Show 47, “Top Hits of 1940,” presents 15 popular songs from the first year of the 1940s, including three that held the #1 Billboard chart position for a total of 33 weeks. Performers include Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, The Ink Spots, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also included:  Some news items from 1940 that you weren’t taught in school.       

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Show 47
Top Hits of 1940




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1
I’ll Never Smile Again
Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey



2
Only Forever
Bing Crosby



3
We Three
The Ink Spots



4
Five O’Clock Whistle
Mavis Rivers



5
Frenesi
Artie Shaw



6
The Breeze and I
Jimmy Dorsey



7
When You Wish Upon a Star
Glenn Miller



8
I’m Nobody’s Baby
Judy Garland



9
Where Was I?
Charlie Barnett and Mary Ann McCall



10
Nutcracker Suite
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra



11
Make Believe Island
Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in Music



12
Dream Valley
Sammy Kaye



13
Playmates
Kay Kyser



14
Down Argentina Way
Dinah Shore



15
Maybe
The Ink Spots



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