The year in music

Best Songs of 1941

Glenn Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo” sells enough to earn the first gold record. Duke Ellington’s band records “Take the ‘A’ Train”, and the Andrews Sisters “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”.

Take the A Train
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9 songs

1941 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 9 songs first released in 1941. Big Band, Jazz and Swing lead the year. Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday and Bob Wills are among the voices of 1941.

Artists of 1941

The sound of 1941

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