The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of DECEMBER 25, 1944
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	I’M MAKING BELIEVE     [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23356 ]		2	3	6	8
2	THE TROLLEY SONG     [ Pied Pipers–Capitol 168 ]     [ Judy Garland–Decca 23361 ]     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1605 ]		1	1	3	9
3	DANCE WITH A DOLLY (With A Hole In Her Stockin’)     [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 18625 ]     [ Evelyn Knight with Camarata & Orchestra–Decca 18614 ]     [ Tony Pastor & Orchestra–Bluebird 30-0827 ]		3	2	1	9
4	DON’T FENCE ME IN     [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23364 ]		4	5	25	4
5	TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL (That’s An Irish Lullaby)     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18621 ]		8	8	8	9
6	TOGETHER     [ Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes–Decca 23349 ]     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18617 ]		5	6	4	9
7	LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT (No Te Importe Saber)     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Decca 18619 ]     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1603 ]		14	17	18	9
8	I’LL WALK ALONE     [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1586 ]     [ Martha Tilton–Capitol 157 ]     [ Mary Martin–Decca 23340 ]		7	4	2	9
9	YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE     [ Mills Brothers–Decca 18599 ]		6	7	5	9
10	I DREAM OF YOU     [ Andy Russell–Capitol 175 ]		13	12	—	3
11	THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN     [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 18625 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1606 ]		18	25	38	5
12	INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL     [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23356 ]		9	9	9	8
13	TICO-TICO     [ Charles Wolcott & Orchestra–Decca 23318 ]     [ Ethel Smith & Bando Carioca–Decca 23353 ]		10	13	12	9
14	THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU     [ Ray Noble & Orchestra–Columbia 36546 ]     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1605 ]		22	14	20	6
15	ALWAYS     [ Jack Smith–Hit 7115 ]     [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Capitol 125 ]		20	19	—	3
16	AND HER TEARS FLOWED LIKE WINE     [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 166 ]		11	11	11	9
17	WHISPERING     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1597 ]     [ Benny Goodman Quartet–Victor 25481 ]		17	18	31	5
18	GEE, BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU     [ King Cole Trio–Capitol 169 ]		30	28	21	7
19	IT HAD TO BE YOU     [ Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest–Decca 23349 ]     [ Betty Hutton–Capitol 155 ]     [ Artie Shaw & Orchestra–Victor 20-1593 ]		12	10	7	9
20	WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE     [ Andy Russell–Capitol 167 ]		21	22	13	9
21	CONFESSIN’ (That I Love You)     [Ella Fitzgerald with Song Spinners–Decca 18633 ]		—	—	—	1
22	AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE     [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 180 ]		—	—	—	1
23	HOW MANY HEARTS HAVE YOU BROKEN     [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 166 ]     [ Three Suns–Hit 7092 ]		15	16	16	9
24	IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T (Ma’ Baby)     [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23350 ]     [ Louis Jordan & Tympany Five–Decca 8659 ]		16	15	10	9
25	TEN DAYS WITH BABY     [ Merry Macs–Decca 18630 ]		23	29	—	3
26	DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME     [ Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orchestra–Decca 18615 ]     [ Artie Shaw & Orchestra–Victor 20-1593 ]		—	44	32	7
27	MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, LOUIS     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18626 ]		—	—	—	1
28	CUBAN SUGAR MILL     [ Freddie Slack & Orchestra–Capitol 172 ]		19	21	35	6
29	TILL THEN     [ Mills Brothers–Decca 18599 ]		26	23	14	9
30	MOON ON MY PILLOW     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18627 ]		32	20	—	3
31	MAGIC IS THE MOONLIGHT     [ Andy Russell–Capitol 175 ]		—	41	—	2
32	WHO DAT UP DERE?     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Decca 18619 ]		28	39	19	9
33	I’M IN A JAM (With Baby)     [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 18628 ]     [ Hal McIntyre & Orchestra–Bluebird 30-0831 ]		—	—	—	1
34	IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36756 ]		—	—	—	1
35	AN HOUR NEVER PASSES     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18616 ]		24	26	17	9
36	HELPLESS     [ Glenn Miller & Orchestra–Victor 20-1600 ]		25	30	—	3
37	(There’ll Be A) HOT TIME IN THE TOWN OF BERLIN (When The Yanks Go Marching In)     [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23350 ]		27	24	23	9
38	HAMP’S BOOGIE WOOGIE     [ Lionel Hampton & Orchestra–Decca 18613 ]		29	27	24	9
39	LILI MARLENE     [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1592 ]     [ Hildegarde–Decca 23348 ]		35	42	33	9
40	BOOGIE WOOGIE     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 26054 ]		37	37	29	9
41	THE DAY AFTER FOREVER     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18580 ]		—	—	43	6
42	SWEET AND LOVELY     [ Bing Crosby–Brunswick 80057 ]		—	—	—	1
43	IT’S FUNNY TO EVERYONE BUT ME     [ Frank Sinatra with Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36738 ]		42	—	46	5
44	SWINGING ON A STAR     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18597 ]		43	31	15	9
45	IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18580 ]     [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 158 ]		33	35	28	9

NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with no indication of which version(s) were the biggest sellers. Artists listed above had the biggest hit version(s) of each song, determined primarily by the rankings on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.

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