America's No. 1's of the '40s

Disc 1

1. I'll Never Smile Again - Tommy Dorsey Orch. W. Frank Sinatra
2. Frenesi - Artie Shaw Orch. (1940)
3. Only Forever - Bing Crosby (1940)
4. Song of the Volga Boatman - Glenn Miller Orch. (1941)
5. Amapola - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
6. My Sister and I - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bob Eberly (1941)
7. Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bo
8. Maria Elena - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bob Eberly (1941)
9. Daddy - Sammy Kaye & the Kaye Choir (1941)
10. Blue Champagne - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bob Eberly (1941)
11. Piano Concerto In B Flat - Freddy Martin Orch. (1941)
12. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orch. W. Tex Beneke & T
13. Elmer's Tune - Glenn Miller Orch. W. Ray Eberle & the Modern
14. Blues In the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) - Woody Herman Orc
15. A String of Pearls - Glenn Miller Orch. (1942)
16. Moonlight Cocktail - Glenn Miller Orch. (1942)
17. Tangerine - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. (1942)
18. Sleepy Lagoon - Harry James Orch. (1942)
19. Jingle Jangle Jingle - Kay Kyser Orch. W. Harry Babbit & Jul
20. (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller Orch. (1942)

Disc 2

1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby (1942)
2. There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey Orch. W. Frank Sinatra
3. I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James Orch. W. Helen Forres
4. I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James Orch. W. Helen For
5. That Old Black Magic - Glenn Miller Orch. W. Skip Nelson (19
6. Taking a Chance On Love - Benny Goodman Orch. W. Helen Forre
7. Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer - Song Spinners (1943)
8. You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners (1943)
9. In the Blue of Evening - Tommy Dorsey Orch. W. Frank Sinatra
10. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers (1943)
11. Sunday Monday or Always - Bing Crosby & Ken Darby Singers (1
12. Pistol Packin' Mama Al - Dexter Troopers (1943)
13. My Heart Tells Me - Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orch. W. Eugen
14. Shoo-Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters (1944)
15. Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) - Jimmy Dorsey Orch. W. Bob Eber
16. Mairzy Doats - Merry Macs (1944)
17. It's Love Love Love - Guy Lombardo Royal Canadians W. Skip N
18. San Fernando Valley - Bing Crosby (1944)
19. I Love You - Bing Crosby (1944)
20. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) - Harry James Orch. W. D
21. I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby (1944)
22. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan Tympany Five (1944)

Disc 3

1. Swinging On a Star - Bing Crosby & Williams Brothers Quartet
2. You Always Hurt the One You Love - Mills Brothers (1944)
3. I'll Walk Alone - Dinah Shore (1944)
4. There'll Be a Hot Time In the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks
5. I'm Making Believe - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald (1944)
6. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters (1944)
7. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ink Spots & Ella Fitzge
8. Rum and Coca Cola - the Andrews Sisters (1945)
9. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers
10. My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Les Brown Orch.
11. I'm Beginning To See the Light - Harry James Orch. W. Kitty
12. Dream - Pied Pipers (1945)
13. There! I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe Orch. W. the Norto
14. Sentimental Journey - Les Brown Orch. W. Doris Day (1945)
15. Candy - Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers (1945)
16. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer & the P
17. Till the End of Time - Perry Como (1945)
18. Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye (1945)
19. It's Been a Long Long Time - Harry James Orch. W. Helen Forr
20. It's Been a Long Long Time - Bing Crosby W. Les Paul Trio (1
21. Symphony - Freddie Martin Orch. W. Clyde Rogers (1945)

Disc 4

1. I Can't Begin To Tell You - Bing Crosby &Carmen Cavallero (1
2. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Vaughn Monroe Orch.
3. Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton (1946)
4. Personality - Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers (1946)
5. Oh What It Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle Orch. W. Marjorie Hu
6. I'm a Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye Orch. W. Betty Barclay (1946
7. Prisoner of Love - Perry Como (1946)
8. The Gypsy - Dinah Shore (1946)
9. The Gypsy - Ink Spots (1946)
10. Surrender - Perry Como (1946)
11. To Each His Own - Eddy Howard Orch. (1946)
12. To Each His Own - Freddy Martin Orch. W. Stuart Wade (1946)
13. Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra (1946)
14. To Each His Own - Ink Spots (1946)
15. Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle Orch. W. Marjorie Hughes (
16. Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser Orch W. Michael Douglas & the
17. The Old Lamplighter - Sammy Kaye Orch. W. Billy Williams (19
18. Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael (1947)
19. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio (1947)
20. Open the Door Richard - Count Basie Orch. (1947)
21. Managua Nicaragua - Freddy Martin Orch. W. Stuart Wade (1947
22. Open the Door Richard - Three Flames (1947)

Disc 5

1. Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore (1947)
2. Heartaches - Ted Weems Orch. (1947)
3. Linda - Ray Noble Orch. W. Buddy Clark & Anita Gordon (1947)
4. Mam'selle - Frank Sinatra (1947)
5. Mam'selle - Art Lund (1947)
6. Peg O' My Heart - Harmonicats (1947)
7. Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep) - Perry Como & Th
8. Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) - Jo Stafford (1947)
9. Peg O' My Heart - Buddy Clark (1947)
10. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams Western
11. Peg O' My Heart - the Three Suns (1947)
12. Near You - Francis Craig Orch. (1947)
13. Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe (1947)
14. I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover - Art Mooney Orch. (1948
15. Manana (is Soon Enough For Me) - Peggy Lee (1948)
16. Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) - Bing Crosby W. Ken D
17. Nature Boy - Nat King Cole (1948)
18. You Can't Be True, Dear - Ken Griffin W. Jerry Wayne (1948)
19. Woody Woodpecker - Kay Kyser Orch. W. Gloria Wood (1948)
20. You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace New Orch. (1948)
21. Love Somebody - Doris Day & Buddy Clark (1948)

Disc 6

1. Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt Orch. (1948)
2. Tree In the Meadow - Margaret Whiting (1948)
3. Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore (1948)
4. All I Want For Christmas (is My Two Front Teeth) - Spike Jon
5. A Little Bird Told Me - Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters (194
6. My Darling, My Darling - Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrae (1949)
7. Powder Your Face With Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) - Evel
8. Cruising Down the River - Blue Barron Orch. (1949)
9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Les Brown Orch. (1949)
10. Careless Hands - Mel Torme (1949)
11. Cruising Down the River - Russ Morgan Orch. W. the Skylarks
12. Riders In the Sky - Vaughn Monroe (1949)
13. Forever and Ever - Russ Morgan Orch. W. the Skylarks (1949)
14. 'A' You're Adorable - Perry Como W. Fontane Sisters (1949)
15. Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como (1949)
16. You're Breaking My Heart - Vic Damone (1949)
17. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) - Vaughn Monroe (1949)
18. That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine (1949)
19. Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely (1949)
20. Mule Train - Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners (1949)
21. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry (1949)
22. I Can Dream, Can't I? - Andrews Sisters (1949)