1946 in Music - Top Hit Records

Top Hit Records

• "A Fine Romance" by Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer
• "Aren't You Glad You're You?" by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
• "Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
• "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
• "The Christmas Song" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra
• "Coming Home" by Dorothy Squires
• "Day By Day" by Frank Sinatra
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
• "Five Minutes More", recorded by
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "Fools Rush In" by Jo Stafford
• "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Gypsy", recorded by
  • The Ink Spots
  • Dinah Shore
• "Hawaiian War Chant" by Spike Jones & his City Slickers
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop", recorded by
  • Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
  • Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
• "I Dream Of You" by Archie Lewis and The Geraldo Strings
• "I Get A Kick Out Of You" by Margaret Whiting
• "I Got The Sun In The Morning by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
• "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" by Jo Stafford
• "I'm A Big Girl Now" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Betty Barclay
• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Perry Como
• "Laughing On The Outside", recorded by
  • Dinah Shore
  • Andy Russell
  • Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", recorded by
  • Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
  • Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be", recorded by
  • Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
  • Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
• "The Old Lamplighter", recorded by
  • Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Mike Douglas
  • Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
  • Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky", recorded by
  • Hoagy Carmichael
  • Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers
  • Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis
  • Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids
• "One-Zy Two-Zy", recorded by
  • Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
  • Phil Harris
• "Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
• "Petit Papa Noël" by Tino Rossi
• "Pretending" by Andy Russell
• "Prisoner Of Love", recorded by
  • The Ink Spots
  • Perry Como
• "Rumors Are Flying", recorded by
  • Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
  • Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
  • Betty Rhodes
  • Tony Martin
• "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", recorded by
  • Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
  • Dinah Shore
• "Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
• "South America, Take It Away", recorded by
  • Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
  • Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
• "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
• "Surrender" by Perry Como
• "Symphony", recorded by
  • Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)
  • Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
  • Bing Crosby
  • Jo Stafford
• "Take the A Train" by Duke Ellington
• "The Things We Did Last Summer", recorded by
  • Jo Stafford
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Oscar Peterson
  • Vaughn Monroe
• "They Say It's Wonderful", recorded by
  • Perry Como
  • Frank Sinatra
• "To Each His Own", recorded by
  • Eddy Howard
  • Tony Martin
  • The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
  • The Ink Spots
  • Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Wade
• "We'll Gather Lilacs" by Geraldo and his Orchestra
• "Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como
• "You Won't Be Satisfied" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day
• "You're The Top" by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra