#1 Hits of the 1940s

Total number of #1 songs - 9 (10)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 55

Only Forever (#1 from 13/10/1940 until 15/12/1940 - 9 weeks)
White Christmas (#1 from 25/10/1942 until 10/01/1943 - 11 weeks)
Sunday, Monday, Or Always (#1 from 5/09/1943 until 24/10/1943 - 7 weeks)
I Love You (#1 from 30/04/1944 until 4/06/1944 - 5 weeks)
I’ll Be Seeing You (#1 from 25/06/1944 until 2/07/1944 & again from 9/07/1944 until 30/07/1944 - 4 weeks overall)
Swinging On A Star (#1 from 30/07/1944 until 1/10/1944 - 9 weeks)
Don’t Fence Me In w/The Andrews Sisters (#1 from 17/12/1944 until 11/02/1945 - 8 weeks)
It’s Been A Long, Long Time w/Les Paul Trio (#1 from 2/12/1945 until 9/12/1945 - 1 week)
I Can’t Begin to Tell You w/Carmen Cavallaro (#1 from 13/01/1946 until 20/01/1946 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 11 (13)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 54

In the Mood (#1 from 4/02/1940 until 27/04/1940 - 12 weeks)
The Woodpecker Song (#1 from 28/04/1940 until 15/06/1940 - 7 weeks)
Imagination (#1 from 16/06/1940 until 6/07/1940 - 3 weeks)
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) (#1 from 14/07/1940 until 21/07/1940 - 1 week)
Song of the Volga Boatmen (#1 from 9/03/1941 until 16/03/1941 - 1 week)
Chattanooga Choo Choo (#1 from 23/11/1941 until 14/12/1941 & again from 21/12/1941 until 1/02/1942 - 9 weeks overall)
Elmer's Tune (#1 from 14/12/1941 until 21/12/1941 - 1 week)
A String of Pearls (#1 from 1/02/1942 until 8/02/1942 & again from 15/02/1942 until 22/02/1942 - 2 weeks overall)
Moonlight Cocktail (#1 from 22/02/1942 until 3/05/1942 - 10 weeks)
(I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo (#1 from 6/09/1942 until 25/10/1942 - 7 weeks)
That Old Black Magic (#1 from 23/05/1943 until 30/05/1943 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 7 (9)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 32

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) (#1 from 23/03/1941 until 1/06/1941 - 10 weeks)
My Sister and I (#1 from 1/06/1941 until 8/06/1941 & again from 22/06/1941 until 29/06/1941 - 2 weeks overall)
Maria Elena (#1 from 8/06/1941 until 15/06/1941 & again from 29/06/1941 until 6/07/1941 - 2 weeks overall)
Green Eyes (#1 from 24/08/1941 until 21/09/1941 - 4 weeks)
Blue Champagne (#1 from 21/09/1941 until 28/09/1941 - 1 week)
Tangerine (#1 from 3/05/1942 until 14/06/1942 - 6 weeks)
Besame Mucho (#1 from 27/02/1944 until 16/04/1944 - 7 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 5 (8)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 26

Sleepy Lagoon (#1 from 14/06/1942 until 12/07/1942 - 4 weeks)
I Had The Craziest Dream (#1 from 7/02/1943 until 21/02/1943 - 2 weeks)
I’ve Heard That Song Before (#1 from 28/02/1943 until 23/05/1943 & again from 30/05/1943 until 6/06/1943 - 13 weeks overall)
I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) (#1 from 4/06/1944 until 25/06/1944 & again from 2/07/1944 until 9/07/1944 - 4 weeks overall)
It’s Been A Long, Long Time (#1 from 18/11/1945 until 2/12/1945 & again from 16/12/1945 until 23/12/1945 - 3 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 3
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 26

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (#1 from 20/01/1946 until 24/02/1946 - 5 weeks)
Ballerina (#1 from 7/12/1947 until 15/02/1948 - 10 weeks)
Ghost Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) (#1 from 8/05/1949 until 24/07/1949 - 11 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 5 (7)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 24 (2 weeks as a solo artist and 22 weeks as the lead vocalist for Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra)

