Editing 1944 in music (section)

==Top race records==

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Ella Fitzgerald]] & [[The Ink Spots]] || "[[Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall]]" || Decca 23356 || {{Start date|1944|8|30}} || {{Start date|1944|10}} || US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
|-
| 2 || [[Nat King Cole|King Cole Trio]] || "[[Straighten Up and Fly Right]]"<ref name="Cogan" /> || Capitol 154 || {{Start date|1943|11|30}} || {{Start date|1944|4|14}} || US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 3 ||  [[Duke Ellington]] || "[[Do Nothing till You Hear from Me|Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me]]" || Victor 20-1547 || {{Start date|1940|3|15}} || {{Start date|1943|12}} || US BB 1944 #73, US #10 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[G.I. Jive]]" || Decca 8659 || {{Start date|1944|3|15}} || {{Start date|1944|4}} || US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks
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| 5 || [[Lionel Hampton|Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Hamp's Boogie Woogie|Hampton's Boogie Woogie]]" || Decca 18613 || {{Start date|1944|8|30}} || {{Start date|1944|8}} || US R&B 1944 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks
|}