page_title: 1946 in music
section_title: Top hit records
hierarchical_section_title: 1946 in music / Top hit records
caption_attribution_description: Cropped screenshot of Frank Sinatra from the film Till the Clouds Roll By.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1946.
context_section_description: "A Fine Romance" by Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer
  "Aren't You Glad You're You?" by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
  "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
  Frank Sinatra
  Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
  "Fools Rush In" by Jo Stafford
  "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
  "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
  Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
  Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
  "Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
  "I Don't Know Enough About You" by Peggy Lee
  "I Dream Of You" by Archie Lewis and The Geraldo Strings
  "I Get A Kick Out Of You" by Margaret Whiting
  "I Got The Sun In The Morning by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
  "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" by Jo Stafford
  "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
  Dinah Shore
  Andy Russell
  Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
  "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow", recorded by
  Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
  Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
  "Oh What It Seemed To Be", recorded by
  Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
  Frank Sinatra
  Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
  Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
  "The Old Lamplighter", recorded by
  Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Mike Douglas
  Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
  Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
  "Ole Buttermilk Sky", recorded by
  Hoagy Carmichael
  Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers
  Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis
  Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids
  "One-Zy Two-Zy", recorded by
  Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
  Phil Harris
  "Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
  "Petit Papa Noël" by Tino Rossi
  "Pretending" by Andy Russell
  "Prisoner of Love", recorded by
  The Ink Spots
  Perry Como
  "Rumors Are Flying", recorded by
  Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
  Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
  Betty Rhodes
  Tony Martin
  "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", recorded by
  Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
  Dinah Shore
  "Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
  "South America, Take It Away", recorded by
  Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
  Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
  "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
  "Surrender" by Perry Como
  "Symphony", recorded by
  Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)
  Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
  Bing Crosby
  Jo Stafford
  "Take the A Train" by Duke Ellington
  "The Things We Did Last Summer", recorded by
  Jo Stafford
  Frank Sinatra
  Oscar Peterson
  Vaughn Monroe
  "They Say It's Wonderful", recorded by
  Perry Como
  Frank Sinatra
  "To Each His Own", recorded by
  Eddy Howard
  Tony Martin
  The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
  The Ink Spots
  Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Wade
  "We'll Gather Lilacs" by Geraldo and his Orchestra
  "Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como
  "You Won't Be Satisfied" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day
  "You're The Top" by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
caption: Frank Sinatra in 1946
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