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1944 in music
Events
Albums released
Biggest hit songs The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1944.
# Artist Title Year
Country
Chart Entries
1
Bing Crosby Swinging On a Star 1944
US 1940s 1 - Jun 1944, US 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1944, Oscar in 1944, US BB 3 of 1944, POP 3 of 1944, Europe 14 of the 1940s, AFI 37, RYM 44 of 1944, Acclaimed 1619
2
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Don't Fence Me In 1944
US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944, US 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1944, US BB 4 of 1944, Europe 5 of the 1940s, POP 9 of 1944, Acclaimed 1699
3
Bing Crosby I'll be seeing you 1944
US 1940s 1 - May 1944, US 1 for 4 weeks Jul 1944, US BB 15 of 1944, Europe 15 of the 1940s, POP 15 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944
4
Bing Crosby I Love You 1944
US 1940s 1 - Apr 1944, US 1 for 5 weeks May 1944, US BB 19 of 1944, Europe 21 of the 1940s, POP 23 of 1944, RYM 43 of 1944
5
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe 1944
US 1940s 1 - Nov 1944, US 1 for 2 weeks Dec 1944, US BB 14 of 1944, POP 14 of 1944, RYM 23 of 1944
Top hit records
Published popular music
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive " w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" w. (Eng) Harold Rome (Fr) Jean Marie Blanvillain m. Herpin
"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine " w. Joe Greene m. Stan Kenton & Charles Lawrence
"Bell Bottom Trousers " w.m. Moe Jaffe
"The Boy Next Door " w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
"Candy " w. Mack David & Joan Whitney m. Alex Kramer
"Can't Help Singing" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern
"Dance with a Dolly" w.m. Terry Shand, Jimmy Van Eaton & David Kapp
"Don't Fence Me In " w.m. Cole Porter
"Dream " w.m. Johnny Mercer
"Fine Brown Frame" w.m. Guadalupe Cartiero & J. Mayo Williams
"First Class Private Mary Brown" w.m. Frank Loesser
"G. I. Jive" w.m. Johnny Mercer
"Going My Way" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
"A Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin" w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin
"How Blue the Night" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
"How Little We Know" w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael
"I Begged Her" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"I Didn't Know About You " w. Bob Russell m. Duke Ellington
"I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) " w.m. Marjorie Goetschius & Edna Osser
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"I Love You " w.m. Cole Porter
"I'll Walk Alone " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"I'm Beginning to See the Light " w.m. Duke Ellington , Don George , Johnny Hodges & Harry James
"I'm Making Believe" w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
"It Could Happen to You " w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen . Introduced by Dorothy Lamour and Fred MacMurray in the film And the Angels Sing
"It's Love, Love, Love " w. Mack David m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney
"Jealous Heart" w.m. Jenny Lou Carson
"Keep a Sunbeam in Your Pocket" w.m. V. Guest & M. Sherwin from the film Bees in Paradise
"Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma" w.m. Milton Berle , Gene Doyle & Spike Jones
"Like Someone in Love " w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen . Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon
"A Little on the Lonely Side" w.m. Dick Robertson, Frank Weldon & James Cavanaugh
"Long Ago and Far Away " w. Ira Gershwin m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth in the film Cover Girl
"Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" w.m. Don Raye & Gene De Paul
"More and More" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern From the Universal film Can't Help Singing
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time" w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy
"Nancy (With the Laughing Face) " w. Phil Silvers m. James Van Heusen
"New York, New York " w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Leonard Bernstein
"Now I Know" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren
"One Meat Ball" w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer
"Please Don't Say No" w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain from the film Thrill of a Romance
"Put It There Pal" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Rum and Coca-Cola " w.m. Morey Amsterdam , Paul Baron & Jeri Sullivan
"Saturday Night " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Sentimental Journey " w. Bud Green m. Les Brown & Ben Homer
