| Year |
Song - Artist
(Highest Rank) |
| 1945 |
Accentuate the Positive
- Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (#2) |
| 1945 |
Accentuate the Positive- Johnny Mercer (#1) |
| 1945 |
Accentuate the Positive
- Artie Shaw (#5) |
| 1945 |
All Of My Life - Sammy Kaye (#10) |
| 1945 |
All Of My Life - The Three Suns (#10) |
| 1945 |
Along the Navajo Trail - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (#2) |
| 1945 |
Along the Navajo
Trail - Gene Krupa (#7) |
| 1945 |
Along the Navajo Trail - Dinah Shore (#7) |
| 1945 |
Always - Sammy Kaye (#10) |
| 1945 |
Always - Guy Lombardo (#10) |
| 1945 |
And There You Are
- Kate Smith (#21) |
| 1945 |
Autumn Serenade - Harry James (#16) |
| 1945 |
Baia - Bing Crosby (#6) |
| 1945 |
Bell Bottom Trousers
- Jerry Colonna (#9) |
| 1945 |
Bell Bottom Trousers
- Kay Kyser (#3) |
| 1945 |
Bell Bottom Trousers - Guy Lombardo (#2) |
| 1945 |
Bell Bottom Trousers - Tony Pastor (#2) |
| 1945 |
Bell Bottom Trousers
- Louis Prima (#6) |
| 1945 |
Can't You Read Between
the Lines? - Jimmy Dorsey (#8) |
| 1945 |
Can't You Read Between
the Lines? - Kay Kyser (#10) |
| 1945 |
Candy - Johnny Long
(#8) |
| 1945 |
Candy - Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford (#1) |
| 1945 |
Candy - Dinah Shore
(#5) |
| 1945 |
Chickery Chick - Sammy Kaye (#1) |
| 1945 |
Chickery Chick -
Gene Krupa (#10) |
| 1945 |
Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones (#4) |
| 1945 |
A Cottage For Sale
- Billy Eckstine (#8) |
| 1945 |
Don't Fence Me In
- Horace Heidt (#10) |
| 1945 |
Don't Fence Me In - Sammy Kaye (#4) |
| 1945 |
Don't Fence Me In
- Kate Smith (#8) |
| 1945 |
Don't You Know I Care? - Duke Ellington (#8) |
| 1945 |
Dream - Freddy Martin
(#9) |
| 1945 |
Dream - Pied Pipers (#1) |
| 1945 |
Dream - Frank Sinatra (#5) |
| 1945 |
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Benny Goodman (#12) |
| 1945 |
Evelina - Bing Crosby (#9) |
| 1945 |
A Friend Of Yours
- Tommy Dorsey (#9) |
| 1945 |
Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman (#2) |
| 1945 |
Gotta Be This Or
That - Glen Gray (#9) |
| 1945 |
Gotta Be This Or
That - Sammy Kaye (#6) |
| 1945 |
He's Home For A Little While - Dinah Shore (#11) |
| 1945 |
Homesick, That's
All - Frank Sinatra (#23) |
| 1945 |
I Can't Begin To Tell You - Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro (#1) |
| 1945 |
I Didn't Know About You - Count Basie (#21) |
| 1945 |
I Don't Care Who
Knows It - Harry James (#8) |
| 1945 |
I Dream Of You -
Perry Como (#10) |
| 1945 |
I Dream Of You - Tommy Dorsey (#4) |
| 1945 |
I Dream Of You -
Frank Sinatra (#7) |
| 1945 |
I Should Care - Frank Sinatra (#8) |
| 1945 |
I Should Care - Martha Tilton (#10) |
| 1945 |
I Wish I Knew - Dick Haymes (#6) |
| 1945 |
I'd Do It All Over
Again - Hal McIntyre (#9) |
| 1945 |
I'll Buy That Dream - Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes (#2) |
| 1945 |
I'll Buy That Dream
- Harry James (#2) |
| 1945 |
I'll Buy That Dream
- Hal McIntyre (#8) |
| 1945 |
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Perry Como (#5) |
| 1945 |
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes (#7) |
| 1945 |
I'm Beginning To
See the Light - Duke Ellington (#6) |
| 1945 |
I'm Beginning To
See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots (#5) |
| 1945 |
I'm Beginning To See the Light - Harry James (#1) |
| 1945 |
I'm Gonna Love That Gal - Perry Como (#4) |
| 1945 |
I'm Gonna Love That
Guy - Benny Goodman (#9) |
| 1945 |
If I Loved You - Perry Como (#3) |
| 1945 |
If I Loved You -
Bing Crosby (#8) |
| 1945 |
If I Loved You -
Harry James (#8) |
| 1945 |
