Top Songs of 1941
1 |
760 |
Duke Ellington |
Take the "A" Train |
Big Band,
Swing
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2 |
771 |
Billie Holiday |
God Bless the Child |
Vocal Jazz
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3 |
2014 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy |
Film Soundtrack,
Swing,
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Group |
4 |
2264 |
Big Bill Broonzy |
Key to the Highway |
Acoustic Blues
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5 |
2515 |
Ernest Tubb |
Walking the Floor Over You |
Honky Tonk
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6 |
3378 |
Big Maceo |
Worried Life Blues |
Acoustic Chicago Blues,
Piano Blues
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7 |
3828 |
Charlie Christian |
Swing to Bop [Topsy] |
Big Band,
Swing
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8 |
3862 |
Billie Holiday |
Gloomy Sunday |
Vocal Jazz
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9 |
4126 |
Benny Goodman feat. Charlie Christian |
Good Enough to Keep/Air Mail Special |
Swing
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10 |
4436 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Take Me Back to Tulsa |
Western Swing
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11 |
4565 |
The Sons of the Pioneers |
Cool Water |
Cowboy
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12 |
5742 |
Memphis Minnie |
Me and My Chauffeur Blues |
Country Blues
|
13 |
5928 |
Glenn Miller |
A String of Pearls |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
|
14 |
6103 |
Glenn Miller |
Chattanooga Choo Choo |
Big Band,
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
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15 |
6389 |
King Cole Trio |
Sweet Lorraine |
Vocal Jazz
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16 |
6490 |
St. Louis Jimmy Oden |
Going Down Slow |
Piano Blues
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17 |
6514 |
Robert Petway |
Catfish Blues |
Delta Blues
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18 |
6699 |
Concha Piquer |
Tatuaje |
Copla
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19 |
7293 |
Duke Ellington |
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
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20 |
8043 |
Woody Herman |
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) |
Big Band,
Swing
|
21 |
8516 |
Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian |
Breakfast Feud |
Big Band
|
22 |
9050 |
Billie Holiday |
Solitude |
Vocal Jazz
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23 |
9846 |
Harry James & His Orchestra |
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) |
Big Band,
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000: |
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Billie Holiday |
All of Me |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Gene Krupa and His Orchestra feat. Roy Eldridge |
After You've Gone |
Big Band
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Alvino Rey Orchestra |
Deep in the Heart of Texas |
Big Band,
Swing
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Artie Shaw |
Dancing in the Dark |
Big Band
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Woody Herman |
Blue Flame |
Big Band,
Swing
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Glenn Miller |
Song of the Volga Boatmen |
Big Band,
Swing
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Jimmy Dorsey |
Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) |
Big Band,
Rhumba,
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz |
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Tommy Dorsey feat. Frank Sinatra |
Without a Song |
Standards,
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
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Lil Green |
Why Don't You Do Right? |
Vaudeville Blues,
Vocal Jazz
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Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing |
Goin' to Chicago Blues |
Big Band,
Swing,
Vocal Jazz
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