1945 in music
See also: 1944 in music, other events of 1945, 1946 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
Albums released
Top hit records
Published popular music
- "All Of My Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "All Through The Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m.
Jerome Kern
- "Along The Navajo Trail" w.m. Dick Charles, Eddie De Lange & Larry Markes
- "Apple Honey" m. Woody Herman
- "Aren't You Glad You're You?" w. Johnny
Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "Atlanta G.A." w. Sunny Skylar m. Arthur Shaftel
- "Autumn Serenade" w. Sammy Gallop m. Peter De Rose
- "Be-Baba-Leba" w.m. Helen Humes
- "The Blond Sailor" w. (Eng) Mitchell Parish, Bell Leib m. Jacob
Pfeil
- "Boogie Blues" w.m. Gene Krupa & Ray Biondi
- "Caldonia" w.m. Fleecie Moore
- "The Carousel Waltz" w. Richard Rodgers
- "Cement Mixer" w.m. Slim Gaillard & Lee Ricks
- "Chickery Chick" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
- "Close As Pages In A Book" w. Dorothy Fields m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Maureen Cannon and Wilbur Evans in the musical Up In Central Park
- "Cruising Down The River" w.m. Eily Beadell & Nell Tollerton
- "Day By Day" w. Sammy Cahn m. Paul Weston & Axel Stordahl
- "Detour" w.m. Paul Westmoreland
- "Dig You Later" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
- "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" w. Paul Francis Webster
m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "Don't Be A Baby, Baby" w. Buddy Kaye m. Howard Steiner
- "The End Of The News" w.m. Noël Coward
- "For Sentimental Reasons" w. Deek Watson m. William Best
- "The Frim Fram Sauce" w.m. Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans
- "Full Moon And Empty Arms" w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ted Mossman
- "Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn" w.m. Jason Matthews & Terry Shand
- "Give Me The Simple Life" w. Harry Ruby m. Rube Bloom
- "Good Good Good (That's You, That's You)" Roberts, Fisher
- "Gotta Be This Or That" w.m. Sunny Skylar
- "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "The Gypsy" w.m. Billy Reid
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" w.m. Scott Wiseman
- "Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
- "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" w.m. Lionel Hampton & Curley Hamner
- "Homesick - That's All" w.m. Gordon Jenkins
- "The Honeydripper" w.m. Joe Liggins
- "I Can't Begin To Tell You" w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco
- "I Don't Know Enough About You" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
- "I Have But One Heart" Marty Symes, J. Farrow
- "I Wonder" Gant, Leveen
- "I Wonder What Happened To Him" w.m. Noël Coward
- "If I Loved You" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "I'll Buy That Dream" w. Herb Magison m. Allie Wrubel
- "I'm A Big Girl Now" w.m. Al Hoffmann, Milton Drake & Jerry Livingstone
- "I'm Gonna Love That Guy" w.m. Frances Ash
- "In Love In Vain" w. Leo Robin m. Jerome Kern
- "In The Middle Of May" w. Al Stillman m. Fred Ahlert,
- "It Might As Well Be Spring" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m.
Richard Rodgers
- "It's A Grand Night For Singing" w. Oscar Hammerstein
II m. Richard Rodgers
- "It's Been A Long, Long Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Johnny Fedora (And Alice Blue Bonnet)" w. Allie Wrubel & Ray Gilbert
- "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" w. Oscar Hammerstein II
m. Richard Rodgers
- "Just A Blue Serge Suit" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Laura" w. Johnny Mercer m. David Raksin
- "Lavender Blue" w. Larry Morey m. Eliot Daniel
- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Love Letters" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
- "Love On A Greyhound Bus" w. Ralph Blane & Kay Thompson m. George Stoll
- "Matelot" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Mister Snow" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Money Is The Root Of All Evil" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
- "The More I See You" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
- "Nina" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Oh! What It Seemed To Be" w.m. Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss & Frankie Carle
- "Personality" w. Johnny Burke m.
James Van Heusen
- "Rodger Young" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Shoofly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy" w, Sammy Gallop m. Guy Wood
- "Sigh No More" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Sioux City Sue" w. Ray Freedman m. Dick Thomas
- "Soliloquy" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Some Sunday Morning" w. Ted Koehler m. M. K. Jerome & Ray Heindorf
- "A Stranger In Town" w.m. Mel Tormé
- "Symphony" w.(Eng) Jack Lawrence m. Alex Alstone
- "Tampico" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
- "(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight?" w.m. James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock & Ira Schuster
- "That Little Dream Got Nowhere" w. Johnny
Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "That's For Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "This Was A Real Nice Clambake" w. Oscar Hammerstein II
m. Richard Rodgers
- "Till The End Of Time" w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ted Mossman
- "Two Silhouettes" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott
- "Waitin' For The Train To Come In" w.m. Sunny Skylar & Martin Block
- "We'll Be Together Again" w. Frankie Laine m. Carl Fischer
- "We'll Gather Lilacs" w.m. Ivor Novello
- "What's The Use Of Wond'rin'?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II
m. Richard Rodgers
- "When The Children Are Asleep" w. Oscar Hammerstein II
m. Richard Rodgers
- "The Wild, Wild West" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren from the film The Harvey Girls
- "You'll Never Walk Alone" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m.
