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The Retrobots help out as Keith counts down the hits of 1944. We were able to locate almost all of these except one, so our first song is an honorable mention.
41. Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes Long Ago & Far Away
39. Johnny Dennis Mairzy Doates
38. Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra It Can’t Be Wrong
37. Stan Kenton And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
36. Jo Stafford It Could Happen to You
35. Frank Sinatra White Christmas
34. Tommy Dorsey Opus One
33. The Mills Brothers Till Then
32. Bing Crosby Long Ago & Far Away
31. Frank Sinatra I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night
30. Helen Forrest Time Waits For No One
29. Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Vic’try Polka
28. Duke Ellington Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
27. Bing Crosby Amor, Amor
*26. Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five 1944 Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t (Ma’ Baby)
25. Dooley Wilson As Time Goes By
24. Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
23. Bing Crosby 1944 San Fernando Valley (his original #1 version)
22. Merry Macs Mairzy Doates
21. Lale Andersen Lied eines jungen Wachtposten (Lili Marlen)
20. Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest 1944 Together.
19. Stan Kenton 1944 Artistry In Rhythm (instrumental)
18. Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five 1944 G I Jive (his original #1 version).
17. Judy Garland The Trolley Song
16. Harry James 1944 I’ll Get By (Dick Haymes, vocal, their original #1 version).
15. Nat King Cole 1944 Straighten Up And Fly Right (his original Trio version)
14. The Andrews Sisters Shoo-Shoo Baby
13. Guy Lombardo 1944 It’s Love-Love-Love (Skip Nelson & trio, voc) (orig #1 version).
12. Glen Gray 1944 My Heart Tells Me (Eugenie Baird, vocal) (the original #1 version).
11. Bing Crosby I Love You
10. Bing Crosby Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra
9. Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald 1944 I’m Making Believe (original #1 version).
8. Woody Guthrie nThis Land is Your Land
7. Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
6. Dinah Shore I’ll Walk Alone
5. The Mills Brothers You Always Hurt the One You Love
4. Jimmy Dorsey 1944 Besame Mucho (Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen, voc) (orig #1 version).
3. Bing Crosby I’ll Get By
2. Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters Don’t Fence Me In
1. Bing Crosby Swing on a Star
