I haven't heard of some of these ...... :headhurt: 1941 1. 'Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy),' Jimmy Dorsey 2. 'Chattanooga Choo Choo,' Glenn Miller 3. 'Piano Concerto in B Flat,' Freddy Martin 4. 'Daddy,' Sammy Kaye 5. 'Green Eyes,' Jimmy Dorsey 6. 'Maria Elena,' Jimmy Dorsey 7. 'My Sister and I,' Jimmy Dorsey 8. 'Elmer's Tune,' Glenn Miller 9. 'Blue Champagne,' Jimmy Dorsey 10. 'Song of the Volga Boatmen,' Glenn Miller 1942 1. 'White Christmas,' Bing Crosby 2. 'Moonlight Cocktail,' Glenn Miller 3. 'Jingle Jangle Jingle,' Kay Kyser 4. '(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo,' Glenn Miller 5. 'Tangerine,' Jimmy Dorsey 6. 'Sleepy Lagoon,' Harry James 7. 'A String of Pearls,' Glenn Miller 8. 'Blues in the Night,' Woody Herman 9. 'Who Wouldn't Love You,' Kay Kyser 10. 'Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition,' Kay Kyser 1943 1. 'I've Heard That Song Before,' Harry James 2. 'Paper Doll,' Mills Brothers 3. 'Sunday, Monday or Always,' Bing Crosby 4. 'There Are Such Things,' Tommy Dorsey 5. 'You'll Never Know,' Dick Haymes 6. 'In the Blue of the Evening,' Tommy Dorsey 7. 'Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer,' the Song Spinners 8. 'Taking a Chance on Love,' Benny Goodman 9. 'I Had the Craziest Dream,' Harry James 10. 'That Old Black Magic,' Glenn Miller 1944 1. 'Swinging on a Star,' Bing Crosby 2. 'Shoo-Shoo Baby,' Andrews Sisters 3. 'Don't Fence Me In,' Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters 4. 'Besame Mucho,' Jimmy Dorsey 5. 'I'll Get By,' Harry James 6. '(There'll Be a) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin' Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters 7. 'You Always Hurt the One You Love,' Mills Brothers 8. 'San Fernando Valley,' Bing Crosby 9. 'My Heart Tells Me,' Glen Gray 10. 'I Love You,' Bing Crosby 1945 1. 'Rum and Coca-Cola,' Andrews Sisters 2. 'Till the End of Time,' Perry Como 3. 'Sentimental Journey,' Les Brown 4. 'On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe,' Johnny Mercer 5. 'My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time,' Les Brown 6. 'There! I've Said It Again,' Vaughn Monroe 7. 'I Can't Begin to Tell You,' Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro 8. 'Chickery Chick,' Sammy Kaye 9. 'It's Been a Long, Long Time,' Harry James 10. 'I'm Beginning to See the Light,' Harry James
It brings a tear to my eye. I remember most of the those songs as a little boy growing up. Sitting by the wireless. listening to the hit parade :gathering:
Surely this was top ten. YouTube - Andrews Sisters - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree ARTIST: Glenn Miller TITLE: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree Lyrics and Chords Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me 'Til I come marchin' home Don't go walkin' down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no Don't go walkin' down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me 'Til I come marchin' home I just got word from a guy who heard From the guy next door to me The girl he met just loves to pet And it fits you to a T So, don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me 'Til I come marchin' home Don't give out with those lips of yours to anyone else but me Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no Watch those girls on foreign shores, you'll have to report to me When you come marchin' home Don't hold anyone on your knee, you better be true to me You better be true to me, you better be true to me Don't hold anyone on your knee, you're gettin' the third degree When you come marchin' home You're on your own where there is no phone And I can't keep tabs on you Be fair to me, I'll guarantee This is one thing that I'll do I won't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but you 'Til you come marchin' home Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me I know the apple tree is reserved for you and me And I'll be true 'til you come marchin' home
