"21, 1941 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #10. The Rosemary Clooney recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39813. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 26, 1952 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #29. In addition, the song was recorded at least three times by Jo Stafford. Her previously unreleased 1942 version with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra was included in the 1966 Reader's Digest box set ""The Glenn Miller Years"". On October 15, 1943, she recorded it with Johnny Mercer, the Pied Pipers, and Paul Weston's Orchestra, in"
"His Orchestra (Columbia 35210 & Phontastic (Swd)NOST7606; 1939), and (iv) Eddie Condon And His Chicagoans (Decca 18041 & Meritt 11; 1939). 1941 was not a good year for newly published popular music. According to a January 31, 1942, ""Billboard"" article, ASCAP members claimed only 2 of the top 13 sellers in sheet music. Five of the remaining 11 were revivals, one of which was ""There'll Be Some Changes Made."" The 1941 film, ""Play Girl"", gave new life to the song. In 1941, Benny Goodman's 1939 version became a ""Billboard"" No. 1 Hit for 4 weeks (during April and May) and"
"during the second chorus. In 1942 alone, Crosby's recording spent eleven weeks on top of the ""Billboard"" charts. The original version also hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for three weeks, Crosby's first-ever appearance on the black-oriented chart. Re-released by Decca, the single returned to the No. 1 spot during the holiday seasons of 1945 and 1946 (on the chart dated January 4, 1947), thus becoming the only single with three separate runs at the top of the U.S. charts. The recording became a chart perennial, reappearing annually on the pop chart twenty separate times before ""Billboard"" magazine"
"Best Seller chart on January 18, 1952, for 2 weeks and peaked at #29. Tiny Hill's version was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5740. It entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 4, 1952 at #30, in its only week on the chart. In the United Kingdom the song was called ""Slow Coach."" The lyric was changed to fit the British title. Pee Wee King also recorded a version with that title. The major British versions recorded by Johnny Brandon and the Ray Ellington Quartet. Yet another recording made by Pee Wee King used the title"
"Best Seller chart on May 13, 1949, and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The recording by Vic Damone was recorded in February 1949 and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5261. The flip side was ""I Love You So Much It Hurts"". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 8, 1949, and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #11. Other sources give the highest chart position as #6. The recording by Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3427. It first reached"
"3-25-44. It was US Billboard 24-1944 (1 week). ""Pound Your Table Polka"" sung by Mary Martin was US Billboard 22-1942 (1 week). ""It's in the Book"" sung by Johnny Standley was US Billboard 1-1952 (2 weeks) million seller. Horace Heidt Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901 – December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Alameda, California, Heidt attended Culver Academies. At the University of California, Berkeley, he was a guard"
"weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. The Jimmie Lunceford recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 4125. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 30, 1942 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. The Cab Calloway recording was released by OKeh Records as catalog number 6422. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 6, 1942 and lasted 1 week on the chart, at #8. The Artie Shaw recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 27609. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on November"
"as the most popular and commercially successful big band of the swing music era, MacGregor was a major contributor to its legacy. Between 1939 and 1943 the band would achieve twenty-three no.1 hit records on the Billboard, Variety and Hit Parade Magazine music charts, second only to vocalist Bing Crosby in that period. Original 78 rpm Miller records such as ""In the Mood"", ""Tuxedo Junction"" and ""A String of Pearls"" are mainstays of 1940s popular music and cultural collectors items representing ""the greatest generation."" From the early 1950s into the 21st century hundreds of long play albums, extended play singles"
"2 on June 2, and was on the best-selling list for 18 weeks. He initially had great success, and performed on the radio on ""Your Hit Parade"" from February 1943 until December 1944, and on stage. Columbia wanted new recordings of their growing star as quickly as possible, so Alec Wilder was hired as an arranger and conductor for several sessions with a vocal group called the Bobby Tucker Singers. These first sessions were on June 7, June 22, August 5, and November 10, 1943. Of the nine songs recorded during these sessions, seven charted on the best-selling list. That"
"popularity of the tune prompted Glenn Miller to ask Jurgens if he could record a vocal version of the song. Robbins Music Company, the song’s publisher, hired Sammy Gallop to write the lyrics. Miller recorded his version of the song for RCA Bluebird (B-11274-A) on August 11, 1941 in New York with Ray Eberle on lead vocals and the Modernaires on backing vocals. This version was an even bigger success than Jurgens’ recording, peaking at no.1 for one week on the ""Billboard"" Best Selling Retail Records chart for the week ending December 13, 1941, in a 20-week chart run. The"
"of ""Music Week"" and to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1. However, from 1977 to 1982 BMRB produced updated charts a few months later which included the missing final weeks' sales for each year. No updated chart appears to exist for 1979, so the tables below include only sales between 1 January and 8 December 1979. The two singles most affected by the lack of a full year chart are the records that were at number one and number two for the final three weeks of the year, ""Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"" by Pink Floyd and ""I"