If I Loved You -
Frank Sinatra (#7) |
| 1945 |
It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes (#5) |
| 1945 |
It Might As Well
Be Spring - Paul Weston (#6) |
| 1945 |
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Bing Crosby with Les Paul (#1) |
| 1945 |
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Harry James (#1) |
| 1945 |
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Stan Kenton (#6) |
| 1945 |
It's Been A Long, Long Time - Charlie Spivak (#4) |
| 1945 |
It's Only A Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald (#9) |
| 1945 |
It's Only A Paper
Moon - Benny Goodman (#10) |
| 1945 |
Just A Prayer Away
- Bing Crosby (#4) |
| 1945 |
Just A Prayer Away
- Sammy Kaye (#10) |
| 1945 |
Laura - Dick Haymes (#9) |
| 1945 |
Laura - Woody Herman (#4) |
| 1945 |
Laura - Johnnie Johnston
(#5) |
| 1945 |
Laura - Freddy Martin
(#6) |
| 1945 |
Laura - Jerry Wald
(#8) |
| 1945 |
Let's Take the Long
Way Home - Jo Stafford (#14) |
| 1945 |
A Little On the Lonely
Side - Framkie Carle (#4) |
| 1945 |
Love Letters - Dick Haymes (#11) |
| 1945 |
The More I See You - Dick Haymes (#7) |
| 1945 |
More and More - Tommy Dorsey (#10) |
| 1945 |
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time - Doris Day with The Les Brown
Orchestra (#1) |
| 1945 |
My Dreams Are Geting
Better All the Time - Johnny Long (#3) |
| 1945 |
My Dreams Are Geting
Better All the Time - Phil Moore Four (#3) |
| 1945 |
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - Frank Sinatra (#10) |
| 1945 |
No Can Do - Guy Lombardo
(#8) |
| 1945 |
On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe - Bing Crosby (#3) |
| 1945 |
On the Atchison,
Topeka, and Santa Fe - Tommy Dorsey (#6) |
| 1945 |
On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe - Judy Garland (#10) |
| 1945 |
On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer (#1) |
| 1945 |
On the Atchison,
Topeka, and Santa Fe - Tommy Tucker (#10) |
| 1945 |
Out Of This World - Jo Stafford (#9) |
| 1945 |
Put That Ring On
My Finger - Woody Herman (#6) |
| 1945 |
Remember When - Russ
Morgan (#9) |
| 1945 |
Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters (#1) |
| 1945 |
Rum and Coca-Cola
- Abe Lyman (#8) |
| 1945 |
Rum and Coca-Cola
- Vaughn Monroe (#8) |
| 1945 |
Saturday Night (Is
the Loneliest Night Of the Week - Frankie Carle (#8) |
| 1945 |
Saturday Night (Is
the Loneliest Night Of the Week - Sammy Kaye (#6) |
| 1945 |
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week - Frank Sinatra (#2) |
| 1945 |
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown (#1) |
| 1945 |
Sentimental Journey
- Hal McIntyre (#3) |
| 1945 |
Sentimental Journey
- The Merry Macs (#4) |
| 1945 |
Sleigh Ride In July
- Dinah Shore (#8) |
| 1945 |
Some Sunday Morning - Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes (#9) |
| 1945 |
Strange Music - James Melton (#21) |
| 1945 |
A Stranger In Town - Martha Tilton (#10) |
| 1945 |
Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart - Ray Noble (#14) |
| 1945 |
(Did You Ever Get)
That Feeling In the Moonlight? - Perry Como (#9) |
| 1945 |
That's For Me - Dick
Haymes (#6) |
| 1945 |
That's For Me - Jo
Stafford (#4) |
| 1945 |
There Goes That Song
Again - Billy Butterfield (#10) |
| 1945 |
There Goes That Song
Again - Sammy Kaye (#8) |
| 1945 |
There Goes That Song
Again - Kay Kyser (#7) |
| 1945 |
There Goes That Song Again - Russ Morgan (#4) |
| 1945 |
There Must Be A Way
- Johnnie Johnston (#9) |
| 1945 |
There Must Be A Way
- Charlie Spivak (#9) |
| 1945 |
There's No You - Jo Stafford (#7) |
| 1945 |
There, I've Said
