Ridley Park High School
Class of '44 - Jukebox

Class of '44 Jukebox
Class Member D. Js Play Music of the Big Band Era.


Click on speaker for Artie Shaw's "Begin the Beguine."

The Top Five Songs
Freshman Year
September, 1940
Number Title and Artist
One I'll Never Smile Again
Tommy Dorsey - Frank Sinatra & Pied Pipers, vocal
Two When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Ink Spots, vocal quartet
Three Blueberry Hill
Glenn Miller - Ray Eberle, vocal
Four All This And Heaven Too
Charlie Barnet - Larry Taylor, vocal
Five The Breeze And I
Jimmy Dorsey - Bob Eberle,vocal

The Top Five Songs
Freshman Year
October, 1940
Number Title and Artist
One Practice Makes Perfect
Bob Chester v. Al Stuart
Two Maybe
Ink Spots, vocal quartet
Three Trade winds
Tommy Dorsey v. Frank Sinatra
Four Our Love Affair
Ted Weems v. Perry Como
Five The Same Old Story
Billie Holiday v. Billie Holiday
Bonus Pompton Turnpike
Charlie Barnet

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The Top Five Songs
Sophomore Year
September, 1941
Number Title and Artist
One You And I
Glenn Miller v. Ray Eberle
Two Yours
Xavier Cugat v. Dinah Shore
Three Green eyes
Jimmy Dorsey v. Bob Eberly - Helen O'Connell
Four I Guess I'll Have To Dream the Rest
Harry James v. Dick Haymes
Five Till Reveille
Kay Kyser v. Harry Babbitt

The Top Five Songs
Sophomore Year
October, 1941
Number Title and Artist
One I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
Tommy Tucker v. Amy Arnell
Two You And I
Tommy Dorsey v. Frank Sinatra
Three Time Was
Jimmy Dorsey v. Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell
Four Do You Care?
Blue Barron v. Jimmy Brown
Five Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Freddy Martin
Bonus Yes Indeed
Tommy Dorsey v. Jo Stafford - Sy Oliver

The Top Five Songs
Junior Year
September, 1942
Number Title and Artist
One He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings
Kay Kyser v. Harry Babbitt
Two I Left My Hear At the Stage Door Canteen
Sammy Kaye v. Don Cornell
Three Be Careful It's My Heart
Tommy Dorsey v. Frank Sinatra
Four At Last
Glenn Miller v. Ray Eberle
Five Idaho
Benny Goodman v. Dick Haymes

The Top Five Songs
Junior Year
October, 1942
Number Title and Artist
One My Devotion
Charlie Spivak v. Gary Stevens
Two I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
Glenn Miller v. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton , Modernaires
Three Be Careful It's My Heart
Bing Crosby
Four Serenade In Blue
Glenn Miller v. Ray Eberle & Modernaires
Five Manhattan Serenade
Harry James v. Helen Forrest
Bonus Blue Blazes
Tommy Dorsey s. Ziggy Elman, tpt.

The Top Five Songs
Senior Year
October, 1943
Number Title and Artist
One Sunday, Monday Or Always
Bing Crosby w/ Ken Darby Singers
Two People Will Say We're Inb Love
Bing Crosby, Trudy Ervin, Sportsmen qtte.
Three I Heard You Cried Last Night
Harry James v. Helen Forrest
Four Paper Doll
Mills Brothers, vocal quartet
Five Pistol Packin' Mama
Al Dexter
Bonus Mission To Moscow
Benny Goodman

The Top Five Songs
Graduation Week,
17 June 1944
Number Title and Artist
One Long Ago and Far Away
Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes, vocal
Two I'll Be Seeing You
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Frank Sinatra vocal
Three I'll Get By
Ink Spots, vocal quartet
Four The San Fernando Valley
Bing Crosby, vocal
Five Amor
Andy Russell, vocal

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