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Songs from the Year 1945

Other Years: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

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 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are based on fairly subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Les Brown & Doris Day Sentimental Journey 1945 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1945 (28 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1945, US BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, Brazil 44 of 1945, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2 The Andrews Sisters Rum & Coca-Cola 1945 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1945 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Feb 1945, Australia 1 for 2 months Feb 1946, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s, Brazil 19 of 1945
3 Les Brown My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time 1945 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1945 (16 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Mar 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1945, Australia 1 for 1 months Jan 1946, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945
4 Johnny Mercer On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe 1945 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1945 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Jul 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, Brazil 58 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5 Perry Como Until the End of Time 1945 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1945 (19 weeks), 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
6 Sammy Kaye Chickery Chick 1945 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1945 (16 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 3 weeks Nov 1945, US BB 8 of 1945, POP 12 of 1945, Brazil 73 of 1946
7 Bing Crosby & Carmen Cavallaro I Can't Begin to Tell You 1945 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1945 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1945, US 1 for 1 week Jan 1946, US BB 10 of 1945, POP 19 of 1945, Brazil 63 of 1946
8 Harry James It's Been a Long, Long Time 1945 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1945 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 3 weeks Nov 1945, POP 17 of 1945, Brazil 47 of 1946, Europe 47 of the 1940s
9 Johnny Mercer Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 1945 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1945 (16 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, US 1940s 2 - Jan 1945, POP 6 of 1945, RYM 22 of 1945, Brazil 79 of 1945
10 Johnny Mercer & Joe Stafford Candy 1945 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1945 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Mar 1945, US BB 11 of 1945, POP 14 of 1945, Brazil 73 of 1945, RYM 80 of 1945, Japan (Tokyo) 94 - Mar 1992
11 Spike Jones Cocktails For Two 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995, US Billboard 4 - Jan 1945 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1945, RYM 5 of 1945, Europe 81 of the 1940s
12 Judy Garland On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe 1945 Australia 1 for 2 months Aug 1946, Oscar in 1946, US Billboard 10 - Oct 1945 (1 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Sep 1945
13 Bing Crosby It's Been a Long, Long Time 1945 US 1940s 1 - Oct 1945, US 1 for 1 week Dec 1945, US BB 9 of 1945, POP 17 of 1945
14 Harry James I'm Beginning to See The Light 1945 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1945 (19 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1945, US BB 5 of 1945, POP 5 of 1945, Brazil 67 of 1945
15 Duke Ellington I'm Beginning to See The Light 1945 Australia 1 for 1 months Jul 1946, US Billboard 6 - Feb 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Mar 1945, RYM 45 of 1945, Brazil 99 of 1945
16 The Pied Pipers Dream 1945 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1945 (18 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Mar 1945, US BB 13 of 1945, POP 25 of 1945, Europe 83 of the 1940s
17 Billie Holiday Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1989, RYM 2 of 1945, US Billboard 16 - May 1945 (1 weeks), Acclaimed 2033
18 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Beginning to See The Light 1945 Australia 1 for 1 months Jul 1946, US Billboard 5 - Apr 1945 (6 weeks), US 1940s 7 - May 1945, Brazil 51 of 1946
19 Bill Monroe Blue Moon of Kentucky 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, RYM 3 of 1945, RIAA 218, Acclaimed 310
20 Louis Jordan Caledonia 1945 RYM 1 of 1945, US 1940s 6 - Jun 1945, POP 8 of 1945, Scrobulate 64 of swing
21 Frank Sinatra Nancy, With The Laughing Face 1945 Peel list 1 of 1945, US Billboard 10 - Dec 1945 (2 weeks), RYM 44 of 1945, Europe 61 of the 1940s
22 Bing Crosby On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe 1945 Australia 1 for 2 months Aug 1946, US Billboard 3 - Jul 1945 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1945
23 Dick Haymes It Might as Well Be Spring 1945 Oscar in 1945, US Billboard 5 - Nov 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Nov 1945
24 Tommy Dorsey Opus One 1945 US BB 3 of 1945, POP 3 of 1945, RYM 7 of 1944, US Billboard 12 - Mar 1945 (3 weeks)
25 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 1945 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1945 (9 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1945, Peel list 3 of 1944
26 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
27 Dizzy Gillespie Groovin' High 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, RYM 9 of 1945, Acclaimed 1920
28 Woody Herman Laura 1945 US Billboard 4 - Apr 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Apr 1945, POP 16 of 1945, Brazil 27 of 1945
29 Lucky Millinder Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well 1945 US Billboard 7 - Jun 1945 (10 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jul 1945, POP 20 of 1945, RYM 28 of 1944
30 Benny Goodman Gotta Be This Or That 1945 US Billboard 2 - Jun 1945 (17 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1945, RYM 35 of 1945
31 Frank Sinatra Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night) 1945 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Feb 1945, RYM 22 of 1944
32 Perry Como If I Loved You 1945 US Billboard 3 - Jul 1945 (13 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jul 1945, Europe 35 of the 1940s
33 Louis Jordan Caldonia Boogie 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, US Billboard 6 - May 1945 (8 weeks)
34 Charlie Parker Billie's Bounce 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002, RYM 14 of 1945
35 Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra A Friend of Yours 1945 Australia 1 for 2 months May 1946, RYM 82 of 1945
36 Perry Como Till The End of Time 1945 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, Brazil 87 of 1946
37 Jo Stafford Symphony 1945 US Billboard 4 - Dec 1945 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1946, RYM 90 of 1945
38 Tony Pastor & His Orchestra Bell Bottom Trousers 1945 US Billboard 2 - May 1945 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - May 1945
39 Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes I'll Buy That Dream 1945 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1945 (13 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1945
40 Peggy Lee Waitin' for the Train to Come In 1945 US Billboard 4 - Nov 1945 (14 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Nov 1945, RYM 18 of 1945
41 Perry Como I'm Gonna Love That Gal 1945 US Billboard 4 - Jul 1945 (17 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Aug 1945, Europe 26 of the 1940s
42 Joe Liggins The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2) 1945 POP 4 of 1945, US Billboard 13 - Oct 1945 (3 weeks), RYM 13 of 1945
43 Jo Stafford That's for Me 1945 US Billboard 4 - Oct 1945 (4 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Nov 1945, RYM 86 of 1945
44 Frank Sinatra I Dream of You 1945 US Billboard 7 - Jan 1945 (5 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jan 1945, RYM 22 of 1944
45 The Mills Brothers I Wish 1945 US Billboard 6 - May 1945 (11 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jul 1945, RYM 16 of 1945
46 Louis Prima Bell Bottom Trousers 1945 US Billboard 6 - May 1945 (6 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jun 1945, Brazil 80 of 1946
47 Spike Jones Holiday for strings 1945 US Billboard 10 - Nov 1945 (1 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Nov 1945, RYM 17 of 1945
48 Dick Haymes Laura 1945 US Billboard 9 - May 1945 (3 weeks), US 1940s 9 - May 1945, Brazil 72 of 1946
49 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Along the Navajo Trail 1945 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1945 (11 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1945
50 Frank Sinatra You'll Never Walk Alone 1945 US Billboard 9 - Sep 1945 (1 weeks), POP 22 of 1945, RYM 60 of 1945
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