1945 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.

Events

February 13–15 - Bombing of Dresden in World War II destroys the Semperoper (Saxon state opera house).
July 26 - Composer Ernest John Moeran marries cellist Peers Coetmore.
July 27 - Benjamin Britten and Yehudi Menuhin perform concerts at Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp.
August 19 - Dick Powell marries June Allyson.
September 1 - Trio Lescano's last concert on Italian radio.
November - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conducts the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in its first concert.
November 26 - Charlie Parker makes his first recording as a lead player, also featuring Miles Davis.
The Motion Picture Daily Fame Poll designates Bing Crosby "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
Antal Doráti becomes conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Reynaldo Hahn is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
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 runs away from home to marry trumpeter Jimmy Brown and begin her career as a singer.

Publications

Spade Cooley - Spade Cooley's Western Swing Song Folio (the first songbook to identify the big Western dance band music as Western Swing)

Albums released

Nat King Cole - King Cole Trio
Bing Crosby - Merry Christmas
Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
Django Reinhardt - Paris 1945
Bing Crosby - Selections from Going My Way

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1945.

Title	Artist	Song title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Les Brown & Doris Day	"Sentimental Journey"	1945	US BB 1 of 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks May 1945, POP 1 of 1945, Europe 37 of the 1940s, RYM 69 of 1945, RIAA 77, Acclaimed 818
2	The Andrews Sisters	"Rum & Coca-Cola"	1945	US 1940s 1 - January 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks February 1945, US BB 2 of 1945, POP 2 of 1945, RYM 3 of 1944, Europe 6 of the 1940s
3	Perry Como	"Till the End of Time"	1945	US 1940s 1 - August 1945, US 1 for 9 weeks September 1945, US BB 12 of 1945, POP 23 of 1945, Europe 30 of the 1940s, RYM 85 of 1945
4	Johnny Mercer	"On the Atcheson, Topeka & the Sante Fe"	1945	US 1940s 1 - July 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks July 1945, US BB 4 of 1945, POP 11 of 1945, RYM 89 of 1945
5	Les Brown& Doris Day	"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time"	1945	US 1940s 1 - March 1945, US 1 for 7 weeks April 1945, US BB 7 of 1945, POP 13 of 1945, RYM 70 of 1945

Top hit records

File:Betty Hutton - USN.jpg

Singer Betty Hutton in 1945

"11:60 PM" by Harry James
"A Little on the Lonely Side" by Frankie Carle
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" by Johnny Mercer
"Apple Honey" by Woody Herman
"Bell Bottom Trousers"
- by Jerry Colonna
- by The Jesters
- by Kay Kyser and his orchestra
- by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
- by Tony Pastor and his orchestra
- by Louis Prima and his orchestra
"Bijou" by Woody Herman
"Caldonia" by
- Louis Jordan
- Woody Herman
"Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers
"Chickery Chick" by Sammy Kaye
"(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight" by Perry Como
"Dig You Later" by Perry Como
"Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton
"Dream" by Frank Sinatra
"Gotta Be This or That" by Benny Goodman
"I Can't Begin to Tell You" by Bing Crosby
"I Don't Care Who Knows It" by Harry James
"If I Loved You" by Harry James, also Frank Sinatra
"I'll Buy That Dream" by Harry James
"I'm Beginning to See the Light" by Harry James
"I Should Care" by Frank Sinatra
"It May As Well Be Spring" by Dick Haymes
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" by Harry James, also Bing Crosby
"Laura" by Woody Herman
"Northwest Passage" by Woody Herman
"Oh! What It Seemed to Be" by Frank Sinatra
"Rum and Coca-Cola" by Vaughn Monroe
"Salt Peanuts" by Dizzy Gillespie
"T'ain't Me" by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
Tampico by Stan Kenton
"Temptation" by Perry Como
"There Goes That Song Again" by Russ Morgan
There! I've Said It Again by Vaughn Monroe
"Waitin' for the Train to Come In" by Harry James
You Belong to My Heart by Bing Crosby
You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often performed by Tex Ritter
"Your Father's Moustache" by Woody Herman