"Billboard magazine charts on May 4, 1944 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. The Perry Como recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1569. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 11, 1944 and lasted three weeks on the chart, peaking at #8. The Bing Crosby recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18608. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 29, 1944 and lasted four weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. The flip side, ""Amor,"" also charted, making this a two-sided hit. The"
"the ""Billboard"" magazine Best Seller chart on November 8, 1945 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. It was the flip side of ""That's for Me,"" another top-10 best seller. The recording by Paul Weston/Margaret Whiting was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 214. It first reached the ""Billboard"" magazine Best Seller chart on November 22, 1945, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. The recording by Sammy Kaye was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1738. It first reached the ""Billboard"" magazine Best Seller chart on December 20, 1945 and"
"27 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The recording by David Carroll was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70516. It first reached the ""Billboard"" Best Seller chart on December 29, 1954 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. This was Carroll's only hit on the Billboard best seller chart. Another Carroll version, featuring a narration by Paul Tremaine, was released on Mercury 70521. This version was shown as a best-selling version in Cashbox for most of ""Melody Of Love""'s extensive chart run. The instrumental recording by Leo Diamond was released by RCA Victor Records"
"the recording date, ""Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"" was released as a single in November 1947. Meanwhile, ""Stormy Monday Blues"", a jazz single by Earl Hines and His Orchestra with Billy Eckstine on vocals had become a number one hit on ""Billboard"" magazine's Harlem Hit Parade chart in 1942 and also reached number 23 in the magazine's pop chart. Credited to Eckstine, Hines, and Bob Crowder, the composition features a big band arrangement with different lyrics and does not include the words ""stormy"" or ""Monday"". The fact that both Walker's and the Eckstine/Hines song include"
"magazine Best Seller chart on January 21, 1949, and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The recording by Jack Smith was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15372. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on February 25, 1949, and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. The recording by Primo Scala and the Keynotes was released by London Records as catalog number 356. It reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 4, 1949, at #27, its only week on the chart. The recording by Frankie Carle was released by"
"Recorded versions that charted in the United States were by Woody Herman, Dinah Shore, Jimmie Lunceford, Cab Calloway, Artie Shaw, and Rosemary Clooney. Recorded versions in the United Kingdom were by Shirley Bassey and Helen Shapiro. The Woody Herman recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 4030. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 2, 1942 and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The Dinah Shore recording was released by RCA Bluebird Records as catalog number 11436. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on February 13, 1942 and lasted 7"
"Seller chart on February 21, 1947 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 1. The recording by Harry James was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 37305. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 18, 1947 and lasted 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 8. This was his last charting hit. A radically altered arrangement of ""Heartaches"" also became popular in 1961 as a version by The Marcels was released as a followup to their U.S. hit ""Blue Moon"". Although the Marcels' ""Heartaches"" single failed to match the number 1"
"1942, which went to number one on the Harlem Hit Parade chart (Capitol 115), for two non consecutive weeks, as did Harry James and His Orchestra also issued a best-selling platter on the Columbia label that year. The song appeared on ""Variety's"" 10 Best Sellers on Coin Machines list in December 1942. Also performed by: It was also the origin of several small bits on radio comedy shows of the period, including on the Jack Benny and Fred Allen programs. Mr. Five by Five ""Mr. Five by Five"" is a 1942 popular song by Don Raye and Gene DePaul that"
"catalog number 70403. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 23, 1954, and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The recording by the Hugo Winterhalter orchestra on May 25, 1954, was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5769. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 7, 1954, and lasted 11 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. The flip side of this recording, ""The Magic Tango,"" also charted, reaching #25. Eddie Fisher provided the vocal but was credited on the label only as ""a friend""! The song"
"on the ""Billboard"" Best Selling Sheet Music chart on the week ending June 18, 1955. It stayed at its peak position for nine weeks until it dropped to number four on its twentieth week on the week ending August 27. The best-known version of ""Unchained Melody"" was recorded by the duo The Righteous Brothers for Philles Records in 1965. The lead vocal was performed solo by Bobby Hatfield, who later recorded other versions of the song credited solely to him. According to his singing partner Bill Medley, they had agreed to do one solo piece each per album. Both wanted"
"the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 10, 1949, and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #22. Other sources give the highest chart position as #6. The flip side, ""The Hucklebuck"", also charted. The recording by Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra was made on February 17, 1949, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 24602. The flip side was ""Skip to My Lou"". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 15, 1949, and lasted 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The recording by Vera Lynn was released by London Records"
