For information's sake, here's a list of Billboard's Number One Singles
from the World War II era:
December 21,
1940
|
Artie Shaw |
"Frenesi" |
| March 15, 1941 |
Glenn Miller |
"Song of the Volga Boatmen"
|
March 22, 1941
|
Artie Shaw |
"Frenesi" |
March 29, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Amapola (Pretty Little
Poppy)" |
June 7, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"My Sister and I" |
June 14, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Maria Elena" |
June 21, 1941
|
Sammy Kaye |
"Daddy" |
June 28, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"My Sister and I" |
July 5, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Maria Elena" |
July 12, 1941
|
Sammy Kaye |
"Daddy" |
August 30, 1941
|
Jimmy Dorsey
|
"Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos
Verdes)" |
| September 27, 1941 |
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Blue Champagne" |
| October 4,
1941 |
Freddy Martin |
"Piano Concerto in B Flat" |
November 29,
1941
|
Glenn Miller |
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
December 20, 1941
|
Glenn Miller |
"Elmer's Tune" |
December 27, 1941
|
Glenn Miller |
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" |
February 7,
1942
|
Glenn Miller |
"A String of Pearls" |
February 14, 1942
|
Woody Herman |
"Blues in the Night (My
Mama Done Tol' Me)" |
| February 21,1942 |
Glenn Miller |
"A String of Pearls" |
February 28, 1942
|
Glenn Miller |
"Moonlight Cocktail" |
May 9, 1942
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Tangerine" |
June 20, 1942
|
Harry James |
"Sleepy Lagoon" |
July 18, 1942
|
Kay Kyser |
"Jingle Jangle Jingle" |
September 12,
1942
|
Glenn Miller |
"(I've Got a Gal In)
Kalamazoo" |
October 31, 1942
|
Bing Crosby |
"White Christmas" |
January 16, 1943
|
Tommy Dorsey |
"There Are Such Things" |
February 13, 1943
|
Harry James |
"I Had The Craziest Dream" |
February 27, 1943
|
Tommy Dorsey |
"There Are Such Things" |
| March 6,
1943 |
Harry James |
"I've Heard That Song
Before" |
May 29, 1943
|
Glenn Miller |
"That Old Black Magic" |
June 5,
1943
|
Harry James |
"I've Heard That Song
Before" |
June 12, 1943
|
Benny Goodman |
"Taking A Chance On Love" |
July 3, 1943
|
The Song Spinners |
"Comin' In On A Wing And
A Prayer" |
July 24, 1943
|
Dick Haymes |
"You'll Never Know" |
August 21,
1943
|
Tommy Dorsey |
"In The Blue Of Evening" |
September 11, 1943
|
Bing Crosby |
"Sunday, Monday Or Always" |
October 30,
1943
|
Al Dexter |
"Pistol Packin' Mama" |
November 6, 1943
|
Mills Brothers
|
"Paper Doll" |
January 29, 1944
|
Glen Gray |
"My Heart Tells Me
(Should I Believe My Heart)" |
March 4, 1944
|
Jimmy Dorsey |
"Besame Mucho (Kiss Me
Much)" |
April 22, 1944
|
Guy Lombardo |
"It's Love-Love-Love" |
May 6, 1944
|
Bing Crosby |
"I Love You" |
June 10, 1944
|
Harry James |
"I'll Get By (As Long as I
Have You)" |
July 1, 1944
|
Bing Crosby |
"I'll Be Seeing You" |
July 8, 1944
|
Harry James |
"I'll Get By (As Long as I
Have You)" |
July 15, 1944
|
Bing Crosby |
"I'll Be Seeing You" |
August 5, 1944
|
Bing Crosby |
"Swinging On A Star" |
October 7, 1944
|
Mills Brothers |
"You Always Hurt The One
You Love" |
| October 14,
1944 |
Dinah Shore |
"I'll Walk Alone" |
October 21, 1944
|
Mills Brothers |
"You Always Hurt The One
You Love" |
November 4, 1944
|
Dinah Shore |
"I'll Walk Alone" |
November 25,
1944
|
Mills Brothers
|
"You Always Hurt The One
You Love" |
December 9, 1944
|
The Ink Spots and Ella
Fitzgerald
|
"I'm Making Believe" |
December 23, 1944
|
Bing Crosby and The
Andrews Sisters |
"Don't Fence Me In" |
February 17,
1945
|
The Andrews Sisters |
"Rum and Coca-Cola" |
April 7, 1945
|
Les Brown |
"My Dreams Are Getting
Better All The Time" |
May 26, 1945
|
Les Brown |
"Sentimental Journey" |
July 28, 1945
|
Johnny Mercer |
"On the Atchison, Topeka
and the Santa Fe" |
September 15,
1945
|
Perry Como |
"Till The End Of Time" |
| November 17,
1945 |
Sammy Kaye |
"Chickery Chick" |
November 24, 1945
|
Harry James |
"It's Been A Long,
Long Time" |
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