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Best of 1941.

Best of 1940.

1. Glenn Miller - In The Mood

2. Artie Shaw - Frenesi

3. Bing Crosby - Only Forever

4. Tommy Dorsey - I'll Never Smile Again

5. Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star

6. Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul

7. Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing

8. Jimmy Dorsey - The Breeze And I

9. The Ink Spots - Maybe

10. Bob Wills - New San Antonio Rose

11. Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You

12. Ella Fitzgerald - One Note Samba

13. Duke Ellington - Cotton Tail

14. Richard Rodgers - If I Loved you

15. Johnny Burke - Judge My Soul Again

16. Ricky Nelson - Fools Rush In

17. Cole Porter - Friendship

18. Cab Calloway - Boog It

19. Lena Horne - A Lady Must Live

20. Jimmy Van Heusen - Polka Dots and Moonbeams

1. Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls

2. Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child

3. Jimmy Dorsey - Green Eyes

4. Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

5. Duke Ellington - Take The A Train

6. Freddy Martin - Piano Concerto IN B Flat

7. Harry James - Lament To Love

8. Charlie Barnet - I Hear A Rhapsody

9. Earl Hines - Intermezzo

10. Gene Krupa - Let Me Off Uptown

11. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby

12. Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo

13. Jan Peerce - The Anniversary Waltz

14. Don Swander - Deep In The Heart Of Texas

15. Johnny Mercer - Blues In The Night

16. Howard McGhee Quintet - I'll Remember April

17. Noel Coward - London Pride

18. Les Baxter - Unchained Melody

19. Frank Sinatra - Let's Get Away From It All

20. Vera Lynn & Frida Boccara  - The White Cliffs Of Dover

Best of 1942.

Best of 1943.

1. Bing Crosby - White Christmas

2. Jimmy Dorsey - Tangerine

3. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Cocktail

4. Kay Kyser - Jingle Jangle Jingle

5. Glenn Miller - (I've Got A Gal In)Kalamazoo

6. Andrew Sisters - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

7. Louis Jordan - Ain't That Just Like A Woman

8. Harry James - Manhattan Serenade

9. Judy Garland/Gene Kelly - For Me And My Gal

10. Lionel Hampton - Flying Home

11. Frank Sinatra - Night And Day

12. Paul Whiteman - Lady Day

13. Duke Ellington - C Jam Blues

14. Peggy Lee  - I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean

15. Russ Morgan - There Goes That Song Again

16. Louis Armstrong - Old Man Mose

17. Rita Hayworth - I'm Old Fashioned

18. Alec Wilder - I'll Be Around

19. Richard Adinsell - Warsaw Concerto

20. Peggy Lee  - Why Don't You Do Right

1. Lena Horne - Stormy Weather

2. The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll

3. Bing Crosby - TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RA

4. Al Dexter - Pistol Packin' Mama

5. Glenn Miller - That Old Black Magic

6. Harry James - I've Heard That Song Before

7. Benny Goodman - Taking A Chance On Love

8. Vaughn Monroe - Let's Get Lost

9. Tommy Dorsey - Blues Skies

10. Perry Como - Goodbye Sue

11. Xavier Cugat - Brazil

12. Rosemary Clooney - As Time Goes By

13. Dinah Shore - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

14. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Moonlight In Vermont

15. Rodgers And Hammerstein - Oh What A Beautiful Morning

16. James VanHeusen - It Could Happen To You

17. Alice Faye - No Love No Nothing

18. Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right

19. Phil Moore - Shoo Shoo Baby

20. Sy Oliver - Opus No. 1

Best of 1944.

Best of 1945.

1. Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star

2. Rosemary Cooney - I'll Be Seeing You

3. Bing Crosby - I Love You

4. Bing Crosby/Andrew Sisters - Don't Fence Me In

5. Ella Fitzgerald - I'm Making Believe

6. Nat King Cole - Three Little Words

7. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene

8. Andy Russell - Besame Mucho

9. Lawrence Welk - Don't Sweetheart Me

10. Louis Jordan - G.I. Jive

11. Jo Stafford - Long Ago

12. Frank Sinatra - Saturday Night(Is The Loneliest Night OF

The Week

13. Guy Lombardo - Love Me Or Leave Me

14. Casa Lorna Orchestra - Blue Prelude

15. Judy Garland - The Trolley Song

16. Merry Macs - Mairzy Doats

17. Guy Lombardo - Bell Bottom Trousers

18. Jenny Lou Carson - I Love You

19. Andrew Sisters  - One Meat Ball

20. Andrew Sisters  - Rum And Coca Cola

1. Les Brown/Doris Day - Sentimental Journey

2. Perry Como - Till The End Of Time

3. Johnny Mercer - On The Atcheson, Topeka And The Sante Fe

4. Les Brown - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time

5. Frankie Carle - A Little On The Lonely Side

6. Louis Prima - Just A Gigolo

7. Betty Hutton - Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief

8. Benny Goodman - Roll 'Em

9. Woody Herman - Caldonia

10. Sammy Kaye - Chickery Chick

11. Johnny Mercer - Candy

12. Stan Keaton - How High The Moon

13. Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts

14. Frank Sinatra - Dream

15. Russ Morgan - You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes

16. Woody Herman - Apple Honey

17. The G-Noters - I Should Care

18. Patii Page - Detour

19. Quincy Jones - The Gypsy

20. Dean Martin  - Let It Snow

Best of 1946.

Best of 1947.

1. Perry Como - Prisoner Of Love

2. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

3. The Ink Spots - To Each His Own

4. Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More

5. Dorothy Squires - The Impossible Dream

6. Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song

7. Dinah Shore - The Gypsy 

8. Hoagy Carmichael - Huggin' And Chalkin'

9. The Pied Pipers - Personality

10 Tony Martin - I Get Idea

11. Doris Day - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

12. The Modernaires W/Paula Kelly - To Each His Own

13. Oscar Peterson - My One And Only Love

14. Cole Porter - You're The Top

15. Freddy Martin -  Don't Worry Island

16. Perry Como - Angela Mia

17. Xavier Cugat - Jungle Drums

18. Ella Fitzgerald - Stone Cold Dead In The Market

19. Geraldo - You Never Knew

20. June Christy - Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy

1. Francis Craig - Near You

2. James Baskett - Zip-A-Dee-Dah

3. Vaughn Monroe - Ballerina

4. Ted Weems - Heartaches

5. Perry Como - Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba(My Bambino Go To Sleep)

6. Al Jolson - April Showers

7. Frankie Laine - All Of Me

8. The Mills Brothers - Across The Alley From The Alamo

9. Ray McKinley - Civilaztion

10. Peggy Lee - Golden Earrings

11. Georgia Gibbs - Seven Lonley Days

12. Dorothy Shay - Feudin' And Fightin'

13. Buddy Clark And The Ray Noble Orchestra - Linda

14. Art Lund - Mam'selle

15. Phil Harris - Darktown Poker Club

16. Frankie Laine - High Noon

17. Arthur Godfrey - Two Fat Polka 

18. Perry Como - The Wind Beneath My Wings

19. Don Cornell - Serenade Of The Bells

20. The Three Suns - Peg O' My Heart

Best of 1948.

Best of 1949.

1. Pee Wee Hunt - Twelfth Street Rag

2. Art Mooney - I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover

3. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy

4. Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows

5. Kay Kyser - The Woody Woodpecker Song

6. Patti Page - Confess

7. Phil Harris - Deck Of Cards

8. Bing Crosby - One More Chance

9. Peggy Lee - Manana(Is Soon Enough For Me)

10. Frankie Lymon - Little White Lies

11. Mahalia Jackson - Move On Up A Little Higher

12. Margaret Whiting - St. Louis Blues

13. Burt Kaempfert - Red Roses For A Blue Lady

14. Ken Griffin - You Can't Be True, Dear

15. Al Trace - You Call Everybody Darlin'

16. Russ Morgan - So Tired

17. Andrew Sisters - Is You Or You Ain't My Baby

18. Kay Kyser - Slow Boat To China

19. Judy Garland - Be A Clown

20. Jo Stafford - Red River Valley

1. Gene Autry - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

2. The Andrew Sisters - I Can Dream, Can't I

3. Frankie Laine - That Lucky Old Sun

4. Vaughn Monroe - Ghost Riders In The Sky

5. Vic Damone - Arrivederci Roma

6. Spike Jones - All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

7. Frankie Laine - Mule Train

8. Evelyn Knight - A Little Bird Told Me

9. Mario Lanza - O Sole Mio

10. Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

11. Mary Martin - I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy

12. The Crew Cuts - Crusin' Down The River

13. Dinah Shore - Baby It's Cold Outside

14. Teresa Brewer - Far Away Places

15. Ralph Flanagan - Dixie

16. Guy Lombardo - Coquette

17. Perry Como - Bali Ha'i

18. Paul Williams - The Huckle Buck

19. Evelyn Knight - Powder Your Face With Sunshine

20. Fats Domino - The Fat Man

Music of 1940's.

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