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Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941.
Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941.

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For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like 'Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>Template:Cite book</ref> and other sources as specified. The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart during 1941.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra "Chattanooga Choo Choo"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11230 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 253 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, ASCAP song of 1941, Oscar Nomination 1941 (film 'Sun Valley Serenade')
2 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra "Piano Concerto In B Flat"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11211 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 230 points
3 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3629 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #3, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, 171 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary">Template:Cite journal</ref>
4 Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye "Daddy"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27391 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #4, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 170 points
5 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Green Eyes"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3698 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
6 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Maria Elena"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3698 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 142 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
7 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Elmer's Tune"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11274 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #7, US #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 126 points
8 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) "This Love of Mine"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27508 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #8, US #3 for 4 weeks, 27 total weeks, 111 points
9 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Blue Champagne"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3775 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 84 points
10 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & Connie Haines & Pied Pipers) "Oh Look At Me Now"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27274 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #10, US #2 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 81 points
11 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "My Sister and I"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3710 Template:Start date Template:Start date US 1941 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 79 points
12 Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire"<ref name=Columbia>Template:Cite web</ref> Columbia 36295 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #12, US #2 for 2 week, 17 total weeks, 77 points
13 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra "I Hear a Rhapsody"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 10934 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #13, US #2 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 76 points
14 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Yes, Indeed!"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27421 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #14, US #4 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 73 points
15 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Yours"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3657 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 73 points
16 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra "Perfidia (Tonight)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 26334 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #16, US #3 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 70 points
17 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "I Hear A Rhapsody"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3570 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #17, US #3 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 55 points
18 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Song Of The Volga Boatmen"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11029 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 53 points
19 Freddy Martin and his Orchestra "The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11147 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 53 points
20 Bing Crosby "Dolores"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3644 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 52 points

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
23 Andrews Sisters "(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3622 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #23, US #5 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 48 points
25 Harry James and His Orchestra "You Made Me Love You"<ref name=Columbia/> Columbia 36296 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #25, US #5 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 41 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2010
46 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra "Star Dust"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27230 Template:Start date Template:Start date US 1941 #46, US #6 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 12 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1988
56 Bing Crosby "San Antonio Rose"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3590 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #56, US #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 9 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
87 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "New San Antonio Rose"<ref name=Okeh1>Template:Cite web</ref> OKeh 05694 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #87, US #11 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1940 #9, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/> Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Library of Congress artifact added 2003
86 Dinah Shore "Yes, My Darling Daughter"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 10920 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #86, US #11 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
88 Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3598 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #88, US #11 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000
91 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra "Take the "A" Train"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 27380 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #91, US #12 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1976
95 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra "Because of You"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bluebird 11094 Template:Start date Template:Start date US 1941 #95, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
99 Louise Massey and the Westerners "My Adobe Hacienda"<ref name=Okeh2/> Okeh 6077 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #99, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #10, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
131 Gene Autry "You Are My Sunshine"<ref name=Okeh2>Template:Cite web</ref> Okeh 6274 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #131, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, USHB #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
142 Sons of the Pioneers "Cool Water"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 5939 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #142, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
167 Bing Crosby "You Are My Sunshine"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3952 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #167, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
147 Gene Autry "Be Honest with Me"<ref name=Okeh1/> Okeh 5980 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #147, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 58 total weeks
154 Ernest Tubb "Walking the Floor Over You"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 5958 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #154, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, USHB #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks
251 Bing Crosby "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 3590 Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1941 #251, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
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Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Alwyn, William Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra 1941-11-03 Bedford, UK Forbes / BBC Symphony – Boult<ref>Naxos Records</ref><ref>The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn</ref>
Barber, Samuel Violin Concerto 1941-02-07 Philadelphia Spalding / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy<ref>New York Philharmonic</ref>
Bartók, Béla String Quartet No. 6 1941-02-07 New York City Kolisch Quartet<ref>Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Matinées musicales 1941-06-27 Rio de Janeiro American Ballet Company Orchestra – Balaban<ref>MUSIClassical Notes</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Sinfonia da Requiem 1941-03-30 New York City New York Philharmonic – Barbirolli<ref>Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio</ref>
Britten, Benjamin String Quartet No. 1 1941-09-21 Los Angeles Coolidge Quartet<ref>Good Morning Britten</ref>
Copland, Aaron Piano Sonata 1941-10-21 Buenos Aires Copland<ref>Naxos Records</ref>
Dallapiccola, Luigi Canti di prigionia 1941-12-11 Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Dallapiccola, Luigi Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux 1941-05-01 Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Ginastera, Alberto Concierto argentino 1941-07-18 Montevideo, Uruguay Balzo / SODRE Symphony – Baldi<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Herrmann, Bernard Symphony 1941-07-27 New York City CBS Symphony – Herrmann<ref>Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann</ref>
Hindemith, Paul Cello Concerto 1941-02-07 Boston Piatigorsky / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky<ref>Schott Music</ref>
Messiaen, Olivier Quatuor pour la fin du temps 1941-01-15 Görlitz, Germany Le Boulaire, Akoka, Pasquier, Messiaen<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Novák, Vítězslav De Profundis 1941-11-20 Brno, Czechoslovakia Reinberger / Prague Radio Symphony – Bakala<ref>Wright Music</ref>
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Symphonic Dances 1941-01-03 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Schuman, William Symphony No. 3 1941-10-17 Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky<ref>Musicsales Classical</ref>

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