It Again - Jimmy Dorsey (#8) |
| 1945 |
There, I've Said It Again - Vaughn Monroe (#1) |
| 1945 |
Till the End Of Time
- Les Brown (#3) |
| 1945 |
Till the End Of Time - Perry Como (#1) |
| 1945 |
Till the End Of Time
- Dick Haymes (#3) |
| 1945 |
The Trolley Song
- Vaughn Monroe (#4) |
| 1945 |
Wait and See - Judy
Garland (#24) |
| 1945 |
Waitin' For the Train
To Come In - Harry James (#6) |
| 1945 |
Waitin' For the Train To Come In - Peggy Lee (#4) |
| 1945 |
Waitin' For the Train
To Come In - Johnny Long (#7) |
| 1945 |
Walkin' With My Honey
(Soon, Soon, Soon) - Sammy Kaye (#10) |
| 1945 |
While You're Away
- Glen Gray (#8) |
| 1945 |
White Christmas - Bing Crosby (#1) |
| 1945 |
The Wish That I Wish
Tonight - Russ Morgan (#8) |
| 1945 |
You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby (#3) |
| 1945 |
You Belong To My
Heart - Charlie Spivak (#6) |
| 1946 |
All Through the Day - Perry Como (#8) |
| 1946 |
All Through the Day
- Frank Sinatra (#7) |
| 1946 |
Aren't You Glad You're You? - Bing Crosby (#8) |
| 1946 |
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (#3) |
| 1946 |
The Coffee Song - Frank Sinatra (#6) |
| 1946 |
Come Rain or Come Shine - Margaret Whiting (#17) |
| 1946 |
Come To Baby Do - Les Brown (#13) |
| 1946 |
Day By Day - Frank Sinatra (#5) |
| 1946 |
Day By Day - Jo Stafford (#8) |
| 1946 |
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian
Chief - Les Brown (#6) |
| 1946 |
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton (#1) |
| 1946 |
Doin' What Comes
Naturally - Jimmy Dorsey (#8) |
| 1946 |
Doin' What Comes
Naturally - Freddy Martin (#2) |
| 1946 |
Doin' What Comes Naturally - Dinah Shore (#3) |
| 1946 |
Five Minutes More
- Tex Beneke (#4) |
| 1946 |
Five Minutes More
- Skitch Henderson (#9) |
| 1946 |
Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra (#1) |
| 1946 |
Five Minutes More
- The Three Suns (#7) |
| 1946 |
(I Love You) For
Sentimental Reasons - Nat "King" Cole (#1) |
| 1946 |
(I Love You) For
Sentimental Reasons - Charlie Spivak (#5) |
| 1946 |
Full Moon and Empty Arms - Frank Sinatra (#17) |
| 1946 |
A Gal In Calico - Johnny Mercer (#5) |
| 1946 |
The Gypsy - Hildegarde
with Guy Lombardo (#7) |
| 1946 |
The Gypsy - Ink Spots (#1) |
| 1946 |
The Gypsy - Sammy
Kaye (#3) |
| 1946 |
The Gypsy - Hal McIntyre
(#8) |
| 1946 |
The Gypsy - Dinah Shore (#1) |
| 1946 |
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orchestra (#4) |
| 1946 |
I Can't Begin To Tell You - Harry James featuring Betty Grable (#5) |
| 1946 |
I Can't Begin To
Tell You - Sammy Kaye (#9) |
| 1946 |
I Can't Begin To
Tell You - Andy Russell (#7) |
| 1946 |
I Don't Know Enough
About You - Peggy Lee (#7) |
| 1946 |
I Don't Know Enough
About You - The Mills Brothers (#7) |
| 1946 |
I Got the Sun In the Morning - Les Brown (#10) |
| 1946 |
I'm A Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye (#1) |
| 1946 |
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Harry James (#9) |
| 1946 |
In Love In Vain -
Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes (#12) |
| 1946 |
It Might As Well Be Spring - Sammy Kaye (#4) |
| 1946 |
Laughing On the Outside (Crying On the Inside) - Sammy Kaye (#3) |
| 1946 |
Laughing On the Outside
(Crying On the Inside) - The Merry Macs (#9) |
| 1946 |
Laughing On the Outside
(Crying On the Inside) - Andy Russell (#4) |
| 1946 |
Laughing On the Outside
(Crying On the Inside) - Dinah Shore (#3) |
| 1946 |
Laughing On the Outside
(Crying On the Inside) - Teddy Walters (#4) |
| 1946 |
Let It Snow! Let
It Snow! Let It Snow! - Connee Boswell (#9) |
| 1946 |
Let It Snow! Let
