The Ink Spots
26. They Say It's Wonderful - Perry Como
27. South America, Take It Away - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
28. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
29. Stone Cold Dead In The Market - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
30. I Got the Sun in the Morning - Les Brown
31. I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time - Jo Stafford
32. Sioux City Sue - Bing Crosby and The Jesters
33. Candy - Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
34. Day By Day - Frank Sinatra
35. Come Rain or Come Shine - Margaret Whiting
36. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Bing Crosby
37. You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart - Freddy Martin
38. A Fine Romance - Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer
39. The Whole World is Singing My Song - Les Brown
40. To Each His Own - Tony Martin
1947
1. Heartaches - Ted Weems
2. Near You - Francis Craig
3. Anniversary Song - Al Jolson
4. Peg O' My Heart - The Harmonicats
5. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
6. Managua, Nicaragua - Freddy Martin
7. The Old Lamp-Lighter - Sammy Kaye
8. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - The King Cole Trio
9. Open The Door, Richard! - Count Basie
10. Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
12. When You Were Sweet Sixteen - Perry Como
13. Linda - Buddy Clark & The Ray Noble Orchestra
14. Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) - Perry Como
15. Always - Frank Sinatra
16. Too Fat Polka - Arthur Godfrey
17. Make Believe - Jo Stafford
18. I've Got A Crush On You - Frank Sinatra
19. Anything You Can Do - Bing Crosby & Dick Haymes with The Andrews Sisters
20. Civilization -Andrews Sisters with Danny Kaye
21. Across The Alley From The Alamo - The Mills Brothers
22. Near You - Larry Green
23. Anniversary Song - Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
24. Singing The Blues - Frankie Laine
25. Peg O' My Heart - Buddy Clark
26. Fool That I Am - Georgia Gibbs
27. The Whiffenpoof Song - Bing Crosby
28. Huggin' And Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael
29. Sincerely Yours - The Ink Spots
30. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra
31. But Beautiful - Frankie Laine
32. Mam'selle - Dick Haymes
33. You Do - Bing Crosby
34. How Are Things In Glocca Morra - Bing Crosby
35. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
36. I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Dick Haymes
37. Peg O' My Heart - Art Lund
38. Old Maid Boogie - Eddie Vinson
39. Near You - The Andrews Sisters
40. That's My Desire - Sammy Kaye
1948
1. Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore
2. Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
3. I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney
4. A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
5. Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
6. Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) - Peggy Lee
7. Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt
9. You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace
10. You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin
11. Love Somebody - Doris Day
12. Sabre Dance - Woody Herman
13. Cool Water - Vaughn Monroe & The Sons of The Pioneers
14. My Happiness - Jon & Sondra Steel
15. It's Magic - Doris Day
16. Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Vaughn Monroe
17. Because - Perry Como
18. I Love You So Much (It Hurts Me) - The Mills Brothers
19. Baby Face - Art Mooney
20. You Were Only Fooling - Ink Spots
21. Little White Lies - Dick Haymes
22. On A Slow Boat To China - Kay Kyser
23. Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue - Gordon MacRae
24. Bewildered - Red Miller Trio
25. Toolie Oolie Doolie - The Andrews Sisters
26. Serenade of the Bells - Sammy Kaye
27. Now Is The Hour - Bing Crosby
28. Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
29. I'll Dance at Your Wedding - Ray Noble
30. My Heart Belongs To You - Arbee Stidham
31. Far Away Places - Bing Crosby 32. All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth - Spike Jones
33. Beg Your Pardon - Francis Craig
34. Underneath the Arches - Primo Scala
35. So Tired - Russ Morgan
36. My Happiness - The Pied Pipers
37. I'm My Own Grandpa - Guy Lombardo & The Guy Lombardo Trio
38. Confess - Patti Page
39. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown
40. Far Away Places - Margaret Whiting
1949
1. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe
2. Mule Train - Frankie Laine
3. "A" You're Adorable (the Alphabet Song) - Perry Como
4. You're Breaking My Heart - Vic Damone
5. I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Freddy Martin
7. A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight
8. Cruisin' Down the River - Russ Morgan
9. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dinah Shore & Buddy Clark
10. That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine
11. I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts - Freddy Martin
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
13. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer
14. Cruisin' Down the River - Blue Barron
15. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) - Vaughn Monroe
16. Forever and Ever - Russ Morgan
17. Dear Hearts & Gentle People - Bing Crosby
18. Bamboo - Vaughn Monroe
19. My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon Mcrae
20. Dear Hearts & Gentle People - Dinah Shore
21. Powder Your Face With Sunshine - Evelyn Knight
22. For You My Love - Larry Darnell
23. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon - Eddie "Piano" Miller
24. Beans and Corn Bread - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
25. Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
26. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown
28. The Huckle-Buck - Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers
29. All She Wants To Do Is Rock - Wynonie Harris
30. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) - Mills Brothers
31. Lavendar Blue (Dilly Dilly) - Dinah Shore
32. Roomin' House Boogie - Amos Milburn
33. Far Away Places - Perry Como
34. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
35. Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
36. Trouble Blues - Charles Brown Trio
37. A Dreamer's Holiday - Perry Como
38. Deep In the Heart of Texas - Bing Crosby
39. Careless Hands - Mel Torme
40. You're Breaking My Heart - The Ink Spots
Above sourced from PopularSong.org/ Also: Music Imprint, PopCultureMadness, Remembering the 1940s, American Cultural History, Web Generation.
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