As we go though the number one hits of the 1940s, we missed this one, which spent five weeks at the top of the charts. Well, at one of the charts. Remember, Billboard actually had three different charts, the Best Sellers, Juke Box, and Disc Jockey charts. Later, Billboard combined them, but for a period of time in the 1940s, they were all separate, and each was as valid as the other.

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