VA - HIT PARADE 1940

1940:

01 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - In the Mood.mp3

02 - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - There I Go.mp3

03 - Mildred Bailey & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Darn That Dream.mp3

04 - Bing Crosby - Sierra Sue.mp3

05 - Connee Boswell - On The Isle Of May

06 - Bob Eberly & Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - The Breeze And I.mp3

07 - Bonnie King & Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - Down Argentina Way.mp3

08 - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Frenesi.mp3

09 - Ray Eberle & Glenn Miller & His Orchestra -Blueberry Hill.mp3

10 - The Ink Spots - Maybe.mp3

11 - Jack Leonard & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra -All The Things You Are.mp3

12 - Bing Crosby - Only Forever.mp3

13 - Ray McKinely & Bill Bradley & His Orchestra - Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar).mp3

14 - The Andrews Sisters - Ferryboat Serenade (La Piccinina).mp3

15 - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Body And Soul.mp3

16 - Lil Green - Romance In the Dark.mp3

17 - Tony Martin - It’s A Blue World.mp3

18 - The Ink Spots - We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me).mp3

19 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Pennsylvania 6-5000.mp3

20 - Bing Crosby - Trade Winds.mp3

21 - Mary Ann Mercer & Mithcell Ayres & His Fashions in Music - Make-Believe Island.mp3

22 - Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers & Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - I’ll Never Smile Again.mp3

23 - Judy Garland - I’m Nobody’s Baby.mp3

24 -Eliff Edwards, Backup Vocals by the Ken Darby Singers - When You Wish Upon A Star.mp3



1941:

1. Take the “A” Train — Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra

2. Let Me Off Uptown — Gene Krupa & His Orchestra

3. Oh! Look at Me Now — Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

4. Green Eyes — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

5. I Hear a Rhapsody — Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra

6. You Made Me Love You — Harry James & His Orchestra

7. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy — The Andrews Sisters

8. Daddy — Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra

9. God Bless the Child — Billie Holiday

10. Yes Indeed! — Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra

11. I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire — The Ink Spots

12. Maria Elena — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

13. Chattanooga Choo Choo — Glenn Miller Orchestra

14. There’ll Be Some Changes Made — Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

15. Star Dust — Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

16. Racing With the Moon — Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra

17. I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time — The Andrews Sisters

18. I Got it Bad And That Ain’t Good — Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra

19. New San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

20. Dolores — Bing Crosby

21. Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) — Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra

22. Perfidia — Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

23. Elmer’s Tune — Glenn Miller Orchestra

24. ‘Til Reveille — Kay Kyser & His Orchestra



1942:

01 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree.mp3

02 - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Somebody Else Is Taking My Place.mp3

03 - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - Who Wouldn’t Love You.mp3

04 - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - My Devotion.mp3

05 - HarryJames & His Orchestra - Sleepy Lagoon.mp3

06 - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Tangerine.mp3

07 - Johnny Mercer - Strip Polka.mp3

08 - Dinah Shore - Blues In The Night.mp3

09 - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Jersey Bounce.mp3

10 - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Trav’lin Light.mp3

11 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - I’ve Got A Gal In Kalamazoo.mp3

12 - Harry James & His Orchestra - I Don’t Want To Walk Without You.mp3

13 - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - Jingle Jangle Jingle.mp3

14 - Alvino Rey & His Orchestra - Deep In The Heart Of Texas.mp3

15 - Freddue Slack & His Orchestra - Cow-Cow Boogie.mp3

16 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - A String Of Pearls.mp3

17 - Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye - I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen.mp3

18 - Kate Smith - (There’ll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover.mp3

19 - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Flying Home.mp3

20 - Harry James & His Orchestra - One Dozen Roses.mp3

21 - Bing Crosby - Be Careful It’s My Heart.mp3

22 - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Moonlight Cocktail.mp3

23 - Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - For Me And My Gal.mp3

24 - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - There Are Such Things.mp3



1943:

1. Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

2. I’ve Heard That Song Before - Harry James and His Orchestra

3. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - The Ink Spots

4. Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby

5. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To - Dinah Shore

6. Let’s Get Lost - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

7. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

8. I’m Old Fashioned - Fred Astaire

9. Stormy Weather - Lena Horne

10. You’ll Never Know - Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners

11. That Old Black Magic - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

12. People Will Say We’re In Love - Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin

13. Why Don’t You Do Right - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

14. Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers

15. I Had The Craziest Dream - Harry James and His Orchestra

16. In The Blue Of Evening - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

17. Brazil - Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

18. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart - Judy Garland

19. Pistol-Packin’ Mama - Al Dexter and His Troopers

20. Taking A Chance On Love - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

21. Moonlight Becomes You - Bing Crosby

22. Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer - The Song Spinners

23. When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) - Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra

24. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson



1944:

1. The Trolley Song — Judy Garland

2. San Fernando Valley — Bing Crosby

3. Shoo-Shoo Baby — The Andrews Sisters

4. G.I. Jive — Louis Jordan

5. I’ll Get By (as Long as I Have You) — Harry James

6. Artistry in Rhythm — Stan Kenton

7. Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) — Jimmy Dorsey

8. Don’t Sweetheart Me — Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

9. Time Waits for No One — Helen Forrest

10. Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) — Guy Lombardo

11. It Could Happen to You — Jo Stafford

12. I’ll Be Seeing You — Bing Crosby

13. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine — Stan Kenton

14. Is You is or is You Ain’t (Ma’ Baby) — Louis Jordan

15. Cherry — Harry James & His Orchestra

16. It Had to Be You — Helen Forrest And Dick Haymes

17. My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) — Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra

18. You Always Hurt the One You Love — The Mills Brothers

19. Mairzy Doats — The Merry Macs

20. It’s Love-Love-Love — Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians

21. Straighten Up And Fly Right — Nat King Cole Trio

22. Swinging on a Star — Bing Crosby

23. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me — Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

24. Long Ago (And Far Away) — Helen Forrest And Dick Haymes



1945:

1 – On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe – Johnny Mercer

2 – You Belong to My Heart – Bing Crosby and Xavier Cugat and his orchestra

3 – Rum and Coca-Cola – The Andrews Sisters

4 – It Might as Well Be Spring – Dick Haymes

5 – My dreams are getting better all the time – Les Brown and his orchestra

6 – There! I’ve said it again – Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra

7 – Tampico – Stan Kenton and his orchestra

8 – There goes that song again – Russ Morgan and his orchestra

9 – It’s been a long, long time – Harry James and his orchestra

10 – If I Loved you – Perry Como

11 – Candy – Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers

12 – A little on the lonely side – Frankie Carle and his orchestra

13 – Gotta be this or that – Benny Goodman & his orchestra

14 – I’ll buy that dream – Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes

15 – I can’t begin to tell you – Bing Crosby

16 – Till the end of time – Perry Como

17 – I’m beginning to see the light – Harry James and his orchestra

18 – Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive – Johnny Mercer

19 – Caldonia – Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

20 – Laura – Woody Herman and his orchestra

21 – Dream – The Pied Pipers

22 – Don’t fence me in – Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters

23 – Sentimental Journey – Les Brown and his orchestra

24 – Dig you Later (A hubba-hubba hubba) – Perry Como



1946:

01 - Bing Crosby - Sioux City Sue

02 - Les Brown & His Orchestra - I Got The Sun In The Morning

03 - Frankie Carl & His Orchestra - Rumors Are Flying

04 - Kaye Kyser & His Orchestra - Ole Buttermilk Sky.

05 - Dinah Shore - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song

06 - Perry Como - Prisoner Of Love

07 - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Stone Cold Dead In The Market

08 - Johnny Mercer - Personality

09 - Peggy Lee - I Don’t Know Enough About You

10 - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly

11 - Frankie Carl & His Orchestra - Oh! What It Seemed To Be

12 - The Ink Spots - To Each His Own

13 - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Shoo-Fly Pie (And Apple Pan Dowdy)

14 - Perry Como - Surrender

15 - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away

16 - Dinah Shore - Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside).

