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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.

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For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like 'Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 [5] and other sources as specified.

The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records' charts during 1945.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart Positions
1 Les Brown and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Doris Day)"Sentimental Journey" [6] Columbia 36769November 20, 1944January 22, 1945US 1942 #3, US #1 for 8 weeks, 28 total weeks, CashBox #2, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales [5]
2 Perry Como "Till The End Of Time" [7] Victor 20-1709July 3, 1945July 30, 1945US BB 1945 #2, US #1 for 9 weeks, 17 total weeks, CashBox #3, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales [5]
3 Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" [8] Capitol 195December 13, 1944July 1945US BB 1945 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 19 total weeks, CashBox #7
4 Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra "There! I've Said It Again" [7] Victor 20-1637December 17, 1944February 1945US BB 1945 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks (Air Play), 25 total weeks, CashBox #8
5 The Andrews Sisters "Rum and Coca-Cola" [9] Decca 18636October 23, 1944December 1944US 1945 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks (Juke Box), 21 total weeks, CashBox #6, 1,000,000 sales [5]
6Les Brown and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Doris Day)"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" [6] Columbia 36779February 3, 1945February 15, 1945US 1945 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1, 1,000,000 sales [5]
7 Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye "Chickery Chick" [7] Victor 20-1726August 8, 1945September 1945US 1945 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [5]
8 Harry James and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen)"It's Been a Long, Long Time" [6] Columbia 36838July 24, 1945September 17, 1945US BB 1945 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks, CashBox #5
9Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers"Candy" [8] Capitol 183December 6, 1944January 1945US BB 1945 #14, US #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
10 Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro on piano"I Can't Begin to Tell You" [10] Decca 23457August 7, 1945October 1945US BB 1945 #10, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box), 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [11]
11Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" [8] Capitol 180October 4, 1944December 1944US BB 1945 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998
12Bing Crosby and Les Paul "It's Been a Long, Long Time" [12] Decca 18708July 12, 1945September 1945US BB 1945 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
13Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra"Chopin's Polonaise" [13] Decca 18677March 30, 1945May 1945US BB 1945 #14, US #3 for 10 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [11]
14Harry James and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen)"I'm Beginning To See The Light" [6] Columbia 36758November 24, 1944December 18, 1944US BB 1945 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
15 Tony Pastor and his Orchestra "Bell Bottom Trousers" [7] Victor 20-1661April 4, 1945May 1945US BB 1945 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
16 Benny Goodman and his Orchestra "Gotta Be This Or That" [6] Columbia 36813April 27, 1945June 1945US BB 1945 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks
17Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"Sentimental Journey" [7] Victor 20-1643February 9, 1945April 1945US BB 1945 #18, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
18 Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes "I'll Buy That Dream" [14] Decca 23434May 1, 1945August 1945US BB 1945 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
19 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra "Tampico" [8] Capitol 202February 26, 1945July 1945US BB 1945 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks
20The Pied Pipers"Dream" [8] Capitol 185December 10, 1944February 1945US BB 1945 #20, US #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks

Top race records

At the start of 1945, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the "most popular records in Harlem" under the title of "the Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP). Rankings were based on a survey of record stores primarily in the Harlem district of New York City, an area which has historically been noted for its African American population. This chart was published for the final time in the issue dated February 10. The following week the magazine launched a new chart in its place, "Most Played Juke Box Race Records", based on reports from juke box operators (details can be found in each issue). For the year-end list of 1945's top R & B records below, peak positions and numbers of weeks from the HHP charts were carried over. 1945 chronological list of records that reached number one on the "Most Played Juke Box Race Records" chart.

RankArtistTitleLabelRecordedReleasedChart positions
1 Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers "The Honeydripper"Exclusive 207August 11, 1944July 1945US BB 1945 #191, US #16 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #1, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 18 weeks, 27 total weeks
2 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra "Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well"Decca 18674June 9, 1944May 1945US BB 1945 #90, US #9 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #2, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 8 weeks, 20 total weeks
3 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Caldonia" [15] Decca 8670January 19, 1945April 19, 1945US BB 1945 #66, US #6 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #3, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 26 total weeks
4 Roosevelt Sykes and His Piano "I Wonder"Bluebird 34-0721December 15, 1944January 1945US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #4, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 13 total weeks
5 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra "Tippin' In"Victor 20-1639January 10, 1945March 1945US BB 1945 #238, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #5, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 6 weeks, 25 total weeks
6 Pvt. Cecil Gant "I Wonder"Gilt-Edge 500August 30, 1944September 1944US BB 1945 #266, US #26 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #6, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks
7Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five"Mop Mop" [16] Decca 8668March 15, 1944October 1944US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #7, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks
8 Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra "The Honeydripper"Decca 23451February 26, 1945April 1945US BB 1945 #247, US #21 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #8, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 8 weeks, 9 total weeks
9Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five"You Can't Get That No More" [17] Decca 8668March 15, 1944October 1944US BB 1945 #189, US #15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #9, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
10Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra"Beulah's Boogie" [18] Decca 18719May 21, 1945November 1945US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #10, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 9 total weeks

