100 Greatest Songs From 1944
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 | You Always Hurt The One You Love | Mills Brothers |
| 2 | Swinging On A Star | Bing Crosby |
| 3 | Don’t Fence Me In | Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters / Roy Rogers & Sons of Pioneers |
| 4 | Rum And Coca-Cola | Andrews Sisters |
| 5 | G.I. Jive | Louis Jordan |
| 6 | Straighten Up And Fly Right | King Cole Trio |
| 7 | Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive | Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers |
| 8 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Bing Crosby / Tommy Dorsey (Frank Sinatra) / Billie Holiday |
| 9 | I’m Making Believe | Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots |
| 10 | Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby | Louis Jordan / Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters |
| 11 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots |
| 12 | Till Then | Mills Brothers |
| 13 | I Wonder | Private Cecil Gant |
| 14 | A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin | Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters |
| 15 | I’m Beginning To See The Light | Harry James (Kitty Kallen) |
| 16 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Judy Garland |
| 17 | San Fernando Valley | Bing Crosby |
| 18 | I Love You | Bing Crosby |
| 19 | Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You | King Cole Trio |
| 20 | Cherry Red Blues | Cootie Williams (Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson) |
| 21 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore |
| 22 | Long Ago (And Far Away) | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Bing Crosby / Jo Stafford |
| 23 | Time Waits For No One | Helen Forrest / Johnny Long |
| 24 | Cow-Cow Boogie | Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots |
| 25 | The Trolley Song | Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers / Judy Garland |
| 26 | Opus No. 1 | Tommy Dorsey |
| 27 | Evil Gal Blues | Dinah Washington |
| 28 | It Had to Be You | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Betty Hutton / Artie Shaw |
| 29 | (Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? | Leadbelly |
| 30 | Amor | Bing Crosby / Andy Russel / Xavier Cugat |
| 31 | Somebody’s Gotta Go | Cootie Williams (Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson) |
| 32 | Smoke on The Water | Red Foley |
| 33 | Sweet Lorraine | King Cole |
| 34 | Try Me One More Time | Ernest Tubb |
| 35 | Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s An Irish Lullaby) | Bing Crosby |
| 36 | Sometimes I’m Happy | Lester Young |
| 37 | When My Man Comes Home | Buddy Johnson (Ella Johnson) |
| 38 | And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine | Stan Kenton (Anita O’Day) |
| 39 | It’s Love-Love-Love | Guy Lombardo (Skip Nelson) |
| 40 | There Goes That Song Again | Russ Morgan |
| 41 | Woodyn’ You | Coleman Hawkins |
| 42 | My Little Brown Book | Duke Ellington |
| 43 | Together | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Guy Lombardo (Tony Craig) |
| 44 | Don’t Sweetheart Me | Lawrence Welk (Wayne Marsh) |
| 45 | Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet | Ella Mae Morse / Woody Herman / King Sisters |
| 46 | I’m Wastin’ My Tears On You | Tex Ritter |
| 47 | I’m Lost | Benny Carter (Dick Gray) |
| 48 | Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) | Bing Crosby / David Rose |
| 49 | I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) | Ink Spots |
| 50 | Moonlight In Vermont | Billy Butterfield (Margaret Whiting) |
| 51 | Artistry In Rhythm | Stan Kenton |
| 52 | It Could Happen to You | Jo Stafford / Bing Crosby |
| 53 | Main Stem | Duke Ellington |
| 54 | Cherry | Erksine Hawkins (Jimmy Mitchelle) |
| 55 | Soldier’s Last Letter | Ernest Tubb |
| 56 | My Mama Don’t Allow Me | Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup |
| 57 | His Rocking Horse Ran Away | Betty Hutton |
| 58 | Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking) | Russ Morgan / Evelyn Knight |
| 59 | Hamp’s Boogie Woogie | Lionel Hampton |
