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Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Albums released

Top records

On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle in September 1943, but RCA Victor and Columbia held on until November 11, 1944.[2][4] It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, with two more by Capitol, the second company to settle.

Beginning February 19, 1944, The Billboard modified its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The January 6, 1945 issue contained year-end top ten charts for "Best Selling Retail Records", "Most Played Juke Box Records" and "Top 10 Disks for 1944", the latter combining the scores of the former two charts. The chart below was compiled using Billboard's formula, but includes each record's full chart period, with weeks from 1943 and 1945 as needed. Details from "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" (Hillbilly), "Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP) charts and the "American Folk Records" column late 1943-early 1944 were also considered. As always, numerical rankings are approximate.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1Bing Crosby"Swinging on a Star"[5]Decca 18597February 7, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
2Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters"Don't Fence Me In"[7]Decca 23364July 25, 1944November 1944US BB 1944 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 21 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
3Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Dick Haymes)"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"[8]Columbia 36698April 7, 1941March 1944US BB 1944 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 29 total weeks
4The Mills Brothers"You Always Hurt The One You Love"[9]Decca 18599February 27, 1944May 1944US BB 1944 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 32 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #29, Harlem Hit Parade #5 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
5Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocals Bob Eberle and Helen O'connell)"Besame Mucho"[10]Decca 18574October 7, 1943December 1943US BB 1944 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[11]
6Dinah Shore"I'll Walk Alone"[12]Victor 20-1586April 11, 1944[13]May 19, 1944US BB 1944 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #44, Harlem Hit Parade #10 for 2 weeks, 2 total weeks, CashBox #1, USPop #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks
7Bing Crosby"I'll Be Seeing You"[14]Decca 18595February 17, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks
8Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"[15]Decca 18567October 1, 1943November 1943US BB 1944 #8, US #1 for 5 weeks, 24 total weeks
9Red Foley"Smoke on the Water"[16]Decca 6102May 4, 1944June 13, 1944US BB 1944 #57, US #7 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #2, MPJBFR #1 for 13 weeks, 27 total weeks
10Bing Crosby"I Love You"[17]Decca 18595February 11, 1944March 1944US BB 1944 #9, US #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks
11Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots"I'm Making Believe"[18]Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US 1944 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, CashBox #4, USPop #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #18, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
12King Cole Trio"Straighten Up and Fly Right"[19]Capitol 154November 30, 1943April 14, 1944US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, MPJBFR #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
13Bing Crosby"San Fernando Valley"[20]Decca 18586December 29, 1943February 1944US BB 1944 #11, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 24 total weeks
14Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"[21]Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[11]
15The Andrews Sisters"Shoo-Shoo Baby"[22]Decca 18572October 5, 1943November 1943US BB 1944 #12, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks
16Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five"G.I. Jive"[23]Decca 8659March 15, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
17Merry Macs"Mairzy Doats"[24]Decca 18588December 13, 1943January 1944US BB 1944 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 14 total weeks, Decca Records' best-selling release of 1944[25]
18Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes"Long Ago (and Far Away)"[26]Decca 23317January 27, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #15, US #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
19The Pied Pipers"The Trolley Song"[27]Capitol 168May 19, 1944September 1944US BB 1944 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
20Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters"Hot Time in the Town of Berlin"[28]Decca 23350June 30, 1944August 24, 1944US BB 1944 #20, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 15 total weeks

Top race records

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"Decca 23356August 30, 1944October 1944US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
2King Cole Trio"Straighten Up and Fly Right"[19]Capitol 154November 30, 1943April 14, 1944US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
3Duke Ellington"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"Victor 20-1547March 15, 1940December 1943US BB 1944 #73, US #10 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks
4Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five"G.I. Jive"Decca 8659March 15, 1944April 1944US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
5Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra"Hampton's Boogie Woogie"Decca 18613August 30, 1944August 1944US R&B 1944 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Antheil, George1942 (Symphony No. 4)1944-02-13New York CityNBC Symphony – Stokowski[29]
Barber, SamuelCapricorn Concerto1944-10-08New York CitySaidenberg Little Symphony – Saidenberg[30]
Barber, SamuelSymphony No. 21944-03-03Symphony Hall, BostonBoston Symphony Orchestra – Koussevitzky[31]
Bartók, BélaConcerto for Orchestra1944-12-01BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[32]
Bartók, BélaSonata for Solo Violin1944-11-26New York CityMenuhin[33]
Bernstein, LeonardJeremiah (Symphony No. 1)1944-01-28PittsburghTourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein[34]
Carter, ElliottSymphony No. 11944-04-27Rochester, New YorkEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson[35]
Copland, AaronLetter from Home1944-10-17New York CityPhilco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman[36][37]
Copland, AaronViolin Sonata1944-01-17New York CityPosselt, Copland[38]
Dallapiccola, LuigiLiriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei1944-11-10RomeDanco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali[39]
Ginastera, AlbertoCanciones populares argentinas1944-07-17Buenos AiresFrías de López, Luzzatti[40]
Ginastera, AlbertoObertura para el Fausto criollo1944-05-12Santiago de ChileChile Symphony – Castro[41]
Ginastera, AlbertoPreludios americanos1944-08-07Buenos AiresSpivak[42]
Hindemith, PaulSymphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber1944-01-20New York CityNew York Philharmonic – Rodzinski[43]
Jolivet, AndréDanses rituelles1944-12-05ParisParis Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens[44]
Jolivet, AndréPoèmes intimes1944-04-04ParisBernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens[45]
Jongen, JosephPiano Concerto1944-01-06BrusselsDel Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – André[46]
Khachaturian, AramSuite from Masquerade1944-08-06MoscowUSSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – Gorchakov[47]
Moore, DouglasIn memoriam1944-04-27Rochester, New YorkEastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson[48]
Piston, WalterSymphony No. 21944-03-05Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Kindler[49]
Prokofiev, SergeiPiano Sonata No. 81944-12-30MoscowGilels[50]
Rainier, PriaulxString Quartet1944-07-03LondonZorian Quartet[51]
Schoenberg, ArnoldOde to Napoleon Buonaparte1944-11-23New York CityHarrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski[52]
Schoenberg, ArnoldPiano Concerto1944-02-06New York CitySteuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski[53]
Schoenberg, ArnoldTheme and Variations for Orchestra1944-10-20BostonBoston Symphony – Koussevitzky[54]
Schoenberg, ArnoldVariations on a Recitative (1941)1944-04-10New York CityWeinrich[55]
Shostakovich, DmitriPiano Trio No. 21944-11-14LeningradTsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich[56]
Shostakovich, DmitriString Quartet No. 21944-11-14LeningradBeethoven Quartet[57]
Stravinsky, IgorNorwegian Moods1944-01-13Cambridge, MassachusettsBoston Symphony – Stravinsky[58]
Stravinsky, IgorScherzo à la russe (band version)1944-09-05New York CityWhiteman Band[59]
Stravinsky, IgorSonata for Two Pianos1944-08-02Madison, WisconsinBoulanger, Johnston[60]
Tippett, MichaelA Child of Our Time, oratorio1944-03-19LondonCross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr[61]

