Songs of the 1940s

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01

"Ballerina"

Vaughn Monroe

02

"The Old Lamp-Lighter"

Sammy Kaye

03

"Buttons and Bows"

Dinah Shore

04

"Ole Buttermilk Sky"

Kay Kyser

05

"The Old Lamp-Lighter"

Kay Kyser

06

"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"

King Cole Trio

07

"Golden Earrings"

Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour

08

"How Soon"

Vaughn Monroe

09

"Near You"

Francis Craig

10

"Twelfth Street Rag"

Pee Wee Hunt

11

"Prisoner of Love"

Perry Como

12

"Riders in the Sky"

Vaughn Monroe

13

"To Each His Own"

Eddy Howard

14

"That Lucky Old Sun"

Frankie Laine

15
16

"Peg o' My Heart"

The Harmonicats

17

"Now Is the Hour"

Bing Crosby with Ken Darby

18

"Heartaches"

Ted Weems

19

"The Gypsy"

The Ink Spots

20

"You're Breaking My Heart"

Vic Damone

21

"Five Minutes More"

Frank Sinatra

22

"A Tree in the Meadow"

Margaret Whiting

23

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Perry Como

24

"Linda"

Ray Noble Orchestra and Buddy Clark

25

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"

Tex Williams

26

"Rumors Are Flying"

Frankie Carle

27

"Slippin' Around"

Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting

28

"My Happiness"

Jon and Sondra Steele

29

"I Wish I Didn't Love You So"

Vaughn Monroe

30

"Oh! What It Seemed to Be"

Frankie Carle

31

"You Can't Be True, Dear"

Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne

32

"I Can Dream, Can't I?"

The Andrews Sisters and Gordon Jenkins

33

"Peg o' My Heart"

The Three Suns

34

"The Anniversary Song"

Al Jolson

35

"Little White Lies"

Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins

36

"Personality"

Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers

37

"Cruising Down the River"

Russ Morgan Orchestra

38

"You Call Everybody Darlin'"

Al Trace with Bob Vincent

39

"South America, Take It Away"

Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

40

"A Little Bird Told Me"

Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters

41

"Near You"

Larry Green Orchestra

42

"The Gypsy"

Dinah Shore

43

"Mule Train"

Frankie Laine

44

"That's My Desire"

Sammy Kaye

45

"My Happiness"

The Pied Pipers

46

"Jealous Heart"

Al Morgan

47

"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"

Art Mooney

48

"Oh! What It Seemed to Be"

Frank Sinatra

49

"Mam'selle"

Art Lund

50

"Cruising Down the River"

Blue Barron Orchestra

51

"It's Magic"

Doris Day

52

"Managua, Nicaragua"

Freddy Martin

53

"Surrender"

Perry Como

54

"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief"

Betty Hutton

55

"Maybe You'll Be There"

Gordon Jenkins

56

"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)"

Perry Como

57

"Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)"

Red Ingle and The Natural Seven and Jo Stafford

58

"Someday"

Vaughn Monroe

59

"Again"

Doris Day

60

"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"

Ted Weems and Perry Como

61

"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

Vaughn Monroe

62

"To Each His Own"

Freddy Martin

63

"Nature Boy"

King Cole with Frank De Vol

64

"Forever and Ever"

Russ Morgan

65

"Near You"

The Andrews Sisters

66

"Woody Woodpecker"

Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood

67

"Forever and Ever"

Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres

68

"Love Somebody"

Doris Day and Buddy Clark with George Siravo

69

"Don't Cry, Joe"

Gordon Jenkins Orchestra

70

"When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

Perry Como

71

"To Each His Own"

The Ink Spots

72

"Symphony"

Freddy Martin

73

"Now Is the Hour"

Gracie Fields with Phil Green

74
75

"Room Full of Roses"

Sammy Kaye

76

"Too Fat Polka"

Arthur Godfrey

77

"Far Away Places"

Bing Crosby and Ken Darby Choir

78

"Beg Your Pardon"

Francis Craig

79

"I Can't Begin to Tell You"

Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro

80

"I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder"

Eddy Howard

81

"My Adobe Hacienda"

Eddy Howard

82

"You Can't Be True, Dear"

Ken Griffin

83

"I'm a Big Girl Now"

Sammy Kaye

84

"Galway Bay"

Bing Crosby

85

"Symphony"

Bing Crosby

86

"Huggin' and Chalkin'"

Hoagy Carmichael

87

"Toolie Oolie Doolie"

The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen

88
89

"Ole Buttermilk Sky"

Hoagy Carmichael

90

"The Gypsy"

Sammy Kaye

91

"Red Roses for a Blue Lady"

Vaughn Monroe

92

"Mam'selle"

Dick Haymes

93

"Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)"

Dinah Shore

94

"So Tired"

Russ Morgan

95

"You Do"

Vaughn Monroe

96

"Baby Face"

Art Mooney

97

"Too Fat Polka"

Arthur Godfrey with Archie Bleyer

98

"Powder Your Face with Sunshine"

Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters

99

"The Anniversary Song"

Guy Lombardo

100

"Five Minutes More"

Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra

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