Year:1944

Bands Formed

 * Artist

Singles released

 * In New Orleans Lead Belly
 * Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Louis Jordan
 * I'll Be Seeing You Billie Holiday
 * Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald
 * Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole
 * Main Stem Duke Ellington
 * You Always Hurt the One You Love The Mills Brothers
 * Artistry in Rhythm Stan Kenton
 * Opus No. 1 Tommy Dorsey
 * Rum and Coca-Cola The Andrews Sisters
 * Strange Fruit Josh White
 * Sweet Lorraine Nat King Cole
 * It's Only a Paper Moon Nat King Cole
 * Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You Nat King Cole
 * The Love I Long For Harry James
 * Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
 * Cow Cow Boogie Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
 * Cherry Red Blues Cootie Williams
 * Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet Ella Mae Morse
 * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Judy Garland
 * And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine Stan Kenton

Albums Released

 * Date Released: Artist - Album

Other Events

 * Leonard Bernstein composed Fancy Free-Three Dance Variations for Orchestra
 * 13 February: first performance of George Antheils Symphony No. 4
 * 15 december: first performance of Overture Suomenlinna 2nd version of Uuno Klami

1944