Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Your Hit Parade: 1944
Year Of Release: 1990
Country: Wolrd
Label: Time-Life Books Inc./BMG Music
Genre: Oldies, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Swing, Miscellaneous
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: CBR 320 kbps
Total Time: 1 h 12 min 09 sec
Total Size: 156 Mb (+3%) | Scans
Review

1944 was an unusual year in popular music, not only because the U.S. was at war, along with the rest of world, but also because the musicians union recording ban was still going on, sort of. One of the three major record labels, Decca, had settled with the union in 1943, and its artists were back recording; the other two, Columbia and RCA Victor, would not come to terms until late in the year....

Tracklist:

01. Judy Garland - The Trolley Song (2:54)
02. Bing Crosby - San Fernando Valley (3:16)
03. The Andrews Sisters - Shoo Shoo Baby (2:52)
04. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - G.I. Jive (3:04)
05. Harry James & His Orchestra - I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) (2:45)
06. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm (3:19)
07. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) (3:03)
08. Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra - Don't Sweetheart Me (2:48)
09. Helen Forrest - Time Waits for No One (3:17)
10. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) (2:49)
11. Jo Stafford - It Could Happen to You (3:07)
12. Bing Crosby - I'll Be Seeing You (2:52)
13. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (3:09)
14. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? (2:44)
15. Harry James & His Orchestra - Cherry (3:12)
16. Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest - It Had to Be You (3:12)
17. Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - My Heart Tells Me (3:22)
18. The Mills Brothers - You Always Hurt the One You Love (3:24)
19. The Merry Macs - Mairzy Doats (2:44)
20. Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - It's Love, Love, Love (2:30)
21. Nat King Cole - Straighten up and Fly Right (2:27)
22. Bing Crosby - Swinging on a Star (2:32)
23. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (3:20)
24. Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest - Long Ago (And Far Away) (3:27)

To be continued...