| Hits of 1945 | Yearbook |
| Oscar: Best Picture: | The Lost Weekend |
| Oscar: Best Actor | Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend |
| Oscar: Best Actress | Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce |
| Oscar: Best Song | "It Might As Well Be Spring" from State Fair (also nominated: "Accentuate the Positive", "Aren't You Glad You're You?", "I'll Buy That Dream", "Linda") |
| Accentuate the Positive | 1 2 5 |
Johnny Mercer Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters Artie Shaw |
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| Along the Navajo Trail | 2 7 7 |
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters Gene Krupa Dinah Shore |
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| Always | 10 10 |
Sammy Kaye Guy Lombardo |
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Baia | 6 |
Bing Crosby |
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Bell Bottom Trousers | 2 2 3 6 9 |
Guy Lombardo Tony Pastor Kay Kyser Louis Prima Jerry Colonna |
| Candy | 1 5 8 |
Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford Dinah Shore Johnny Long |
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Chickery Chick | 1 10 |
Sammy Kaye Gene Krupa |
| Cocktails For Two | 4 |
Spike Jones | |
| Don't Fence Me In | 4 8 10 |
Sammy Kaye Kate Smith Horace Heidt |
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| Dream | 1 5 9 |
Pied Pipers Frank Sinatra Freddy Martin |
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Gotta Be This Or That | 2 6 9 |
Benny Goodman Sammy Kaye Glen Gray |
| I Can't Begin To Tell You | 1 |
Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro | |
| I Should Care | 8 10 |
Frank Sinatra Martha Tilton |
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| I'll Buy That Dream | 2 2 8 |
Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes Harry James Hal McIntyre |
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| I'm Always Chasing Rainbows | 5 7 |
Perry Como Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes |
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| I'm Beginning To See the Light | 1 5 6 |
Harry James Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots Duke Ellington |
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| If I Loved You | 3 7 8 8 |
Perry Como Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby Harry James |
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| It Might As Well Be Spring | 5 6 |
Dick Haymes Paul Weston |
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| It's Been A Long, Long Time | 1 1 6 4 |
Bing Crosby with Les Paul Harry James Stan Kenton Charlie Spivak |
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| It's Only A Paper Moon | 9 10 |
Ella Fitzgerald Benny Goodman |
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| Laura | 4 5 6 8 9 |
Woody Herman Johnnie Johnston Freddie Martin Jerry Wald Dick Haymes |
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| Love Letters | 11 |
Dick Haymes | |
| The More I See You | 7 |
Dick Haymes | |
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My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time | 1 3 3 |
Doris Day with The Les Brown Orchestra Johnny Long Phil Moore Four |
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Nancy (With the Laughing Face) | 10 |
Frank Sinatra |
| Rum and Coca-Cola | 1 8 8 |
The Andrews Sisters Abe Lyman Vaughn Monroe |
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Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night Of the Week) | 2 6 8 |
Frank Sinatra Sammy Kaye Frankie Carle |
| Sentimental Journey | 1 3 4 |
Les Brown Hal McIntyre The Merry Macs |
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| There, I've Said It Again | 1 8 |
Vaughn Monroe Jimmy Dorsey |
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Till the End Of Time | 1 3 3 |
Perry Como Les Brown Dick Haymes |
| The Trolley Song | 2 4 4 |
The Pied Pipers Judy Garland Vaughn Monroe |
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| White Christmas | 1 |
Bing Crosby | |
| You Belong To My Heart | 3 6 |
Bing Crosby Charlie Spivak |
| All Of My Life | 10 10 |
Sammy Kaye The Three Suns |
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| And There You Are | 21 |
Kate Smith | |
| Autumn Serenade | 16 |
Harry James | |
| Can't You Read Between the Lines? | 8 10 |
Jimmy Dorsey Kay Kyser |
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| A Cottage For Sale | 8 |
Billy Eckstine | |
| Don't You Know I Care? | 8 |
Duke Ellington | |
| Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | 12 |
Benny Goodman | |
| Evelina | 9 |
Bing Crosby | |
| A Friend Of Yours | 9 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| He's Home For A Little While | 11 |
Dinah Shore | |
| Homesick, That's All | 23 |
Frank Sinatra | |
| I Didn't Know About You | 21 |
Count Basie | |
| I Don't Care Who Knows It | 8 |
Harry James | |
| I Dream Of You | 4 7 10 |
Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra Perry Como |
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| I Wish I Knew | 6 |
Dick Haymes | |
| I'd Do It All Over Again | 9 |
Hal McIntyre | |
| I'm Gonna Love That Gal | 4 |
Perry Como | |
| I'm Gonna Love That Guy | 9 |
Benny Goodman | |
| Just A Prayer Away | 4 10 |
Bing Crosby Sammy Kaye |
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| Let's Take the Long Way Home | 14 |
Jo Stafford | |
| A Little On the Lonely Side | 4 |
Framkie Carle | |
| More and More | 10 |
Tommy Dorsey | |
| No Can Do | 8 |
Guy Lombardo | |
| Out Of This World | 9 |
Jo Stafford | |
| Put That Ring On My Finger | 6 |
Woody Herman | |
| Remember When | 9 |
Russ Morgan | |
| Sleigh Ride In July | 8 |
Dinah Shore | |
| Some Sunday Morning | 9 |
Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes | |
| Strange Music | 21 |
James Melton | |
| A Stranger In Town | 10 |
Martha Tilton | |
| Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart | 14 |
Ray Noble | |
| (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In the Moonlight? | 9 |
Perry Como | |
| That's For Me | 4 6 |
Jo Stafford Dick Haymes |
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| There Goes That Song Again | 4 7 8 10 |
Russ Morgan Kay Kyser Sammy Kaye Billy Butterfield |
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| There Must Be A Way | 9 9 |
Johnnie Johnston Charlie Spivak |
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| There's No You | 7 |
Jo Stafford | |
| Wait and See | 24 |
Judy Garland | |
| Waitin' For the Train To Come In | 4 6 7 |
Peggy Lee Harry James Johnny Long |
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| Walkin' With My Honey (Soon, Soon, Soon) | 10 |
Sammy Kaye | |
| While You're Away | 8 |
Glen Gray | |
| The Wish That I Wish Tonight | 8 |
Russ Morgan |