1945 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Biggest hit songs
4 Top hit records
5 Published popular music
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Births
11 Deaths

[edit] Events

The Motion Picture Daily Fame Poll designates Bing Crosby "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
August 19 - Dick Powell marries June Allyson.
Antal Doráti becomes conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Remo Giazotto reconstructs Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor from a fragment of a trio sonata he discovers among the ruins of the Dresden State Library.
1 September - Trio Lescano's last concert on Italian radio
Reynaldo Hahn is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
Ernest John Moeran marries cellist Peers Coetmore.
Frank Sinatra leaves Your Hit Parade to appear on Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra and, starting that September, Old Gold Presents Songs By Sinatra
Ruth Brown's musical career begins
Jimmy Reed's musical career begins
Charlie Parker makes his first recordings as a leader, which also feature Miles Davis

[edit] Albums released

King Cole trio - Nat King Cole
Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
Paris 1945 - Django Reinhardt

[edit] Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1945.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Les Brown & Doris Day	Sentimental Journey	1945	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2	The Andrews Sisters	Rum & Coca-Cola	1945	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US 1940s 1 - Jan 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Feb 1945, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s
3	Perry Como	Until the End of Time	1945	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US 1940s 1 - Aug 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks Sep 1945, US BB 12 of 1945, POP 23 of 1945, Europe 30 of the 1940s, RYM 85 of 1945
4	Johnny Mercer	On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe	1945	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US 1940s 1 - Jul 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Jul 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5	Les Brown	My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time	1945	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US 1940s 1 - Mar 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1945, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945

[edit] Top hit records

"11:60 PM" by Harry James
"A Little On The Lonely Side" by Frankie Carle
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" by Johnny Mercer
"Apple Honey" by Woody Herman
"Bell Bottom Trousers"
- by Jerry Colonna
- by The Jesters
- by Kay Kyser and his orchestra
- by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
- by Tony Pastor and his orchestra
- by Louis Prima and his orchestra
"Bijou" by Woody Herman
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe
"Caldonia" by Woody Herman
"Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers
"Cattle Call" by Eddy Arnold
"Chickery Chick" by Sammy Kaye
"Dig You Later" by Perry Como
"Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton
"Dream" by Frank Sinatra
"Gotta Be This Or That" by Benny Goodman
"I Can't Begin to Tell You" by Bing Crosby
"I Don't Care Who Knows It" by Harry James
"If I Loved You" by Harry James, also Frank Sinatra
"I'll Buy That Dream" by Harry James
"I'm Beginning To See The Light" by Harry James
"I Should Care" by Frank Sinatra
"It May As Well Be Spring" by Dick Haymes
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" by Harry James, also Bing Crosby
"Laura" by Woody Herman
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown with Doris Day
"Northwest Passage" by Woody Herman
"Oh! What It Seemed To Be" by Frank Sinatra
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
"Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrews Sisters
"Salt Peanuts" by Dizzy Gillespie
"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" by Frank Sinatra
"Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown with Doris Day
"Tampico" by Stan Kenton
"There Goes That Song Again" by Russ Morgan
"There! I've Said It Again" by Vaughn Monroe
"Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
"Waitin' for the Train to Come In" by Harry James
"You Belong To My Heart" by Bing Crosby
"Your Father's Moustache" by Woody Herman