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Boulez, Pierre Three Psalmodies for Piano 1945-02-12Paris Grimaud [19]
Britten, Benjamin Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes 1945-06-13 Cheltenham Music Festival, UK London Philharmonic – Britten [20]
Britten, Benjamin Passacaglia from Peter Grimes 1945-08-29London BBC Symphony – Boult [21]
Britten, Benjamin String Quartet No. 2 1945-11-21London Zorian Quartet [22]
Carpenter, John Alden The Seven Ages 1945-12-02New York City New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski [23]
Copland, Aaron Jubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens 1945-03-23Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Symphony – Goossens [24]
Finzi, Gerald Earth and Air and Rain (1935)1945-07-02London Falkner, Ferguson [25]
Ginastera, Alberto Las horas de una estancia 1945-06-11Montevideo, Uruguay Baridon, Satalia de Perna [26]
Ginastera, Alberto Psalm 150 1945-04-07Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra and Chorus – Wolff [27]
Jolivet, André Le chant de Linos (quintet version)1945-06-01Paris Jamet Quintet [28]
Jolivet, André Trois chansons de ménestrels 1945-02-10Paris Dyonis, Soulage [29]
Khachaturian, Aram Fantasy on Russian Themes 1945-11-06Moscow USSR State Radio Symphony – Gorchakov [30]
Kodály, Zoltán Missa brevis 1945-02-11Budapest[unknown performers] [31]
Lutosławski, Witold Wind Trio 1945-09-??Krákow, Poland Snieckowski, Rudnicki, Orlow [32]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco Sinfonia delle campane (Symphony No. 3) 1945-11-04Florence[unknown orchestra] – Markevitch [33]
Martinů, Bohuslav Symphony No. 3 1945-10-12Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [34]
Messiaen, Olivier Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine 1945-04-21Paris Loriod, Martenot / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Désormière [35]
Messiaen, Olivier Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus 1945-03-23Paris Loriod [36]
Novák, Vítězslav May Symphony 1945-12-05Prague[unknown performers] [37]
Piston, Walter Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord 1945-11-30New York City Schneider, Kirkpatrick [38]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 5 1945-01-13Moscow USSR State Symphony – Prokofiev [39]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 9 1945-11-03Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky [40]
Stravinsky, Igor Elegy for Viola 1945-01-26Washington DC Prévost [41]
Tippett, Michael Symphony No. 1 1945-11-10Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [42]
Tubin, Eduard Capriccio for Violin and Piano No. 2 1945-09-25Stockholm Aumere, Roots [43]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor String Quartet No. 7 1945-05-30 Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro) Quarteto Borgerth [44]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Milhaud / Schoenberg / Shilkret / Stravinsky / Tansman / Toch Genesis Suite 1945-11-18Los Angeles Janssen Symphony – Janssen [45]

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References

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  2. ↑ Hewett, Ivan, "Rolling with the Punches", BBC Proms 2022, pp. 20–4
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  10. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3904. I can't begin to tell you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  11. 1 2 "Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 46. August 28, 1954.
  12. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3889. It's been a long, long time / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  13. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3766. Chopin's Polonaise / Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  14. ↑ "Decca matrix L 3835. I'll buy that dream / Helen Forrest; Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  15. ↑ "Decca matrix 72711. Caldonia / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  16. ↑ "Decca matrix 71871. Mop mop / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  17. ↑ "Decca matrix 71873. You can't get that no more / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  18. ↑ "Decca matrix 72876. Beulah's boogie / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  19. ↑ "Pierre Boulez: Three Psalmodies for Piano" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  20. ↑ The Making of Peter Grimes: Notes and Commentaries
  21. ↑ Oregon Symphony
  22. ↑ "Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  23. ↑ New York Philharmonic
  24. ↑ "Aaron Copland: Jubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  25. ↑ Boosey & Hawkes
  26. ↑ "Alberto Ginastera: Las horas de una estancia" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  27. ↑ "Alberto Ginastera: Psalm 150" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  28. ↑ "André Jolivet: Le chant de Linos" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  29. ↑ "André Jolivet: Trois chansons de ménestrels" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  33. ↑ Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio
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  36. ↑ "Olivier Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  37. ↑ Klassika
  38. ↑ Association for Recorded Sound Collections
  39. ↑ New York Philharmonic
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  45. ↑ Milken Archive of Jewish Music
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