"label (catalogue number 9009) in November 1955, and was reissued as ""Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino"" in 1956. The reissue reached number 17 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Albums chart. His 1956 recording of ""Blueberry Hill"", a 1940 song by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock (which had previously been recorded by Gene Autry, Louis Armstrong and others), reached number 2 on the Billboard Juke Box chart for two weeks and was number 1 on the R&B chart for 11 weeks. It was his biggest hit, selling more than 5 million copies worldwide in 1956 and 1957. The song"
"20-1661, with the flip side ""Five Salted Peanuts"". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 10, 1945 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. The recording by Kay Kyser's orchestra was recorded on April 2, 1945 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36801, with the flip side ""Can't You Read Between the Lines?"". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 7, 1945 and lasted 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #5. The recording by Guy Lombardo's orchestra was recorded on April 20, 1945, and released by"
"by: The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Bluebird Records (10768), Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry (also in the 1941 film ""The Singing Hill"", Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. The largest 1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached number one. Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching number 29. It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one"
"chart on May 9, 1941 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. The numerous other recordings of the number include: Frank D'Rone - a single release as ""The Strawberry Blonde"" (this reached the UK charts in 1960, peaking at No. 24); Connie Francis - for her album ""Sing Along with Connie Francis "" (1961); Alvin and the Chipmunks in the 1962 album ""The Chipmunk Songbook""; Bing Crosby who included the song in a medley on his album ""On the Sentimental Side"" (1962); Alice Faye - for the album ""Alice Faye Sings Her Greatest Movie Hits"" (1962); and"
"appeared in his movie ""Holiday Inn"" (1942). His record hit the charts on October 3, 1942, and rose to No. 1 on October 31, where it stayed for 11 weeks. A holiday perennial, the song was repeatedly re-released by Decca, charting another sixteen times. It topped the charts again in 1945 and a third time in January 1947. The song remains the bestselling single of all time. According to ""Guinness World Records"", his recording of ""White Christmas"" has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. His recording was so popular that"
"Trio recorded a version released as V-Disc 540B with a spoken introduction which was issued in November, 1945 by the U.S. War Department. In 1948, bandleader Stan Kenton enjoyed some success with his version of the tune. The recording, with a vocal by June Christy, was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 911 (with the flip side ""Willow, Weep for Me"") and 15117 (with the flip side ""Interlude""). It reached the ""Billboard magazine"" Best Seller chart on July 9, 1948, its only week on the chart, at #27. A recording of the song by Les Paul and Mary Ford"
"with lyricists Al Dubin, Billy Rose, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. In 1942 the Gordon-Warren song ""Chattanooga Choo-Choo"", as performed by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, became the first gold record in history. It was No.1 for nine weeks on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart in 1941–1942, selling 1.2 million copies. Among his biggest hits were ""There Will Never Be Another You"", ""I Only Have Eyes for You"", ""Forty-Second Street"", ""The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)"", ""Lullaby of Broadway"", ""Serenade In Blue"", ""At Last"", ""Jeepers Creepers"", ""You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me"", ""That's"
"Stones and returning to the top spot for a week. After being again displaced by ""The Rolling Stones No. 2"", ""Beatles for Sale"" would overtake it for a second time on 1 May, remaining there for another three weeks before being displaced by Dylan's ""The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"". Eight of the album's tracks were later issued on two four-song EPs: ""Beatles for Sale"" and ""Beatles for Sale No. 2"", released in April and June 1965, respectively. The concurrent Beatles release in the United States, ""Beatles '65"", included eight songs from ""Beatles for Sale"", omitting the tracks ""Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey,"
"year. The group had twelve more chart hits with Dorsey, ten of them with Sinatra. Also, Jo Stafford herself had a solo hit, ""Yes Indeed"", in 1941. Around Thanksgiving 1942, Tommy Dorsey (who was prone to incidents of bad temper) became angry at one of the Pipers for sending him in the wrong direction at a railroad station in Portland, Oregon, and fired him. The Pipers, out of ""team loyalty,"" resigned en masse. At that moment, the #1 record on the charts was ""There Are Such Things"" sung by Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, the last RCA record they"
"a single week at number six on the week ending 21 November 2011, the album remained in the top five for 70 consecutive weeks. Its 38 accumulated weeks at the top is the longest in New Zealand chart history. Released 22 February in the US, ""21"" debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 with first-week sales of 352,000 copies. The album remained in the top three for its first 24 weeks, the top five for a record 39 consecutive weeks, and the top 10 for a total of 84 weeks, That staggering sum ties the album with Bruce Springsteen's"
"(1942), ""Blue Skies"" (1946) and ""Easter Parade"" (1948), with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, and ""There's No Business Like Show Business"" (1954). The 1942 film ""Holiday Inn"" introduced ""White Christmas"", one of the most recorded songs in history. First sung in the film by Bing Crosby (along with Marjorie Reynolds, whose voice was dubbed by Martha Mears), it has sold over 50 million records and stayed no. 1 on the pop and R&B charts for 10 weeks. Crosby's version is the best-selling single of all time. Music critic Stephen Holden credits this partly to the fact that ""the song also"