Talk:1945 in music

Record Albums
I don't think that Bing Crosby released any "albums" in 1945. I think this piece of information is totally misleading. Have a look at vinyl record to make sure. At the end of the Second World War all the records were 78s, and one side lasted up to four minutes or so.

If, half a century later, record labels decide to cash in on the good old days and release CDs with the soundtrack of 30s movies, okay. But we certainly shouldn't call this "albums released in 1945" because it's simply wrong.

See also 1937 in music -- same there. KF 23:57 Jan 2, 2003 (UTC)


 * It's going to be the same from 1900 in music on up... so, change it if it's incorrect. Should it be "78's released"? Or what? My mother always called her 78's "albums" or "record albums".


 * I also think it's anachronistic to use the term "Top Hits" for songs first performed and/or recorded during the first decades of the 20th century. "78s released" and "Top Hits" would be more or less the same, wouldn't it?


 * Let's just bear this in mind when we edit these music pages. Whenever I do so, I'll just delete that one line that says "Albums released". I don't know where you come from, so maybe in your area what later was referred to as "singles" was called "albums", but I can't really imagine that. At least according to the entry here in Wikipedia, an album is a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. The album article still lacks a historical perspective, but I'm really no expert in this field. Hopefully someone else is going to join in. --KF 01:01 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)


 * Postscript: A few months later, all this has been wonderfully explained in the entries on album and especially gramophone record. -- KF 20:49 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)

PPS   Billboard ran a 5 position album sales chart weekly in 1945. The albums were mostly 4 78rpm discs containing 8 tracks. I will make some notes and add the information sometime in the future.

Reconstructed by me

June 30, 1945

POPULAR RECORD ALBUMS Albums listed are those selling best in the nation's retail record stores (dealers). List is based on reports received from more than 200 dealers in all sections of the the country. Albums are listed numerically according to greatest sales.

Last	This Weeks 	Week	Week

13	2	1 	Glenn Miller 		Glenn Miller and Ork 			Victor A-8

5 	4	2 	Up in Central Park	Jeanette MacDonald 			Victor M-991

15	1	3 	King Cole Trio		Collection of Favorites 		Capitol A-4

11	3	4 	After Dark		Morton Gould and Ork 			Columbia C-107

4	-	5 	Meet Me in St. Louis	Judy Garland 				Decca DA-380

11	-	5 	Song of Norway		Featuring Members Original Cast 	Decca DA-382

the hell with it! page 24

Billboard charts
In 1945, BB ran weekly best-selling, radio plays, jukebox plays, album, country and R&B charts. That's 6. The circulating chart (Whitburn) combines the first 3, taking the best result of each week, which results in 52-80 #1s for the year, which I don't like. The numerous ties are left as is, which is also no good. If you have a tie for #1, then the next position is #3, not #2. When I am done tabulating the numbers, I will post them in here first. I already did the Folk-Hillbilly chart. The popular chart I posted is a Whitburn temp, to get rid of the short chart that used RYM (a polling site), and other info we do not allow. I wish I had room to fit the songwriters. My goal is to post a decent page with semi-confirmed information and citations, so interested young people can get an idea of the year's music. All the artists and songs google and link to our other pages, which is a great reference to have. The information these pages are based on is far from perfect, which I will write about more.

Tillywilly17 (talk) 08:15, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I am almost done loading all the chart data from Billboard to excel for 1945. That means

Best-Selling Popular Retail Records (Pop)

Most-Played Juke Box Records (Pop)

Most-Played Juke Box Race Records (R&B)

Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records (Country)

Also, on January 27 1945 BB started another Pop Chart

'Records Most-Played On the Air'

Whitburn and his fans combine all 3 pop charts into one format of their invention.

Maybe theirs is the best way to do it. Maybe it's not.

I will post raw year end charts for each category in here first. Just in case there are other Wikipedia editors that have an interest or opinion. I know there are much more important things going on in the world, but just in case, I will share my Billboard music chart research, so editors can use it. If you are interested,. My default plan for this page is to post the top 5 or so of the 3 pop charts, and also Harlem R&B. Country has it's own page. Since it's not my website and I am not a Putin-class editor, I will do whatever is decided if others get involved. We have more options now that's all. I got all the info directly from BB, and I reverse engineered whitburns formula. I believe in one #1 per week, and that the record that people buy the most is the top hit. A jukebox hit or radio fave are cool. I just object to Whitburn rewriting history, jusr like that Council of Nicea decided what books to ban from the bible 325 AD Billions of people think the bible is the word of God, but then I found out Emperor Constantine and the Pope decided what was best for us. Whitburn's books did make me aware of historical record information, but I had to educate myself to find out the truth, there were no charts until 1940 (then I found BB Hillbilly charts back to April 1939..

Artist

Song Title

BS                    Best-Selling Retail Records

DJ                    Records Most-Played On the Air

JB                    Most Played Juke Box Records

PTS                 total

1945_001

Les Brown and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Doris Day)

Sentimental Journey

BS                   213

DJ                   221

JB                   189

PTS                623

1945_002 Perry Como Till The End Of Time

189 193 189 571

1945_003 Johnny Mercer On The Atchison, Topeka, And Santa Fe

182 182 192 556

1945_004 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra There! I've Said it Again

143 194 136 473

1945_005 Andrews Sisters Rum and Coca-Cola

179 83 207 469

1945_006 Les Brown and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Doris Day) My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time

136 106 150 392

1945_007 Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra  (v. Nancy  Norman, Billy Williams, the Kaye Choir) Chickery Chick

120 113 103 336

1945_009 Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, & Pied Pipers Candy

102 108 117 327

1945_008 Harry James and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen) It's Been a Long, Long Time

120 124 83 327

1945_010 Bing Crosby I Can't Begin to Tell You

99 50 154 303

1945_011 Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

96 105 93 294

1945_012 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra Symphony

102 102 75 279

1945_013 Bing Crosby and Les Paul It's Been a Long, Long Time

89 70 102 261

1945_014 Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra Chopin's Polonaise

112 51 64 227

1945_015 Harry James and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen) I'm Beginning To See The Light

56 107 63 226

1945_016 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra Bell-Bottom Trousers

91 30 87 208

1945_017 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Benny Goodman) Gotta Be This Or That

71 104 30 205

1945_018 Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra Sentimental Journey

41 59 80 190

1945_019 Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes I'll Buy That Dream

62 52 63 177

1945_020 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra Tampico

45 64 58 167