It Snow! Let It Snow! - Woody Herman (#7) |
| 1946 |
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Vaughn Monroe (#1) |
| 1946 |
Linger In My Arms
A Little Longer, Baby - Peggy Lee (#16) |
| 1946 |
Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frankie Carle (#1) |
| 1946 |
Oh! What It Seemed
To Be - Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes (#4) |
| 1946 |
Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Frank Sinatra (#1) |
| 1946 |
Oh! What It Seemed
To Be - Charlie Spivak (#5) |
| 1946 |
The Old Lamplighter
- Hal Derwin (#5) |
| 1946 |
The Old Lamplighter - Sammy Kaye (#1) |
| 1946 |
Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Hoagy Carmichael (#2) |
| 1946 |
Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Helen Carroll (#7) |
| 1946 |
Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser (#1) |
| 1946 |
Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Paul Weston (#6) |
| 1946 |
One-zy, Two-zy (I Love You-zy) - Phil Harris (#2) |
| 1946 |
One-zy, Two-zy (I
Love You-zy) - Kay Kyser (#5) |
| 1946 |
One-zy, Two-zy (I
Love You-zy) - Freddy Martin (#4) |
| 1946 |
Personality - Bing
Crosby (#9) |
| 1946 |
Personality - Johnny Mercer (#1) |
| 1946 |
Personality - Dinah
Shore (#10) |
| 1946 |
Prisoner Of Love - Perry Como (#1) |
| 1946 |
Prisoner Of Love
- Billy Eckstine (#10) |
| 1946 |
Prisoner Of Love
- The Ink Spots (#9) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying - The Andrews Sisters (#4) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying
- Billy Butterfield (#6) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle (#1) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying
- Tony Martin (#9) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying - Les Paul (#1) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying
- Betty Jane Rhodes (#5) |
| 1946 |
Rumors Are Flying
- The Three Suns (#7) |
| 1946 |
Seems Like Old Times - Guy Lombardo (#7) |
| 1946 |
Seems Like Old Times - Vaughn Monroe (#7) |
| 1946 |
Shoo Fly Pie and
Apple Pan Dowdy - Stan Kenton (#6) |
| 1946 |
Shoo Fly Pie and
Apple Pan Dowdy - Guy Lombardo (#6) |
| 1946 |
Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy - Dinah Shore (#6) |
| 1946 |
Sioux City Sue - Bing Crosby (#3) |
| 1946 |
Sioux City Sue -
Tony Pastor (#10) |
| 1946 |
Somewhere In the Night - Frank Sinatra (#8) |
| 1946 |
Sooner Or Later -
Sammy Kaye (#8) |
| 1946 |
South America, Take It Away - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (#2) |
| 1946 |
South America, Take
It Away - Xavier Cugat (#6) |
| 1946 |
Surrender - Perry Como (#1) |
| 1946 |
Surrender - Woody
Herman (#8) |
| 1946 |
Symphony - Bing Crosby
(#3) |
| 1946 |
Symphony - Benny
Goodman (#2) |
| 1946 |
Symphony - Guy Lombardo
(#10) |
| 1946 |
Symphony - Freddy Martin (#1) |
| 1946 |
Symphony - Jo Stafford
(#4) |
| 1946 |
They Say It's Wonderful - Perry Como (#4) |
| 1946 |
They Say It's Wonderful
- Andy Russell (#10) |
| 1946 |
They Say It's Wonderful - Frank Sinatra (#2) |
| 1946 |
The Things We Did Last Summer - Jo Stafford (#10) |
| 1946 |
This Is Always - Harry James (#10) |
| 1946 |
To Each His Own - Eddy Howard (#1) |
| 1946 |
To Each His Own - The Ink Spots (#1) |
| 1946 |
To Each His Own - Freddy Martin (#1) |
| 1946 |
To Each His Own -
Tony Martin (#4) |
| 1946 |
To Each His Own -
The Modernaires with Paula Kelly (#3) |
| 1946 |
White Christmas -
Frank Sinatra (#6) |
| 1946 |
White Christmas -
Frank Sinatra (#5) |
| 1946 |
White Christmas -
Jo Stafford (#9) |
| 1946 |
The Whole World Is
Singing My Song - Les Brown (#6) |
| 1946 |
Winter Wonderland - Perry Como (#10) |
| 1946 |
