Various - America's No. 1's Of The '40s

Tracks

• CD 1
• 1: I'll never smile again - tommy dorsey orch. w. frank sinatra
• 2: Frenesi - artie shaw orch. (1940)
• 3: Only forever - bing crosby (1940)
• 4: Song of the volga boatman - glenn miller orch. (1941)
• 5: Amapola - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bob eberly & helen o'connell
• 6: My sister and i - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bob eberly (1941)
• 7: Green eyes (aquellos ojos verdes) - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bo
• 8: Maria elena - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bob eberly (1941)
• 9: Daddy - sammy kaye & the kaye choir (1941)
• 10: Blue champagne - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bob eberly (1941)
• 11: Piano concerto in b flat - freddy martin orch. (1941)
• 12: Chattanooga choo choo - glenn miller orch. w. tex beneke & t
• 13: Elmer's tune - glenn miller orch. w. ray eberle & the modern
• 14: Blues in the night (my mama done tol' me) - woody herman orc
• 15: A string of pearls - glenn miller orch. (1942)
• 16: Moonlight cocktail - glenn miller orch. (1942)
• 17: Tangerine - jimmy dorsey orch. (1942)
• 18: Sleepy lagoon - harry james orch. (1942)
• 19: Jingle jangle jingle - kay kyser orch. w. harry babbit & jul
• 20: (i've got a gal in) kalamazoo - glenn miller orch. (1942)
• CD 2
• 1: White christmas - bing crosby (1942)
• 2: There are such things - tommy dorsey orch. w. frank sinatra
• 3: I had the craziest dream - harry james orch. w. helen forres
• 4: I've heard that song before - harry james orch. w. helen for
• 5: That old black magic - glenn miller orch. w. skip nelson (19
• 6: Taking a chance on love - benny goodman orch. w. helen forre
• 7: Comin' in on a wing and a prayer - song spinners (1943)
• 8: You'll never know - dick haymes & the song spinners (1943)
• 9: In the blue of evening - tommy dorsey orch. w. frank sinatra
• 10: Paper doll - mills brothers (1943)
• 11: Sunday monday or always - bing crosby & ken darby singers (1
• 12: Pistol packin' mama al - dexter troopers (1943)
• 13: My heart tells me - glen gray & the casa loma orch. w. eugen
• 14: Shoo-shoo baby - andrews sisters (1944)
• 15: Besame mucho (kiss me much) - jimmy dorsey orch. w. bob eber
• 16: Mairzy doats - merry macs (1944)
• 17: It's love love love - guy lombardo royal canadians w. skip n
• 18: San fernando valley - bing crosby (1944)
• 19: I love you - bing crosby (1944)
• 20: I'll get by (as long as i have you) - harry james orch. w. d
• 21: I'll be seeing you - bing crosby (1944)
• 22: G.i. jive - louis jordan tympany five (1944)
• CD 3
• 1: Swinging on a star - bing crosby & williams brothers quartet
• 2: You always hurt the one you love - mills brothers (1944)
• 3: I'll walk alone - dinah shore (1944)
• 4: There'll be a hot time in the town of berlin (when the yanks
• 5: I'm making believe - ink spots & ella fitzgerald (1944)
• 6: Don't fence me in - bing crosby & the andrews sisters (1944)
• 7: Into each life some rain must fall - ink spots & ella fitzge
• 8: Rum and coca cola - the andrews sisters (1945)
• 9: Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive - johnny mercer & pied pipers
• 10: My dreams are getting better all the time - les brown orch.
• 11: I'm beginning to see the light - harry james orch. w. kitty
• 12: Dream - pied pipers (1945)
• 13: There! i've said it again - vaughn monroe orch. w. the norto
• 14: Sentimental journey - les brown orch. w. doris day (1945)
• 15: Candy - jo stafford, johnny mercer & the pied pipers (1945)
• 16: On the atchison, topeka and santa fe - johnny mercer & the p
• 17: Till the end of time - perry como (1945)
• 18: Chickery chick - sammy kaye (1945)
• 19: It's been a long long time - harry james orch. w. helen forr
• 20: It's been a long long time - bing crosby w. les paul trio (1
• 21: Symphony - freddie martin orch. w. clyde rogers (1945)
• CD 4
• 1: I can't begin to tell you - bing crosby &carmen cavallero (1
• 2: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow - vaughn monroe orch.
