The year in music

Best Songs of 1945

The war ends to “Sentimental Journey”. In New York, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie record the first classics of bebop.

Parker records Ko Ko
Play 1945

9 songs

1945 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 9 songs first released in 1945. Jazz, Big Band and Swing lead the year. Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and Charlie Parker are among the voices of 1945.

Artists of 1945

The sound of 1945

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