Description
We continue our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year
We continue our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1944, the fourth full calendar year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart - the chart was launched in July 1940 - and the first year to feature a Most Played in Juke Boxes chart. This great value 94-track 4-CD set comprises every record which peaked in the Top 10 of either chart during the year, plus those which entered the Top 10 in the final weeks of the year. For reasons of space, it excludes those records were still in the chart at the start of the year, but which peaked in the Top 10 in 1943, and so are included in our existing 1943 collection. One feature of this year was that the American Federation of Musicians' recording ban was still in force, and so there were a number of big hits which were performed a cappella, and it meant that the vocalists held sway, rather than the big bands of the swing era. It was a vintage year for Bing Crosby, who had 14 hits during the year, including seven No. 1s, and spent 36 weeks at the top of the Best Sellers chart. Others who featured at No.1 were The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey, Mills Brothers, Dinah Shore, Louis Jordan, and the Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald, while there were also many highly collectable lesser-known records by some artists we don't hear too much about these days. It makes for an intriguing and very entertaining musical snapshot of a year when WWII was reaching a crucial phase and the news from Europe brought an increasingly euphoric and sentimental wartime flavour to some of the music. It includes a 12,000+ word booklet with a commentary on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. With Eugenie Baird - My Heart Tells Me
- Jimmy Dorsey Orch. with Kitty Kallen - They're Either Too Young Or Too Old
- Jimmy Dorsey Orch. with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen - Star Eyes
- Ella Mae Morse - Shoo-Shoo Baby
- Andrews Sisters - Shoo-Shoo Baby
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Vict'ry Polka
- Kay Armen & The Balladiers - The Dreamer
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. - Boogie Woogie
- Jimmy Dorsey Orch. with Bob Eberly - My Ideal
- Jimmy Dorsey Orch. with, Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen - Besame Mucho
- Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. With Eugenie Baird - My Shining Hour
- Glenn Miller & His Orch. with Ray Eberle - Blue Rain
- Kay Armen - How Sweet You Are
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Billy Leach - Speak Low
- Harry James & His Orch. - Cherry
- Ella Mae Morse - No Love, No Nothin'
- Duke Ellington Orch. - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
- Johnny Long & His Orch. with Patti Dugan - No Love, No Nothin'
- David Rose - Holiday For Strings
- Al Trace & His Orch. with Red Maddox - Mairzy Doats
- Merry Macs - Mairzy Doats
- Woody Herman & His Orch. - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Bing Crosby - Poinciana
- Jimmy Dorsey Orch. with Kitty Kallen - When They Ask About You
- Stan Kenton & His Orch. With Red Dorris - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- Enric Madriguera & His Orch. With Bob Lido - I Love You
- The Pied Pipers - Mairzy Doats
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Skip Nelson & The Lombardo Trio - It's Love Love Love
- Bing Crosby - San Fernando Valley
- Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald - Cow-Cow Boogie
- Woody Herman & His Orch. - The Music Stopped
- Bing Crosby - I Love You
- Harry James & His Orch. With Dick Haymes - I'll Get By
- Andy Russell with Al Sack & His Orch. - Besame Mucho
- Jo Stafford - I Love You
- King Sisters - It's Love Love Love
- Lawrence Welk & His Orch. With Wayne Marsh - Don't Sweetheart Me
- Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Long Ago And Far Away
- Jo Stafford - Long Ago And Far Away
- Ella Mae Morse - Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet
- Perry Como - Long Ago And Far Away
- Ink Spots - I'll Get By
- Bing Crosby - I'll Be Seeing You
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. With Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Seeing You
- Andy Russell - Amor
- Louis Jordan - G.I. Jive
- Bing Crosby & Williams Brothers Quartet - Swinging On A Star
- King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Bing Crosby - Amor
- Bing Crosby - Long Ago And Far Away
- Russ Morgan - Goodnight, Wherever You Are
- Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt The One You Love
- Woody Herman Orch. - Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet
- Betty Hutton - His Rocking Horse Ran Away
- Xavier Cugat & His Orch. With Carmen Castillo - Amor
- Helen Forrest - Time Waits For No One
- Martha Tilton - I'll Walk Alone
- Andrews Sisters - Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone
- Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Johnny Long Orch. with Patti Dugan - Time Waits For No One
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - It Had To Be You
- Betty Hutton - It Had To Be You
- Merry Macs - Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes
- Three Suns - How Many Hearts Have You Broken
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin
- Mills Brothers - Till Then
- Jo Stafford - It Could Happen To You
- Mary Martin - I'll Walk Alone
- Stan Kenton & His Orch. with Anita O'Day - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
- Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Together
- Evelyn Knight - Dance With A Dolly
- Red Foley - Smoke On The Water
- The Pied Pipers - The Trolley Song
- Guy Lombardo Orch. With Tony Craig - Together
- Ella Mae Morse - The Patty Cake Man
- Bing Crosby - Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ralay
- Stan Kenton & His Orch. with Gene Howard - How Many Hearts Have You Broken
- Artie Shaw - It Had To Be You
- Russ Morgan & His Orch. with Al Jennings - Dance With A Dolly
- Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Making Believe
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In
- Judy Garland - The Trolley Song
- Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
- Tony Pastor & His Orch. - Dance With A Dolly
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Andy Russell - I Dream Of You
- Russ Morgan - There Goes That Song Again
- Frank Sinatra - White Christmas
- Vaughn Monroe & His Orch. With Marilyn Duke - The Trolley Song
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. With Freddie Stewart - I Dream Of You
- Sammy Kaye & His Orch. with Nancy Norman - There Goes That Song Again
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Pop/Rock
Language: English
Run Time: 288 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/06/18
UPC: 824046712525
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