Richard Rodgers
- "You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan" w. Oscar Hammerstein
II m. Richard Rodgers
Births
- January 3 - Stephen
Stills, Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young, singer, songwriter and guitarist
- January 9 - Jimmy Page,
The Yardbirds, Led
Zeppelin
- January 10 - Rod
Stewart
- January 15 - Joan Johnson, Dixie Cups
- January 17 - William Hart, The Delfonics
- January 19 - Rod Evans,
Deep Purple
- January 20 - Eric Stewart, The Mindbenders,
10cc
- January 26 - Jacqueline du Pré, cellist
- January 26 - Ashley Hutchings, Fairport
Convention
- January 27 - Nick Mason,
Pink Floyd
- February 6 - Bob Marley,
reggae superstar
- February 14 - Vic Briggs, Steampacket, The Animals
- February 26 - Bob Hite, Canned Heat
- February 26 - Mitch
Ryder
- March 6 - Hugh Grundy, The Zombies
- March 7 - Arthur Lee, Love
- March 8 - Micky Dolenz,
The Monkees
- March 9 - Robin Trower, Procol Harum
- March 14 - Walter Parazaider, Chicago
- March 19 - Cem Karaca,
Turkish rock musician
- March 28 - Charles Portz, The Turtles
- March 30 - Eric Clapton,
blues guitarist
- April 1 - John Barbata,
Jefferson Starship
- April 13 - Lowell
George, Little Feat
- April 14 - itchie Blackmore, Deep Purple,
Rainbow
- April 21 - Robert Knight
- April 25 - Bjorn
Ulvaeus, Abba
- April 25 - Stu Cook, Creedence
Clearwater Revival
- April 28 - John Wolters, Dr. Hook
- May 1 - Rita Coolidge
- May 2 - Goldy McJohn, Steppenwolf
- May 4 - George Wadenius, Blood Sweat and
Tears
- May 6 - Bob Seger
- May 6 - Jimmie Dale
Gilmore
- May 8 - Keith Jarrett
- May 9 - Steve Katz, Blues
Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears
- May 13 - Magic Dick, J. Geils Band
- May 14 - Gene Cornish, The Rascals
- May 19 - Pete Townshend,
The Who
- May 27 - Bruce Cockburn,
Canadian singer/songwriter
- May 28 - John Fogerty,
Creedence Clearwater Revival
- May 29 - Gary Brooker, Procol Harum
- June 1 - Linda Scott
- June 1 - Frederica Von Stade
- June 4 - Gordon Waller, Peter and Gordon
- June 14 - Rod Argent, The Zombies, Argent
- June 24 - Colin Blunstone, The Zombies
- June 25 - Carly Simon
- June 28 - Dave Knights, Procol Harum
- July 1 - Deborah Harry,
Blondie
- July 6 - R. K. Elswit, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
- July 7 - Jim Rodford, Argent
- July 15 - Peter Lewis,
Moby Grape
- July 18 - Danny McCulloch, The Animals
- July 20 - John Lodge, The Moody Blues
- July 23 - Dino Danelli, The Rascals
- July 28 - Rick Wright, Pink Floyd
- July 30 - David Sanborn,
saxophonist
- August 31 - Itzhak
Perlman, violinist
- August 16 - Gary Liozzo, American Breed
- August 18 - Sara Dash
- August 18 - Barbara
Harris, Toys
- August 19 - Ian Gillan,
Deep Purple
- August 24 - Randy Silverman, Vito & The Salutations
- August 24 - Ken Hensley,
Uriah Heep (band)
- August 24 - Malcolm Duncan, Average
White Band
- August 31 - Van
Morrison, musician
- August 31 - Itzhak Perlman, violinist
- September 5 - Al
Stewart
- September 8 - Jose
Feliciano, singer
- September 8 - Ron
McKernan, the Grateful Dead
- September 8 - Kelly
Groucutt, Electric Light Orchestra
- September 9 - Dee Dee Sharp
- September 19 - David Bromberg
- September 23 - Paul Petersen
- September 24 - John
Rutter, composer
- September 25 - Onnie McIntire, Average White Band
- September 26 - Bryan
Ferry
- September 30 - Mike Harrison, Spooky Tooth
- October 1 - Donny
Hathaway
- October 2 - Don McLean
- October 7 - Kevin
Godley, 10cc
- October 10 - Alan Cartwright, Procol Harum
- October 19 - Keith Reid, Procol Harum
- October 22 - Eddie Brigati, Young Rascals
- October 26 - Leslie West, Mountain
- October 28 - Wayne Fontana, The
Mindbenders
- October 29 - Denny Laine, The Moody Blues,
The Wings
- October 29 - Melba Moore
- November 1 - Rick Gretch, Blind Faith
- November 8 - Donald Murray, The Turtles
- November 11 - Chris Dreja, The Yardbirds
- November 11 - Vincent Martell, Vanilla Fudge
- November 12 - Neil
Young, singer, songwriter, musician
- November 15 - Frida Anderson, Abba
- November 20 - Dan McBride, Sha Na Na
- November 24 - Lee Michaels
- November 25 - Bev Bevan, Electric
Light Orchestra
- November 26 - John
McVie, Fleetwood Mac
- December 1 - Bette
Midler
- December 12 - Alan Ward, The Honeycombs
- December 16 - Tony Hicks, The Hollies
- December 23 - Ronald Busby, Iron Butterfly
- December 24 - Lemmy, Motörhead
- December 25 - Noel
Redding, Jimi Hendrix Experience
- December 27 - Clarence Barlow, composer
- December 30 - Davy
Jones, The Monkees
Deaths
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