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. Jimmy 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
"Everything But You" w.m. Don George, Duke Ellington and Harry James.
"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 Wish I Knew" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Haymes in the film Diamond Horseshoe
"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 Acapulco" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Betty Grable in the film Diamond Horseshoe
"In Love In Vain" w. Leo Robin m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Louanne Hogan dubbing for Jeanne Crain in the film Centennial Summer
"In the Middle of May" w. Al Stillman m. Fred Ahlert
"Isn't It Kinda Fun" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Dick Haymes and Vivian Blaine in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by Ann-Margret and David Street
"It Might as Well Be Spring" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Louanne Hogan dubbing for Jeanne Crain in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by Anita Gordon dubbing for Pamela Tiffin.
"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 Payn in the revue Sigh No More
"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. Jimmy Van Heusen
"Rodger Young" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Shoo-Fly 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. Jimmy 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

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Boulez, Pierre	Three Psalmodies for Piano	1945-02-12	Paris	Grimaud ^[1]
Britten, Benjamin	Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes	1945-06-13	Cheltenham (Festival)	London Philharmonic – Britten ^[2]
Britten, Benjamin	Passacaglia from Peter Grimes	1945-08-29	London	BBC Symphony – Boult ^[3]
Britten, Benjamin	String Quartet No. 2	1945-11-21	London	Zorian Quartet ^[4]
Carpenter, John Alden	The Seven Ages	1945-12-02	New York City	New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski ^[5]
Copland, Aaron	Jubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens	1945-03-23	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Symphony – Goossens ^[6]
Ginastera, Alberto	Las horas de una estancia	1945-06-11	Montevideo	Baridon, Satalia de Perna ^[7]
Ginastera, Alberto	Psalm 150	1945-04-07	Buenos Aires	Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra and Chorus – Wolff ^[8]
Jolivet, André	Le chant de Linos (quintet version)	1945-06-01	Paris	Jamet Quintet ^[9]
Jolivet, André	Trois chansons de ménestrels	1945-02-10	Paris	Dyonis, Soulage ^[10]
Khachaturian, Aram	Fantasy on Russian Themes	1945-11-06	Moscow	USSR State Radio Symphony – Gorchakov ^[11]
Kodály, Zoltán	Missa brevis	1945-02-11	Budapest	[unknown performers] ^[12]
Lutoslawski, Witold	Wind Trio	1945-09-??	Krákow	Snieckowski, Rudnicki, Orlow ^[13]
Malipiero, Gian Francesco	Sinfonia delle campane (Symphony No. 3)	1945-11-04	Florence	[unknown orchestra] – Markevitch ^[14]
Martinu, Bohuslav	Symphony No. 3	1945-10-12	Boston	Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky ^[15]
Messiaen, Olivier	Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine	1945-04-21	Paris	Loriod, Martenot / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Désormière ^[16]
Messiaen, Olivier	Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus	1945-03-23	Paris	Loriod ^[17]
Novák, Vitezslav	May Symphony	1945-12-05	Prague	[unknown performers] ^[18]
Piston, Walter	Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord	1945-11-30	New York City	Schneider, Kirkpatrick ^[19]
Prokofiev, Sergei	Symphony No. 5	1945-01-13	Moscow	USSR State Symphony – Prokofiev ^[20]
Shostakovich, Dmitri	Symphony No. 9	1945-11-03	Leningrad	Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky ^[21]
Stravinsky, Igor	Elegy for Viola	1945-01-26	Washington DC	Prévost ^[22]
Tippett, Michael	Symphony No. 1	1945-11-10	Liverpool	Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent ^[23]
Tubin, Eduard	Capriccio for Violin and Piano No. 2	1945-09-25	Stockholm	Aumere, Roots ^[24]
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Milhaud / Schoenberg / Shilkret / Stravinsky / Tansman / Toch	Genesis Suite	1945-11-18	Los Angeles	Janssen Symphony – Janssen ^[25]