USA NO 1 SINGLES OF THE FORTIES

Reached number one	Artist(s)	Single	Record label	Weeks at number one	Ref
1940
July 27, 1940	Tommy Dorsey	"I'll Never Smile Again"	RCA Victor	12	[1]
October 19, 1940	Bing Crosby	"Only Forever"	Decca	9	[1]
December 21, 1940	Artie Shaw	"Frenesi"	RCA Victor	12	[1]
1941
March 15, 1941	Glenn Miller	"Song of the Volga Boatmen"	Bluebird	1	[1]
March 22, 1941	Artie Shaw	"Frenesi"	RCA Victor	1	[1]
March 29, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"	Decca	10	[1]
June 7, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"My Sister and I"	Decca	1	[1]
June 14, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"Maria Elena"	Decca	1	[1]
June 21, 1941	Sammy Kaye	"Daddy"	RCA Victor	1	[1]
June 28, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"My Sister and I"	Decca	1	[1]
July 5, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"Maria Elena"	Decca	1	[1]
July 12, 1941	Sammy Kaye	"Daddy"	RCA Victor	7	[1]
August 30, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)"	Decca	4	[1]
September 27, 1941	Jimmy Dorsey	"Blue Champagne"	Decca	1	[1]
October 4, 1941	Freddy Martin	"Piano Concerto in B Flat"	Bluebird	8	[1]
November 29, 1941	Glenn Miller	"Chattanooga Choo Choo"	Bluebird	3	[1]
December 20, 1941	Glenn Miller	"Elmer's Tune"	Bluebird	1	[1]
December 27, 1941	Glenn Miller	"Chattanooga Choo Choo"	Bluebird	6	[1]
1942
February 7, 1942	Glenn Miller	"A String of Pearls"	Bluebird	1	[1]
February 14, 1942	Woody Herman	"Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)"	Decca	1	[1]
February 21, 1942	Glenn Miller	"A String of Pearls"	Bluebird	1	[1]
February 28, 1942	Glenn Miller	"Moonlight Cocktail"	Bluebird	10	[1]
May 9, 1942	Jimmy Dorsey	"Tangerine"	Decca	6	[1]
June 20, 1942	Harry James	"Sleepy Lagoon"	N/A	4	[1]
July 18, 1942	Kay Kyser	"Jingle Jangle Jingle"	N/A	8	[1]
September 12, 1942	Glenn Miller	"(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo"	N/A	7	[1]
October 31, 1942	Bing Crosby	"White Christmas"	N/A	11	[1]
1943
January 16, 1943	Tommy Dorsey	"There Are Such Things"	N/A	4	[1]
February 13, 1943	Harry James	"I Had The Craziest Dream"	N/A	2	[1]
February 27, 1943	Tommy Dorsey	"There Are Such Things"	N/A	1	[1]
March 6, 1943	Harry James	"I've Heard That Song Before"	N/A	12	[1]
May 29, 1943	Glenn Miller	"That Old Black Magic"	N/A	1	[1]
June 5, 1943	Harry James	"I've Heard That Song Before"	N/A	1	[1]
June 12, 1943	Benny Goodman	"Taking A Chance On Love"	N/A	3	[1]
July 3, 1943	The Song Spinners	"Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer"	N/A	3	[1]
July 24, 1943	Dick Haymes	"You'll Never Know"	N/A	4	[1]
August 21, 1943	Tommy Dorsey	"In The Blue Of Evening"	N/A	3	[1]
September 11, 1943	Bing Crosby	"Sunday, Monday Or Always"	N/A	7	[1]
October 30, 1943	Al Dexter	"Pistol Packin' Mama"	N/A	1	[1]
November 6, 1943	Mills Brothers	"Paper Doll"	N/A	12	[1]
1944
January 29, 1944	Glen Gray	"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)"	N/A	5	[1]
March 4, 1944	Jimmy Dorsey	"Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)"	N/A	7	[1]
April 22, 1944	Guy Lombardo	"It's Love-Love-Love"	N/A	2	[1]
May 6, 1944	Bing Crosby	"I Love You"	N/A	5	[1]
June 10, 1944	Harry James	"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"	N/A	3	[1]
July 1, 1944	Bing Crosby	"I'll Be Seeing You"	N/A	1	[1]
July 8, 1944	Harry James	"I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)"	N/A	1	[1]
July 15, 1944	Bing Crosby	"I'll Be Seeing You"	N/A	3	[1]
August 5, 1944	Bing Crosby	"Swinging On A Star"	N/A	9	[1]
October 7, 1944	Mills Brothers	"You Always Hurt The One You Love"	N/A	1	[1]
October 14, 1944	Dinah Shore	"I'll Walk Alone"	N/A	1	[1]
October 21, 1944	Mills Brothers	"You Always Hurt The One You Love"	N/A	2	[1]
November 4, 1944	Dinah Shore	"I'll Walk Alone"	N/A	3	[1]
November 25, 1944	Mills Brothers	"You Always Hurt The One You Love"	N/A	2	[1]
December 9, 1944	The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald	"I'm Making Believe"	N/A	2	[1]
December 23, 1944	Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters	"Don't Fence Me In"	N/A	8	[1]
