Various Artists - America's Greatest Hits 1946 (Various Artists) (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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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

Disc: 2

1. Lionel Hampton ; His Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
2. Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay - I'm A Big Girl Now
3. Phil Harris ; Orchestra - One-zy Two-zy
4. Dinah Shore - Laughing On The Outside
5. Dinah Shore - Shoo Fly Pie ; Apple Pan Dowdy
6. Teddy Walters with the Lou Bring Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside
7. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with The Moonbeams - One-zy Two-zy
8. Freddy Martin and His Orch., with Jack Fina at the piano - Bumble Boogie
9. Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney - Shoo Fly Pie ; Apple Pan Dowdy
10. Ink Spots - The Gypsy
11. Andy Russell with The Paul Weston Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside
12. Dinah Shore - The Gypsy
13. Alvino Rey ; His Orchestra with Rocky Coluccio - Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)
14. Hildegard with Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians ; The Song Spinners - The Gypsy
15. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Mary Marlow - The Gypsy
16. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Billy Williams - Laughing On The Outside
17. Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
18. The Merry Macs - Laughing On The Outside
19. Frank Sinatra - All Through The Day
20. Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley ; His Orchestra - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
21. Perry Como - They Say It's Wonderful
22. Frank Sinatra - They Say It's Wonderful
23. Ink Spots - Prisoner Of Love
24. Freddie Slack Orch. with Ella Mae Morse and Don Raye - The House Of Blue Lights

Disc: 3

1. Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra with Glenn Hughes ; Martin Men - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
2. Perry Como - Surrender
3. Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Dee Parker - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
4. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour ; His Orchestra - I Don't Know Enough About You
5. Eddy Howard ; His Orchestra - To Each His Own
6. Ella Fitzgerald ; Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead In The Market
7. Spike Jones ; His Wacky Wakakians - Hawaiian War Chant
8. Bing Crosby ; The Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away
9. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - One More Tomorrow
10. Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More
11. Freddy Martin ; His Orchestra with Stuart Wade - To Each His Own
12. Tony Martin with The Starlighters - To Each His Own
13. The Modernaires with Paula Kelly - To Each His Own
14. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
15. Ink Spots - To Each His Own
16. Tex Beneke ; The Miller Orchestra - Give Me Five Minutes More
17. Xavier Cugat ; His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. with Buddy Clark - South America, Take It Away
18. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - Rumors Are Flying
19. Andy Russell - Pretending
20. Andrews Sisters ; Les Paul - Rumors Are Flying
21. Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
22. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with Michael Douglas ; The Campus Kids - Ole Buttermilk Sky
23. Tony Martin with The Lyttle Sisters - Rumors Are Flying
24. Betty Rhodes - Rumors Are Flying

Disc: 4

1. The Three Suns - Five Minutes More
2. Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams - The Old Lamplighter
3. Paul Weston ; His Orchestra with Matt Dennis - Ole Buttermilk Sky
4. Helen Carroll ; The Satisfiers - Ole Buttermilk Sky
5. Kay Kyser ; His Orchestra with Michael Douglas - The Old Lamplighter
6. King Cole Trio - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
7. Hoagy Carmichael - Ole Buttermilk Sky
8. Billy Butterfield ; His Orchestra with Pat O'Connor - Rumors Are Flying
9. Dinah Shore - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
10. Eddy Howard Orch. - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
11. Hoagy Carmichael - Huggin' And Chalkin'
12. Eddy Howard ; His Orchestra - The Rickety Rickshaw Man
13. Swing ; Sway With Sammy Kaye With Betty Barclay - Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)
14. Hal Derwin - The Old Lamplighter
15. King Cole Trio - The Christmas Song (Merry Chrismas To You)
16. Les Brown ; His Orchestra with Doris Day - The Whole World Is Singing My Song
17. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
18. Perry Como ; The Satisfiers - Winter Wonderland
19. Frank Sinatra - White Christmas
20. The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo ; His Royal Canadians - Christmas Island
21. Three Suns - Rumors Are Flying
22. Frankie Carle ; His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - It's All Over Now
23. Jan August - Misirlou
24. Johnny Mercer ; The Pied Pipers - Winter Wonderland
25. Johnny Mercer ; The Pied Pipers - A Girl In Calico