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.

Play 1945
9 songs

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Judy Garland

White Christmas
Bing Crosby

Lover Man
Billie Holiday

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Vaughn Monroe

Candy
Johnny Mercer

It's Been a Long, Long Time
Harry James and His Orchestra

It's Only a Paper Moon
Ella Fitzgerald

Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie

Ko-Ko
Charlie Parker
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
- Billie Holiday
- Bing Crosby
- Charlie Parker
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Harry James and His Orchestra
- Johnny Mercer
- Judy Garland
- Vaughn Monroe