List of number-one R&B singles of 1944 (U.S.)

This list of R&B #1 hits of 1944 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).

Issue DateSongArtistWeeks at #1
January 1"Ration Blues"Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five1 week
January 15"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me"Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra8 weeks*
January 22"G.I. Jive"Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston And His Orchestra1 week
March 11"Solo Flight"Benny Goodman and His Orchestra1 week
March 25"Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)"The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald1 week
April 1"Main Stem"Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra4 weeks*
April 15"When My Man Comes Home"Buddy Johnson and His Band1 week
April 29"Straighten Up and Fly Right"The Nat King Cole Trio10 weeks*
July 15"G.I. Jive"Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five6 weeks*
August 19"Till Then"The Mills Brothers1 week
September 2"Hamp's Boogie Woogie"Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra6 weeks*
September 30"I'm Lost"Benny Carter and His Orchestra2 weeks*
October 21"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You"The Nat King Cole Trio4 weeks
November 18"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald11 weeks*

An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.

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