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Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944.

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On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle in September 1943, but RCA Victor and Columbia held on until November 11, 1944. [2] [4] It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, with two more by Capitol, the second company to settle.

Beginning February 19, 1944, The Billboard modified its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The January 6, 1945 issue contained year-end top ten charts for "Best Selling Retail Records", "Most Played Juke Box Records" and "Top 10 Disks for 1944", the latter combining the scores of the former two charts. The chart below was compiled using Billboard's formula, but includes each record's full chart period, with weeks from 1943 and 1945 as needed. Details from "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" (Hillbilly), "Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP) charts and the "American Folk Records" column late 1943-early 1944 were also considered. As always, numerical rankings are approximate.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart positions
1 Bing Crosby "Swinging on a Star" [5] Decca 18597February 7, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [6]
2Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters "Don't Fence Me In" [7] Decca 23364July 25, 1944November 1944US BB 1944 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 21 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [6]
3 Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Dick Haymes)"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" [8] Columbia 36698April 7, 1941March 1944US BB 1944 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 29 total weeks
4 The Mills Brothers "You Always Hurt The One You Love" [9] Decca 18599February 27, 1944May 1944US BB 1944 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 32 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #29, Harlem Hit Parade #5 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [6]
5 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocals Bob Eberle and Helen O'connell)"Besame Mucho" [10] Decca 18574October 7, 1943December 1943US BB 1944 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [11]
6 Dinah Shore "I'll Walk Alone" [12] Victor 20-1586April 11, 1944 [13] May 19, 1944US BB 1944 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #44, Harlem Hit Parade #10 for 2 weeks, 2 total weeks, CashBox #1, USPop #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks
7Bing Crosby"I'll Be Seeing You" [14] Decca 18595February 17, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks
8 Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" [15] Decca 18567October 1, 1943November 1943US BB 1944 #8, US #1 for 5 weeks, 24 total weeks
9 Red Foley "Smoke on the Water" [16] Decca 6102May 4, 1944June 13, 1944US BB 1944 #57, US #7 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #2, MPJBFR #1 for 13 weeks, 27 total weeks
10Bing Crosby"I Love You" [17] Decca 18595February 11, 1944March 1944US BB 1944 #9, US #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks
11 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "I'm Making Believe" [18] Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US 1944 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, CashBox #4, USPop #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #18, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
12 King Cole Trio "Straighten Up and Fly Right" [19] Capitol 154November 30, 1943April 14, 1944US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, MPJBFR #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
13Bing Crosby"San Fernando Valley" [20] Decca 18586December 29, 1943February 1944US BB 1944 #11, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 24 total weeks
14 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" [21] Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [11]
15The Andrews Sisters"Shoo-Shoo Baby" [22] Decca 18572October 5, 1943November 1943US BB 1944 #12, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks
16 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "G.I. Jive" [23] Decca 8659March 15, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
17 Merry Macs "Mairzy Doats" [24] Decca 18588December 13, 1943January 1944US BB 1944 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 14 total weeks, Decca Records' best-selling release of 1944 [25]
18 Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes"Long Ago (and Far Away)" [26] Decca 23317January 27, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #15, US #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
19 The Pied Pipers "The Trolley Song" [27] Capitol 168May 19, 1944September 1944US BB 1944 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
20Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" [28] Decca 23350June 30, 1944August 24, 1944US BB 1944 #20, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 15 total weeks

Top race records

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart positions
1 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
2 King Cole Trio "Straighten Up and Fly Right" [19] Capitol 154November 30, 1943April 14, 1944US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
3 Duke Ellington "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"Victor 20-1547March 15, 1940December 1943US BB 1944 #73, US #10 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks
4 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "G.I. Jive"Decca 8659March 15, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
5 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra "Hampton's Boogie Woogie"Decca 18613August 30, 1944August 1944US R&B 1944 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Antheil, George 1942 (Symphony No. 4) 1944-02-13New York City NBC Symphony – Stokowski [29]
Barber, Samuel Capricorn Concerto 1944-10-08New York City Saidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg [30]
Barber, Samuel Symphony No. 2 1944-03-03 Symphony Hall, Boston Boston Symphony Orchestra – Koussevitzky [31]
Bartók, Béla Concerto for Orchestra 1944-12-01Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [32]
Bartók, Béla Sonata for Solo Violin 1944-11-26New York City Menuhin [33]
Bernstein, Leonard Jeremiah (Symphony No. 1) 1944-01-28Pittsburgh Tourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein [34]
Carter, Elliott Symphony No. 1 1944-04-27Rochester, New York Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [35]
Copland, Aaron Letter from Home 1944-10-17New York City Philco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman [36] [37]
Copland, Aaron Violin Sonata 1944-01-17New York City Posselt, Copland [38]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei 1944-11-10Rome Danco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali [39]
Ginastera, Alberto Canciones populares argentinas 1944-07-17Buenos Aires Frías de López, Luzzatti [40]
Ginastera, Alberto Obertura para el Fausto criollo 1944-05-12Santiago de Chile Chile Symphony – Castro [41]
Ginastera, Alberto Preludios americanos 1944-08-07Buenos Aires Spivak [42]
Hindemith, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber 1944-01-20New York City New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [43]
Jolivet, André Danses rituelles 1944-12-05Paris Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [44]
Jolivet, André Poèmes intimes 1944-04-04Paris Bernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens [45]
Jongen, Joseph Piano Concerto 1944-01-06Brussels Del Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – André [46]
Khachaturian, Aram Suite from Masquerade 1944-08-06Moscow USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gorchakov [47]
Moore, Douglas In memoriam 1944-04-27Rochester, New York Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson [48]
Piston, Walter Symphony No. 2 1944-03-05Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindler [49]
Prokofiev, Sergei Piano Sonata No. 8 1944-12-30Moscow Gilels [50]
Rainier, Priaulx String Quartet 1944-07-03London Zorian Quartet [51]
Schoenberg, Arnold Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte 1944-11-23New York City Harrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [52]
Schoenberg, Arnold Piano Concerto 1944-02-06New York City Steuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski [53]
Schoenberg, Arnold Theme and Variations for Orchestra 1944-10-20Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [54]
Schoenberg, Arnold Variations on a Recitative (1941)1944-04-10New York City Weinrich [55]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Piano Trio No. 2 1944-11-14Leningrad Tsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich [56]
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 2 1944-11-14Leningrad Beethoven Quartet [57]
Stravinsky, Igor Norwegian Moods 1944-01-13Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston Symphony – Stravinsky [58]
Stravinsky, Igor Scherzo à la russe (band version)1944-09-05New York City Whiteman Band [59]
Stravinsky, Igor Sonata for Two Pianos 1944-08-02Madison, Wisconsin Boulanger, Johnston [60]
Tippett, Michael A Child of Our Time , oratorio1944-03-19London Cross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr [61]

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