1946 in music

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Top hit records

• "Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
• "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
• "The Christmas Song" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra
• "Day By Day" by Frank Sinatra
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
• "Five Minutes More" by Frank Sinatra
• "Five Minutes More" by the Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
• "The Gypsy" by Dinah Shore
• "Hawaiian War Chant" by Spike Jones & his City Slickers
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by The Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
• "I'm A Big Girl Now" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Betty Barclay
• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Perry Como
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Dinah Shore
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Andy Russell
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frank Sinatra
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Hoagy Carmichael
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids
• "One-Zy Two-Zy" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
• "One-Zy Two-Zy" by Phil Harris
• "Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
• "Pretending" by Andy Russell
• "Prisoner Of Love" by The Ink Spots
• "Prisoner Of Love" by Perry Como
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Betty Rhodes
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Tony Martin
• "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
• "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Dinah Shore
• "Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
• "South America, Take It Away" by Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
• "South America, Take It Away" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
• "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
• "Surrender" by Perry Como
• "Symphony" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)
• "Symphony" by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
• "Symphony" by Bing Crosby
• "Symphony" by Jo Stafford
• "They Say It's Wonderful" by Perry Como
• "They Say It's Wonderful" by Frank Sinatra
• "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
• "To Each His Own" " by Tony Martin
• "To Each His Own" " by the Modernaires with Paula Kelly
• "To Each His Own" " by The Ink Spots
• "To Each His Own" " by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Wade
• "Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como
• "You Won't Be Satisfied" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day