R&B number-one hits of 1944 (USA)
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This list of R&B #1 hits of 1944 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).
| Issue Date | Song Title | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
| January 1 | Ration Blues | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 1 week |
| January 15 | Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 8 weeks* |
| January 22 | G.I. Jive | Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston And His Orchestra | 1 week |
| March 11 | Solo Flight | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra | 1 week |
| March 25 | Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | 1 week |
| April 1 | Main Stem | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | 4 weeks* |
| April 15 | When My Man Comes Home | Buddy Johnson and His Band | 1 week |
| April 29 | Straighten Up and Fly Right | The Nat King Cole Trio | 10 weeks* |
| July 15 | G.I. Jive | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 6 weeks* |
| August 19 | Till Then | The Mills Brothers | 1 week |
| September 2 | Hamp's Boogie Woogie | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra | 6 weeks* |
| September 30 | I'm Lost | Benny Carter and His Orchestra | 2 weeks* |
| October 21 | Gee-Baby - Ain’t I Good to You | The Nat King Cole Trio | 4 weeks |
| November 18 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | 11 weeks* |
An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.
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