List of number-one country hits of 1944 (U.S.)

These are the U.S. number-one country songs of 1944

1944 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1944.-Events:* January 8 — Billboard publishes its first "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, the first widespread method of tracking the nationwide popularity of current country music songs. The first No. 1 song is...

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Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

chart.

Note that for the Issue Dates (June 10, July 15, September 23) multiple number ones were certified by Billboard

Issue date	Title	Artist
January 8	Pistol Packin' Mama Pistol Packin' Mama "Pistol Packin' Mama" is a 1943 song composed by Al Dexter. The song is notable in that it was the first number one on the Juke Box Folk Records chart, which would later be known as the Hot Country Songs chart...	Bing Crosby Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.... & The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
January 15
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February 5		Al Dexter Al Dexter Al Dexter was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1944 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.-Biography:Born Clarence Albert...
February 12
February 19
February 26	Ration Blues Ration Blues "Ration Blues" is a 1943 single by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. The single was Louis Jordan's second number one on the Harlem Hit Parade chart where it stayed for one week; it also hit number sixteen on the Billboard pop chart. "Ration Blues" was also a popular country song, reaching number...	Louis Jordan Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the...
March 4
March 11	Pistol Packin' Mama	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
March 18	They Took the Stars Out of Heaven They Took the Stars Out of Heaven "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" is a 1944 song by Floyd Tillman. The song would the most successful release on the charts peaking at number one on the Juke Box Folk Records for one week ....	Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.-Early life:Tillman grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post,...
March 25	So Long Pal So Long Pal "So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troppers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks. The B-side of the song, entitled, "Too Late to...	Al Dexter
April 1	Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry (song) "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter. The song is the B-side to "So Long Pal" and went to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts for two weeks and a total of thirty weeks on the charts ....
April 8	So Long Pal
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April 29	Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
May 6	So Long Pal
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June 3
June 10
June 10	Straighten Up and Fly Right Straighten Up and Fly Right "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is a 1944 song written by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills and performed by The King Cole Trio. The single became the trio's most popular single reaching number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for ten non consecutive weeks. The single also peaked at number nine on the...	The King Cole Trio Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
June 17
June 24
July 1	So Long Pal	Al Dexter
July 8	Straighten Up and Fly Right	The King Cole Trio
July 15	Straighten Up and Fly Right	The King Cole Trio
July 15	So Long Pal	Al Dexter
July 22	Straighten Up and Fly Right	The King Cole Trio
July 29	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 Louis Jordan song, released as the B-side of single with "G.I. Jive". "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" reached #1 on the US folk/country charts. The Louis Jordan recording also peaked at number two for three weeks on the pop chart and peaked at...	Louis Jordan
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September 2	Soldier's Last Letter	Ernest Tubb Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
September 9
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September 23	So Long Pal	Al Dexter
Septemper 23	Smoke On The Water Smoke On The Water (Red Foley song) "Smoke On The Water" is a 1944 song by Red Foley. The patriotic song was Foley's first song to hit No. 1 on the Folk Records charts, spending 13 weeks at the top and a total of 24 weeks on the chart. "Smoke On The Water" also peaked at No. 7 on the pop charts. The B-side of "Smoke On The Water"...	Red Foley Red Foley Clyde Julian Foley , better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
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December 23	I'm Wastin' My Tears on You I'm Wastin' My Tears on You "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" is a 1944 song by Tex Ritter. The song would be the first of three number ones on the Juke Box Folk records chart. I"m Wastin' My Tears on You" stayed at number one for six weeks with a total of twenty weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, entitled, "There's a...	Tex Ritter Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter , better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting...
December 30

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