Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Your Hit Parade: 1940
Year Of Release: 1991
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 14 min 08 sec
Total Size: 165 Mb (+3%) | Scans
Review

Glenn Miller dominated the hit parade in 1940: according to the statistics of chart researcher Joel Whitburn, he was more successful than his next three competitors, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, and Kay Kyser combined. A compilation that really presented the 24 most popular recordings of the year would include...

Tracklist:

01. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - In the Mood (3:36)
02. Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - There I Go (2:52)
03. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Darn That Dream (3:02)
04. Bing Crosby - Sierra Sue (3:03)
05. Connee Boswell - On the Isle of May (2:41)
06. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - The Breeze and I (3:03)
07. Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - Down Argentina Way (2:34)
08. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Frenesi (3:08)
09. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Blueberry Hill (2:56)
10. The Ink Spots - Maybe (3:09)
11. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - All the Things You Are (3:22)
12. Bing Crosby - Only Forever (3:10)
13. Will Bradley & His Orchestra - Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (2:41)
14. The Andrews Sisters - Ferryboat Serenade (3:07)
15. Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Body and Soul (3:02)
16. Lillian "Lil" Green - Romance in the Dark (3:27)
17. Tony Martin - It's a Blue World (2:45)
18. The Ink Spots - We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) (3:23)
19. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Pennsylvania 6-5000 (3:19)
20. Bing Crosby - Trade Winds (3:17)
21. Mitchell Ayres & His Fashions in Music - Make Believe Island (3:14)
22. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - I'll Never Smile Again (3:13)
23. Judy Garland - I'm Nobody's Baby (2:55)
24. Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards - When You Wish upon a Star (3:09)

To be continued...