| 1 |
Caldonia |
Louis Jordan / Woody Herman |
| 2 |
The Honeydripper |
Joe Liggins |
| 3 |
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! |
Vaughn Monroe |
| 4 |
On The Atchison, Topeka, And Santa Fe |
Johnny Mercer / Bing Crosby / Tommy Dorsey (Sentimentalists) |
| 5 |
Driftin’ Blues |
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (Charles Brown) |
| 6 |
Candy |
Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford |
| 7 |
Sentimental Journey |
Les Brown (Doris Day) |
| 8 |
There! I’ve Said It Again |
Vaughn Monroe |
| 9 |
Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well? |
Lucky Millinder (Wynonie Harris) |
| 10 |
Tippin’ In |
Erskine Hawkins |
| 11 |
Buzz Me |
Louis Jordan |
| 12 |
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) |
Billie Holiday |
| 13 |
Till The End Of Time |
Perry Como / Les Brown (Doris Day) / Dick Haymes |
| 14 |
I’m Beginning To See The Light |
Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots |
| 15 |
It’s Been A Long, Long Time |
Harry James (Kitty Kallen) / Les Paul (Bing Crosby) |
| 16 |
Chickery Chick |
Sammy Kaye |
| 17 |
Strange Things Happening Every Day |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| 18 |
I Can’t Begin to Tell You |
Bing Crosby |
| 19 |
I’ll Buy That Dream |
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes / Harry James (Kitty Kallen) |
| 20 |
It Might As Well Be Spring |
Dick Haymes / Paul Weston (Margaret Whiting) / Sammy Kaye |
| 21 |
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time |
Les Brown (Doris Day) |
| 22 |
Personality |
Johnny Mercer |
| 23 |
Laura |
Woody Herman / Johnnie Johnston / Freddy Martin / Jerry Wald |
| 24 |
Just a-Sittin’ and a-Rockin’ |
Delta Rhythm Boys / Stan Kenton (June Christy) |
| 25 |
I Wonder |
Louis Armstrong / Roosevelt Sykes / Warren Evans |
| 26 |
Groovin’ High |
Dizzy Gillespie |
| 27 |
Guitar Boogie |
Rambler Trio (Arthur Smith) |
| 28 |
Bell-Bottom Trousers |
Tony Pastor / Guy Lombardo (Jimmy Brown) / Kay Kyser |
| 29 |
You’ll Never Walk Alone |
Frank Sinatra |
| 30 |
Tampico |
Stan Kenton (June Christy) |
| 31 |
The Cattle Call |
Eddy Arnold |
| 32 |
Sioux City Sue |
Dick Thomas |
| 33 |
You Can’t Get That No More |
Louis Jordan |
| 34 |
Salt Peanuts |
Dizzie Gillespie |
| 35 |
Along The Navajo Trail |
Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters / Gene Krupa / Dinah Shore |
| 36 |
Dream |
Frank Sinatra / Pied Pipers |
| 37 |
Mop! Mop! |
Louis Jordan |
| 38 |
Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Mule |
Louis Jordan |
| 39 |
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive |
Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters |
| 40 |
Symphony |
Freddy Martin (Clyde Rogers) / Benny Goodman (Liza Morrow) |
| 41 |
Shame on You |
Spade Cooley (Tex Williams) / Lawrence Welk (Red Foley) |
| 42 |
Gotta Be This Or That |
Benny Goodman |
| 43 |
Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) |
Perry Como |
| 44 |
Rock Me Mamma |
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup |
| 45 |
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief |
Betty Hutton |
| 46 |
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door |
Louis Jordan |
| 47 |
I Should Care |
Frank Sinatra / Tommy Dorsey (Bonnie Lou Williams) / Martha Tilton |
| 48 |
Twilight Time |
Three Suns / Les Brown |
| 49 |
Oklahoma Hills |
Jack Guthrie |
| 50 |
Chopin’s Polonaise |
Carmen Cavallaro |
| 51 |
The House I Live In |
Frank Sinatra |
| 52 |
Love Letters |
Dick Haymes |
| 53 |
Harlem Nocturne |
Johnny Otis |
| 54 |
That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch |
Buddy Johnson (Ella Johnson) |
| 55 |
I Cover The Waterfront |
Billie Holiday / Cats ‘N Jammer Three |
| 56 |
It’s Only a Paper Moon |
Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys |
| 57 |
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye |
Benny Goodman (Peggy Mann) |
| 58 |
Can’t You Read Between The Lines |
Jimmy Dorsey (Jean Cromwell) / Kay Kyser / Charlie Spivak |
| 59 |
Aren’t You Glad You’re You? |
Bing Crosby / Les Brown (Doris Day) |
| 60 |
Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima |
