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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top R&B Songs of 1944

1943 <-1944-> 1945

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1.
11/1944

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

374

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
written by Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts
2.
05/1944

G.I. Jive by Louis Jordan

374

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Johnny Mercer
3.
11/1944

I'm Making Believe by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

368

✫1
US


2
R&B
B side to Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
written by James V. Monaco & Mack Gordon
4.
06/1944

You Always Hurt the One You Love by The Mills Brothers

359

✫1
US


5
R&B
B side to Till Then
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
5.
07/1944

Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) by Louis Jordan

352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin
6.
11/1944

Don't Fence Me In by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters

349

✫1
US


9
R&B
[Decca 23364]
written by Cole Porter & Robert Fletcher
7.
08/1944

I'll Walk Alone by Dinah Shore

348

✫1
US


10
R&B
[Victor 1586]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
8.
02/1944

When They Ask About You by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

243

4
US


10
R&B
vocals by Kitty Kallen
[Decca 18582]
written by Sam H. Stept
9.
01/1944

Cherry by Harry James and His Orchestra

243

4
US


10
R&B
[instrumental]
B side to Jump Town
written by Don Redman
10.
01/1944

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me by Duke Ellington

232

6
US


✫1
R&B
[instrumental]
[Victor 20-1547]
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
11.
01/1944

White Christmas by Bing Crosby

223

5
US


9
R&B
[R]
[Christmas]
[Decca 18429]
written by Irving Berlin
12.
04/1944

Straighten Up and Fly Right by The King Cole Trio

222

9
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
US B side to Straighten Up and Fly Right
[Capitol 154]
written by Nat King Cole & Irving Mills
13.
02/1944

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me by Woody Herman and His Orchestra

200

7
US


4
R&B
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
14.
01/1944

Ration Blues by Louis Jordan

200

11
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8654]
written by Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark & Louis Jordan
15.
05/1944

I'll Get by (As Long as I Have You) by The Ink Spots

200

7
US


4
R&B
written by Fred E. Ahlert & Roy Turk
16.
06/1944

Till Then by The Mills Brothers

199

8
US


✫1
R&B
written by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Guy Wood
17.
03/1944

Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Y-Ay) by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

176

10
US


✫1
R&B
written by Don Raye, Gene De Paul & Benny Carter
18.
01/1944

Sweet Slumber by Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra

168

15
US
4
country
✫1
R&B
vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18569]
written by Al Neiburg (as Al J. Neiburg), Lucky Millinder & Henri Woode (as William Henri Woode)
19.
04/1944

I Learned a Lesson, I'll Never Forget by 5 Red Caps

165

14
US
2
country
3
R&B
[Beacon 7120]
written by Joe Davis
20.
03/1944

When My Man Comes Home by Buddy Johnson

160

18
US
2
country
✫1
R&B
vocals by Ella Johnson
[Decca 8655]
written by Buddy Johnson & J. Mayo Williams
21.
01/1944

G.I. Jive by Johnny Mercer

154

13
US


✫1
R&B
[Capitol 141]
written by Johnny Mercer
22.
04/1944

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

152

10
US


8
R&B
vocals by Red Dorris
written by Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
23.
07/1944

Red Blues by Cootie Williams

147

18
US
4
country
2
R&B
vocals by Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson ; aka Cherry Red Blues
[Hit 7084]
written by Bob Haggart
24.
01/1944

Solo Flight by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

139

16
US


✫1
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman & Jimmy Mundy
25.
02/1944

Poinciana (Song of the Tree) by Benny Carter and His Orchestra

136

12
US


8
R&B
[instrumental]
B side to Hurry, Hurry!
[Capitol 144]
written by Nat Simon & Buddy Bernier
26.
02/1944

Hurry, Hurry! by Benny Carter and His Orchestra

136

23
US
2
country
2
R&B
vocals by Savannah Churchill
[Capitol 144]
written by Richard Larkin & Benny Carter
27.
05/1944

I Can't See for Lookin' by The King Cole Trio

133

24
US
2
country
2
R&B
[Capitol 154]
written by Nadine Robinson & Dok Stanford
28.
09/1944

Hamp's Boogie Woogie by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

130

18
US


✫1
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Milt Buckner & Lionel Hampton
29.
03/1944