Five Minutes More (#1 from 8/09/1946 until 15/09/1946 & again from 22/09/1946 until 29/09/1946 - 2 weeks overall)

(See entry below for #1 hit songs recorded with Tommy Dorsey - All the Things you Are, I'll Never Smile Again, There are Such Things, and In the Blue of the Evening)

Total number of #1 songs - 4 (5)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 22

All the Things you Are (#1 from 21/01/1940 until 3/02/1940 - 2 weeks)
I'll Never Smile Again (#1 from 21/07/1940 until 13/10/1940 - 12 weeks)
There are Such Things (#1 from 10/01/1943 until 7/02/1943 & again from 21/02/1943 until 28/02/1943 - 5 weeks overall)
In the Blue of the Evening (#1 from 15/08/1943 until 5/09/1943 - 3 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 5
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 21

Till the End of Time (#1 from 9/09/1945 until 11/11/1945 - 9 weeks)
Prisoner Of Love (#1 from 28/04/1946 until 19/05/1946 - 3 weeks)
Surrender (#1 from 28/07/1946 until 4/08/1946 - 1 week)
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Baby Go To Sleep) (#1 from 22/06/1947 until 13/07/1947 - 3 weeks)
Some Enchanted Evening (#1 from 24/07/1949 until 28/08/1949 - 5 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 4 (7)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 19

Daddy (#1 from 15/06/1941 until 22/06/1941 & again from 6/07/1941 until 24/08/1941 - 8 weeks overall)
Chickery Chick (#1 from 11/11/1945 until 18/11/1945 & again from 9/12/1945 until 16/12/1945 & 23/12/1945 to 30/12/1945 - 3 weeks overall)
I'm a Big Girl Now (#1 from 21/04/1946 until 28/04/1946 - 1 week)
The Old Lamp-Lighter (#1 from 22/12/1946 until 9/02/1947 - 7 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 2 (4)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 17

Paper Doll (#1 from 31/10/1943 until 23/01/1944 - 12 weeks)
You Always Hurt The One You Love (#1 from 1/10/1944 until 8/10/1944 again from 15/10/1944 until 29/10/1944 & then 19/11/1944 to 3/12/1944 - 5 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 3
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 16

Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (#1 from 12/07/1942 until 6/09/1942 - 8 weeks)
Ole Buttermilk Sky (#1 from 8/12/1946 until 22/12/1946 - 2 weeks)
Woody Woodpecker (#1 from 27/06/1948 until 8/08/1948 - 6 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 2
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 16

My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time (#1 from 1/04/1945 until 20/05/1945 - 7 weeks)
Sentimental Journey (#1 from 20/05/1945 until 22/07/1945 - 9 weeks)

*Both songs feature Doris Day on lead vocals*

Total number of #1 songs - 2 (1 on their own plus 1 with Bing Crosby)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 15 (7 on their own plus 8 with Bing Crosby)

Rum and Coca Cola (#1 from 11/02/1945 until 1/04/1945 - 7 weeks)
(See entry #1 for the hit song recorded with Bing Crosby, Don't Fence Me In)

Total number of #1 songs - 4
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 14

Piano Concerto in B Flat (#1 from 28/09/1941 until 23/11/1941 - 8 weeks)
Symphony (#1 from 30/12/1945 until 13/01/1946 - 2 weeks)
To Each His Own (#1 from 25/08/1946 until 8/09/1946 - 2 weeks)
Managua, Nicaragua (#1 from 23/02/1947 until 9/03/1947 - 2 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 2
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 14

I'll Walk Alone (#1 from 8/10/1944 until 15/10/1944 & again from 29/10/1944 until 19/11/1944 - 4 weeks overall)
Buttons and Bows (#1 from 31/10/1948 until 2/01/1949 & again from 9/01/1949 until 16/01/1949 - 10 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 3
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 13

