100 Greatest Songs From 1940
Hier vindt u een overzicht van de 100 grootste hits van misschien geeft het u als luisteraar een inspiratie voor het aanvragen van verzoekplaten.
| 1 | Star Dust | Artie Shaw / Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 2 | New San Antonio Rose | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| 3 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers) |
| 4 | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis |
| 5 | Tuxedo Junction | Glenn Miller |
| 6 | We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) | Ink Spots / Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 7 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw |
| 8 | Pennsylvania 6-5000 | Glenn Miller |
| 9 | When You Wish Upon A Star | Cliff Edwards / Glenn Miller |
| 10 | All Or Nothing At All | Harry James (Frank Sinatra) |
| 11 | Maybe | Ink Spots |
| 12 | The Breeze And I | Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly) |
| 13 | Java Jive | Ink Spots |
| 14 | Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar | Glenn Miller / Andrews Sisters |
| 15 | When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano | Ink Spots / Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle) |
| 16 | Body And Soul | Billie Holiday |
| 17 | Summit Ridge Drive | Artie Shaw |
| 18 | Five O’Clock Whistle | Glenn Miller / Erskine Hawkins / Ella Fitzgerald |
| 19 | Pompton Turnpike | Charlie Barnet / Louis Jordan |
| 20 | Talking Dust Bowl Blues | Woody Guthrie |
| 21 | Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell The Trees) | Ink Spots |
| 22 | Mule Skinner Blues | Bill Monroe |
| 23 | Never No Lament | Duke Ellington |
| 24 | Night And Day | Billie Holiday |
| 25 | Key To The Highway | Jazz Gillum |
| 26 | Romance In The Dark | Lil Green |
| 27 | In A Mellotone | Duke Ellington |
| 28 | It Hurts Me Too | Tampa Red |
| 29 | Nuages | Django Reinhardt |
| 30 | Boog It | Glenn Miller (Marion Hutton) / Gene Krupa (Irene Day) / Cab Calloway |
| 31 | Step It Up And Go | Blind Boy Fuller |
| 32 | I Miss You So | Cats and the Fiddle |
| 33 | After Hours | Erskine Hawkins |
| 34 | Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues | Earl Hines |
| 35 | Red Wagon | Count Basie |
| 36 | Stop Pretending (So Hep You See) | Ink Spots / Buddy Johnson (Mack Sisters) |
| 37 | Down The Road A-Piece | Will Bradley (Ray McKinley) |
| 38 | Ko-Ko | Duke Ellington |
| 39 | The Great Dust Storm | Woody Guthrie |
| 40 | Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) | Glenn Miller |
| 41 | Slow Freight | Glenn Miller / Benny Carter |
| 42 | The Man I Love | Billie Holiday |
| 43 | On The Sunny Side of The Street | King Cole Trio |
| 44 | L’accordeoniste | Edith Piaf |
| 45 | The Woodpecker Song | Glenn Miller / Andrews Sisters |
| 46 | Corrine, Corrina | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
| 47 | Cotton Tail | Duke Ellington |
| 48 | Imagination | Glenn Miller / Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 49 | Blueberry Hill | Glenn Miller |
| 50 | I’ve Been Dealing With The Devil | Sonny Boy Williamson |
| 51 | So Long | Charioteers |
| 52 | The Flight of the Bumble Bee | Harry James |
| 53 | Flying Home | Lionel Hampton (Ziggy Elman – trumpet) |
| 54 | Concerto for Cootie | Duke Ellington |
| 55 | I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore | Woody Guthrie |
| 56 | Wham (Re-Bop Boom Bam) | Jimmie Lunceford / Andy Kirk / Teddy Wilson |
| 57 | Please Mr. Johnson | Buddy & Ella Johnson |
| 58 | Make Believe Ballroom Time | Glenn Miller |