Don't Believe Everything You Dream by The Ink Spots

129

14
US


6
R&B
written by Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson
30.
03/1944

Main Stem by Duke Ellington

121

20
US


✫1
R&B
[instrumental]
[Victor 20-1556]
written by Duke Ellington
31.
09/1944

Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You by The King Cole Trio

121

20
US


✫1
R&B
[Capitol 169]
written by Andy Razaf & Don Redman
32.
02/1944

Cherry by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra

116

17
US


5
R&B
vocals by Jimmy Mitchelle
written by Don Redman
33.
01/1944

Jump Town by Harry James and His Orchestra

96

20
US


9
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Harry James & Jack Matthias
34.
05/1944

I'll Walk Alone by Louis Prima

90

22
US


9
R&B
[Hit 7083]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
35.
08/1944

I'm Lost by Benny Carter and His Orchestra

44





✫1
R&B
[Capitol 165]
written by Otis René
36.
1944

I Wonder by Pvt. Cecil Gant

44





✫1
R&B
[Gilt-Edge 500]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant & Raymond Leveen
37.
1944

It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That) by The Glenn Miller Orchestra

38





2
R&B
as Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
[Victor 201546]
written by Chummy MacGregor, George "The Fox" Williams & Sunny Skylar
38.
09/1944

I Stay in the Mood for You by Billy Eckstine

32





3
R&B
[Deluxe 2000]
written by Billy Eckstine
39.
06/1944

My Little Brown Book by Duke Ellington

30





4
R&B
[Victor 20-1584]
written by Billy Strayhorn
40.
10/1944

I'm Lost by The King Cole Trio

30





4
R&B
[Excelsior 2986]
written by Otis René
41.
1944

Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra

30





4
R&B
[Bluebird 30-0825]
written by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton & Johnny Green
42.
1944

Sometimes I'm Happy by Lester Young Quartet

27





5
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar
43.
12/1944

It's Only a Paper Moon by The King Cole Trio

27





5
R&B
[Capitol 20012]
written by Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose
44.
06/1944

Someone by Duke Ellington

22





7
R&B
[instrumental]
B side to My Little Brown Book
[Victor 20-1584]
written by Duke Ellington
45.
1944

The White Cliffs of Dover by Louis Prima

19





9
R&B
written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton
46.
1944

Just You, Just Me by Lester Young Quartet

19





9
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Jesse Greer
47.
1944

Is You Is, or Is You Ain't by Cootie Williams

19





9
R&B
[Hit 7108]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin
48.
09/1944

I Realize Now by The King Cole Trio

19





9
R&B
US B side to Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
[Capitol 169]
written by Stanley Cowen & Taps Miller
49.
12/1944

I Don't Mind by Duke Ellington

19





9
R&B
[Victor 20-1598]
written by Duke Ellington
50.
1944

Evil Gal Blues by Dinah Washington

19





9
R&B
as Sextet with Dinah Washington
written by Leonard Feather
51.
1944

Salty Papa Blues by Dinah Washington

17





10
R&B
as Sextet with Dinah Washington
written by Leonard Feather
52.
1944

On the Sunny Side of the Street by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

17





10
R&B
written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
53.
1944

No One Else Will Do by 5 Red Caps

17





10
R&B
[Beacon 7130]
written by Joe Davis
54.
1944

Lester Leaps Again by Lester Young Quartet

17





10
R&B
as Lester Young and His Kansas City Five
[instrumental]
written by Buck Clayton
55.
1944

Just for You by 5 Red Caps

17





10
R&B
[Beacon 7119]
written by Joe Davis
56.
05/1944

Just One More Chance by Cozy Cole

17





10
R&B
as Cozy Cole's All Star Band
[instrumental]
[Keynote 1300]
written by Arthur Johnson & Sam Coslow
57.
1944

Going Out the Back Way by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra

17





10
R&B
featuring Duke Ellington on piano
[instrumental]
written by Johnny Hodges
58.
1944

Boogie Woogie Ball by 5 Red Caps

17





10
R&B
[Beacon 7121]
written by Joe Davis
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