List of Billboard number-one singles of 1944
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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1944 according to The Billboard. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1944, the following two charts were published:
- Best Selling Retail Records – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played Juke Box Records – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
Shown are the songs that topped the Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1944.
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | "Paper Doll" | Mills Brothers | |
| January 8 | |||
| January 15 | |||
| January 22 | |||
| January 29 | "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)" | Glen Gray and His Orchestra | |
| February 5 | |||
| February 12 | |||
| February 19 | |||
| February 26 | |||
| March 4 | "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra | |
| March 11 | |||
| March 18 | |||
| March 25 | |||
| April 1 | |||
| April 8 | |||
| April 15 | |||
| April 22 | "It's Love-Love-Love" | Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra | |
| April 29 | |||
| May 6 | "I Love You" | Bing Crosby | |
| May 13 | |||
| May 20 | |||
| May 27 | |||
| June 3 | |||
| June 10 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" | Harry James and His Orchestra | |
| June 17 | |||
| June 24 | |||
| July 1 | "I'll Be Seeing You" | Bing Crosby | |
| July 8 | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" | Harry James and His Orchestra | |
| July 15 | "I'll Be Seeing You" | Bing Crosby | |
| July 22 | |||
| July 29 | |||
| August 5 | "Swinging on a Star" | ||
| August 12 | |||
| August 19 | |||
| August 26 | |||
| September 2 | |||
| September 9 | |||
| September 16 | |||
| September 23 | |||
| September 30 | |||
| October 7 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | Mills Brothers | |
| October 14 | "I'll Walk Alone" | Dinah Shore | |
| October 21 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | Mills Brothers | |
| October 28 | |||
| November 4 | "I'll Walk Alone" | Dinah Shore | |
| November 11 | |||
| November 18 | |||
| November 25 | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | Mills Brothers | |
| December 2 | |||
| December 9 | "I'm Making Believe" | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | |
| December 16 | |||
| December 23 | "Don't Fence Me In" | Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters | |
| December 30 |
