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Music styles of the 1940s

14,427works
72,730pressings
23styles arrived
1styles peaked

Genres

Jazz31%
Pop29%
Other16%
Folk, World, & Country14%
Classical10%
Funk / Soul0%
Rock0%
Electronic0%
Hip Hop0%

Pressed on

Shellac90%
Vinyl9%
Box Set0%
Acetate0%
Flexi-disc0%
All Media0%

Arrived in the 1940s

Took offStyleWorks
1940 Dixieland5,471
1940 Afro-Cuban2,527
1940 Requiem288
1941 Rumba5,558
1942 Pasodoble667
1942 Dances519
1943 Choro386
1945 Musical6,971
1945 Jump Blues1,130
1946 Bop7,747
1947 Holiday15,614
1947 Story7,513
1947 Honky Tonk2,078
1947 Educational1,845
1947 Oratorio1,173
1947 Beguine752
1948 Samba6,691
1948 Nursery Rhymes2,458
1949 Gospel19,640
1949 Religious11,437
1949 Bluegrass6,473
1949 Organ2,286
1949 Afro-Cuban Jazz1,461

Peaked in the 1940s

Boogie Woogie

Most-pressed works of the 1940s

TitleArtistYearPressings
The "Harry Lime" Theme / The Cafe Mozart WaltzAnton Karas1949126
South PacificRodgers & Hammerstein1949116
White Christmas / God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenBing Crosby194774
Oklahoma!Richard Rodgers194371
Christmas Songs By SinatraFrank Sinatra194869
Merry ChristmasBing Crosby194565
Rossini OverturesGioacchino Rossini194564
Annie Get Your GunEthel Merman194662
CarouselRodgers & Hammerstein194550
Dancing In The DarkCarmen Cavallaro194249
You Can't Be True, Dear / Cuckoo WaltzKen Griffin (2)194847
Piano Concerto No. 2 In C MinorSergei Rachmaninoff194643
Moonlight Serenade / American PatrolGlenn Miller And His Orchestra194843
White Christmas / Let's Start The New Year RightBing Crosby194241
That Lucky Old Sun / Blueberry HillLouis Armstrong194941
Mamma / Se Vuoi Goder La VitaBeniamino Gigli194140
Concerto No. 1 In B Flat MinorPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky194139
Kiss Me, KateAlfred Drake194939
GranadaMario Lanza194938
The Flight Of The Bumble Bee / The Carnival Of VeniceHarry James And His Orchestra194135
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.