RUBIN'S ROCK N ROLL DISCOGRAPHY REFERENCE

"Let The Music Do The Talking!"



TOP MUSIC HITS FOR EACH YEAR (THE CHARTS)
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Top 100 Hits of 1940
1. "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Glenn Miller
2. "In The Mood" - Glenn Miller
3. "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" - Ink Spots
4. "Body and Soul" - Coleman Hawkins
5. "Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)" - Dick Robertson
6. "Frenesi" - Artie Shaw
7. "Tuxedo Junction" - Glenn Miller
8. "I'll Never Smile Again" - Tommy Dorsey
9. "Ballad For Americans" - Paul Robeson
10. "Blueberry Hill" - Glenn Miller
11. "Careless" - Glenn Miller
12. "Ferryboat Serenade" - Andrews Sisters
13. "The Woodpecker Song" - Glenn Miller
14. "The Breeze and I" - Jimmy Dorsey
15. "Only Forever" - Bing Crosby
16. "All The Things You Are" - Tommy Dorsey
17. "Trade Winds" - Bing Crosby
18. "Where Was I?" - Charlie Barnet
19. "Only Forever" - Bing Crosby
20. "Imagination" - Glenn Miller
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Top 100 Hits of 1941
1. "Stardust" - Artie Shaw
2. "String of Pearls" - Glenn Miller
3. "God Bless The Child" - Billie Holiday
4. "You Are My Sunshine" - Wayne King
5. "Dancing In The Dark" - Artie Shaw
6. "Take The 'A' Train" - Duke Ellington
7. "You Made Me Love You" - Harry James
8. "The Band Played On" - Guy Lombardo
9. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" - Glenn Miller
10. "Piano Concerto In B Flat" - Freddy Martin
11. "We Three (My Echo, My Shaow, and Me)" - Ink Spots
12. "Green Eyes" - Jimmy Dorsey
13. "Summit Ridge Drive" - Artie Shaw
14. "You and I" - Glenn Miller
15. "Daddy" - Sammy Kaye
16. "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" - Horace Heidt
17. "Amapola" - Jimmy Dorsey
18. "There I Go" - Vaughn Monroe
19. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" - Benny Goodman
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Top 100 Hits of 1942
1. "White Christmas" - Bing Crosby
2. "Deep In The Heart of Texas" - Alveno Rey
3. "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover" - Kay Kyser
4. "Tangerine" - Jimmy Dorsey
5. "Paper Doll" - Mills Brothers
6. "Moonlight Cocktail" - Glenn Miller
7. "A String of Pearls" - Glen Miller
8. "Blues In The Night" - Dinah Shore or Woody Herman
9. "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)" - Glenn Miller
10. "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo" - Glenn Miller
11. "Jersey Bounce" - Benny Goodman
12. "Sleepy Lagoon" - Harry James
13. "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" - Kay Kyser
14. "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" - Benny Goodman
15. "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" - Harry James
16. "Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song)" - Freddy Martin
17. "I'll Remember April" - Woody Herman
18. "Who Wouldn't Love You?" - Kay Kyser
19. "My Devotion" - Vaughn Monroe
20. "Strip Polka" - Kay Kyser
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Top 100 Hits of 1943
1. "Oklahoma!"
2. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" - Bing Crosby
3. "Paper Doll" - Mills Brothers
4. "Two O'Clock Jump" - Harry James
5. "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home to" - Dinah Shore
6. "As Time Goes By" - Rudy Vallee
7. "I've Heard That Song Before" - Harry James
8. "That Old Black Magic" - Glenn Miller
9. "Artistry In Rhythm" - Stan Kenton
10. "I've Heard That Song Before" - Harry James
11. "Perdido" - Duke Ellington
12. "There Are Such Things" - Tommy Dorsey
13. "There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" - Jimmy Wakely
14. "Sunday, Monday or Always" - Bing Crosby
15. "Pistol Packin' Mama" - Al Dexter & His Troops
16. "You'll Never Know" - Dick Ames
17. "Mister Five By Five" - Harry James
18. "I Had The Craziest Dream" - Harry James
19. "When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)" - Vaughn Monroe
20. "Praise The Lord and Pass the Ammunition" - Kay Kyser
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Top 100 Hits of 1944
1. "So long pal" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
2. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral" - Bing Crosby
3. "Smoke on the water" - Red Foley
4. "Trolley Song" - Judy Garland
5. "Straighten up and fly right" - King Cole Trio
6. "Swinging On A Star" - Bing Crosby
7. "It Could Happen to You" - Jo Stafford
8. "Pistol packin' Mama" - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
9. "Don't Fence Me In" - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisiters
10. "Is you is or is you ain't (ma baby)" - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
11. "Soldier's last letter" - Ernest Tubb
12. "You Always Hurt The One You Love" - Mills Brothers
13. "Ration blues" - Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
14. "Twilight Time" - Les Brown
15. "Mairzy Doates" - Merry Macs
16. "Pistol packin' Mama" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
17. "My Heart Tells Me" - Glen Gray
18. "Too late to worry, too blue to cry" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
19. "Besame Mucho" - Jimmy Dorsey
20. "They took the stars out of heaven" - Floyd Tillman
21. "San Fernando Valley" - Bing Crosby
22. "Shoo-Shoo Baby" - Andrews Sisters
23. "I'll Walk Alone" - Dinah Shore
24. "I'm Making Believe" - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
25. "I'll Be Seeing You" - Bing Crosby
26. "G.I. Jive" - Louis Jordan
27. "My Heart Tells Me" - Glen Gray
28. "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" - Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots
29. "I Love You" - Bing Crosby
30. "It's Love-Love-Love" - Guy Lombardo
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Top 100 Hits of 1945
1. "Sentimental Journey" - Les Brown
2. "You two-timed me once too often" - Tex Ritter
3. "Rum and Coca-Cola" - Andrews Sisters
4. "Shame on you" - Spade Cooley
5. "At mail call today" - Gene Autry
6. "Opus One" - Tommy Dorsey
7. "I'm losing my mind over you" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
8. "On The Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" - Johnny Mercer
9. "I'm Beginning To See The Light" - Harry James
10. "Oklahoma hills" - Jack Guthrie & his Oklahomans
11. "I'm wasting my tears on you" - Tex Ritter
12. "There! I've Said It Again" - Vaughn Monroe
13. "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" - Les Brown
14. "Souix city Sue" - Dick Thomas
15. "Chickery Chick" - Sammy Kaye
16. "With tears in my eyes" - Wesley Tuttle
17. "It's been so long, darling" - Ernest Tubb
18. "It's Been a Long, Long Time" - Harry James or Bing Crosby
19. "I Can't Begin To Tell You" - Bing Crosby
20. "Silver dew on the blue grass tonight" - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
21. "Candy" - Johnny Mercer
22. "Till The End Of Time" - Perry Como
23. "Dream" - Pied Pipers
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Top 100 Hits of 1946
1. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" - Nat King Cole
2. "Guitar Polka (I)" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
3. "New Spanish two-step" - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
4. "Oh! What it Semed To Be" - Frank Sinatra or Frankie Carle
5. "Divorce me C.O.D.*" - Merle Travis
6. "Personality" - Johnny Mercer
7. "To Each His Own" - Ink Spots or Freddy Martin
8. "Wine, women and song" - Al Dexter and his Troopers
9. "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" - Stan Kenton
10. "You will have to pay" - Tex Ritter
11. "McNamara's Band" - Bing Crosby
12. "White cross on Okinawa" - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
13. "Silver dew on the blue grass tonight*" - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
