On January 8, 1944 Billboard Magazine debuted its new “Most Played Juke Box Folk Records Chart” as their means of ranking Country Music songs, and these were the Number 1 Billboard Country Music songs of 1944.
Weeks Number 1 Song Title Preformer
January 8 to February 5 “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
February 5 to February 25 “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Al Dexter
February 25 to March 11 “Ration Blues” Louis Jordan
March 11 to March 18 “Rosalita” Al Dexter
March 18 to March 25 “They Took The Stars Our Of Heaven” Floyd Tillman
March 25 to April 1 “So Long Pal” Al Dexter
April 1 to June 10 “Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry” Al Dexter
June 10 to July 29 “Straighten Up And Fly Right” The King Cole Trio
July 29 to September 2 “Is You Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” Louis Jordan
September 2 to September 23 “Soldier’s Last Letter” Ernest Tubb
September 23 to December 23 “Smoke On The Water” Red Foley
December 23, 1944 to “I’m Wastin’ My Tears On You” Tex Ritter
February 3, 1945
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