You Call It Madness
(But I Call It Love) - Nat King Cole (#10) |
| 1946 |
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song - Dinah Shore (#5) |
| 1946 |
You Won't Be Satisfied
(Until You Break - Perry Como (#5) |
| 1946 |
You Won't Be Satisfied
(Until You Break My Heart) - Les Brown (#4) |
| 1946 |
You Won't Be Satisfied
(Until You Break My Heart) - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
(#10) |
| 1947 |
Across the Alley From the Alamo - The Mills Brothers (#2) |
| 1947 |
Almost Like Being
In Love - Frank Sinatra (#20) |
| 1947 |
And Mimi - Art Lund
(#14) |
| 1947 |
The Anniversary Song
- Tex Beneke (#3) |
| 1947 |
The Anniversary Song - Al Jolson (#2) |
| 1947 |
The Anniversary Song - Guy Lombardo (#2) |
| 1947 |
The Anniversary Song
- Andy Russell (#4) |
| 1947 |
The Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore (#1) |
| 1947 |
An Apple Blossom
Wedding - Eddy Howard (#9) |
| 1947 |
An Apple Blossom
Wedding - Sammy Kaye (#5) |
| 1947 |
As Long As I'm Dreaming
- Tex Beneke (#21) |
| 1947 |
Ask Anyone Who Knows
- The Ink Spots (#17) |
| 1947 |
Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe (#1) |
| 1947 |
Chi-Baba Chi-Baba - Perry Como (#1) |
| 1947 |
Christmas Dreaming - Frank Sinatra (#26) |
| 1947 |
Civilization (Bingo,
Bango, Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo) - Ray McKinley (#8) |
| 1947 |
Civilization (Bingo,
Bango, Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo) - Louis Prima (#8) |
| 1947 |
Civilization (Bingo,
Bango, Bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo) - Jack Smith (#9) |
| 1947 |
Feudin' and Fightin' - Bing Crosby (#9) |
| 1947 |
Feudin' and Fightin'
- Dorothy Shay (#4) |
| 1947 |
Feudin' and Fightin'
- Jo Stafford (#7) |
| 1947 |
(I Love You) For
Sentimental Reasons - Ella Fitzgerald (#8) |
| 1947 |
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Eddy Howard (#2) |
| 1947 |
(I Love You) For
Sentimental Reasons - Dinah Shore (#2) |
| 1947 |
For You, For Me, Forevermore - Judy Garland and Dick Haymes (#19) |
| 1947 |
A Gal In Calico -
Tex Beneke (#6) |
| 1947 |
A Gal In Calico -
Bing Crosby (#8) |
| 1947 |
A Gal In Calico -
Benny Goodman (#6) |
| 1947 |
Guilty - Margaret Whiting (#4) |
| 1947 |
Heartaches - Harry
James (#4) |
| 1947 |
Heartaches - Ted Weems (#1) |
| 1947 |
How Are Things In
Glocca Morra? - Buddy Clark (#6) |
| 1947 |
How Are Things In
Glocca Morra? - Tommy Dorsey (#9) |
| 1947 |
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? - Dick Haymes (#9) |
| 1947 |
How Are Things In
Glocca Morra? - Martha Tilton (#8) |
| 1947 |
How Soon (Will I
Be Seeing You?) - Jack Owens (#2) |
| 1947 |
Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmicheal (#1) |
| 1947 |
I Wish I Didn't Love
You So - Dick Haymes (#9) |
| 1947 |
I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Betty Hutton (#5) |
| 1947 |
I Wish I Didn't Love
You So - Vaughn Monroe (#2) |
| 1947 |
I Wish I Didn't Love
You So - Dinah Shore (#2) |
| 1947 |
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? - Perry Como with Ted Weems (#2) |
| 1947 |
I Wonder, I Wonder,
I Wonder - Eddy Howard (#2) |
| 1947 |
I Wonder, I Wonder,
I Wonder - Guy Lombardo (#3) |
| 1947 |
I Wonder, I Wonder,
I Wonder - Martha Tilton (#9) |
| 1947 |
I'll Close My Eyes
- Andy Russell (#15) |
| 1947 |
It's A Good Day - Peggy Lee (#16) |
| 1947 |
It's the Same Old
Dream - Tommy Dorsey (#21) |
| 1947 |
Ivy - Jo Stafford
(#13) |
| 1947 |
The Lady From 29 Palms - The Andrews Sisters (#7) |
| 1947 |
The Lady From 29
Palms - Freddy Martin (#5) |
| 1947 |
The Lady From 29
Palms - Tony Pastor (#10) |
|