The Hits of the Year 1945

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Tracklist

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1Yah‐Ta‐Ta, Yah‐Ta‐Ta
recording of:
Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
Kitty Kallen & Harry James2:29
2(I’ll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time
recording of:
(I’ll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time
lyricist:
Neville Fleeson
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Jerry Vogel Music
Nat King Cole3:07
3Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
recording of:
Nancy
writer:
Phil Silvers (actor) and Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra3:14
4Mac Namara’s Band
recording of:
McNamara’s Band (1945 song)
lyricist:
John J Stamford (songwriter) and The Jesters (Irish group from the '40s) (in 1945)
composer:
Shamus O'Connor (songwriter)
revision of:
MacNamara’s Band
Bing Crosby & The Jesters2:44
5My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
recording of:
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
lyricist:
Mann Curtis
composer:
Vic Mizzy (US television & movie composer) (in 1945)
Doris Day & Les Brown3:19
6The Gypsy
Dorothy Squires2:51
7Little Star
recording of:
Little Star
lyricist:
Desmond O’Connor
composer:
Manuel María Ponce (Mexican composer)
is based on:
Estrellita
Vera Lynn3:29
8I’m Gonna See My Baby
Johnny Mercer2:33
9The Whiffenpoof Song
recording of:
The Whiffenpoof Song
lyricist:
Meade Minnigerode (American writer) and George S Pomeroy (American lyricist)
composer:
Tod B Galloway (American composer and songwriter)
Bing Crosby3:01
10What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?
Betty Hutton2:57
11Autumn Serenade
recording of:
Autumn Serenade
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP), Sammy Gallop Music Company and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Harry James and His Orchestra3:04
12I Fall in Love Too Easily
Dinah Shore1:57
13These Foolish Things
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
Frank Sinatra3:12
14I’m Glad I Waited for You
recording of:
I’m Glad I Waited for You
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Peggy Lee2:41
15Let’s Take the Long Way Home
recording of:
Let’s Take the Long Way Home
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harold Arlen
Jo Stafford3:00
16Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive
recording of:
Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1944)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1944)
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters2:42
17Surprise Party
Johnny Mercer3:12
18Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Frank Sinatra4:15
19Over the Rainbow
Jo Stafford3:18
20Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
recording of:
Let Him Go ‐ Let Him Tarry
writer:
Cliff Gordon, Max Maurice and Carl Yale
Evelyn Knight & The Jesters3:03
21Symphonie
recording of:
Symphonie
lyricist:
Roger Bernstein and André Tabet
composer:
Alex Alstone (a.k.a. Siegfried Stein/Gaston Lecoque)
Marlene Dietrich3:03
22Day by Day
recording of:
Day by Day
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Barton Music Corp. and Hanover Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra3:13
23Apple Honey
recording of:
Apple Honey
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman and His Orchestra3:21
24That’s for Me
Jo Stafford2:46
25Johnny Fedora and Alice‐Blue Bonnet
recording of:
Johnny Fedora
lyricist:
Ray Gilbert (songwriter, lyricist and vocalis) and Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter)
composer:
Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter)
The Andrews Sisters2:59

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ASIN:UK: B07ZWBGC97 [info]

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part of:The Hits of the Year (number: 1945) (order: 1)