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 Listing
Disc 1:
- Jo Stafford - Symphony
- Johnny Long & His Orchestra with Dick Robertson - Waitin' For The Train to Come In
- Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Liza Morrow - Symphony
- Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - Personality
- Perry Como & The Satisfyers - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
- Perry Como & The Satisfyers - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - Oh What It Seemed To Be
- Frank Sinatra - Oh What It Seemed To Be
- Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Symphony
- Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
- Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Oh What It Seemed To Be
- Frank Sinatra - Day By Day
- Les Brown & His Orchestra with Butch Stone - Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief
- Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra with Jimmy Saunders - Oh What It Seemed To Be
- June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy
- Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye With Billy Williams - Atlanta, GA
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney & The Lombardo Trio - Seems Like Old Times
- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra with The Martin Men - One-zy Two-zy
- Perry Como - Prisoner Of Love
- Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - Seems Like Old Times
- Bing Crosby - Personality
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)
- Bing Crosby & The Jesters - Sioux City Sue
Disc 2:
- Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
- Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay - I'm A Big Girl Now
- Phil Harris & Orchestra - One-zy Two-zy
- Dinah Shore - Laughing On The Outside
- Dinah Shore - Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy
- Teddy Walters with the Lou Bring Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside
- Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with The Moonbeams - One-zy Two-zy
- Freddy Martin and His Orch., with Jack Fina at the piano - Bumble Boogie
- Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney - Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy
- Ink Spots - The Gypsy
- Andy Russell with The Paul Weston Orchestra - Laughing On The Outside
- Dinah Shore - The Gypsy
- Alvino Rey & His Orchestra with Rocky Coluccio - Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)
- Hildegard with Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians & The Song Spinners - The Gypsy
- Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye With Mary Marlow - The Gypsy
- Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye With Billy Williams - Laughing On The Outside
- Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
- The Merry Macs - Laughing On The Outside
- Frank Sinatra - All Through The Day
- Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & His Orchestra - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
- Perry Como - They Say It's Wonderful
- Frank Sinatra - They Say It's Wonderful
- Ink Spots - Prisoner Of Love
- Freddie Slack Orch. with Ella Mae Morse and Don Raye - The House Of Blue Lights
Disc 3:
- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra with Glenn Hughes & Martin Men - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
- Perry Como - Surrender
- Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Dee Parker - Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
- Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour & His Orchestra - I Don't Know Enough About You
- Eddy Howard & His Orchestra - To Each His Own
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead In The Market
- Spike Jones & His Wacky Wakakians - Hawaiian War Chant
- Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - South America, Take It Away
- Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - One More Tomorrow
- Frank Sinatra - Five Minutes More
- Freddy Martin & His Orchestra with Stuart Wade - To Each His Own
- Tony Martin with The Starlighters - To Each His Own
- The Modernaires with Paula Kelly - To Each His Own
- Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
- Ink Spots - To Each His Own
- Tex Beneke & The Miller Orchestra - Give Me Five Minutes More
- Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. with Buddy Clark - South America, Take It Away
- Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - Rumors Are Flying
- Andy Russell - Pretending
- Andrews Sisters & Les Paul - Rumors Are Flying
- Frank Sinatra - The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
- Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Michael Douglas & The Campus Kids - Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Tony Martin with The Lyttle Sisters - Rumors Are Flying
- Betty Rhodes - Rumors Are Flying
Disc 4:
- The Three Suns - Five Minutes More
- Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams - The Old Lamplighter
- Paul Weston & His Orchestra with Matt Dennis - Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers - Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Michael Douglas - The Old Lamplighter
- King Cole Trio - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
- Hoagy Carmichael - Ole Buttermilk Sky
- Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra with Pat O'Connor - Rumors Are Flying
- Dinah Shore - You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
- Eddy Howard Orch. - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
- Hoagy Carmichael - Huggin' And Chalkin'
- Eddy Howard & His Orchestra - The Rickety Rickshaw Man
- Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye With Betty Barclay - Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)
- Hal Derwin - The Old Lamplighter
- King Cole Trio - The Christmas Song (Merry Chrismas To You)
- Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day - The Whole World Is Singing My Song
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Perry Como & The Satisfiers - Winter Wonderland
- Frank Sinatra - White Christmas
- The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - Christmas Island
- Three Suns - Rumors Are Flying
- Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Marjorie Hughes - It's All Over Now
- Jan August - Misirlou
- Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - Winter Wonderland
- Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - A Girl In Calico
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