1945
February 17, 1945	The Andrews Sisters	"Rum and Coca-Cola"	N/A	7	[1]
April 7, 1945	Les Brown	"My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time"	N/A	7	[1]
May 26, 1945	Les Brown	"Sentimental Journey"	N/A	9	[1]
July 28, 1945	Johnny Mercer	"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"	N/A	7	[1]
September 15, 1945	Perry Como	"Till The End Of Time"	N/A	9	[1]
November 17, 1945	Sammy Kaye	"Chickery Chick"	N/A	1	[1]
November 24, 1945	Harry James	"It's Been A Long, Long Time"	N/A	2	[1]
December 8, 1945	Bing Crosby and The Les Paul Trio	"It's Been A Long, Long Time"	N/A	1	[1]
December 15, 1945	Sammy Kaye	"Chickery Chick"	N/A	1	[1]
December 22, 1945	Harry James	"It's Been A Long, Long Time"	N/A	1	[1]
December 29, 1945	Sammy Kaye	"Chickery Chick"	N/A	1	[1]
1946
January 5, 1946	Freddy Martin	"Symphony"	N/A	2	[1]
January 19, 1946	Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro	"I Can't Begin To Tell You"	N/A	1	[1]
January 26, 1946	Vaughn Monroe	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	N/A	5	[1]
March 2, 1946	Betty Hutton	"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief"	N/A	1	[1]
March 9, 1946	Johnny Mercer	"Personality"	N/A	1	[1]
March 16, 1946	Frankie Carle	"Oh! What It Seemed To Be"	N/A	6	[1]
April 27, 1946	Sammy Kaye	"I'm A Big Girl Now"	N/A	1	[1]
May 4, 1946	Perry Como	"Prisoner Of Love"♪ (1946)	N/A	3	[1]
May 25, 1946	The Ink Spots	"The Gypsy"	N/A	10	[1]
August 3, 1946	Perry Como	"Surrender"	N/A	1	[1]
August 10, 1946	Eddy Howard	"To Each His Own"	N/A	3	[1]
August 31, 1946	Freddy Martin	"To Each His Own"	N/A	2	[1]
September 14, 1946	Frank Sinatra	"Five Minutes More"	N/A	1	[1]
September 21, 1946	The Ink Spots	"To Each His Own"	N/A	1	[1]
September 28, 1946	Frank Sinatra	"Five Minutes More"	N/A	1	[1]
October 5, 1946	Eddy Howard	"To Each His Own"	N/A	2	[1]
October 19, 1946	Frankie Carle	"Rumors Are Flying"	N/A	8	[1]
December 14, 1946	Kay Kyser	"Old Buttermilk Sky"	N/A	2	[1]
December 28, 1946	Sammy Kaye	"The Old Lamp-Lighter"	N/A	7	[1]
1947
February 15, 1947	The King Cole Trio	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"	N/A	1	[1]
February 22, 1947	Count Basie	"Open The Door, Richard!"	N/A	1	[1]
March 1, 1947	Freddy Martin	"Managua, Nicaragua"	N/A	2	[1]
March 15, 1947	Ted Weems	"Heartaches"	N/A	12	[1]
June 7, 1947	Art Lund	"Mam'selle"	N/A	2	[1]
June 21, 1947	The Harmonicats	"Peg O' My Heart"	N/A	1	[1]
June 28, 1947	Perry Como	"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)"	N/A	3	[1]
July 19, 1947	The Harmonicats	"Peg O' My Heart"	N/A	3	[1]
August 9, 1947	Tex Williams	"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"	N/A	6	[1]
September 20, 1947	Francis Craig	"Near You"♪ (1947)	N/A	12	[1]
December 13, 1947	Vaughn Monroe	"Ballerina"	N/A	10	[1]
1948
February 21, 1948	Art Mooney	"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"	N/A	3	[1]
March 13, 1948	Peggy Lee	"Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)"	N/A	9	[1]
May 15, 1948	Nat King Cole	"Nature Boy"	N/A	7	[1]
July 3, 1948	Kay Kyser	"Woody Wood-Pecker"	N/A	6	[1]
August 14, 1948	Al Trace	"You Call Everybody Darlin'"	N/A	2	[1]
August 28, 1948	Pee Wee Hunt	"Twelfth Street Rag"	N/A	6	[1]
October 9, 1948	Margaret Whiting	"A Tree In The Meadow"	N/A	2	[1]
October 23, 1948	Pee Wee Hunt	"Twelfth Street Rag"♪ (1948)	N/A	2	[1]
November 6, 1948	Dinah Shore	"Buttons And Bows"	N/A	9	[1]
1949
January 8, 1949	Spike Jones	"All I Want For Christmas (is My Two Front Teeth)"	N/A	1	[1]
January 15, 1949	Dinah Shore	"Buttons And Bows"	N/A	1	[1]
January 22, 1949	Evelyn Knight	"A Little Bird Told Me"	N/A	7	[1]
March 12, 1949	Blue Barron	"Cruising Down the River"	N/A	2	[1]
April 2, 1949	Russ Morgan	"Cruising Down the River"	N/A	7	[1]
May 14, 1949	Vaughn Monroe	"Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"♪ (1949)	N/A	11	[1]
July 30, 1949	Perry Como	"Some Enchanted Evening"	N/A	5	[1]
September 3, 1949	Vic Damone	"You're Breaking My Heart"	N/A	4	[1]
October 1, 1949	Frankie Laine	"That Lucky Old Sun"	N/A	8	[1]
November 26, 1949	Frankie Laine	"Mule Train"	N/A	6	[1]