| 59 | Rhumboogie | Andrews Sisters |
| 60 | Big Beaver | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
| 61 | Don’t You Lie To Me | Tampa Red |
| 62 | You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business | Louis Jordan |
| 63 | Number 19 | Earl Hines |
| 64 | Raining on The Mountain | Delmore Brothers |
| 65 | Do I Worry? | Ink Spots |
| 66 | Old Black Joe | Mills Brothers |
| 67 | A Chicken Ain’t Nothin But A Bird | Louis Jordan |
| 68 | Celery Stalks at Midnight | Will Bradley |
| 69 | Only Forever | Bing Crosby |
| 70 | Where Was I | Charlie Barnet |
| 71 | Sierra Sue | Bing Crosby |
| 72 | I’m Nobody’s Baby | Judy Garland |
| 73 | Scrub Me Mama, With A Boogie Beat | Will Bradley (Ray McKinley) |
| 74 | Dolemite | Erskine Hawkins |
| 75 | Juneteenth Jamboree | Louis Jordan |
| 76 | Chain Gang Blues | Champion Jack Dupree |
| 77 | I Hear a Rhapsody | Charlie Barnet (Bob Carroll) |
| 78 | Trade Winds | Bing Crosby |
| 79 | Ferryboat Serenade | Andrews Sisters |
| 80 | Deep Forest | Earl Hines |
| 81 | Sleep | Benny Carter |
| 82 | How High The Moon | Benny Goodman (Helen Forrest) |
| 83 | Central Avenue Breakdown | Lionel Hampton |
| 84 | Jack The Bellboy | Lionel Hampton |
| 85 | No Name Jive | Glen Gray |
| 86 | Fixin’ To Die Blues | Bukka White |
| 87 | I Want A Little Girl | Count Basie |
| 88 | Junction Blues | Erskine Hawkins |
| 89 | Black Train Blues | Bukka White |
| 90 | Polka Dots & Moonbeams | Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) |
| 91 | Swingin’ On C | Jimmie Lunceford |
| 92 | Night Hop | Benny Carter |
| 93 | With The Wind and The Rain In Your Hair | Bob Chester (Dolores O’Neill) |
| 94 | Digging My Potatoes No. 2 | Washboard Sam |
| 95 | Memories of You | Ink Spots |
| 96 | New Highway No. 51 | Tommy McClennan |
| 97 | Root Man Blues | Walter Davis |
| 98 | What is That She Got? | Big Bill Broonzy |
| 99 | Blowin’ Down This Road | Woody Guthrie |
| 100 | New Rocky Mountain Blues | Leroy’s Buddy (Bill Gaither) |
| 20 more worth mentioning. | ||
| 101 | Who’s Sorry Now | Hoosier Hot Shots |
| 102 | Lead Me To That Rock | Mitchell’s Christian Singers |
| 103 | Penthouse In The Basement | Louis Jordan |
| 104 | Yes Indeed | Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell |
| 105 | Jake, What A Snake | Louis Jordan |
| 106 | Gone With “What” Wind? | Benny Goodman |
| 107 | Get Your Boots Laced, Papa | Woody Herman |
| 108 | Six White Horses | Bill Monroe |
| 109 | Where The Blue of The Night (Meets The Gold of The Day) | Bing Crosby |
| 110 | Tush Hog Blues | Bo Carter |
| 111 | Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street | Charlie Barnet (Mary Ann McCall) |
| 112 | W.P.A. | Louis Armstrong & Mills Brothers |
| 113 | I Get A Kick Outa Corn | Tiny Hill |
| 114 | Soft Winds | Benny Goodman |
| 115 | Piney Brown Blues | Joe Turner and His Fly Cats |
| 116 | Fifteen Minute Intermission | Cab Calloway |
| 117 | Vigilante Man | Woody Guthrie |
| 118 | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Bing Crosby |
| 119 | The Gaucho Serenade | Dick Todd / Glenn Miller |
| 120 | Bottle It Up And Go | Tommy McClennan |
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DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1940
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| Adam’s Choice: An unheralded great record from 1940 | ||
| * | Gangster’s Blues | Peetie Wheatstraw |
| Bruce’s Choice: | ||
| * | T-Bone Blues | Les Hite Orchestra (T-Bone Walker) |
| Lew’s Choice: | ||
| * | Parchman Farm Blues | Bukka White |