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This is the discography for American jazz band leader Sammy Kaye.
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This is the discography for American jazz band leader Sammy Kaye.
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | AUS | ||
| 1937 | "Swing and Sway" | 15 | ||
| "Josephine" | 15 | |||
| "Rosalie" | 1 | |||
| 1938 | "Sometimes I'm Happy" | 18 | ||
| "True Confession" | 11 | |||
| "Love Walked In" | 1 | |||
| "When They Played the Polka" | 4 | |||
| "I Married an Angel" | 17 | |||
| "All Ashore" | 3 | |||
| "Two Sleepy People" | 6 | |||
| "Carolina Moon" | 15 | |||
| "They Say" | 11 | |||
| "Hurry Home" | 4 | |||
| 1939 | "Star Dust" | 16 | ||
| "My Blue Heaven" | 17 | |||
| "Penny Serenade" | 2 | |||
| "There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket" | 10 | |||
| "We've Come a Long Way Together" | 8 | |||
| "White Sails (Beneath a Yellow Moon)" | 4 | |||
| "My Heart Has Wings" | 14 | |||
| "Shabby Old Cabby" | 7 | |||
| "In Our Little Part of Town" | 16 | |||
| 1940 | "Last Night's Gardenias" | 17 | ||
| "Let There Be Love" | 4 | |||
| "Make Believe Island" | 19 | |||
| "Where Was I?" | 11 | |||
| "Dream Valley" | 1 | |||
| "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | 21 | |||
| "Along the Santa Fe Trail" | 9 | |||
| 1941 | "The Mem'ry of a Rose" | 24 | ||
| "Until Tomorrow (Goodnight My Love)" | 10 | |||
| "Daddy" | 1 | |||
| "The Reluctant Dragon" | 12 | |||
| "Harbor of Dreams" | 22 | |||
| "Minka" | 14 | |||
| 1942 | "The Shrine of St. Cecelia" | 7 | ||
| "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" | 11 | |||
| "Madelaine" | 9 | |||
| "Remember Pearl Harbor" | 3 | |||
| "Dear Mom" | 21 | |||
| "On the Street of Regret" | 21 | |||
| "Here You Are" | 25 | |||
| "Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland" | 13 | |||
| "Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home" | 19 | |||
| "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen" | 3 | |||
| "Where the Mountains Meet the Sky" | 20 | |||
| "I Came Here to Talk for Joe" | 8 | |||
| "My Buddy" | 23 | |||
| 1943 | "There Will Never Be Another You" | 20 | ||
| "Taking a Chance on Love" | 13 | |||
| 1944 | "There Goes That Song Again" | 8 | ||
| 1945 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | 10 | ||
| "Always" | 10 | |||
| "Don't Fence Me In" | 4 | |||
| "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" | 6 | |||
| "Just a Prayer Away" | 10 | |||
| "All of My Life" | 10 | |||
| "Gotta Be This or That" | 6 | |||
| "Good, Good, Good (That's You, That's You)" | 10 | |||
| "Chickery Chick" | 1 | |||
| "Walkin' with My Honey (Soon, Soon, Soon)" | 10 | |||
| "Promises" | 17 | |||
| "I Can't Begin to Tell You" | 9 | |||
| "It Might as Well Be Spring" | 4 | |||
| 1946 | "Atlanta, GA." | 6 | ||
| "I'm a Big Girl Now" | 1 | |||
| "The Gypsy" | 3 | |||
| "Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside" | 3 | |||
| "The Old Lamp-Lighter" | 1 | |||
| "Sooner or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)" | 8 | |||
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | 11 | |||
| 1947 | "The Egg and I" | 16 | ||
| "After Graduation Day" | 22 | |||
| "That's My Desire" | 2 | |||
| "The Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume" | 8 | |||
| "The Echo Says 'No'" | 17 | |||
| "An Apple Blossom Wedding" | 5 | |||
| "The Little Old Mill (Went Round and Round)" | 24 | |||
| "Serenade of the Bells" | 3 | |||
| "Hand in Hand" | 21 | |||
| "Dream Again" | 21 | |||
| "I'll Hate Myself in the Morning" | 20 | |||
| 1948 | "I Love You, Yes I Do" | 10 | ||
| "Tell Me a Story" | 8 | |||
| "Baby Face" | 11 | |||
| "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" | 14 | |||
| "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" | 4 | |||
| 1949 | "Careless Hands" | 3 | ||
| "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" | 13 | |||
| "Kiss Me Sweet" | 29 | |||
| "Room Full of Roses" | 2 | |||
| "The Four Winds and the Seven Seas" | 3 | |||
| "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | 12 | |||
| "Dime a Dozen" | 24 | |||
| "Hollywood Square Dance" | 1 | |||
| 1950 | "It Isn't Fair" | 2 | ||
| "Wanderin'" | 11 | |||
| "Roses" | 5 | |||
| "Harbor Lights" | 1 | |||
| 1951 | "Longing for You" | 16 | ||
| "(It's No) Sin" | 25 | |||
| 1952 | "You" | 28 | ||
| "Walkin' to Missouri" | 11 | |||
| 1953 | "In the Mission of St. Augustine" | 15 | ||
| 1961 | "Welcome Home" | 68 | ||
| 1964 | "Charade" | 36 | 10 | |
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