17 - Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye - I’m A Big Girl Now

18 - Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Symphony

19 - Betty Hutton - Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief

20 - The Ink Spots - The Gypsy

21 - Margaret Whitting - Come Rain Or Come Shine

22 - Perry Como - They Say It’s Wonderful

23 - Les Brown & His Orchestra - The Whole World Is Singing My Song

24 - Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye - The Old Lamp-Lighter



1947:

1. Open the Door Richard — Count Basie & His Orchestra

2. A Gal in Calico — Tex Beneke And The Glenn Miller Orchestra

3. Linda — Ray Noble & His Orchestra

4. A Sunday Kind of Love — Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra

5. Anniversary Song — Al Jolson

6. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) — Perry Como

7. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah — Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

8. Feudin & Fightin — Dorothy Shay

9. That’s My Desire — Frankie Laine

10. I Wish I Didn’t Love You So — Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra

11. Mam’selle — Art Lund

12. Heartaches — Ted Weems & His Orchestra

13. Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) — Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters

14. Managua, Nicaragua — Freddy Martin & His Orchestra

15. I Never Knew — Sam Donohue And His Orchestra

16. Across the Alley from the Alamo — The Mills Brothers

17. Peg O’ My Heart — Buddy Clark

18. Guilty — Margaret Whiting

19. Near You — Francis Craig & His Orchestra

20. Ballerina — Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra

21. When You Were Sweet Sixteen — Perry Como

22. You Do — Dinah Shore

23. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder — Eddy Howard & His Orchestra

24. Huggin & Chalkin — Hoagy Carmichael



1948:

1. Manana — Peggy Lee

2. On a Slow Boat to China — Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, Harry Babbit, Gloria Wood

3. Because — Perry Como

4. Sabre Dance — Woody Herman And His Orchestra

5. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) — The Ink Spots

6. Maybe You’ll Be There — Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Charles La Vere and Chorus

7. Love Somebody — Doris Day & Buddy Clark

8. I Beg Your Pardon — Francis Craig and His Orchestra, Bob Lamm

9. Little White Lies — Dick Haymes, Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra, Four Hits and a Miss

10. A Tree in the Meadow — Margaret Whiting

11. I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover — Art Mooney And His Orchestra, Mike Pingatore, Ensemble

12. Nature Boy — Nat King Cole

13. Twelfth Street Rag — Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra

14. I’ll Dance at Your Wedding — Ray Noble and his Orchestra, Buddy Clark

15. Golden Earrings — Peggy Lee

16. Serenade of the Bells — Sammy Kaye And Swing And Sway Orchestra And Don Cornell & the Kaydets And Choir

17. You Can’t Be True, Dear — Ken Griffin

18. Buttons And Bows — Dinah Shore And The Happy Valley Boys

19. Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue — Gordon MacRae & The Starlighters

20. Toolie Oolie Doolie (the Yodel Polka) — The Andrews Sisters

21. Baby Face — Art Mooney & His Orchestra

22. Until — Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Harry Prime, The Clark Sisters, The Town Criers

23. It’s Magic — Doris Day

24. Now is the Hour — Bing Crosby And The Ken Darby Choir



1949:

1. Mule Train by Frankie Laine

2. Careless Hands by Mel Torme

3. Again by Doris Day

4. Room Full Of Roses by Sammy Kaye

5. Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer

6. Some Enchanted Evening by Perry Como

7. A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters

8. Forever And Ever by Russ Morgan

9. Galway Bay by Bing Crosby

10. My Darling, My Darling by Gordon MacRae & Jo Stafford

11. Don’t Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) by Gordon Jenkins

12. Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) by Vaughn Monroe

13. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm by Les Brown

14. Slipping Around by Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

15. Bala Ha’i by Perry Como

16. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) by Frankie Laine

17. Maybe It’s Because by Dick Haymes

18. So Tired by Russ Morgan

19. Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) by Sammy Kaye

20. Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) by Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters

21. Someday by Vaughn Monroe

22. “A” - You’re Adorable by Perry Como

23. Cruising Down The River by Blue Barron

24. Far Away Places by Margaret Whiting

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