Billboard Top 100 - 1941

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Number 1:
Chattanooga Choo Choo , Glenn Miller and his orchestra

Number 12:
(Tchaikovsky's) Piano Concerto In B Flat, Freddy Martin and his orchestra

From http://billboardtop100of.com/1941-2/ :

1941

1 Glenn Miller ................ Chattanooga Choo Choo
2 Sammy Kaye ............... Daddy
3 Artie Shaw .................. Stardust
4 The Andrews Sisters .. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
5 Jimmy Dorsey ............ Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)
6 Jimmy Dorsey ............ Green Eyes
7 Glenn Miller ................ Elmer’s Tune
8 Duke Ellington ............ Take The ‘A’ Train
9 Billie Holiday .............. God Bless the Child
10 Jimmy Dorsey ............ Maria Elena
11 Horace Heidt .............. I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire
12 Freddy Martin Piano Concerto in B Flat
13 The Ink Spots I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire
14 Jimmy Dorsey Blue Champagne
15 Glenn Miller Song of the Volga Boatmen
16 Jimmy Dorsey My Sister & I
17 Harry James You Made Me Love You
18 Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra Dolores
19 Glenn Miller You & I
20 Benny Goodman There’ll Be Some Changes Made
21 The Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water
22 Xavier Cugat Perfidia (Tonight)
23 Jimmy Dorsey I Hear A Rhapsody
24 Guy Lombardo And the Band Played On
25 Vera Lynn A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

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[Chipper Chat]

1. wow. thanks.

I can remember when record stores let you go into a booth and listen to the record before you bought it. 78s were so fragile. Sometimes the record got cracked before you arrived home. And they were 89 cents in the 40s. That was a months allowance.

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2. Thank you for sharing your memories.

I grew up in the heyday of those new-fangled 33 1/3 long playing records - practically yesterday.

[Zorro]

3. What an outstanding list of hits

I'm a great fan of songs from the 30s and 40s. There are some real gems on that list.