Show 47, “Top Hits of 1940,” presents 15 popular songs from the first year of the 1940s, including three that held the #1 Billboard chart position for a total of 33 weeks. Performers include Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, The Ink Spots, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Also included: Some news items from 1940 that you weren’t taught in school.
| Show 47 | Top Hits of 1940 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey |
| 2 | Only Forever | Bing Crosby |
| 3 | We Three | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | Five O’Clock Whistle | Mavis Rivers |
| 5 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw |
| 6 | The Breeze and I | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 7 | When You Wish Upon a Star | Glenn Miller |
| 8 | I’m Nobody’s Baby | Judy Garland |
| 9 | Where Was I? | Charlie Barnett and Mary Ann McCall |
| 10 | Nutcracker Suite | The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| 11 | Make Believe Island | Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in Music |
| 12 | Dream Valley | Sammy Kaye |
| 13 | Playmates | Kay Kyser |
| 14 | Down Argentina Way | Dinah Shore |
| 15 | Maybe | The Ink Spots |
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