Compositions

Film

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Prose, Francine (2015). Peggy Guggenheim: the shock of the new. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 140]. ISBN 978-0-300-20348-6.
  2. 1 2 "The Ban Ended Five Months Ago". The Billboard. 57 (9): 92. March 3, 1945.
  3. ↑ Campion, Paul (2005). Ferrier – A Career Recorded. London: Thames Publishing. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-903413-71-X.
  4. ↑ Peter A. Soderbergh, "Olde Records Price Guide 1900–1947", Wallace–Homestead Book Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1980, pp.136–139
  5. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3307. Swinging on a star / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  6. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Record Research.
  7. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3475. Don't fence me in / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  8. ↑ "Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 35200–35500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  9. ↑ "Decca matrix 71812. You always hurt the one you love / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  10. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3214. Besame mucho (Kiss me much) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  11. 1 2 "Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 46. August 28, 1954.
  12. ↑ "RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500–20-2000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  13. ↑ "Victor matrix D4VB-0091. I'll walk alone / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  14. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3318. I'll be seeing you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  15. ↑ "Decca matrix 71439. My heart tells me / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  16. ↑ "Decca matrix 72135. Smoke on the water / Red Foley – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
  17. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3314. I love you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  18. ↑ "Decca matrix 72371. I'm making believe / Ella Fitzgerald – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  19. 1 2 Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 17. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
  20. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3275. San Fernando Valley / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  21. ↑ "Decca matrix 72370. Into each life some rain must fall / Ella Fitzgerald – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  22. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3220. Shoo-shoo baby / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  23. ↑ "Decca matrix N 1920. G.I. jive / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  24. ↑ "Decca matrix 71566. Mairzy doats / Merry Macs – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  25. ↑ Popular Music, 1920–1979: A Revised Cumulation, Volume 2, Nat Shapiro & Bruce Pollock;, Gale Research Company, 1985, ISBN 0810308479; page 190
  26. ↑ "Decca matrix 71714. Long ago (and far away) / Helen Forrest; Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  27. ↑ "Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  28. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3449. (There'll be a) Hot time in the town of Berlin / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  29. ↑ Musicweb International
  30. ↑ Redlands Symphony
  31. ↑ Heyman, Barbara B. (1994). Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 220–221. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195090581.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-509058-1.
  32. ↑ Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
  33. ↑ Bartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of his Swansong
  34. ↑ "Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 1" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  35. ↑ "Elliott Carter: Symphony No. 1" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  36. ↑ "Aaron Copland: Letter from Home" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  37. ↑ Library of Congress
  38. ↑ "Aaron Copland: Violin Sonata" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  39. ↑ "Luigi Dallapiccola: Liriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  40. ↑ "Alberto Ginastera: Canciones populares argentinas" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  41. ↑ "Alberto Ginastera: Obertura para el Fausto criollo" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  42. ↑ "Alberto Ginastera: Preludios americanos" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  43. ↑ "Symphonic Metamorphosis". englisch. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  44. ↑ "André Jolivet: Cinq danses rituelles" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  45. ↑ "André Jolivet: Poèmes intimes" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  46. ↑ Joseph Jongen and his Organ Music
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  48. ↑ Douglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography
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  50. ↑ "Los Angeles Philharmonic". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  51. ↑ SA Composers
  52. ↑ "Arnold Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  53. ↑ "Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Concerto" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  54. ↑ "Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for Orchestra" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  55. ↑ "Arnold Schoenberg: Variations on a Recitative" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  56. ↑ "Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  57. ↑ "Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  58. ↑ "Igor Stravinsky: Norwegian Moods" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  59. ↑ "Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo à la russe" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  60. ↑ "Igor Stravinsky: Sonata for Two Pianos" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  61. ↑ "Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  62. ↑ Oliver Leaman (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
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