Top Songs of 1946
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼
1
1225
 Nat King Cole (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Vocal Jazz
2
1376
 Charles Trenet La Mer Chanson
3
1531
 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Jump-Blues, Swing
4
1896
 Nat King Cole The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) Christmas Music, Traditional Pop
5
1981
 Dizzy Gillespie A Night in Tunisia Bebop
6
2110
 Charlie Parker Ornithology Bebop
7
2529
 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Let the Good Times Roll Jump-Blues, Rhythm & Blues
8
3178
 Nat King Cole (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Traditional Pop
9
3250
 Charlie Parker Now's the Time Bebop
10
3478
 Harry Choates Jole Blon Traditional Cajun
11
3927
 Charlie Parker A Night in Tunisia Bebop
12
4576
 Frank Sinatra Someone to Watch Over Me Vocal Jazz
13
4583
 The Ink Spots The Gypsy Vocal Group
14
5322
 Charlie Parker Lover Man Bebop
15
5666
 Charlie Parker Yardbird Suite Bebop
16
6341
 Charlie Parker and His Re-Boppers Billie's Bounce Bebop
17
7036
 Tino Rossi Petit papa Noël Chanson, Christmas Music
18
7937
 The Delmore Brothers Freight Train Boogie Close Harmony, Country Boogie
19
8640
 The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazing Graze Traditional Black Gospel
20
8943
 Al Jolson Anniversary Song Traditional Pop
21
9012
 Johnny Mercer Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Vocal Jazz
22
9109
 Frankie Carle & His Orchestra Rumors Are Flying Traditional Pop
23
9110
 Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky Traditional Pop
24
9348
 Woody Guthrie Pastures of Plenty Contemporary Folk

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Dizzy Gillespie Anthropology Bebop
Eddy Howard & His Orchestra To Each His Own Vocal Jazz
Perry Como Prisoner of Love Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Lennie Tristano I Can't Get Started with You Bebop
Édith Piaf & Les Compagnons De La Chanson Les trois cloches Chanson
Jack McVea & His All Stars Open the Door Richard! Jump-Blues, Rhythm & Blues
Sammy Kaye The Old Lamp-Lighter Traditional Pop, Vocal Group
Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron Orchestra If You Could See Me Know Vocal Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie 'Round About Midnight Bebop
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Jump-Blues, Rhythm & Blues
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys New Spanish Two Step Western Swing
Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse The House of Blue Lights Boogie Woogie, Vocal Jazz
Luis Mariano La belle de Cadix Operetta
Frank Sinatra These Foolish Things Standards, Vocal Jazz