The #1 song on September 11, 1944

Swinging on a Star

By Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet

Other #1 songs on September 11, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Soldier's Last Letter

Ernest Tubb

#1 R&B song

Hamp's Boogie Woogie

Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

Notable September 11 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Brian De Palma

Film Director

Minnijean Brown-Trickey

Activist

Lola Falana

Singer, Dancer, and Actress

André Caillé

Chemist and Businessman

Leo Kottke

Guitarist and Singer

John Agrue

Serial Killer

Bill Whittington

Racing Driver

Theodore Olson

Lawyer

Mickey Hart

Percussionist