The Top Ten Hits from 1945 to 1949


The Top Ten Hits from 1945

     Chickery Chick - Sammy Kay - Nancy Morman & Billy Williams

     Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters

     Dream - The Pied Pipers

     I'm Beginning to See the Light - Harry James & Kitty Kallen

     It's Been a Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby

     On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer & His Pied Pipers

     Rum & Coca-Cola - The Andrew Sisters

     Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & Doris Day

     There I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe & The Norton Sisters

     Till the End of Time - Perry Como

     Play all of the 1945 Hits.


The Top Ten Hits from 1946

     Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton

     I Can't Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby

     Oh! What it Seemed to Be - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

     Personality - Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers

     Prisoner of Love - Perry Como

     Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carl & Marjorie Hughes

     Symphony - Freddy Martin & Clyde Rogers

     The Gypsy - The Ink Spots

     The Old Lamplighter - Sammy Kaye & Billy Williams & Kaye Choir

     To Each His Own - Eddy Howard & His Orchestra

     Play all of the 1946 Hits.


The Top Ten Hits from 1947

     Anniversary Song - Al Jolson


     Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe

     Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) - Perry Como

     Heartaches - Ted Weems & Elmo Tanner

     Linda - Ray Noble & Buddy Clark

     Mam'sell - Art Lund

     Managua, Nicaragua - Freddy Martin, Stuart Wade & The Martin Men

     Near You - Francis Craig & Bob Lamm

     Peg O' My Heart - The Harmonicats

     Smoke! Smoke! Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan

     Play all of the 1947 Hits.


The Top Ten Hits from 1948
     A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting

     I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney

     Little White Lies - Dick Haymes

     Manana (Is Soon Enough for Me) - Peggy Lee w- Dave Barbour & The Brazilians

     Maybe You'll Be There - Gordon Jenkins & Charles Lavere

     My Happiness - The Pied Pipers

     Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song - Bing Crosby w-The Ken Darby Choir

     The Woody Woodpecker Song
          Kay Kyser, Floria Wood, Harry Babbitt & The Campus Kids


     Twelfth Street Rag - Pee Wee Hunt & Carl Fisher

     You Call Everybody Darlin' - Al Trace

     Play all of the 1948 Hits.


The Top Ten Hits from 1949

     "A" - You're Adorable - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

     Again - Gordon Jenkins & Joe Graydon

     Cruising Down The River - Blue Barron & The Ensemble

     Forever and Ever - Russ Morgan & The Skylarks

     I Can Dream, Can't I - The Andrew Sisters

     Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carl & Marjorie Hughes

     Room Full Of Roses - Sammy Kaye w-Don Cornell & The Kaydets

     Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

     Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como

     That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine

     Play all of the 1949 Hits.


The Top Ten Ladies of the Late '40s

     Along the Navajo Trail - Dinah Shore

     Candy - The Four King Sisters

     Confess - Patti Page

     Faraway Places - Margaret Whiting

     Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee

     My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Doris Day w Les Brown and His Orchestra

     Serenade of the Bells - Jo Stafford

     Stuff Like That There - Betty Hutton

     Toolie Oolie Doolie - The Andrews Sisters

     You'll Never Walk Alone - Judy Garland

     Play all of the Ladies Hits.


The Top Ten Gentlemen of the Late '40s

     I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Vaughn Monroe

     If I Loved You - Bing Crosby

     Maybe It's Because - Dick Haymes

     My Sugar Is So Refined - Johnny Mercer

     Night And Day - Frank Sinatra

     Someday - The Mills Brothers

     Surrender - Perry Como

     Sweet Lorraine - Nat 'King' Cole & The King Cole Trio

     That's My Desire - Frankie Lane

     You Were Only Fooling - The Ink Spots

     Play all of the Gentlemens Hits.


The Top Ten Bands of the Late '40s

     Bumble Boogie - Freddy Martin w-Jack Fina

     Careless Hands - Sammy Kaye w-Don Cornell & The Kaydets

     Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Jimmy Dorsey & Dee Parker

     Five Minutes More - Tex Beneke w-The Glenn Miller Orchestra

     Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser w-Michael Douglas & The Campus Kids

     On A Slow Boat to China - Benny Goodman & Al Hendrickson

     Open The Door, Richard - Count Basie, Harry Edison & Bill Johnson

     Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Guy Lombardo & Don Rodney

     So Tired - Russ Morgan

     Until - Tommy Dorsey, Harry Prime, The Clark Sisters and The Town Criers

     Play all of the Bands Hits.


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