1945 in music

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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hit records
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths

[edit] Events

The Motion Picture Daily Fame Poll designates Bing Crosby "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
August 19 - Dick Powell marries June Allyson.
Antal Doráti becomes conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Remo Giazotto reconstructs Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor from a fragment of a trio sonata he discovers among the ruins of the Dresden State Library.
1 September - Trio Lescano's last concert on Italian radio
Reynaldo Hahn is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
Ernest John Moeran marries cellist Peers Coetmore.
Frank Sinatra leaves Your Hit Parade to appear on Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra and, starting that September, Old Gold Presents Songs By Sinatra
Ruth Brown's musical career begins
Jimmy Reed's musical career begins

[edit] Albums released

King Cole trio - Nat King Cole
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
Going My Way - Bing Crosby
Merry Christmas - Bing Crosby

[edit] Top hit records

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" by Johnny Mercer
"Chickery Chick" by Sammy Kaye
"Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton
"I Can't Begin to Tell You" by Bing Crosby
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" by Harry James, also Bing Crosby
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown with Doris Day
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
"Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrews Sisters
"Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown with Doris Day
"There! I've Said It Again" by Vaughn Monroe
"Till the End of Time" by Perry Como

[edit] 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. Introduced by John Payne and reprised by Betty Grable in the film The Dolly Sisters
"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. Introduced by John Raitt and Jan Clayton in the musical Carousel.
"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
"Johnnie Fedora (and Alice Bluebonnet)" 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. Introduced by Graham Payne in the revue Sigh No More
"Memories of You" w.m. Andy Razaf & Eubie Blake
"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

[edit] Classical music

George Crumb - Four Pieces for violin and piano
George Crumb - Four Songs for voice, clarinet and piano
George Crumb - Sonata for piano
Morton Gould - Viola concerto
Bohuslav Martinů - Rhapsodie Tcheque
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9 E flat major, Op. 70
Igor Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band

[edit] Opera

Benjamin Britten - Peter Grimes
Paul Dessau - Die Reisen des Glücksgotts

[edit] Musical theater

Are You With It? (Music: Harry Revel Lyrics: Arnold B. Horwitt Book: Sam Perrin and George Balzer). Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on November 10 and ran for 266 performances.
Carousel (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II) - Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 19 and ran for 890 performances.
The Day Before Spring (Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics and Book: Alan Jay Lerner)Broadway production opened on November 22 at the National Theatre and ran for 165 performances.
Follow The Girls (Music: Phil Charig Lyrics: Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal Book: Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis and Fred Thompson) - London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 25 and ran for 572 performances.
Perchance To Dream (Music, Lyrics and Book: Ivor Novello) - London production opened at the London Hippodrome on April 21 and ran for 1022 performances.
The Red Mill(Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics and Book: Henry Blossom). Broadway revival opened on October 16 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 531 performances.
Sigh No More London revue opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on August 28
Up In Central Park (Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields). Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on January 27 and ran for 504 performances.

[edit] Musical films

Anchors Aweigh
The Bells Of St Mary's
The Blonde from Brooklyn released June 21, starring Lynn Merrick and Richard Stanton, with Gwen Verdon in a minor role.
Bring on the Girls starring Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Eddie Bracken and Marjorie Reynolds and featuring Spike Jones and his Orchestra.
The Dolly Sisters released November 14 starring Betty Grable, June Haver and John Payne.
Diamond Horseshoe aka Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe starring Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, William Gaxton and Beatrice Kay and featuring vaudevillian Willie Solar in his only filmed performance.
Duffy's Tavern
Let's Go Steady released January 4 starring Pat Parrish and Jackie Moran and featuring Mel Tormé and Skinnay Ennis.
Nob Hill starring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Vivian Blaine.
Rhapsody In Blue starring Robert Alda, Joan Leslie and Alexis Smith and featuring Hazel Scott.
A Song for Miss Julie starring Shirley Ross
State Fair starring Dick Haymes, Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews and Vivian Blaine.
Thrill of a Romance starring Van Johnson and Esther Williams and featuring Lauritz Melchior
Tonight And Every Night starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair.