

“ Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” Vaughn Monroe (1949)ġ2. “ The Christmas Song” Nat “King” Cole (1946)ġ1.

“ Chattanooga Choo Choo” Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires (1941)ġ0. “ I’ll Never Smile Again” Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers (1940)ĩ. “ Near You” Francis Craig with Bob Lamm (1947)Ĩ. “ As Time Goes By” Dooley Wilson (1942)ħ. “ Paper Doll” The Mills Brothers (1943)Ħ.

“ Sentimental Journey” Les Brown with Doris Day (1945)ĥ. “ Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Gene Autry (1949)Ĥ. “ White Christmas” Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers (1942)ģ. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.Ĭheck out other “songs of the decade” lists here.ġ. These are the top 100 songs from the 1940s according to Dave’s Music Database.
