1944 in music

On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions.

Decca was the first company to settle in September 1943, but RCA Victor and Columbia held on until November 11, 1944.

[2][4] It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, with two more by Capitol, the second company to settle.

The January 6, 1945 issue contained year-end top ten charts for "Best Selling Retail Records", "Most Played Juke Box Records" and "Top 10 Disks for 1944", the latter combining the scores of the former two charts.

Details from "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" (Hillbilly), "Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP) charts and the "American Folk Records" column late 1943-early 1944 were also considered.