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. For reasons of space, it excludes those records were still in the chart at the start of the year, but which peaked in the Top 10 in 1945, and so are included in our existing 1945 collection. It was a big year for crooners Frank Sinatra, who had seven Top 10 hits, and Perry Como, who had six, while the top female singer was Dinah Shore with four – they all had No. 1s during the year. Other artists who made No. 1 included newcomers Eddy Howard and Frankie Carle, who both had long runs at the top, and successful bandleaders Sammy Kaye and Freddy Martin while the Ink Spots had the longest stay at No. 1 with “The Gypsy”.
