Here is the list of "number one", or top songs on this date by year from 1940 to 1960. The number after the song title indicates the number of weeks the song held the top spot.
This list provides a good view of the changes in musical taste over these two decades. At the start, the big bands were king. In the middle years, vocalists rise to the top, and in the last years of the 50's, rock takes over, with Elvis the "King of Rock."
1940 Glenn Miller - In The Mood 12
1941 Artie Shaw - Frenesi 13
1942 Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls 2
1943 Harry James - I Had The Craziest Dream 2
1944 Glen Gray - My Heart Tells Me 5
1945 Andrews Sisters - Rum and Coca-Cola 7
1946 Vaughn Monroe - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 5
1947 Count Basie - Open The Door, Richard 1
1948 Art Mooney - I'm Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover 3
1949 Evelyn Knight - A Little Bird Told Me 7
1950 Red Foley - Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy 4
1951 Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz 9
1952 Johnnie Ray - Cry 11
1953 Teresa Brewer - Till I Waltz Again With You 5
1954 Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Papa 8
1955 McGuire Sisters - Sincerely 6
1956 Nelson Riddle - Lisbon Antigua 4
1957 Elvis Presley - Too Much 3
1958 Elvis Presley - Don't 5
1959 Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee 4
1960 Mark Dinning - Teen Angel
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