Here they are, the
absolutely greatest hits from the history of popular music in the
USA.
The very best
music.
The Year
is
1945
The Andrews
Sisters - Corns For My Country - 01-45
The Andrews
Sisters - Rum and Coca-Cola -02-45
The Andrews
Sisters - The Blond Sailor - 10-45
Charlie
Barnet - Skyliner - 03-45
Count
Basie - Jimmy's Blues - 10-45
Connee
Boswell & Russ Morgan - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- 12-45
Les
Brown - Twilight Time - 03-45
Les
Brown - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time -
04-45
Les
Brown & His Orcherstra - Sentimental Journey -
05-45
Les Brown
- T'ain't Me - 06-45
Les
Brown & Doris Day - Aren't You Glad You're You -
11-45
Frankie
Carle - A Little On the Lonely Side - 03-45
Hoagy
Carmichael - Hong Kong Blues - 10-45
Carmen
Cavallaro - Chopin's Polonaise - 08-45
Perry
Como - I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do) -
01-45
Perry
Como - I'm Confessin' - 03-45
Perry
Como - Temptation - 06-45
Perry
Como - If I Loved You - 08-45
Perry
Como - Till The End Of Time - 09-45
Perry
Como - I'm Gonna Love That Gal - 10-45
Perry
Como - Here Comes Heaven Again - 12-45
Bing
Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - The Three Caballeros -
03-45
Bing
Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive -
03-45
Bing
Crosby - Sleigh Ride in July - 03-45
Bing
Crosby - Its Easy To Remember - 04-45
Bing
Crosby & Judy Garland - Yah-Ta-Ta Yah-Ta-Ta -
06-45
Bing
Crosby - Baia - 06-45
Bing
Crosby - You Belong To My Heart - 06-45
Bing
Crosby - (Yip Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes -
07-45
Bing
Crosby - On the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe -
08-45
Bing Crosby
- If I Loved You -09-45
Bing
Crosby - Along The Navajo Trail - 10-45
Bing
Crosby - It's Been A Long, Long Time - 12-45
Bing
Crosby - I Can't Begin To Tell You - 12-45
Xavier
Cugat - Good, Good, Good (Thats You, Thats You) -
06-45
Doris
Day - Till The End Of Time - 09-45
Tommy
Dorsey - Opus No. 1 - 03-45
The Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra - On the Sunny Side Of The Street -
06-45
Billy
Eckstine - A Cottage For Sale - 10-45
Duke
Ellington & His Orchestra - I'm Beginning To See The Light -
03-45
Ella
Fitzgerald - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine -
01-45
Ella
Fitzgerald - I'm Beginning To See The Light -
05-45
Ella
Fitzgerald - It's Only a Paper Moon - 09-45
Helen
Forrest - I'll Buy That Dream - 10-45
Judy
Garland - On the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe -
10-45
Benny
Goodman - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 03-45
Benny
Goodman - Close As Pages In A Book - 05-45
Benny
Goodman - Gotta Be This or That - 07-45
Benny
Goodman - It's Only a Paper Moon - 09-45
Benny
Goodman - How Deep is The Ocean - 10-45
Benny
Goodman - My Guy's Come Back -12-45
Erskine
Hawkins - Tippin' In - 04-45
Erskine
Hawkins & His Orchestra - Caldonia - 06-45
Dick
Haymes - Laura - 06-45
Dick
Haymes - The More I See You - 07-45
Dick
Haymes - I Wish I Knew - 09-45
Dick
Haymes - Love Letters - 09-45
Dick
Haymes - Some Sunday Morning - 10-45
Dick
Haymes - It Might As Well Be Spring - 12-45
Horace
Heidt - Dont Fence Me In - 02-45
Woody
Herman and His Orchestra - Laura - 05-45
Woody
Herman - Caldonia - 05-45
Woody
Herman - Apple Honey - 07-45
Woody