• 3: Doctor, lawyer, indian chief - betty hutton (1946)
• 4: Personality - johnny mercer & the pied pipers (1946)
• 5: Oh what it seemed to be - frankie carle orch. w. marjorie hu
• 6: I'm a big girl now - sammy kaye orch. w. betty barclay (1946
• 7: Prisoner of love - perry como (1946)
• 8: The gypsy - dinah shore (1946)
• 9: The gypsy - ink spots (1946)
• 10: Surrender - perry como (1946)
• 11: To each his own - eddy howard orch. (1946)
• 12: To each his own - freddy martin orch. w. stuart wade (1946)
• 13: Five minutes more - frank sinatra (1946)
• 14: To each his own - ink spots (1946)
• 15: Rumors are flying - frankie carle orch. w. marjorie hughes (
• 16: Ole buttermilk sky - kay kyser orch w. michael douglas & the
• 17: The old lamplighter - sammy kaye orch. w. billy williams (19
• 18: Huggin' and chalkin' - hoagy carmichael (1947)
• 19: (i love you) for sentimental reasons - king cole trio (1947)
• 20: Open the door richard - count basie orch. (1947)
• 21: Managua nicaragua - freddy martin orch. w. stuart wade (1947
• 22: Open the door richard - three flames (1947)
• CD 5
• 1: Anniversary song - dinah shore (1947)
• 2: Heartaches - ted weems orch. (1947)
• 3: Linda - ray noble orch. w. buddy clark & anita gordon (1947)
• 4: Mam'selle - frank sinatra (1947)
• 5: Mam'selle - art lund (1947)
• 6: Peg o' my heart - harmonicats (1947)
• 7: Chi-baba chi-baba (my bambino go to sleep) - perry como & th
• 8: Temptation (tim-tayshun) - jo stafford (1947)
• 9: Peg o' my heart - buddy clark (1947)
• 10: Smoke! smoke! smoke! (that cigarette) - tex williams western
• 11: Peg o' my heart - the three suns (1947)
• 12: Near you - francis craig orch. (1947)
• 13: Ballerina - vaughn monroe (1947)
• 14: I'm looking over a four-leaf clover - art mooney orch. (1948
• 15: Manana (is soon enough for me) - peggy lee (1948)
• 16: Now is the hour (maori farewell song) - bing crosby w. ken d
• 17: Nature boy - nat king cole (1948)
• 18: You can't be true, dear - ken griffin w. jerry wayne (1948)
• 19: Woody woodpecker - kay kyser orch. w. gloria wood (1948)
• 20: You call everybody darlin' - al trace new orch. (1948)
• 21: Love somebody - doris day & buddy clark (1948)
• CD 6
• 1: Twelfth street rag - pee wee hunt orch. (1948)
• 2: Tree in the meadow - margaret whiting (1948)
• 3: Buttons and bows - dinah shore (1948)
• 4: All i want for christmas (is my two front teeth) - spike jon
• 5: A little bird told me - evelyn knight & the stardusters (194
• 6: My darling, my darling - jo stafford & gordon macrae (1949)
• 7: Powder your face with sunshine (smile! smile! smile!) - evel
• 8: Cruising down the river - blue barron orch. (1949)
• 9: I've got my love to keep me warm - les brown orch. (1949)
• 10: Careless hands - mel torme (1949)
• 11: Cruising down the river - russ morgan orch. w. the skylarks
• 12: Riders in the sky - vaughn monroe (1949)
• 13: Forever and ever - russ morgan orch. w. the skylarks (1949)
• 14: 'a' you're adorable - perry como w. fontane sisters (1949)
• 15: Some enchanted evening - perry como (1949)
• 16: You're breaking my heart - vic damone (1949)
• 17: Someday (you'll want me to want you) - vaughn monroe (1949)
• 18: That lucky old sun - frankie laine (1949)
• 19: Slipping around - margaret whiting & jimmy wakely (1949)
• 20: Mule train - frankie laine & the muleskinners (1949)
• 21: Rudolph the red nosed reindeer - gene autry (1949)
• 22: I can dream, can't i? - andrews sisters (1949)