The Yearly GELT's TOP 1941


Paulette Goddard & James Stewart in  Pot O' Gold (George Marshall, 1941)
Artist of the year : Helen O'Connell

 Among all the pretty singing "canaries" who made the heyday of big bands in the early 40's thanks to the sensuality of their voices as well as by their scenic charm, the one elected  in 1941 as better female vocalist was none other than Helen O’Connell
Born in Lima, Ohio, in 1920 she made her debut in a radio station of St Louis before singing in Larry Funk’s band. It was during a tour that she met in New York Jimmy Dorsey who was then looking for a vocalist to replace Ella Mae Morse, left hurriedly. She contracted with him in 1938 and started recording but really achieved the best of her career when duetting with Bob Eberly, completing his crooning style with her up-tempo swinging chorus. The name of Helen O'Connell since remains associated with some major hits such as AmapolaTangerine or Green Eyes.



Song of the year : Let Me Off Uptown performed by Gene KrupaAnita O'Day and Roy Eldridge


Thanks to vocalist Anita O'Day and her sense of rhythm, Gene Krupa got at last a hit up to his standards.


 #
 Artist
 Title
 CT
VIDEO 
 1 
 Glenn Miller
 Chattanooga Choo Choo feat. Tex  Beneke & The Modernaries +  Dorothy Dandridge & The  Nicholas Brothers
 (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)

 2
 The Andrews Sisters with  Will Bradley & His Orchestra
 Scrub Me Mamma With A Boogie  Beat
 (Don Raye)
 3
 Sammy Kaye
 Daddy
 (Bobby Troup)
 4 
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Green Eyes feat. Bob Eberly &  Helen O'Connell
 (Nilo Menendez/Eddie River/Eddie Woods)
 5
 Billie Holiday
 God Bless The Child
 (Arthur Herzog/Billie Holiday)
 6
 Horace Heidt & His Musical  Knights
 The Hut-Sut Song
 (Leo V. Killion/Ted Mc Michael/Jack  Owens)
 7
 Benny Goodman
 Perfidia feat. Helen Forrest
 (Alberto Dominguez)
 8 
 Gene Krupa
 Let Me Off Uptown feat. Anita  O'Day & Roy Eldridge
 (Earl Bostic/Redd Evans)
 9
 Ella Fitzgerald
 You Don't Know What Love Is
 (Don Raye/Gene de Paul)
 10 
 Glenn Miller
 At Last feat. Ray Eberle & Pat  Friday
 (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
 11 
 The Andrews Sisters
 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
 (Don Raye/Hughie Prince)
 12
 Gene Krupa
 There'll Be some Changes  Made feat. Irene Daye
 (Benton Overstreet/Billy Higgins)

 13
 Tommy Dorsey
 Let's Get Away From It All feat.  The Pied Pipers
 (Matt Dennis/Toma Adair)
 14
 The Ink Spots
 I Don't Want To Set The World On  Fire
 (Benny Benjamin/Eddie Durham/Sol  Marcus/Eddie Seiler)

 15
 Tommy Dorsey
 Oh! Look At Me Now feat. Frank  Sinatra, Connie Haines & The  Pied  Pipers
 (Joe Bushkin/John De Vries)
 16
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Maria Elena feat. Bob Eberly
 (Lorenzo Barcelata/Bob Russell)
 17
 Bing Crosby
 Shepherd's Serenade
 (James Melton)
 18 
 Glenn Miller
 Elmer's Tune feat. The  Modernaires
 (Sammy Gallops/Dick Jurgens)
 19
 Judy Garland
 How 'Bout You
 (Burton Lane/Ralph Freed)
 20
 Artie Shaw
 Blues In The Night feat. "Hot  Lips"  Paige
 (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
 21 
 The Nat King Cole Quartet
 Sweet Lorraine
 (Cliff Burwell/Mitchell Parish)
 22
 Tommy Dorsey
 This Love Of Mine feat. Frank  Sinatra
 (Frank Sinatra/Henry W. Sanicola,Jr./Sol  Parker)
 23
 Benny Goodman
 Winter Weather feat. Peggy Lee &  Art Lund
 (Ted Shapiro)
 24
 Lil Green
 Knockin' Out Myself
 (Lil Green)
 25
 Glenn Miller
 This Time The Dream's On  Me feat.  Ray Eberle
 (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)
 26
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Tangerine feat. Bob Eberly &  Helen  O'Connell
 (Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer)
 27
 The Andrews Sisters
 I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom  Time
 (Neville Fleeson/Albert Von Tilzer)
 28
 Al Donahue
 The Wise Old Owl feat. Dee  Keating
 (Cynthia Gray)
 29 
 Harry James
 But Not For Me feat. Helen Forrest
 (George & Ira Gershwin)

 30
 Vaughn Monroe
 Racing With The Moon
 (Vaughn Monroe)
 31
 Gene Krupa
 Skylark feat. Anita O'Day
 (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)
 32
 Tommy Dorsey
 Yes, Indeed feat. Jo Stafford & Sy  Oliver
 (Sy Oliver)
 33
 Freddy Martin
 Why Don't We Do This More  Often? feat. Eddie Stone
 (Allie Wrubel/Charles Newman)
 34
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Embraceable You feat. Bob Eberly  & Helen O'Connell
 (George & Ira Gershwin)
 35
 Duke Ellington
 Flamingo feat. Herb Jeffries
 (Ted Grouya/Edmund Anderson)
 36
 Gene Krupa
 It All Comes Back To Me Now feat.  Howard Dulany
 (Jim Steinman)

 37 
  Dinah Shore
 Stardust
 (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)
 38
 Tommy Dorsey
 Dolores feat. Frank Sinatra
 (Louis Alter/Frank Loesser)
 39
 The Ink Spots
 Do I Worry
 (Stanley Cowan/Bobby Worth)
 40
 Glenn Miller
 Five O'Clock Whistle feat. Marion  Hutton
 (Joseph Myrow/Kim Gannon/Gene Irwin)


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