Herman - A Kiss Goodnight - 08-45
Woody
Herman and His Orchestra - Northwest Passage -
09-45
Billie
Holiday - Lover Man - 05-45
Lena
Horne - One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) -
03-45
Harry
James - I Don't Care Who Knows It - 04-45
Harry
James - I'm Beginning To See The Light -
04-45
Harry
James - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry -
05-45
Harry James
- The More I See You - 06-45
Harry
James - Autumn Serenade - 11-45
Harry
James - It's Been A Long, Long Time - 11-45
Harry
James and His Orchestra - Waitin' For The Train To Come In -
12-45
Spike
Jones - Cocktails For Two - 02-45
Spike
Jones - Chloe - 05-45
Spike Jones
- Holiday for Strings - 11-45
Louis
Jordan - You Can't Get That No More - 04-45
Louis
Jordan - Caldonia - 06-45
Sammy
Kaye - Don't Fence Me In - 01-45
Sammy
Kaye - Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week -
03-45
Sammy
Kaye - Chickery Chick - 11-45
Stan
Kenton - Tampico - 09-45
Kay
Kyser - There Goes That Song Again -
01-45
Kay
Kyser - Bell Bottom Trousers - 06-45
Kay
Kyser - That's For Me 11-45
Peggy
Lee - Waitin' For The Train To Come In - 12-45
Guy Lombardo
& His Royal Canadians - Always - 02-45
Guy
Lombardo - Poor Little Rhode Island - 05-45
Guy
Lombardo - Bell Bottom Trousers - 07-45
Johnny
Long - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time -
04-45
Freddy
Martin - Laura - 05-45
Freddy
Martin - Dream - 07-45
Hal
McIntyre - Sentimental Journey - 06-45
Johnny
Mercer - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - 03-45
Johnny
Mercer - Candy - 03-45
Johnny
Mercer - I'm Gonna See My Baby - 03-45
Johnny
Mercer - On the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe -
07-45
Merry
Macs - Sentimental Journey - 08-45
The Mills
Brothers - Put Another Chair at the Table - 06-45
Vaughn Monroe - The Trolley
Song - 01-45
Vaughn
Monroe - There I've Said It Again - 05-45
Vaughn
Monroe And His Orchestra - Something Sentimental -
11-45
Russ
Morgan - There Goes That Song Again - 01-45
Tony
Pastor - Bell Bottom Trousers - 05-45
The Pied
Pipers - Dream - 05-45
The Pied
Pipers - Aren't You Glad You're You - 12-45
The Phil
Moore Four - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time -
03-45
Louis
Prima - Bell Bottom Trousers - 06-45
Dinah
Shore - Sleigh Ride in July - 02-45
Dinah
Shore - Candy - 05-45
Dinah
Shore - Along The Navajo Trail - 09-45
Dinah
Shore - My Guy's Come Back -11-45
Frank
Sinatra - I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do) -
01-45
Frank
Sinatra - If You Are But A Dream - 01-45
Frank
Sinatra - Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night of the Week) -
03-45
Frank
Sinatra - Dream - 06-45
Frank
Sinatra - I Should Care - 06-45
Frank
Sinatra - You'll Never Walk Alone - 09-45
Frank
Sinatra - Dont Forget Tonight Tomorrow -
12-45
Frank
Sinatra - Nancy - 12-45
Charlie
Spivak - There Must Be A Way -05-45
Charlie
Spivak & His Orchestra - It's Been A Long, Long Time -
11-45
Jo Stafford
- Let's Take The Long Way Home - 03-45
Jo
Stafford - There's No You - 06-45
Jo Stafford
- On the Sunny Side Of The Street - 07-45
Jo
Stafford - Out Of This World - 07-45
Jo
Stafford - That's For Me - 10-45
The Three
Suns - Twilight Time - 03-45
Margaret
Whiting - It Might As Well Be Spring -
12-45
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