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Songs from the Year 1945

This page lists the top songs of 1945 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1950 there are very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Les Brown & Doris Day	Sentimental Journey	1945	US 1940s 1 - Apr 1945, US BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2	The Andrews Sisters	Rum & Coca-Cola	1945	US 1940s 1 - Jan 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Feb 1945, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s
3	Perry Como	Until the End of Time	1945	US 1940s 1 - Aug 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks Sep 1945, US BB 12 of 1945, POP 23 of 1945, Europe 30 of the 1940s, RYM 85 of 1945
4	Johnny Mercer	On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe	1945	US 1940s 1 - Jul 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Jul 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5	Les Brown	My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time	1945	US 1940s 1 - Mar 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1945, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945
6	Sammy Kaye	Chickery Chick	1945	US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 3 weeks Nov 1945, US BB 8 of 1945, POP 12 of 1945
7	Freddy Martin	Symphony	1945	US 1940s 1 - Dec 1945, US 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1945, US BB 9 of 1946, POP 15 of 1946
8	Bing Crosby	It's Been a Long, Long Time	1945	US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 1 weeks Dec 1945, US BB 9 of 1945, POP 17 of 1945
9	Bing Crosby & Carmen Cavallaro	I Can't Begin to Tell You	1945	US 1940s 1 - Nov 1945, US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1946, US BB 10 of 1945, POP 19 of 1945
10	Harry James	It's Been a Long, Long Time	1945	US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 3 weeks Nov 1945, POP 17 of 1945, Europe 47 of the 1940s
11	Louis Jordan	Caledonia	1945	RYM 1 of 1945, US 1940s 6 - Jun 1945, POP 8 of 1945, Scrobulate 64 of swing
12	Vaughn Monroe	There I've Said it Again	1945	US 1940s 2 - Apr 1945, US BB 6 of 1945, POP 9 of 1945, Europe 46 of the 1940s
13	Johnny Mercer	Candy	1945	US 1940s 2 - Mar 1945, US BB 11 of 1945, POP 21 of 1945, RYM 80 of 1945
14	Frank Sinatra	Nancy, With The Laughing Face	1945	Peel list 1 of 1944, RYM 44 of 1945, Europe 61 of the 1940s
15	The Pied Pipers	Dream	1945	US 1940s 5 - Mar 1945, US BB 13 of 1945, POP 25 of 1945, Europe 83 of the 1940s
16	Tommy Dorsey	Opus One	1945	US BB 3 of 1945, POP 3 of 1945, RYM 7 of 1944
17	Johnny Mercer	Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive	1945	US 1940s 2 - Jan 1945, POP 6 of 1945, RYM 22 of 1945
18	Dick Haymes	It Might as Well Be Spring	1945	Oscar in 1945, US 1940s 5 - Nov 1945
19	Harry James	I'm Beginning to See The Light	1945	US 1940s 4 - Feb 1945, US BB 5 of 1945, POP 5 of 1945
20	Judy Garland	On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe	1945	Oscar in 1946, US 1940s 10 - Sep 1945
21	Spike Jones	Cocktails For Two	1945	US 1940s 4 - Jan 1945, RYM 5 of 1945, Europe 81 of the 1940s
22	Bill Monroe	Blue Moon of Kentucky	1945	RYM 3 of 1945, RIAA 218, Acclaimed 310
23	Lucky Millinder	Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well	1945	US 1940s 10 - Jul 1945, POP 20 of 1945, RYM 28 of 1944
24	Big Maceo Merriweather	Chicago Breakdown	1945	Peel list 2 of 1945, RYM 56 of 1946
25	Frank Sinatra	Try a Little Tenderness	1945	Peel list 2 of 1947, RYM 64 of 1945
26	Billie Holiday	Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)	1945	RYM 2 of 1945, Acclaimed 2033
27	Louis Jordan	Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door	1945	RYM 1 of 1945
28	Jack McVea & His Band	Open The Door, Richard!	1945	Peel list 1 of 1945
29	Perry Como	If I Loved You	1945	US 1940s 3 - Jul 1945, Europe 35 of the 1940s
30	Joe Liggins	The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2)	1945	POP 4 of 1945, RYM 13 of 1945
31	Benny Goodman	Gotta Be This Or That	1945	US 1940s 4 - Jul 1945, RYM 35 of 1945
32	Jo Stafford	Symphony	1945	US 1940s 4 - Jan 1946, RYM 90 of 1945
33	Bing Crosby & The Jesters	McNamara's Band	1945	US BB 6 of 1946, Europe 16 of the 1940s
34	Peggy Lee	Waitin' for the Train to Come In	1945	US 1940s 6 - Nov 1945, RYM 18 of 1945
35	Woody Herman	Laura	1945	US 1940s 7 - Apr 1945, POP 16 of 1945
36	Louis Jordan	Buzz Me	1945	US 1940s 9 - Jan 1946, RYM 12 of 1945
37	Duke Ellington	I'm Beginning to See The Light	1945	US 1940s 6 - Mar 1945, RYM 45 of 1945
38	Perry Como	I'm Gonna Love That Gal	1945	US 1940s 7 - Aug 1945, Europe 26 of the 1940s
39	Perry Como	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	1945	US 1940s 7 - Feb 1946, Europe 34 of the 1940s
40	Frank Sinatra	Dream	1945	US 1940s 7 - Jun 1945, Italy 34 of 1956
41	The Mills Brothers	I Wish	1945	US 1940s 10 - Jul 1945, RYM 16 of 1945
42	Spike Jones	Holiday for strings	1945	US 1940s 10 - Nov 1945, RYM 17 of 1945
43	Jo Stafford	That's for Me	1945	US 1940s 9 - Nov 1945, RYM 86 of 1945
44	Dizzy Gillespie	Groovin' High	1945	RYM 9 of 1945, Acclaimed 1920
45	Jo Stafford	Candy	1945	POP 14 of 1945, RYM 84 of 1945
46	Frank Sinatra	You'll Never Walk Alone	1945	POP 22 of 1945, RYM 60 of 1945
47	Frank Sinatra	When Your Lover Has Gone	1945	RYM 59 of 1945, Acclaimed 1759
48	Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest	I'll Buy That Dream	1945	US 1940s 2 - Oct 1945
49	Tony Pastor	Bell Bottom Trousers	1945	US 1940s 2 - May 1945
50	Billie Holiday	That Ole Devil Called Love	1945	RYM 2 of 1945