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Number One Singles in the 1940s – Australian Music

This is a complete listing of number one singles in Australia in the 1940s. It’s an interesting decade, because it covers the war years, with plenty of patriotic songs; post-war reflections; dance crazes and the advent of rock ‘n roll.

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 MeEvelyn Knight / Joe Loss
 Buttons and BowsDinah Shore / Gene Autry
 Far Away PlacesBing Crosby / Joe Loss
 (I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to ChinaKay Kyser
 It’s a Big, Wide, Wonderful WorldBuddy Clark / Larry Green
 Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)Burl Ives / Dinah Shore
 Powder Your Face with SunshineEvelyn Knight / Sammy Kaye
 Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!), ThePatty Andrews & Bob Crosby
 Put ’em in a Box, Tie ’em with a RibbonDanny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters
 / Ray McKinley
 Rambling RosePerry Como / Tony Pastor
 Riders in the SkyVaughn Monroe / Bing Crosby
 Say Something Sweet to Your SweetheartInk Spots / Joe Loss
 TeresaDick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters
1948
 Anniversary Song, TheAl Jolson / Bing Crosby
 Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)Perry Como / Joe Loss
 I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf CloverGeorge Trevare / Art Mooney
 Near YouBing Crosby
/ Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters
 Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)Bing Crosby / Gracie Fields
 Serenade of the BellsSammy Kaye / Geraldo
 When You Were Sweet SixteenAl Jolson / Perry Como
1947
 Anniversary Song, TheAl Jolson / Bing Crosby
 Five Minutes MoreFrank Sinatra / Tex Beneke
 Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)Sammy Kaye / The Merry Macs
 Mam’selleFrank Sinatra / Dick Haymes
 Prisoner of LoveInk Spots / Perry Como
 (There’s No Business Like) Show BusinessBing Crosby
/ Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters
 They Say It’s WonderfulBing Crosby / Perry Como
 To Each His OwnInk Spots / Freddy Martin
 You Keep Coming Back Like a SongBing Crosby / Dinah Shore
1946
 A Friend of YoursBing Crosby / Frank Sinatra
 I’m Beginning to See the LightElla Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
/ Duke Ellington
 Into Each Life Some Rain Must FallInk Spots & Ella Fitzgerald
 My Dreams Are Getting Better All the TimeThe Organ, The Dance Band and Me
/ Les Brown
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa FeBing Crosby / Judy Garland
 Rum and Coca-ColaThe Andrews Sisters
 Sioux City SueBing Crosby / Kate Smith
 SymphonyBing Crosby / Freddy Martin
1945
 Amor, AmorBing Crosby
 Don’t Fence Me InBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
 I’ll Be Seeing YouBing Crosby / Joe Loss
 It Could Happen to YouBing Crosby / Dinah Shore
 Lili MarleneGeraldo / Lale Andersen
 Long Ago (and Far Away)Bing Crosby / Dinah Shore
 Swinging on a StarBing Crosby & Joe Loss
 (Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral) That’s an Irish LullabyBing Crosby
1944
 A Lovely Way to Spend An EveningInk Spots / Frank Sinatra
 Ev’ry Night About This TimeInk Spots
 Happy In LoveDinah Shore / Glenn Miller
 No Other LoveJoe Loss / Vera Lynn
 Pistol Packin’ MamaBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
 Sunday, Monday or AlwaysFrank Sinatra / George Trevare
 Vict’ry PolkaBing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
 Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell the Trees)Ink Spots
 You’ll Never KnowVera Lynn & Joe Loss
1943
 Deep in the Heart of TexasGene Autry / Horace Heidt
 I Don’t Want to Walk Without YouKate Smith & Bing Crosby
 I Had the Craziest DreamVera Lynn / Harry James
 White ChristmasBing Crosby
 Why Don’t You Fall in Love With MeDinah Shore
1942
 DaddyThe Andrews Sisters / Sammy Kaye
 Deep in the Heart of TexasGene Autry / Horace Heidt
 I Don’t Want to Set the World on FireHorace Heidt / Ink Spots
 In The MoodGlenn Miller & Joe Loss
 (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs
 of Dover
Vera Lynn / Jean Cerchi
1941
 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareVera Lynn / West End Players
 Bless ’em All (The Service Song)George Formby
 Down Argentina WayShep Fields / West End Players
 Ferryboat SerenadeThe Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra
/ Dick Robertson
 It’s A Great Day for the IrishJudy Garland / The Jesters
 Woodpecker Song, TheKate Smith / Glenn Miller
1940
 Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)The Andrews Sisters / Joe Loss
 Blue OrchidsJoe Loss / Glenn Miller
 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)Joe Loss / Carson Robison
 Till the Lights of London Shine AgainJoe Loss
 Woodpecker Song, TheKate Smith / Glenn Miller

This article uses some material from the Wikipedia article 1940s music.


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