Top Songs of 1945
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼
1
305
 Édith Piaf La Vie en rose Chanson
2
604
 Charlie Parker Koko Bebop
3
893
 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Caldonia (Boogie) (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) Jump-Blues
4
1842
 Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Driftin' Blues Piano Blues
5
1881
 Stan Kenton Artistry in Rhythm Big Band
6
2480
 Dizzy Gillespie Groovin' High Bebop
7
3531
 Spike Jones and His City Slickers Cocktails for Two Musical Comedy, Novelty
8
3580
 Dizzy Gillespie Salt Peanuts Bebop
9
3969
 Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Jump-Blues
10
4066
 Dizzy Gillespie Hot House Bebop
11
4860
 Billie Holiday Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) Vocal Jazz
12
5266
 Perry Como Till the End of Time Traditional Pop
13
5907
 Arthur Smith Guitar Boogie Boogie Woogie, Country Boogie
14
5974
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Traditional Black Gospel
15
6012
 Eddy Arnold & His Guitar The Cattle Call Country Yodeling
16
6127
 Marlene Dietrich Lili Marlene Chanson réaliste, Schlager
17
6420
 Johnny Otis Harlem Nocturne Swing
18
6686
 Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazz Men Blue Horizon Dixieland
19
6767
 Lester Young These Foolish Things Bebop, Swing
20
7329
 Woody Herman Apple Honey Big Band
21
8671
 Woody Herman Laura Big Band
22
8703
 The Pied Pipers Dream Vocal Group
23
8785
 Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (vocals Wynonie Harris) Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well Jump-Blues, Swing
24
8955
 Vaughn Monroe There! I've Said It Again Standards
25
9017
 Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans Oklahoma Hills Cowboy

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Jan Clayton & John Raitt If I Loved You Show Tunes
Woody Guthrie Pretty Boy Floyd Contemporary Folk
Stan Kenton with June Christy Tampico Vocal Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys It's Only a Paper Moon Standards, Vocal Jazz
Frank Sinatra Nancy (With the Laughing Face) Vocal Jazz
Tommy Dorsey On the Sunny Side of the Street Big Band, Vocal Jazz
Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite Bebop
Frank Sinatra If I Loved You Standards, Vocal Jazz
Benny Goodman Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Big Band, Vocal Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie with Sarah Vaughan Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) Bebop, Vocal Jazz
Charlie Barnet Skyliner Big Band, Swing
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive Standards