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Sons of the Pioneers |
| 61 |
S.K. Blues |
Pete Johnson (Joe Turner) |
| 62 |
Voo-It! Voo-It! |
Blues Woman |
| 63 |
Stuff Like That There |
Betty Hutton |
| 64 |
A Kiss Goodnight |
Woody Herman / Freddie Slack |
| 65 |
Chloe |
Spike Jones & His City Slickers (Red Ingle) |
| 66 |
Sleigh Ride In July |
Dinah Shore / Bing Crosby / Tommy Dorsey (Bonnie Lou Williams) |
| 67 |
Waitin’ For The Train To Come In |
Peggy Lee / Harry James / Johnny Long |
| 68 |
A Little on The Lonely Side |
Guy Lombardo (Jimmy Brown) |
| 69 |
Cocktails For Two |
Spike Jones & His City Slickers |
| 70 |
11:60 PM |
Harry James |
| 71 |
The Bells of St. Mary’s |
Bing Crosby |
| 72 |
Got a Right to Cry |
Joe Liggins |
| 73 |
Close as Pages In A Book |
Benny Goodman (Jane Harvey) |
| 74 |
Good, Good, Good (That’s You-That’s You) |
Xavier Cugat (Del Campo) / Sammy Kaye |
| 75 |
The Blond Sailor |
Andrews Sisters |
| 76 |
Artistry Jumps |
Stan Kenton |
| 77 |
Poor Little Rhode Island |
Guy Lombardo |
| 78 |
Keep Your Arms Around Me |
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup |
| 79 |
Hong Kong Blues |
Tommy Dorsey (Skeets Herfurt) |
| 80 |
Put Another Chair at the Table |
Mills Brothers |
| 81 |
There Must Be A Way |
Charlie Spivak / Johnnie Johnston |
| 82 |
If I Loved You |
Perry Como |
| 83 |
Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk) |
Bing Crosby & Judy Garland |
| 84 |
Stuffy |
Coleman Hawkins |
| 85 |
At Mail Call Today |
Gene Autry |
| 86 |
I Wish I Knew |
Dick Haymes |
| 87 |
Money is The Root Of All Evil |
Andrews Sisters |
| 88 |
(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight |
Perry Como |
| 89 |
Filipino Baby |
Cowboy Copas / T. “Texas” Tyler |
| 90 |
Triflin’ Gal |
Al Dexter / Walter Shrum |
| 91 |
Jimmy’s Blues |
Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing) |
| 92 |
I Wish |
Mills Brothers |
| 93 |
The Moment I Met You |
Tommy Dorsey (Sentimentalists) |
| 94 |
I Fall In Love Too Easily |
Eugenie Baird & Mel Torme |
| 95 |
A Cottage For Sale |
Billy Eckstine |
| 96 |
With Tears in My Eyes |
Wesley Tuttle |
| 97 |
Blues At Sunrise |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 98 |
All of My Life |
Bing Crosby / Sammy Kaye / Three Suns |
| 99 |
I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues |
Duke Ellington |
| 100 |
Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often |
Tex Ritter |
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| 101 |
Baia |
Xavier Cugat (Bing Crosby) |
| 102 |
Some Sunday Morning |
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes |
| 103 |
Fuzzy Wuzzy |
Jesters |
| 104 |
Beulah’s Boogie |
Lionel Hampton |
| 105 |
Christmas Carols By the Old Corral |
Tex Ritter |
| 106 |
You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere) |
Tommy Dorsey (Skeets Herfurt) |
| 107 |
Be-Baba-Leba |
Helen Humes |
| 108 |
Fifteen Years (And I’m Still Serving Time) |
Erskine Hawkins / Pearl Bailey |
| 109 |
Grievin’ My Heart Out for You |
Jimmie Davis |
| 110 |
Daddy-Daddy |
Savannah Churchill |
| 111 |
Wynonie’s Blues |
Wynonie Harris |
| 112 |
Things Have Changed |
Big Maceo |
| 113 |
Detroit Blues |
Tampa Red |
| 114 |
Swingin’ The Boogie |
Hadda Brooks |
| 115 |
Hitler’s Last Letter to Hirohito |
Carson Robinson |
| 116 |
Just a Little Fond Affection |
Gene Krupa |
| 117 |
I Will Be Home Again |
Golden Gate Quartet |
| 118 |
I’m a Shy Guy |
King Cole Trio |
| 119 |
Left a Good Deal in Mobile |
Herb Jeffries |
| 120 |
My Baby Said Yes |
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan |
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DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1945
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| Adam’s Choice: An unheralded great record from 1945 |
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Please Let Me Forget |
Lester Young (Helen Humes) |
| Bruce’s Choice: |
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The Frim Fram Sauce |
Nat “King” Cole |
| Lew’s Choice: |
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Come On Over to My House |
Jay McShann (Julia Lee) |
