US #1s of 1941

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Part one of a series. Youtube links where possible.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Glenn Miller, "Chattanooga Choo Choo" http://www.youtube.	9
Glenn Miller, "Elmer's Tune" http://www.youtube.com/watch	3
Glenn Miller, "Song of the Volga Boatmen" http://www.yout	3
Artie Shaw, "Frenesi" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPwR	2
Jimmy Dorsey, "Maria Elena"	0
Jimmy Dorsey, "My Sister and I" http://www.youtube.com/wa	0
Jimmy Dorsey, "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" http://	0
Jimmy Dorsey, "Blue Champagne"	0
Freddy Martin, "Piano Concerto in B Flat"	0
Jimmy Dorsey, "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"	0
Sammy Kaye, "Daddy"	0

― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:11 (eighteen years ago)

I favor the dark skulk of "Song of the Volga Boatmen".

― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

Before anyone asks, I decided to start at 1941 because there isn't a full year's worth of data for 1940.

― The Reverend, Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:14 (eighteen years ago)

Gotta be "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this ;)

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:10 (eighteen years ago)

This is a really cool idea. But yeah, "Chatanooga Choo Choo" is gonna win this one by a mile.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:19 (eighteen years ago)

I've always had a soft spot for "Elmer's Tune."

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

This May 1st really is, like, a first - time ever I've agreed simultaneously with Chuck and Geir :)

― t**t, Thursday, 1 May 2008 09:06 (eighteen years ago)

This is what's wrong with modern pop music, that you don't have lyrics like "Why does a gander meander in search of a goose" any more.

― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 1 May 2008 09:13 (eighteen years ago)

replace "Gander", "Meander" and "Goose" and it could be a rap lyric.

― Mark G, Thursday, 1 May 2008 09:42 (eighteen years ago)

Yo mama got an Afro with a chin strap.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 2 May 2008 00:15 (eighteen years ago)

Timely poll, as I'm in the middle of the Tommy Dorsey "Livin' in a Great Big Way" bio

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 2 May 2008 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

So charts were compiled monthly back then I guess. Good trivia to know.

― Hurting 2, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:16 (eighteen years ago)

Not so.

― The Reverend, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

so why are there twelve?

― Hurting 2, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

o fuk eleven nevermind

― Hurting 2, Friday, 2 May 2008 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

based on the ones with YouTube links, I'm voting for "Elmer's Tune."

― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

Probably wind up choosing "Frenesi" but I suppose I should view the vids first...

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:48 (eighteen years ago)

artie is a god. i must have ten or twelve hours of blue room broadcasts and i can listen to them all day happily.

― scott seward, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

I favor the dark skulk of "Song of the Volga Boatmen".
Me too. Rivaled only in dark skulking by the The Witch's Palace Guard chant from The Wizard of Oz.

― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 2 May 2008 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

wow, Dorsey pwned by Miller

― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:20 (eighteen years ago)

Great thread I loved seeing these & would like to track some of them down now. The top vote getters were great but I'd like to give some belated love to My Sister and I - Jimmy Dorsey. Quite startling and made me think about the times back then.

― fantasimundo, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 01:40 (eighteen years ago)

Why does a gander meander in search of a HOOS

― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 7 May 2008 03:20 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

Reverend's popular ilm poll series continuation rumoured imminent???

― fantasimundo, Saturday, 25 October 2008 06:41 (seventeen years ago)

shit, had I seen this

Sammy Kaye, "Daddy" - 1

This song was about a decade ahead of its time and had shelf life of another 15 years.

Here's Bobby Troup Trio's 1951 cover:

Ugh. Gushing.

― LIL HOOSANE (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 25 October 2008 15:01 (seventeen years ago)

oh fuck, thanks for reviving this. I completely forgot

― mujeres con dos, tres, quatro, cinco tetas (The Reverend), Saturday, 25 October 2008 18:27 (seventeen years ago)

Reading Boogaloo right now makes me think a 1925 poll is needed...

― LIL HOOSANE (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 26 October 2008 05:58 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, Rev, please continue with this series; is awesome! (and now we can embed the vids...joy!)

― THE TOWER OF HUMANOID ANTIBODIES!!! (Ioannis), Sunday, 26 October 2008 08:05 (seventeen years ago)

Yayness!

― fantasimundo, Sunday, 26 October 2008 08:56 (seventeen years ago)

US #1s of 1992

― R$ (The Reverend), Sunday, 26 October 2008 20:56 (seventeen years ago)

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