America'S Greatest Hits 1946 / Various America'S Greatest Hits 1946 / Various CD

We continue our popular and successful series devoted to the biggest chart records of each calendar year in the early chart era as we focus on 1946, the sixth full calendar year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart - the chart was launched in July 1940 - and the second year to feature both a Most Played in Juke Boxes and Most Played by Disc Jockeys charts as well. This great value 98-track 4-CD set comprises every record which peaked in the Top 10 of the Best Sellers and Disc Jockey charts during the year, plus those which reached the Top 7 of the Disc Jockey chart - the DJ chart often had several records tied at each position.

1. Jo Stafford - Symphony 2. Johnny Long ; His Orchestra with Dick Robertson - Waitin' For The Train to Come In 3. Benny Goodman ; His Orchestra with Liza Morrow - Symphony 4. Johnny Mercer ; The Pied Pipers - Personality 5. Perry Como ; The Satisfyers - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 6. Dick Haymes ; Helen Forrest - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 7. Perry Como ; The Satisfyers - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 8. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - Oh What It Seemed To Be 9. Frank Sinatra - Oh What It Seemed To Be 10. Les Brown ; His Orchestra with Doris Day - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 11. Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians - Symphony 12. Woody Herman ; His Orchestra - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 13. Dick Haymes ; Helen Forrest - Oh What It Seemed To Be 14. Frank Sinatra - Day By Day 15. Les Brown ; His Orchestra with Butch Stone - Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief 16. Charlie Spivak ; His Orchestra with Jimmy Saunders - Oh What It Seemed To Be 17. June Christy with Stan Kenton ; His Orchestra - Shoo Fly Pie ; Apple Pan Dowdy 18. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Billy Williams - Atlanta, GA 19. Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney ; The Lombardo Trio - Seems Like Old Times 20. Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra with The Martin Men - One-zy Two-zy 21. Perry Como - Prisoner Of Love 22. Vaughn Monroe ; His Orchestra - Seems Like Old Times 23. Bing Crosby - Personality 24. Ella Fitzgerald ; Louis Armstrong - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 25. Bing Crosby ; The Jesters - Sioux City Sue 26. Lionel Hampton ; His Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop 27. Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay - I'm A Big Girl Now 28. Phil Harris ; Orchestra - One-zy Two-zy 29. Dinah Shore - Laughing On The Outside 30. Dinah Shore - Shoo Fly Pie ; Apple Pan Dowdy 31. Teddy Walters with the Lou Bring Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside 32. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with The Moonbeams - One-zy Two-zy 33. Freddy Martin and His Orch., with Jack Fina at the piano - Bumble Boogie 34. Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney - Shoo Fly Pie ; Apple Pan Dowdy 35. Ink Spots - The Gypsy 36. Andy Russell with The Paul Weston Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside 37. Dinah Shore - The Gypsy 38. Alvino Rey ; His Orchestra with Rocky Coluccio - Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti) 39. Hildegard with Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians ; The Song Spinners - The Gypsy 40. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Mary Marlow - The Gypsy 41. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Billy Williams - Laughing On The Outside 42. Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop 43. The Merry Macs - Laughing On The Outside 44. Frank Sinatra - All Through The Day 45. Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley ; His Orchestra - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly 46. Perry Como - They Say It's Wonderful 47. Frank Sinatra - They Say It's Wonderful 48. Ink Spots - Prisoner Of Love 49. Freddie Slack Orch. with Ella Mae Morse and Don Raye - The House Of Blue Lights 50. Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra with Glenn Hughes ; Martin Men - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly 51. Perry Como - Surrender 52. Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Dee Parker - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly 53. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour ; His Orchestra - I Don't Know Enough About You 54. Eddy Howard ; His Orchestra - To Each His Own 55. Ella Fitzgerald ; Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead In The Market 56. Spike Jones ; His Wacky Wakakians - Hawaiian War Chant 57. Bing Crosby ; The Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away 58. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - One More Tomorrow 59. Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More 60. Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra with Stuart Wade - To Each His Own 61. Tony Martin with The Starlighters - To Each His Own 62. The Modernaires with Paula Kelly - To Each His Own 63. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie 64. Ink Spots - To Each His Own 65. Tex Beneke ; The Miller Orchestra - Give Me Five Minutes More 66. Xavier Cugat ; His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. with Buddy Clark - South America, Take It Away 67. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - Rumors Are Flying 68. Andy Russell - Pretending 69. Andrews Sisters ; Les Paul - Rumors Are Flying 70. Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil) 71. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with Michael Douglas ; The Campus Kids - Ole Buttermilk Sky 72. Tony Martin with The Lyttle Sisters - Rumors Are Flying 73. Betty Rhodes - Rumors Are Flying 74. The Three Suns - Five Minutes More 75. Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams - The Old Lamplighter 76. Paul Weston ; His Orchestra with Matt Dennis - Ole Buttermilk Sky 77. Helen Carroll ; The Satisfiers - Ole Buttermilk Sky 78. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with Michael Douglas - The Old Lamplighter 79. King Cole Trio - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 80. Hoagy Carmichael - Ole Buttermilk Sky 81. Billy Butterfield ; His Orchestra with Pat O'Connor - Rumors Are Flying 82. Dinah Shore - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song 83. Eddy Howard Orch. - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 84. Hoagy Carmichael - Huggin' And Chalkin' 85. Eddy Howard ; His Orchestra - The Rickety Rickshaw Man 86. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Betty Barclay - Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around) 87. Hal Derwin - The Old Lamplighter 88. King Cole Trio - The Christmas Song (Merry Chrismas To You) 89. Les Brown ; His Orchestra with Doris Day - The Whole World Is Singing My Song 90. Bing Crosby - White Christmas 91. Perry Como ; The Satisfiers - Winter Wonderland 92. Frank Sinatra - White Christmas 93. The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians - Christmas Island 94. Three Suns - Rumors Are Flying 95. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - It's All Over Now 96. Jan August - Misirlou 97. Johnny Mercer ; The Pied Pipers - Winter Wonderland 98. Johnny Mercer ; The Pied Pipers - A Girl In Calico