The #1 R&B song on September 12, 1944

Hamp's Boogie Woogie By Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on September 12, 1944

#1 Hit Song

Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby

#1 Country Song

Soldier's Last Letter
Ernest Tubb

Notable September 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Charles Burlingame

Born September 12, 1949

Steve Turre

Born September 12, 1948

Tony Bellamy

Born September 12, 1946

Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman

Born September 12, 1945

Ralph Neely

Born September 12, 1943

Maria Muldaur

Born September 12, 1942

Linda Gray

Born September 12, 1940