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This is a list of number-one singles in the United States during the year 1940 according to The Billboard.

Number ones

Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1940.

Key: ♪ – Number-one single of the year

Number ones

Key: ♪ – Number-one single of the year

Contents
← 1940s • 1950 • 1951 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • After to the establishment of Billboard Hot 100 →

Reached number one	Artist(s)	Single	Record label	Weeks at number one
1950
January 7, 1950	Gene Autry	"Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer"	Columbia	1
January 14, 1950	The Andrews Sisters	"I Can Dream, Can't I"	Decca	4
February 11, 1950	The Ames Brothers	"Rag Mop"	Coral	1
February 18, 1950	Red Foley	"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"	Decca	4
March 18, 1950	Teresa Brewer	"Music! Music! Music!"	London	4
April 15, 1950	Eileen Barton	"If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"	National (local); Mercury (nationwide)	2
April 29, 1950	Anton Karas	"The Third Man Theme"	London	11
July 15, 1950	Nat King Cole	"Mona Lisa"	Capitol	5
August 19, 1950	Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers	"Goodnight Irene"♪ (1950)	Decca	13
November 18, 1950	Sammy Kaye	"Harbor Lights"	Columbia	2
December 2, 1950	Phil Harris	"The Thing"	RCA Victor	4
December 30, 1950	Patti Page	"The Tennessee Waltz"	Mercury	9
1951
March 3, 1951	Perry Como	"If"	RCA Victor	6
March 10, 1951	Mario Lanza	"Be My Love"	RCA Victor (Red Seal)	1
April 21, 1951	Les Paul and Mary Ford	"How High The Moon"	Capitol	9