[edit] Published popular music

"All Of My Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
"All Through The Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Along The Navajo Trail" w.m. Dick Charles, Eddie De Lange & Larry Markes
"Apple Honey" m. Woody Herman
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Atlanta G.A." w. Sunny Skylar m. Arthur Shaftel
"Autumn Serenade" w. Sammy Gallop m. Peter De Rose
"Be-Baba-Leba" w.m. Helen Humes
"The Blond Sailor" w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish, Bell Leib m. Jacob Pfeil
"Boogie Blues" w.m. Gene Krupa & Ray Biondi
"Caldonia" w.m. Fleecie Moore
"The Carousel Waltz" w. Richard Rodgers
"Cement Mixer" w.m. Slim Gaillard & Lee Ricks
"Chickery Chick" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
"Close As Pages In A Book" w. Dorothy Fields m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Maureen Cannon and Wilbur Evans in the musical Up In Central Park
"Cruising Down The River" w.m. Eily Beadell & Nell Tollerton
"Day By Day" w. Sammy Cahn m. Paul Weston & Axel Stordahl
"Detour" w.m. Paul Westmoreland
"Dig You Later" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Don't Be A Baby, Baby" w. Buddy Kaye m. Howard Steiner
"The End Of The News" w.m. Noël Coward
"For Sentimental Reasons" w. Deek Watson m. William Best
"The Frim Fram Sauce" w.m. Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans
"Full Moon And Empty Arms" w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ted Mossman
"Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn" w.m. Jason Matthews & Terry Shand
"Give Me The Simple Life" w. Harry Ruby m. Rube Bloom
"Good Good Good (That's You, That's You)" Roberts, Fisher
"Gotta Be This Or That" w.m. Sunny Skylar
"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"The Gypsy" w.m. Billy Reid
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" w.m. Scott Wiseman
"Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" w.m. Lionel Hampton & Curley Hamner
"Homesick - That's All" w.m. Gordon Jenkins
"The Honeydripper" w.m. Joe Liggins
"I Can't Begin To Tell You" w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco. Introduced by John Payne and reprised by Betty Grable in the film The Dolly Sisters
"I Don't Know Enough About You" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
"I Have But One Heart" Marty Symes, J. Farrow
"I Wish I Knew" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Haymes in the film Diamond Horseshoe
"I Wonder" Gant, Leveen
"I Wonder What Happened To Him" w.m. Noël Coward
"If I Loved You" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by John Raitt and Jan Clayton in the musical Carousel.
"I'll Buy That Dream" w. Herb Magison m. Allie Wrubel
"I'm A Big Girl Now" w.m. Al Hoffmann, Milton Drake & Jerry Livingstone
"I'm Gonna Love That Guy" w.m. Frances Ash
"In Acapulco" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Betty Grable in the film Diamond Horseshoe
"In Love In Vain" w. Leo Robin m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Louanne Hogan dubbing for Jeanne Crain in the film Centennial Summer
"In The Middle Of May" w. Al Stillman m. Fred Ahlert
"Isn't It Kinda Fun" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by Ann-Margret and David Street
"It Might As Well Be Spring" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Louanne Hogan dubbing for Jeanne Crain in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by Anita Gordon dubbing for Pamela Tiffin.
"It's A Grand Night For Singing" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"It's Been A Long, Long Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Johnnie Fedora (and Alice Bluebonnet)" w. Allie Wrubel & Ray Gilbert
"June Is Bustin' Out All Over" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"Just A Blue Serge Suit" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Laura" w. Johnny Mercer m. David Raksin
"Lavender Blue" w. Larry Morey m. Eliot Daniel
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Love Letters" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
"Love On A Greyhound Bus" w. Ralph Blane & Kay Thompson m. George Stoll
"Matelot" w.m. Noël Coward. Introduced by Graham Payn in the revue Sigh No More
"Mister Snow" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"Money Is The Root Of All Evil" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
"The More I See You" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
"Nina" w.m. Noël Coward
"Oh! What It Seemed To Be" w.m. Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss & Frankie Carle
"Personality" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Rodger Young" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Shoofly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy" w. Sammy Gallop m. Guy Wood
"Sigh No More" w.m. Noël Coward
"Sioux City Sue" w. Ray Freedman m. Dick Thomas
"Soliloquy" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"Some Sunday Morning" w. Ted Koehler m. M. K. Jerome & Ray Heindorf
"A Stranger In Town" w.m. Mel Tormé
"Symphony" w.(Eng) Jack Lawrence m. Alex Alstone
"Tampico" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
"(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight?" w.m. James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock & Ira Schuster
"That Little Dream Got Nowhere" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"That's For Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"This Was A Real Nice Clambake" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"Till The End Of Time" w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ted Mossman
"Two Silhouettes" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott
"Waitin' For The Train To Come In" w.m. Sunny Skylar & Martin Block
"We'll Be Together Again" w. Frankie Laine m. Carl Fischer
"We'll Gather Lilacs" w.m. Ivor Novello
"What's The Use Of Wond'rin'?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"When The Children Are Asleep" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"The Wild, Wild West" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren from the film The Harvey Girls
"You'll Never Walk Alone" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers

[edit] Classical music

George Crumb - Four Pieces for violin and piano
George Crumb - Four Songs for voice, clarinet and piano
George Crumb - Sonata for piano
Morton Gould - Viola concerto
Bohuslav Martinů - Rhapsodie Tcheque
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9 E flat major, Op. 70
Igor Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band

[edit] Opera

Benjamin Britten - Peter Grimes
Paul Dessau - Die Reisen des Glücksgotts
Frederick Jacobi - The Prodigal Son

[edit] Musical theater

Are You With It? (Music: Harry Revel Lyrics: Arnold B. Horwitt Book: Sam Perrin and George Balzer). Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on November 10 and ran for 266 performances.
Billion Dollar Baby (Music: Morton Gould Book & Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on December 21 and ran for 220 performances. Starring Mitzi Green, Joan McCracken, William Talbot, Danny Daniels and Shirley Van.
Carousel (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II) - Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 19 and ran for 890 performances.
The Day Before Spring (Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics and Book: Alan Jay Lerner)Broadway production opened on November 22 at the National Theatre and ran for 165 performances.
Follow The Girls (Music: Phil Charig Lyrics: Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal Book: Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis and Fred Thompson) - London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 25 and ran for 572 performances.
Marinka Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on July 18 and moved to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 1 for a total run of 165 performances
Perchance To Dream (Music, Lyrics and Book: Ivor Novello) - London production opened at the London Hippodrome on April 21 and ran for 1022 performances.
The Red Mill(Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics and Book: Henry Blossom). Broadway revival opened on October 16 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 531 performances.
Sigh No More London revue opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on August 28
Under the Counter London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on November 22 and ran for 665 performances
Up In Central Park (Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields). Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on January 27 and ran for 504 performances.