Episode 194, “1940s #1 Hits,”

24/11/2021 58 min
Episode 194, “1940s #1 Hits,”

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Episode Synopsis

Episode 194, “1940s #1 Hits,” presents 17 million-selling popular songs from 1940 through 1949 by performers ranging from Mel Torme and Nat King Cole to The Andrews Sisters & The Ink  Spots to Cab Calloway, Jimmy Dorsey, Billie Holliday, and Dinah Shore.




45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s



Episode 194
1940s #1 Hits Ala Carte


Playlist



Where Was I?
Charlie Barnett & Mary Ann McCall


We Three
The Ink Spots


I Hear a Rhapsody
Dinah Shore


Chattanooga Choo Choo
The Andrews Sisters


Blues in the Night
Cab Calloway & the Palmer Brothers


That Old Black Magic
Margaret Whiting


I’ve Heard That Song Before
Harry James and his Orchestra & Helen Forrest


I’ll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra


Heartaches
Ted Weems and his Orchestra


Lover Man Where Can You Be
Billie Holliday


On the Acheson Topeka and the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers


To Each His Own
Eddie Howard and his Orchestra


Almost Like Being in Love
Jo Stafford


Green Eyes
Jimmy Dorsey and orchestra with Bob Eberle and Helen O’Connell.


Teresa
Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters


Nature Boy
Nat King Cole


Careless Hands
Mel Torme


Green Eyes
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra



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