We continue our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1941, the first full year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart - the chart was launched in July 1940. This great value 91-track 4-CD set comprises every record which appeared in the Best Sellers Top 10 during the year, which was the first complete calendar year of the sales chart. The big names of the swing era were very much in evidence, and the year started with Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" at No. 1 and finished with Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" occupying the top spot. In between, a host of other big names made their presence felt - Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and others - alongside many highly collectable lesser-known records by some artists we don't hear too much about these days. It makes for an intriguing and very entertaining musical snapshot of a year when the USA was enjoying the calm before the storm of Pearl Harbour in December of that year. It includes a 10,000 word booklet with a commentary on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Frenesi
- Will Bradley & His Orchestra feat. Ray McKinley - Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle - A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
- Ink Spots - We Three
- Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & His Orch. - Only Forever
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Marion Hutton - Five O'Clock Whistle
- Bob Crosby & His Orch. with Bonnie King - Down Argentina Way
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Anvil Chorus (from "Il Trovatore")
- Charlie Barnet & His Orch. with Bob Carroll - I Hear A Rhapsody
- Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orch. - Ferry-Boat Serenade
- Vaughn Monroe & His Orch. - There I Go
- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Star Dust
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle - Along The Santa Fe Trail
- Dinah Shore - Yes My Darling Daughter
- Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Perfidia
- Eddy Duchin & His orchestra with Johnny Drake - You Walk By
- Will Bradley & His Orchestra feat. Ray McKinley & Freddie Slack - Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)
- Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Howard Dulany - High On A Windy Hill
- Artie Shaw & Gramercy Five - Summit Ridge Drive
- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Concerto For Clarinet
Disc 2:
- Hal Kemp & His Orchestra with Bob Allen - It All Comes Back To Me Now
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Song Of The Volga Boatman
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers - Oh Look At Me Now
- Artie Shaw & Gramercy Five - Dancing In The Dark
- Jimmy Dorsey & His orch. Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Amapola
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
- Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - New San Antonio Rose
- Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Blue Flame
- Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Louise Tobin - There'll Be Some Changes Made
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers - Do I Worry
- Harry James  & His Orchestra - Music Makers
- Al Donahue & His Orchestra with Dee Keating - The Wise Old Owl
- Wayne King & His Orchestra - Intermezzo
- Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry, Ginny, Jack & Max - Alexander The Swoose
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers - Dolores
- Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights with Ronnie Kemper - G'bye Now
- Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & His Orch. -  I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. with Frank Sinatra - Everything Happens To Me
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. with Bob Eberly - My Sister And I
Disc 3:
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with The Pied Pipers - Let's Get Away From It All
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Kenny Gardner & The Lombardo Trio - The Band Played On
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. with Bob Eberly - Maria Elena
- Sammy Kaye & The Three Kaydets - Until Tomorrow (Goodnight My Love)
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
- Sammy Kaye & The Kaye Choir - Daddy
- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra with Eddie Stone - The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. with Bob Eberly - The Things I Love
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Jo Stafford & Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed! (De Verdad Que Si!)
- Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights with Ronnie Kemper & Donna Wood - Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back In A Year
- Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry, Ginny, Jack & Max - Til Reveille
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. with Bob Eberly - Blue Champagne
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Modernaires - The Booglie Wooglie Piggy
- Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Anita O'Day - Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina
- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Piano Concerto In B Flat
- Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & His Orch. - 'Til Reveille
Disc 4:
- Harry James & His Orchestra with Dick Haymes - Lament To Love
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle - You And I
- Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge - Let Me Off Uptown
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Four Modernaires - Chattanooga Choo Choo
- Tommy Tucker Time with Amy Arnell & The Voices Three - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Helen O'Connell & Bob Eberly - Jim
- Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra - Elmer's Tune
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra - This Love Of Mine (Este Amor Mio)
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell - Time Was (Duerme)
- Harry James & His Orchestra - You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
- Tony Martin - Tonight We Love (Concerto No. 1 B Flat Minor)
- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra with Hot Lips Page - Blues In The Night
- Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights with Larry Cotton, Fred Lowery & Glee Club - Shepherd Serenade
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra - Two In Love
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceras & The Modernaires - Jingle Bells
- Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra with Garry Stevens & The Stardusters - This Is No Laughing Matter
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Ray Eberle - White Cliffs Of Dover
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