"Sleighride in July" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen . Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) " w.m. Jimmie Hodges
"Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Stella by Starlight " w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"Swinging on a Star " w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"There Goes That Song Again" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"There's No You " w. Tom Adair m. Hal Hopper
"This Heart of Mine" w. Arthur Freed m. Harry Warren
"Till Then " w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Guy Wood
"Twilight Time " w.m. Buck Ram , Mortie Nevins & Artie Dunn
"Umbriago" w.m. Irving Caesar & Jimmy Durante
"You Always Hurt the One You Love " w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
"You Belong To My Heart " w. (Eng) Ray Gilbert m. Agustín Lara
"You Can't Get That No More" w.m. Louis Jordan & Sam Theard
"You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You " w.m. Russ Morgan , Larry Stock & James Cavanaugh
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Musical films
Allergic to Love Noah Beery Jr. , Martha O'Driscoll , David Bruce , Franklin Pangborn and Maxie Rosenbloom . Directed by Edward Lilley .And the Angels Sing Dorothy Lamour , Fred MacMurray and Betty Hutton . Directed by Claude Binyon .Babes on Swing Street Ann Blyth , Peggy Ryan and Andy Devine and featuring Marion Hutton and Freddie Slack & his Orchestra. Directed by Edward Lilley .Bees in Paradise March 20 starring Arthur Askey , Anne Shelton , Ronald Shiner and Jean Kent Belle of the Yukon Randolph Scott , Gypsy Rose Lee , Dinah Shore and Bob Burns .Can't Help Singing Deanna Durbin , Robert Paige and Akim Tamiroff Carolina Blues Ann Miller and Kay Kyser & his bandChampagne Charlie Tommy Trinder Cover Girl Rita Hayworth , Gene Kelly , Phil Silvers , Lee Bowman , Jinx Falkenburg , Otto Kruger and Eve Arden . Directed by Charles Vidor .Here Come the Waves Bing Crosby , Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts .Hey, Rookie Ann Miller and Larry Parks Hollywood Canteen Jack Benny , Eddie Cantor , Joan Crawford , Bette Davis , Roy Rogers , Barbara Stanwyck and Jane Wyman and featuring The Andrews Sisters , Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra and Carmen Cavallaro & his Orchestra. Directed by Delmer Daves .Jam Session Ann Miller and featuring Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra, Alvino Rey & his Orchestra and Charlie Barnet & his OrchestraKnickerbocker Holiday Nelson Eddy and Charles Coburn Lady In The Dark Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland Meet Me in St. Louis Judy Garland , Mary Astor , Tom Drake , Lucille Bremer and Margaret O'Brien . Directed by Vincente Minnelli .Meet Miss Bobby Sox Bob Crosby , Lynn Merrick and Louise Erickson and featuring Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five . Directed by Glenn Tryon .The Merry Monahans Donald O'Connor , Peggy Ryan , Jack Oakie , Rosemary DeCamp , Ann Blyth and Isabel Jewell Minstrel Man Benny Fields and Gladys George One Exciting Night starring Vera Lynn Rainbow Island Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken Shine on Harvest Moon Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson .Something for the Boys November 1 starring Carmen Miranda , Phil Silvers , Vivian Blaine and Perry Como .Step Lively Frank Sinatra , Gloria DeHaven , George Murphy and Anne Jeffreys .Sweet and Low-Down Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, Linda Darnell , Jack Oakie and Lynn Bari Swing in the Saddle Jane Frazee , The Hoosier Hot Shots , Cousin Emmy and featuring The King Cole Trio and Jimmy Wakely & his Oklahoma CowboysTake It Big Jack Haley , Harriet Hilliard , Mary Beth Hughes and Richard Lane and featuring Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra. Directed by Frank McDonald .Time Flies Tommy Handley and Evelyn Dall Two Girls and a Sailor June Allyson , Gloria DeHaven and Van Johnson You Can't Ration Love Betty Jane Rhodes and Johnny Johnston . Directed by Lester Fuller .
Births
January 6 - Alan Stivell , folk musicianJanuary 9 :
January 10 - Frank Sinatra, Jr. , singerJanuary 16 - Jim Stafford January 17 - Françoise Hardy , singerJanuary 19 - Shelley Fabares January 28 - John Tavener , composerFebruary 2 - Andrew Davis , conductorFebruary 4 - Florence LaRue , The Fifth Dimension February 5 - Al Kooper , Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears February 10 - Clifford T. Ward , singer-songwriter (d. 2001)February 15 - Mick Avory , The Kinks February 20 - Lew Soloff , Blood, Sweat & Tears February 23 :
February 24 :
March 1 :
March 3 - Jance Garfat , Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show March 4 - Bobby Womack March 6 - Mary Wilson , The Supremes March 9 - Mark Lindsay , Paul Revere and the Raiders March 15 :
