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Australian top 25 singles | |
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The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart during the 1940s.
The source for this decade is the " Kent Music Report". These charts were calculated in the 1990s in retrospect, by David Kent, using archival data. Before 1949, charts in Australia were only available on a monthly basis.
Note: 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 semi-colon ;
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Joe Loss; Carson Robison | " South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | 3 months |
February | |||
March | |||
April | The Andrews Sisters; Joe Loss | " Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)" | 1 month |
May | Joe Loss; Glenn Miller | " Blue Orchids" | 3 months |
June | |||
July | |||
August | Joe Loss | " Till the Lights of London Shine Again" | 3 months |
September | |||
October | |||
November | Kate Smith; Glenn Miller | " The Woodpecker Song" | 5 months |
December |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Kate Smith; Glenn Miller | " The Woodpecker Song" | 5 months |
February | |||
March | |||
April | The Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra; Dick Robertson | " Ferryboat Serenade" | 1 month |
May | Vera Lynn; West End Players | " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" | 4 months |
June | |||
July | |||
August | |||
September | Shep Fields; West End Players | " Down Argentina Way" | 1 month |
October | Judy Garland; The Jesters | " It's a Great Day for the Irish" | 2 months |
November | George Formby | " Bless 'em All" | 1 month |
December | Judy Garland; The Jesters | "It's a Great Day for the Irish" | 2 months |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Glenn Miller & Joe Loss | " In the Mood" | 5 months |
February | |||
March | |||
April | |||
May | |||
June | The Andrews Sisters; Sammy Kaye | " Daddy" | 1 month |
July | Vera Lynn; Jean Cerchi | " (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" | 3 months |
August | |||
September | |||
October | Horace Heidt; Ink Spots | " I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" | 2 months |
November | |||
December | Gene Autry; Horace Heidt | " Deep in the Heart of Texas" | 2 months |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Gene Autry; Horace Heidt | " Deep in the Heart of Texas" | 2 months |
February | Harry James | " I Don't Want to Walk Without You" | 4 months |
March | |||
April | |||
May | |||
June | Bing Crosby | " White Christmas" | 5 months |
July | |||
August | |||
September | |||
October | |||
November | Dinah Shore | " Why Don't You Fall in Love With Me" | 1 month |
December | Vera Lynn; Harry James | " I Had the Craziest Dream" | 1 month |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Ink Spots | " Ev'ry Night About This Time" | 1 month |
February | Vera Lynn & Joe Loss | " You'll Never Know" | 3 months |
March | |||
April | |||
May | Frank Sinatra; George Trevare | " Sunday, Monday or Always" | 2 months |
June | |||
July | Ink Spots | " Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" | 1 month |
August | Dinah Shore; Glenn Miller | " Happy In Love" | 1 month |
September | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | " Vict'ry Polka" | 1 month |
October | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | " Pistol Packin' Mama" | 1 month |
November | Joe Loss; Vera Lynn | " No Other Love" | 1 month |
December | Ink Spots; Frank Sinatra | " A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening" | 1 month |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Geraldo; Lale Andersen | " Lili Marlene" | 1 month |
February | Bing Crosby | " Amor, Amor" | 2 months |
March | |||
April | Bing Crosby & Joe Loss | " Swinging on a Star" | 1 month |
May | Bing Crosby; Dinah Shore | " Long Ago (and Far Away)" | 1 month |
June | Bing Crosby; Dinah Shore | " It Could Happen to You" | 2 months |
July | |||
August | Bing Crosby; Joe Loss | " I'll Be Seeing You" | 1 month |
September | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | " Don't Fence Me In" | 3 months |
October | |||
November | |||
December | Bing Crosby | " (Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral) That's an Irish Lullaby" | 1 month |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | The Organ, The Dance Band and Me; Les Brown | " My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" | 1 month |
