100 Greatest Songs From 1946

Hier vindt u een overzicht van de 100 grootste hits van misschien geeft het u als luisteraar een inspiratie voor het aanvragen van verzoekplaten. 

1 The Christmas Song King Cole Trio
2 Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Louis Jordan
3 Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan
4 The Gypsy Ink Spots / Dinah Shore
5 Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lionel Hampton / Tex Beneke
6 Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan
7 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 King Cole Trio
8 That’s My Desire Frankie Laine
9 To Each His Own Ink Spots / Eddy Howard / Freddy Martin (Stuart Wade)
10 Sioux City Sue Bing Crosby / Zeke Manners / Hoosier Hot Shots / Tiny Hill
11 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons King Cole Trio
12 The Old Lamplighter Sammy Kaye (Billy Williams) / Kay Kyser (Michael Douglas)
13 Prisoner Of Love Perry Como / Billy Eckstine / Ink Spots
14 The House of Blue Lights Freddie Slack (Ella Mae Morse)
15 Ain’t That Just Like A Woman Louis Jordan
16 Oh! What It Seemed To Be Frankie Carle / Frank Sinatra
17 Surrender Perry Como / Woody Herman (Blue Flames)
18 Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside Sammy Kaye / Dinah Shore / Andy Russell / Teddy Walters
19 Ole Buttermilk Sky Kay Kyser / Hoagy Carmichael / Paul Weston
20 Open The Door, Richard Jack McVea
21 Jole Blon Harry Choates / Moon Mullican
22 Rumors Are Flying Frankie Carle / Les Paul (Andrews Sisters) / Tony Martin / Three Suns
23 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Johnny Mercer / Sammy Kaye
24 Winter Wonderland Johny Mercer / Perry Como
25 A Night In Tunisia Dizzy Gilespie / Charlie Parker
26 As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson
27 They Say It’s Wonderful Frank Sinatra / Perry Como / Bing Crosby
28 Ko Ko Charlie Parker
29 R.M. Blues Roy Milton
30 Roly Poly Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
31 Les Trois Cloches Eidth Piaf
32 Freight Train Boogie Delmore Brothers
33 Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming) Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
34 The Anniversary Song Al Jolson
35 So Glad You’re Mine Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
36 Huggin’ And Chalkin’ Hoagy Carmichael / Kay Kyser
37 Down The Road Apiece Amos Milburn
38 Frim Fram Sauce Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / King Cole Trio
39 I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well) Bull Moose Jackson
40 Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe
41 Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You) Hoosier Hot Shots & Sally Foster / Elton Britt
42 One-Zy, Two-Zy (I Love You-Zy) Freddy Martin / Phil Harris / Kay Kyser
43 Shoo-Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy Dinah Shore / Guy Lombardo / Stan Kenton (June Christy)
44 I Know Andy Kirk (Jubilaires)
45 Five Minutes More Frank Sinatra / Tex Beneke
46 Guitar Polka Al Dexter
47 Reconversion Blues Louis Jordan
48 Salt Pork, West Virginia Louis Jordan
49 You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) King Cole Trio / Billy Eckstine
50 Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got Julia Lee
51 It’s A Good Day Peggy Lee
52 South America, Take It Away Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby / Xavier Cugat (Buddy Clark)
53 Sunny Road Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Roosevelt Sykes
54 Beware, Brother, Beware Louis Jordan
55 Peace In The Valley Flying Clouds of Detroit
56 I Don’t Know Enough About You Benny Goodman (Art Lund) / Mills Brothers / Peggy Lee
57 Wine Women And Song Al Dexter
58 I’ve Got A Right To Cry Erskine Hawkins
59 Day By Day Frank Sinatra / Joe Stafford
60 What Is Life Without Love? Eddy Arnold
61 New Spanish Two Step Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
62 No Vacancy Merle Travis
63 Swanee River Boogie Albert Ammons
64 Petootie Pie Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
65 You Keep Coming Back Like A Song Dinah Shore / Joe Stafford / Bing Crosby
66 The Coffee Song Frank Sinatra
67 Shake The Boogie Sonny Boy Williamson
68 Rainbow At Midnight Ernest Tubb
69 Bobby Sox Blues T-Bone Walker
70 I Guess I’ll Get The Papers (And Go Home) Mills Brothers
71 A Gal In Calico Johnny Mercer / Tex Beneke (Crew Chiefs) / Benny Goodman (Eve Young)
72 Stay a Little Longer Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
73 Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) Slim Gaillard Trio / Alvino Rey / Charlie Barnet (Art Robey)
74 I’m Always Chasing Rainbows Harry James / Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
75 The Rickety Rickshaw Man Eddy Howard
76 The Whole World Is Singing My Song Les Brown (Doris Day)
77 Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly Freddy Martin (Glenn Hughes) / Dinah Shore / Jimmy Dorsey (Dee Parker) / Ethel Merman
78 There’s Good Blues Tonight Lucky Millinder (Annisteen Allen)
79 Blue Skies Benny Goodman (Art Lund) / Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing)
80 Boogie Blues Gene Krupa (Anita O’Day)
81 Chicago Breakdown Big Maceo
82 Passé Tex Beneke (Crew Chiefs) / Margaret Whiting
83 Good Morning Heartache Billie Holiday
84 Bumble Boogie Freddy Martin
85 Detour Spade Cooley / Elton Britt / Wesley Tuttle
86 It’s All Over Now Frankie Carle (Marjorie Hughes) / Peggy Lee
87 Seems Like Old Times Vaughn Monroe / Guy Lombardo (Don Rodney)
88 Divorce Me C.O.D. Merle Travis
89 Don’t Be a Baby, Baby Mills Brothers / Benny Goodman (Art Lund)
90 My Gal’s A Jockey Joe Turner
91 La Bamba Hermanos Huesca
92 You’re Gonna Miss Me (When I’m Gone) Lowell Fulson
93 September Song Frank Sinatra / Dardanelle Trio
94 Sneakin’ Out Erskine Hawkins
95 Guilty Margaret Whiting
96 Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie
97 Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin Floyd Tillman
98 Miserlou Jan August
99 Don’t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend Sister Rosetta Tharpe
100 Just The Other Day Sam Donahue
20 more worth mentioning.
101 In The Moon Mist Paul Weston (Pied Pipers)
102 Don’t Explain Billie Holiday
103 Boll Weevil Song Tex Ritter
104 Come To Baby, Do! Duke Ellington (Joya Sherrill)
105 Port Wine Cats ‘N Jammer Three (Bill Samuels)
106 Bye Bye Baby Blues Ravens
107 Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton
108 After Midnite Amos Milburn
109 Tanya Joe Liggins
110 Playful Baby Wynonie Harris
111 Wave To Me, My Lady Elton Britt
112 The Best Man King Cole Trio / Les Brown (Butch Stone)
113 Red Light Red Callender Trio
114 The Mad Boogie Count Basie
115 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Louis Armstrong
116 Sportin’ Life Blues Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
117 On The Boardwalk In Atlantic City Charioteers
118 I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Basin Street Boys
119 Zeb’s Mountain Boogie Brad Bardy & His Tennesseans
120 Fine Brown Frame Buddy Johnson
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1946
Adam’s Choice: An unheralded great record from 1946
* Cleanhead Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Bruce’s Choice:
* Walk ‘Em Buddy Johnson
Lew’s Choice:
* Moose the Mooche Charlie Parker