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AUSTRALIAN MUSIC
Number One Singles in the 1940s
The number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart during the 1940s are listed below. During the 1940s, often more than one version of a particular song by different artists charted at the same time, thus more than one artist may be listed for a song. Different versions are separated by a slash /
See also
2000 Singles
1990s Singles
1980s Singles
1970s Singles
1960s Singles
1950s Singles
1940s Singles
| 1949 | |
| A Little Bird Told Me | Evelyn Knight / Joe Loss |
| Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore / Gene Autry |
| Far Away Places | Bing Crosby / Joe Loss |
| (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China | Kay Kyser |
| It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World | Buddy Clark / Larry Green |
| Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) | Burl Ives / Dinah Shore |
| Powder Your Face with Sunshine | Evelyn Knight / Sammy Kaye |
| Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!), The | Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby |
| Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon | Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters / Ray McKinley |
| Rambling Rose | Perry Como / Tony Pastor |
| Riders in the Sky | Vaughn Monroe / Bing Crosby |
| Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart | Ink Spots / Joe Loss |
| Teresa | Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters |
| 1948 | |
| Anniversary Song, The | Al Jolson / Bing Crosby |
| Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) | Perry Como / Joe Loss |
| I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | George Trevare / Art Mooney |
| Near You | Bing Crosby / Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters |
| Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) | Bing Crosby / Gracie Fields |
| Serenade of the Bells | Sammy Kaye / Geraldo |
| When You Were Sweet Sixteen | Al Jolson / Perry Como |
| 1947 | |
| Anniversary Song, The | Al Jolson / Bing Crosby |
| Five Minutes More | Frank Sinatra / Tex Beneke |
| Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside) | Sammy Kaye / The Merry Macs |
| Mam'selle | Frank Sinatra / Dick Haymes |
| Prisoner of Love | Ink Spots / Perry Como |
| (There's No Business Like) Show Business | Bing Crosby / Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters |
| They Say It's Wonderful | Bing Crosby / Perry Como |
| To Each His Own | Ink Spots / Freddy Martin |
| You Keep Coming Back Like a Song | Bing Crosby / Dinah Shore |
| 1946 | |
| A Friend of Yours | Bing Crosby / Frank Sinatra |
| I'm Beginning to See the Light | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots / Duke Ellington |
| Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald |
| My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time | The Organ, The Dance Band and Me / Les Brown |
| On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe | Bing Crosby / Judy Garland |
| Rum and Coca-Cola | The Andrews Sisters |
| Sioux City Sue | Bing Crosby / Kate Smith |
| Symphony | Bing Crosby / Freddy Martin |
| 1945 | |
| Amor, Amor | Bing Crosby |
| Don't Fence Me In | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Bing Crosby / Joe Loss |
| It Could Happen to You | Bing Crosby / Dinah Shore |
| Lili Marlene | Geraldo / Lale Andersen |
| Long Ago (and Far Away) | Bing Crosby / Dinah Shore |
| Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby & Joe Loss |
| (Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral) That's an Irish Lullaby | Bing Crosby |
| 1944 | |
| A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening | Ink Spots / Frank Sinatra |
| Ev'ry Night About This Time | Ink Spots |
| Happy In Love | Dinah Shore / Glenn Miller |
| No Other Love | Joe Loss / Vera Lynn |
| Pistol Packin' Mama | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters |
| Sunday, Monday or Always | Frank Sinatra / George Trevare |
| Vict'ry Polka | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters |
| Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) | Ink Spots |
| You'll Never Know | Vera Lynn & Joe Loss |
| 1943 | |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry / Horace Heidt |
| I Don't Want to Walk Without You | Kate Smith & Bing Crosby |
| I Had the Craziest Dream | Vera Lynn / Harry James |
| White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
| Why Don't You Fall in Love With Me | Dinah Shore |
| 1942 | |
| Daddy | The Andrews Sisters / Sammy Kaye |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry / Horace Heidt |
| I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire | Horace Heidt / Ink Spots |
| In The Mood | Glenn Miller & Joe Loss |
| (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover |
Vera Lynn / Jean Cerchi |
| 1941 | |
| A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Vera Lynn / West End Players |
| Bless 'em All (The Service Song) | George Formby |
| Down Argentina Way | Shep Fields / West End Players |
| Ferryboat Serenade | The Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra / Dick Robertson |
| It's A Great Day for the Irish | Judy Garland / The Jesters |
| Woodpecker Song, The | Kate Smith / Glenn Miller |
| 1940 | |
| Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel) | The Andrews Sisters / Joe Loss |
| Blue Orchids | Joe Loss / Glenn Miller |
| South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) | Joe Loss / Carson Robison |
| Till the Lights of London Shine Again | Joe Loss |
| Woodpecker Song, The | Kate Smith / Glenn Miller |
This article uses some material from the Wikipedia article 1940s music.