14. "The Gypsy" - Ink Spots or Dinah Shore
15. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Vaughn Monroe
16. "Sioux city Sue" - Zeke Manners
17. "Someday (you'll want me to want you)" - Elton Britt
18. "Symphony" - Freddy Martin
19. "Prisoner of Love" - Perry Como
20. "That's how much I love you" - Eddy Arnold
21. "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" - Betty Hutton
22. "I'm a Big Girl Now" - Sammy Kaye
23. "Rumors Are Flying" - Frankie Carle
24. "Ole Buttermilk Sky" - Kay Kyser
25. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" - Nat King Cole
26. "Five Minutes More" - Frank Sinatra
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Top 100 Hits of 1947
1. "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
2. "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
3. "Peg O My Heart" - Buddy Clark or Harmonicats
4. "So round, so firm, so fully packed" - Merle Travis
5. "I'll hold you in my heart (til I can hold you in my arms)" - Eddy Arnold
6. "Managua, Nicaragua" - Guy Lombardo
7. "It's a sin" - Eddy Arnold
8. "One O'Clock Jump" - Count Basie
9. "Anniversary Song" - Dinah Shore
10. "Near You" - Francis Craig
11. "Rainbow at midnight" - Ernest Tubb
12. "Ballerina" - Vaughn Monroe
13. "New jole blonde (new pretty blonde)" - Red Foley
14. "What is life without love" - Eddy Arnold
15. "Wiffenpoof Song" - Bing Crosby & Fred Waring
16. "Linda" - Ray Noble & Buddy Clark
17. "Sugar moona" - Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
18. "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" - Red Ingle & the Natural Seven
19. "Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too fat For Me)" - Arthur
Godfrey
20. "Heartaches" - Ted Weems
21. "Mam'selle" - Frank Sinatra or Art Lund
22. "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)" - Perry Como
23. "Open The Door, Richard!" - Count Basie or The Three Flames
24. "Huggin And Chalkin" - Hoagie Carmichael
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Top 100 Hits of 1948
1. "Bouquet of roses" - Eddy Arnold
2. "Buttons and Bows" - Dinah Shore
3. "I'll hold you in my heart (til I can hold you in my arms)" - Eddy Arnold
4. "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" - Art Mooney
5. "Anytime" - Eddy Arnold
6. "Sabre Dance Boogie" - Freddy Martin
7. "Just a little lovin' (will go a long, long way)" - Eddy Arnold
8. "Twelfth Street Rag" - Pee Wee Hunt
9. "I've Got My Love To keep Me Warm" - Les Brown
10. "One has my name (the other has my heart)*" - Jimmy Wakely
11. "Love Somebody" - Doris Day & Buddy Clark
12. "Texarkana baby" - Eddy Arnold
13. "A heart full of love (for a handful of kisses)" - Eddy Arnold
14. "It's Magic" - Doris Day
15. "Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)" - Peggy Lee
16. "What a fool I was" - Eddy Arnold
17. "Nature Boy" - Nat King Cole
18. "Signed, sealed and delivered" - Cowboy Copas
20. "All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" - Spike Jones
21. "Humpty dumpty heart" - Hank Thompson
22. "Now Is The Hour" - Bing Crosby
23. "You Can't Be True, Dear" - Ken Griffin
24. "Woody Woodpecker" - Kay Kyser
25. "You Call Everybody Darlin'" - Al Trace
26. "A Tree In The Meadow" - Margaret Whiting
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Top 100 Hits of 1949
1. "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" - Vaughn Monroe
2. "Lovesick blues" - Hank Williams
3. "Don't rob another man's castle" - Eddy Arnold
4. "That Lucky Old Sun" - Frankie Laine
5. "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" - Eddie 'Piano' Miller
6. "Slipping around" - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
7. "I love you so much it hurts" - Jimmy Wakely`
8. "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" - Les Brown
9. "'A' You're Adorable (the Alphabet Song)" - Perry Como
10. "I'm throwing rice (at the girl that I love)" - Eddy Arnold
11. "One has my name (the other has my heart)*" - Jimmy Wakely
12. "Some Enchanted Evening" - Perry Como
13. "Mule train" - Tennessee Ernie
14. "Mule Train" - Frankie Laine
15. "A Little Bird Told Me" - Evelyn Knight
16. "Candy kisses" - George Morgan
17. "Why don't you haul off and love me" - Wayne Raney
18. "You're Breaking My Heart" - Vic Damone
19. "Forever and Ever" - Russ Morgan
20. "One kiss too many" - Eddy Arnold
21. "Someday" - Vaughn Monroe
22. "Slippin' Around" - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
23. "My Darling, My Darling" - Jo Stafford & Gordon Mcrae
24. "Careles Hands" - Mel Torme
25. "Cruisin' Down the River" - Russ Morgan or Blue Barron
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