1946 IN MUSIC

Contents

Events

Albums released

Biggest hit songs

Top hit records

Other recorded popular music

Published popular music

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Events

★ February 8 - Béla Bartók's ''Piano Concerto No. 3'' is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

★ Al Jolson rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic ''The Jolson Story'', and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation as well

★ Dean Martin's musical career begins

★ Little Walter's musical career begins

★ B.B. King's musical career begins

★ Lightnin' Hopkins' musical career begins

★ Chet Atkins' musical career begins

★ Georgia Gibbs signs with the Majestic label

★ Frankie Laine records "That's My Desire"

★ Bill Haley's professional musical career begins as a member of The Down Homers. His earliest known recordings are made during a Down Homers radio performance; these recordings would not be released until 2006.

Albums released

★ Merry Christmas Music - Perry Como

★ Show Boat - Original Broadway Cast

★ The Voice Of Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1946.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Johnny Mercer	Personality	1946	US BB 1 of 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1946, RYM 78 of 1945, POP 2 of 1946
2	Frank Sinatra	Five Minutes More	1946	US BB 15 of 1946, US 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1946, Europe 11 of the 1940s, RYM 43 of 1946, POP 10 of 1946
3	Vaughn Monroe	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	1946	US BB 4 of 1946, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1946, Europe 48 of the 1940s, POP 4 of 1946
4	Nat King Cole	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1946	US BB 3 of 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1947, RYM 15 of 1946, POP 13 of 1946
5	The Ink Spots	To Each His Own	1946	US BB 8 of 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks Sep 1946, Europe 92 of the 1940s, POP 24 of 1946

Top hit records

★ "A Fine Romance" by Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer

★ "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

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★ Frank Sinatra

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★ Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke

★ "Fools Rush In" by Jo Stafford

★ "I Get A Kick Out Of You" by Margaret Whiting

★ "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio

★ "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" by Jo Stafford

★ "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

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★ Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra

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★ 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'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

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★ Dinah Shore

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★ Andy Russell

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★ Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams

★ "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", recorded by

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★ Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)

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★ Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman

★ "Oh What It Seemed To Be", recorded by

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★ Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes

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★ Frank Sinatra

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★ Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders

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★ Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

★ "The Old Lamplighter", recorded by

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★ Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas

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★ Hal Derwin & his Orchestra

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★ Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams

★ "Ole Buttermilk Sky", recorded by

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★ Hoagy Carmichael

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★ Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers

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★ Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis

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★ Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids

★ "One-Zy Two-Zy", recorded by

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★ Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men

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★ Phil Harris

★ "Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers

★ "Pretending" by Andy Russell

★ "Prisoner Of Love", recorded by

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★ The Ink Spots

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★ Perry Como

★ "Rumors Are Flying", recorded by

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★ Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes

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★ Andrews Sisters with Les Paul

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★ Betty Rhodes

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★ Tony Martin

★ "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", recorded by

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★ Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy

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★ Dinah Shore

★ "Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters

★ "South America, Take It Away", recorded by

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★ Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark

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★ Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

★ "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan

★ "Surrender" by Perry Como

★ "Symphony", recorded by

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★ Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)

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★ Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow

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★ Bing Crosby

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★ Jo Stafford

★ "Take the A Train" by Duke Ellington

★ "They Say It's Wonderful", recorded by

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★ Perry Como

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★ Frank Sinatra

★ "To Each His Own", recorded by

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★ Eddy Howard

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★ Tony Martin

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★ The Modernaires with