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Best Songs of 1944

Bing Crosby has “Swinging on a Star” and, with the Andrews Sisters, “Don’t Fence Me In”; Louis Jordan’s jump blues points to what comes next. In December Glenn Miller’s plane disappears over the English Channel.

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19 songs

1944 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 19 songs first released in 1944. Big Band, Swing and Jazz lead the year. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland are among the voices of 1944.

Best Songs of 1944

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

I Love You

I'll Be Seeing You

Swinging on a Star

The Boy Next Door

The Trolley Song

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)

I Didn't Know About You

I'm Beginning to See the Light

There! I've Said It Again

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Cow-Cow Boogie

You Always Hurt the One You Love

Bésame Mucho

Don't Fence Me In

Mairzy Doats

My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)

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