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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

Video playlist

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

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

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

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

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

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

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

08/1944

I'll Walk Alone by Dinah Shore

348

✫1
US

10
R&B

[Victor 1586]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

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

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

20
US

9
R&B

[instrumental]
written by Harry James & Jack Matthias

34.

05/1944

I'll Walk Alone by Louis Prima

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

✫1
R&B

[Capitol 165]
written by Otis René

36.

1944

I Wonder by Pvt. Cecil Gant

✫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

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

3
R&B

[Deluxe 2000]
written by Billy Eckstine

39.

06/1944

My Little Brown Book by Duke Ellington

4
R&B

[Victor 20-1584]
written by Billy Strayhorn

40.

10/1944

I'm Lost by The King Cole Trio

4
R&B

[Excelsior 2986]
written by Otis René

41.

1944

Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra

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

5
R&B

[instrumental]
written by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar

43.

12/1944

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

5
R&B

[Capitol 20012]
written by Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose

44.

06/1944

Someone by Duke Ellington

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

9
R&B

written by Walter Kent & Nat Burton

46.

1944

Just You, Just Me by Lester Young Quartet

9
R&B

[instrumental]
written by Jesse Greer

47.

1944

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

9
R&B

[Hit 7108]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin

48.

09/1944

I Realize Now by The King Cole Trio

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

9
R&B

[Victor 20-1598]
written by Duke Ellington

50.

1944

Evil Gal Blues by Dinah Washington

9
R&B

as Sextet with Dinah Washington
written by Leonard Feather

51.

1944

Salty Papa Blues by Dinah Washington

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

10
R&B

written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields

53.

1944

No One Else Will Do by 5 Red Caps

10
R&B

[Beacon 7130]
written by Joe Davis

54.

1944

Lester Leaps Again by Lester Young Quartet

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

10
R&B

[Beacon 7119]
written by Joe Davis

56.

05/1944

Just One More Chance by Cozy Cole

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

10
R&B

featuring Duke Ellington on piano
[instrumental]
written by Johnny Hodges

58.

1944

Boogie Woogie Ball by 5 Red Caps

10
R&B

[Beacon 7121]
written by Joe Davis

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