February | The Andrews Sisters | " Rum and Coca-Cola" | 2 months |
March | |||
April | Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | " Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" | 1 month |
May | Bing Crosby; Frank Sinatra | " A Friend of Yours" | 2 months |
June | |||
July | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots; Duke Ellington | " I'm Beginning to See the Light" | 1 month |
August | Bing Crosby; Judy Garland | " On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" | 2 months |
September | |||
October | Bing Crosby; Freddy Martin | " Symphony" | 2 months |
November | |||
December | Bing Crosby; Kate Smith | " Sioux City Sue" | 1 month |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Sammy Kaye; The Merry Macs | " Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" | 1 month |
February | Ink Spots; Perry Como | " Prisoner of Love" | 2 months |
March | |||
April | Ink Spots; Freddy Martin | " To Each His Own" | 1 month |
May | Frank Sinatra; Tex Beneke | " Five Minutes More" | 1 month |
June | Bing Crosby; Dinah Shore | " You Keep Coming Back Like a Song" | 1 month |
July | Bing Crosby; Perry Como | " They Say It's Wonderful" | 2 months |
August | |||
September | Al Jolson; Bing Crosby | " The Anniversary Song" | 5 months |
October | Frank Sinatra; Dick Haymes | " Mam'selle" | 1 month |
November | Bing Crosby; Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters | " (There's No Business Like) Show Business" | 1 month |
December | Al Jolson; Bing Crosby | " The Anniversary Song" | 5 months |
Date | Artist | Single | Months at number one |
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January | Al Jolson; Bing Crosby | " The Anniversary Song" | 5 months |
February | |||
March | |||
April | Bing Crosby; Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters | " Near You" | 4 months |
May | Perry Como; Joe Loss | " Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" | 1 month |
June | Bing Crosby; Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters | " Near You" | 4 months |
July | |||
August | |||
September | Sammy Kaye; Geraldo | " Serenade of the Bells" | 1 month |
October | Bing Crosby; Gracie Fields | " Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)" | 1 month |
November | George Trevare; Art Mooney | " I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" | 1 month |
December | Al Jolson; Perry Como | " When You Were Sweet Sixteen" | 1 month |
Week beginning | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one |
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1 January | Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters | " Teresa" | 1 week |
8 January | Dinah Shore; Gene Autry | " Buttons and Bows" | 13 weeks |
15 January | |||
22 January | |||
29 January | |||
5 February | |||
12 February | |||
19 February | |||
26 February | |||
5 March | |||
12 March | |||
19 March | |||
26 March | |||
2 April | |||
9 April | Perry Como; Tony Pastor | " Rambling Rose" | 5 weeks |
16 April | |||
23 April | |||
30 April | |||
7 May | |||
14 May | Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters; Ray McKinley | " Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon" | 2 weeks |
21 May | |||
28 May | Kay Kyser | " (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" | 6 weeks |
4 June | |||
11 June | |||
18 June | |||
25 June | |||
2 July | |||
9 July | Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby | " The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!)" | 4 weeks |
16 July | |||
23 July | |||
30 July | |||
6 August | Ink Spots; Joe Loss | " Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart" | 2 weeks |
13 August | |||
20 August | Bing Crosby; Joe Loss | " Far Away Places" | 5 weeks |
27 August | |||
3 September | |||
10 September | |||
17 September | |||
24 September | Evelyn Knight (singer); Sammy Kaye | " Powder Your Face with Sunshine" | 2 weeks |
1 October | |||
8 October | Buddy Clark; Larry Green | " It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World" | 4 weeks |
15 October | |||
22 October | |||
29 October | |||
5 November | Vaughn Monroe; Bing Crosby | " Riders in the Sky" | 5 weeks |
12 November | |||
19 November | |||
26 November | |||
3 December | |||
10 December | Evelyn Knight (singer); Joe Loss | " A Little Bird Told Me" | 2 weeks |
17 December | |||
24 December | Burl Ives; Dinah Shore | " Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" | 6 weeks ( 4 weeks in 1950) |
31 December |