| 60 | Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes | Merry Macs |
| 61 | I Learned a Lesson, I’ll Never Forget | Five Red Caps |
| 62 | Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me | Woody Herman |
| 63 | Salty Papa Blues | Dinah Washington |
| 64 | Tess’ Torch Song | Ella Mae Morse / Cootie Williams (Pearl Bailey) |
| 65 | White Christmas | Frank Sinatra |
| 66 | I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night | Frank Sinatra |
| 67 | The Patty Cake Man | Ella Mae Morse |
| 68 | How Many Hearts Have You Broken? | Three Suns / Stan Kenton / Tiny Hill |
| 69 | Mexico Joe | Ivie Anderson |
| 70 | When My Sugar Walks Down the Street | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 71 | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening | Frank Sinatra / Ink Spots |
| 72 | You’re From Texas | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
| 73 | Yesterday’s Tears | Ernest Tubb |
| 74 | Like Someone in Love | Bing Crosby |
| 75 | Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) | Frank Sinatra |
| 76 | I Want Two Wings | Rev. Utah Smith |
| 77 | There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder | Tex Ritter |
| 78 | I Stay in the Mood for You | Billy Eckstine |
| 79 | Good Night, Wherever You Are | Russ Morgan |
| 80 | Holiday For Strings | Jimmy Dorsey / Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians |
| 81 | The Music Stopped | Woody Herman (Frances Wayne) |
| 82 | Just You, Just Me | Lester Young |
| 83 | Don’t Believe Everything You Dream | Ink Spots |
| 84 | Silver Wings In The Moonlight | Freddie Slack (Margaret Whiting) |
| 85 | One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) | Lena Horne |
| 86 | It’s Only A Paper Moon | King Cole Trio |
| 87 | By The River Of Roses | Woody Herman |
| 88 | Estrellita | Harry James |
| 89 | Tico Tico | Ethel Smith / Andrews Sisters |
| 90 | Cuban Sugar Mill | Freddie Slack |
| 91 | Lili Marline | Perry Como |
| 92 | My Funny Valentine | Hal McIntyre (Ruth Gaylor) |
| 93 | A Fellow on A Furlough | Phill Hanna / Al Sack |
| 94 | An Hour Never Passes | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 95 | Once Too Often | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 96 | Memphis Blues | Harry James |
| 97 | Hurry, Hurry | Benny Carter (Savannah Churchill) / Lucky Millinder (Wynonie Harris) |
| 98 | Sam’s Got Him | Johnny Mercer |
| 99 | D-Day | King Cole Trio |
| 100 | There’s a Blue Star Shining Bright (In a Window Tonight) | Red Foley |
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| 101 | She Broke My Heart in Three Places | Hoosier Hot Shots |
| 102 | I’m Woke Up Now | Big Bill Broozny |
| 103 | We Might as Well Forget It | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
| 104 | Suddenly It’s Spring | Glen Gray (Eugenie Baird) / Harry Sosnik (Hildegarde) |
| 105 | Arsenic And Old Lace | Jerry Jerome |
| 106 | You Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone | Tampa Red |
| 107 | Back Door Stuff | Jimmie Lunceford |
| 108 | Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry | Texas Jim Lewis / Al Dexter & His Troopers |
| 109 | Boogie Woogie Ball | Five Red Caps |
| 110 | There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder | Tex Ritter |
| 111 | G.I. Blues | Floyd Tillman |
| 112 | Here We Go Again | Glenn Miller |
| 113 | Someday I’ll Meet You Again | Ink Spots / Enric Madriguera |
| 114 | I’ll Live True to You | Tab Smith (Trevor Bacon) |
| 115 | I Wanna Get Married | Gertrude Niesen |
| 116 | Robin Hood | Louis Prima |
| 117 | These Young Men Blues | Bea Booze |
| 118 | Going Out the Back Way | Johnny Hodges |
| 119 | Texas Blues | Foy Willing |
| 120 | Is It Too Late Now | Jimmie Davis |
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DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1944
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| Adam’s Choice: An unheralded great record from 1944 | ||
| * | Date Bait | Roosevelt Sykes |
| Bruce’s Choice: | ||
| * | The Sunny Side Of The Street | Lester Young (Marie Bryant) |
| Lew’s Choice: | ||
| * | Just One More Chance | Cozy Cole’s All Stars |