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The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1941. Songs For John Doe is the 1941 debut album and first released product of influential folk musicians the Almanac Singers. The Almanac Singers were a group of Folk musicians who as their name indicates specialized in topical songs especially songs connected with union organizing The music to the The Maltese Falcon (1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart was written by Adolph Deutsch who later went on the win an Academy Award for his Adolph Deutsch (October 20 1897 - January 1 1980 was an Academy Award -winning composer conductor and arranger Note This article is linked to the discography in the Burl Ives article Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives ( 14 June 1909 &ndash 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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| 1 | Glenn Miller | Chattanooga Choo Choo | 1941 | US 1940s 1 - Sep 1941, US 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1941, RYM 2 of 1941, US BB 9 of 1941, POP 16 of 1941, Europe 54 of the 1940s | |
| 2 | Glenn Miller | A String of Pearls | 1941 | US 1940s 1 - Jan 1942, US 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1942, US BB 2 of 1941, RYM 13 of 1941, POP 13 of 1941 | |
| 3 | Jimmy Dorsey | Green Eyes | 1941 | US 1940s 1 - May 1941, US 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1941, US BB 12 of 1941, POP 12 of 1941, Europe 62 of the 1940s | |
| 4 | Jimmy Dorsey | Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) | 1941 | US 1940s 1 - Mar 1941, US 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1941, US BB 18 of 1941, POP 21 of 1941, Europe 75 of the 1940s | |
| 5 | Billie Holiday | God Bless the Child | 1941 | US BB 3 of 1941, POP 3 of 1941, RYM 5 of 1941, RIAA 58, Scrobulate 89 of jazz, Acclaimed 341, WXPN 814 |