I’m Making Believe w/Ella Fitzgerald (#1 from 3/12/1944 until 15/10/1944 - 2 weeks)
The Gypsy (#1 from 19/05/1946 until 28/07/1946 - 10 weeks)
To Each His Own (#1 from 15/09/1946 until 22/09/1946 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 13

Frenesi (#1 from 15/12/1940 until 9/03/1941 & again from 16/03/1941 until 23/03/1941 - 13 weeks total)

Total number of #1 songs - 2
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 12

That Lucky Old Sun (#1 from 25/09/1949 until 20/11/1949 - 8 weeks)
Mule Train (#1 from 20/11/1949 until 1/01/1950 - 4 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 12

Near You (#1 from 14/09/1947 until 7/12/1947 - 12 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 12

Heartaches (#1 from 9/03/1947 until 1/06/1947 - 12 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 9

Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) (#1 from 7/03/1948 until 9/05/1948 - 9 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 2
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 8

(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (#1 from 9/02/1947 until 16/02/1947 - 1 week)
Nature Boy (#1 from 9/05/1948 until 27/06/1948 - 7 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 2
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 8

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (#1 from 22/07/1945 until 9/09/1945 - 7 weeks)
Personality (#1 from 3/03/1946 until 10/03/1946 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1 (2)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 8

Twelfth Street Rag (#1 from 22/08/1948 until 3/10/1948 & again from 17/10/1948 until 31/10/1948 - 8 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 8

Rumors are Flying (#1 from 13/10/1946 until 8/12/1946 - 8 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 8

Scatterbrain (#1 from 26/11/1939 until 20/01/1940 - 8 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 7

A Little Bird Told Me (#1 from 16/01/1949 until 6/03/1949 - 7 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 7

Cruising Down the River (#1 from 20/03/1949 until 8/05/1949 - 7 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 6

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (#1 from 3/08/1947 until 14/09/1947 - 6 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1 (2)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 5

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (#1 from 4/08/1946 until 25/08/1946 & again from 29/09/1946 until 13/10/1946 - 5 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 5

My Heart Tells Me (#1 from 23/01/1944 until 27/02/1944 - 5 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 5

A Tree in the Meadow (#1 from 3/10/1948 until 17/10/1948 - 5 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1 (2)
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 4

Peg o' my Heart (#1 from 15/06/1947 until 13/07/1947 & again from 13/07/1947 until 3/08/1947 - 4 weeks overall)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 4

You're Breaking my Heart (#1 from 28/08/1949 until 25/09/1949 - 4 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 4

You'll Never Know (#1 from 18/07/1943 until 15/08/1943 - 4 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 3

Taking a Chance on Love (#1 from 6/06/1943 until 27/06/1943 - 3 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 3

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (#1 from 15/02/1948 until 7/03/1948 - 3 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 3

Comin' In On a Wing & a Prayer (#1 from 27/06/1943 until 18/07/1943 - 3 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 2

Cruising Down the River (#1 from 6/03/1949 until 20/03/1949 - 2 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 2

It's Love Love Love (#1 from 16/04/1944 until 30/04/1944 - 2 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 2

Mam'selle (#1 from 1/06/1947 until 15/06/1947 - 2 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 2

You Call Everybody Darlin’ (#1 from 8/08/1948 until 22/08/1948 - 2 weeks)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

Make-Believe Island (#1 from 7/07/1940 until 14/07/1940 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

Open The Door, Richard (#1 from 16/02/1947 until 23/02/1947 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

Pistol Packin' Mama (#1 from 24/10/1943 until 31/10/1943 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

Blues in the Night (#1 from 8/02/1942 until 15/02/1942 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (#1 from 24/02/1946 until 3/03/1946 - 1 week)

Total number of #1 songs - 1
Combined number of weeks at #1 - 1

All I Want for Christmas (is my Two Front Teeth) (#1 from 2/01/1949 until 9/01/1949 - 1 week)