References

1940 Category:1940 record charts Category:1940 in American music

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 ==Number ones ==
-Introduced in the issue dated July 27, 1940, the ten-position "National Best Selling Retail Records" (titled "National List of Best Selling Retail Records" for its first five weeks) began ''Billboard''{{'}}s tracking of music popularity.
-Prior to that issue, ''The Billboard'' had featured lists of national "Sheet Music Best Sellers"; "Records Most Popular on Music Machines" (compiled from national reports from phonograph operators); and "Songs With the Most Radio Plugs" (based on a select number of New York City radio stations).
-The "National Best Selling Retail Records," however, was the first chart to poll retailers nationwide on record sales.
-The new chart was termed a "trade service feature" based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York City to Los Angeles.
-[[Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] earned the number-one single for the inaugural retail list with the song "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]". Featuring vocals by [[Frank Sinatra]] and the vocal group [[the Pied Pipers]], the eventual standard would total twelve consecutive weeks atop the chart.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Trust|first1=Gary|title=Happy Birthday, ''Billboard'' Charts! On July 27, 1940, the First Song Sales Chart Debuted|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7874034/happy-birthday-billboard-charts-july-27-1940-song-sales|website=Billboard|publisher=[[Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group]]|accessdate=28 April 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728183159/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7874034/happy-birthday-billboard-charts-july-27-1940-song-sales|archivedate=28 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaplan|first1=James|title=The Night Sinatra Happened|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/10/frank-sinatra-201010|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|accessdate=28 April 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228151617/https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/10/frank-sinatra-201010|archivedate=28 February 2015}}</ref>
 Shown is a list of songs that topped the '''National Best Selling Retail Records''' chart in 1940.
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 ;Key
 :{{Color box|#FFFF99|♪&nbsp;|border=darkgray}} – Number-one single of the year
+== Number ones ==
-{| class="wikitable"
+;Key
-!Issue date
+:{{Color box|#FFFF99|♪&nbsp;|border=darkgray}} &ndash; [[List of Billboard Year-End number-one singles and albums|Number-one single of the year]]
-!Song
+{|id=toc class=toc summary=Contents
+!{{MediaWiki:Toc}}
+|-
+|align=center|[[List of Billboard number-one singles of the 1940s (U.S.)|← 1940s]]{{•}}[[#1950|1950]]{{•}}[[#1951|1951]] [[#1952|1952]]{{•}}[[#1953|1953]]{{•}}[[#1954|1954]]{{•}}[[#1955|1955]]{{•}}[[#1956|1956]]{{•}}[[#1957|1957]]{{•}}[[#1958|1958]]{{•}}[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles during 1958–1969 (U.S.)|After to the establishment of Billboard Hot 100 →]]
+|}
+[[File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|right|thumb|220px|[[Elvis Presley]] had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (10 songs) in addition, Presley remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (57 weeks).]]
+[[File:Patti Page.jpg|right|thumb|220px|[[Patti Page]] was the artist with second-longest most cumulative run at number one (22 weeks) between January 1950 until August 1958.]]
+[[File:Perry Como NYWTS.jpg|right|thumb|220px|[[Perry Como]] remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 20 weeks between January 1950 until August 1958.]]
+{|class="sortable wikitable"
+|-class="unsortable"
+! <span id="1950"></span>Reached number one
 !Artist(s)
+!Single
-!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
+!Record label
+!Weeks at<br />number one
+!Ref
 |-
+!colspan=6|{{anchor|10}}[[List of number-one singles of 1950 (U.S.)|1950]]
-|July 27
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="12"|"[[I'll Never Smile Again]]"
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="12"|[[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[the Pied Pipers]]
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="12"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinatra Sheet Music (1st Frank Sinatra appearance): I'll Never Smile Again. Words & Music by Ruth Lowe. Featured by The Pied Pipers & Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.|url=http://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/archive/A8777C2F-536D-47DA-BC8A-585348549587|website=HobokenMuseum.org|publisher=[[Hoboken Historical Museum]]|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512164553/http://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/archive/A8777C2F-536D-47DA-BC8A-585348549587|archivedate=12 May 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref>
-|-
-|August 3
-|-
-|August 10
-|-
-|August 17
-|-
-|August 24
-|-
-|August 31
-|-
-|September 7
-|-
-|September 14
-|-
-|September 21
 |-
+| January 7, 1950 || [[Gene Autry]] || "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer]]" || <div align="center">Columbia</div> || <div align="center">1</div> ||
-|September 28
 |-
+| January 14, 1950 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || "[[I Can Dream, Can't I]]" || <div align="center">Decca</div> || <div align="center">4</div> ||
-|October 5
 |-
+| February 11, 1950 || The [[Ames Brothers]] || "[[Rag Mop]]" || <div align="center">Coral</div> || <div align="center">1</div> ||
-|October 12
 |-
+| February 18, 1950 || [[Red Foley]] || "[[Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy]]" || <div align="center">Decca</div> || <div align="center">4</div> ||
-|October 19
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="9"|"[[Only Forever (song)|Only Forever]]"
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="9"|[[Bing Crosby]]  with [[John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra]]
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="9"|<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Pop Memories 1890–1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, United States|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=108}}</ref>
 |-
+| March 18, 1950 || [[Teresa Brewer]] || "[[Music! Music! Music!]]" || <div align="center">London</div> || <div align="center">4</div> ||
-|October 26
 |-
+| April 15, 1950 || [[Eileen Barton]] || "[[If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake]]" || <div align="center">National (local); Mercury (nationwide)</div> || <div align="center">2</div> ||
-|November 2
 |-
+| April 29, 1950 || [[Anton Karas]] || "[[The Third Man Theme]]" || <div align="center">London</div> || <div align="center">11</div> ||
-|November 9
 |-
+| July 15, 1950 || [[Nat King Cole]] || "[[Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song)|Mona Lisa]]" || <div align="center">Capitol</div> || <div align="center">5</div> ||
-|November 16
 |-
+| August 19, 1950 || [[Gordon Jenkins]] and [[The Weavers]]
-|November 23
+|bgcolor=#FFFF99|"[[Goodnight Irene]]"♪ <small>(1950)</small> || <div align="center">Decca</div> || <div align="center">13</div> ||
 |-
+| November 18, 1950 || [[Sammy Kaye]] || "[[Harbour Lights (song)|Harbor Lights]]" || <div align="center">Columbia</div> || <div align="center">2</div> ||
-|November 30
 |-
+| December 2, 1950 || [[Phil Harris]] || "[[The Thing (song)|The Thing]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor</div> || <div align="center">4</div> ||
-|December 7
 |-
+| December 30, 1950 || [[Patti Page]] || "[[The Tennessee Waltz]]" || <div align="center">Mercury</div> || <div align="center">9</div> ||
-|December 14
+|-class="unsortable"
+!colspan=6|<span id="1951"></span>{{anchor|10}}[[List of number-one singles of 1951 (U.S.)|1951]]
 |-
+| March 3, 1951 || [[Perry Como]] || "[[If (They Made Me a King)|If]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor</div> || <div align="center">6</div> ||
-|December 21
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"|"[[Frenesi]]"
-|style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"|[[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]]
-|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|date=21 December 1940|title=Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 13, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/Billboard-1940-12-21.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=10|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>
 |-
+| March 10, 1951 || [[Mario Lanza]] || "[[Be My Love]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor (Red Seal)</div> || <div align="center">1</div> ||
-|December 28
+|-
-|style="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|date=28 December 1940|title=Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 19, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/Billboard-1940-12-28.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=62|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>
+| April 21, 1951 || [[Les Paul]] and [[Mary Ford]] || "[[How High The Moon]]" || <div align="center">Capitol</div> || <div align="center">9</div> ||
 |-
 |}
 ==See also==
 *[[1940 in music]]