March 17 :
March 22 - Jeremy Clyde , Chad and Jeremy March 23 - Michael Nyman , composerMarch 26 - Diana Ross March 29 – Terry Jacks , singer/songwriter, producer, environmentalistMarch 31 - Rod Allen , The Fortunes April 3 :
April 5 - Crispian St. Peters April 6 :
April 9 - Emil Stucchio , The Classics April 12 - John Kay , Steppenwolf April 13 - Jack Casady , Jefferson Airplane , Hot Tuna April 15 - Dave Edmunds , rock musicianApril 17 – Bobby Curtola , pop singer and teen idolApril 18 - Skip Spence , Moby Grape April 30 - Richard Shoff , The Sandpipers May 1 - Rita Coolidge , singerMay 9 - Richie Furay , Buffalo Springfield , Poco May 12 - Billy Swan May 12 - James Purify , James & Bobby Purify May 17 :
May 20 :
May 21 - Marcie Blane May 24 - Patti LaBelle May 26 - Verdon Allen , Mott the Hoople May 28 :
May 30 - Lenny Davidson , The Dave Clark Five May 31 - Mick Ralphs , Mott the Hoople June 2 - Marvin Hamlisch , composerJune 3 - Michael Clark , The Byrds , Flying Burrito Brothers June 4 - Roger Ball , Average White Band June 6 - Peter Albin , Big Brother & the Holding Company June 6 - Edgar Froese , Tangerine Dream June 7 - Clarence White , The Byrds June 8 - Boz Scaggs June 17 - Chris Spedding June 21 - Ray Davies , The Kinks June 22 - Peter Asher , Peter & Gordon June 23 - Rosetta Hightower , The Orlons June 24 :
June 27 - Bruce Johnston , The Beach Boys June 30 - Glenn Shorrock , The Little River Band July 7 - Warren Entner , The Grass Roots July 8 :
July 22 :
July 25 - Jim McCarty , The Yardbirds , Renaissance July 27 - Bobbie Gentry July 28 - Mike Bloomfield , Butterfield Blues Band , Electric Flag August 2 - Jim Capaldi , Traffic (d. 2005 )August 3 - Nino Bravo , singerAugust 12 - Larry Troutman , Zapp (d.1999 )August 18 - Carl Wayne , The Move August 19 - Eddy Raven August 21 - Jackie DeShannon , singer-songwriterAugust 24 - James Brady , The Sandpipers August 27 :
September 1 - Archie Bell , The Drells September 3 - Gary Leeds , The Walker Brothers September 6 - Roger Waters , Pink Floyd September 12 - Barry White September 13 - Peter Cetera , Chicago September 16 :
September 23 - Ivan Martin Jirous , The Plastic People of the Universe September 24 - Rosa Lee Hawkins , Dixie Cups September 29 :
September 30 - Marilyn McCoo , The Fifth Dimension October 1 :
October 4 :
October 5 - Harry Kershaw Ex-Checkers October 9 :
October 13 - Robert Lamm , Chicago October 15 - Don Stevenson , Moby Grape October 24 :
October 25 - Jon Anderson , YesOctober 26 - Michael Piano , The Sandpipers October 29 - Denny Laine , The Moody Blues , The Wings November 2 - Keith Emerson , The Move , Emerson, Lake & Palmer November 8 - Bonnie Bramlett , Delaney & Bonnie November 10 - Sir Tim Rice , lyricistNovember 11 :
November 12 - Booker T. Jones , Booker T. & the M.G.'s November 17 - Gene Clark , The Byrds , Dillard and Clark November 19 - Fred Lipsius , Blood, Sweat & Tears November 21 - Michael Tilson Thomas , conductorNovember 25 - Bob Lind November 26 - Jean Terrell , singerNovember 28 - R.B. Greaves November 29 - Felix Cavaliere , The Rascals November 30 - Luther Ingram December 1 - John Densmore , The Doors December 4 - Dennis Wilson , The Beach Boys December 6 - Jonathan King December 7 - Daniel Chorzempa , organistDecember 9 :
December 11 - Brenda Lee December 12 - Rob Tyner , MC5 December 19 :
December 20 - Bobby Colomby , Blood, Sweat & Tears December 21 - Michael Tilson Thomas , conductorDecember 22 - Barry Jenkins , The Animals December 25 - Henry Vestine , Canned Heat December 27 - Mick Jones , Spooky Tooth , Foreigner date unknown - Karl Jenkins , composerdate unknown - Marti Webb , singer
Deaths
January 29 - Carl Aeschbacher , choirmaster and composerFebruary 1 - Martin Lunssens , composerFebruary 4 - Yvette Guilbert , singer, actressFebruary 7 - Lina Cavalieri , opera singerMarch 11 - Sir Henry Walford Davies , composer, Master of the King's MusickApril 13 - Cecile Chaminade , pianistApril 19 - Jimmie Noone May 9 - Dame Ethel Smyth , composerMay 20 - Vincent Rose , Italian-born US bandleader and composerJune 25 - Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer) August 7 - Agustin Barrios , composerAugust 19 - Sir Henry Wood , conductorOctober 16 - Hans Krása , Czech-German composer, gassed in Auschwitz November 14 - Carl Flesch , violinistNovember 26 - Florence Foster-Jenkins , sopranoDecember 2 - Josef Lhévinne , pianistDecember 15 - Glenn Miller , Musician, composer, often associated with big bands December 20 - Johnny Marvin , US singer & songwriterDecember 27 - Amy Beach , composer and pianistdate unknown - Will Marion Cook , violinist and composer
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