Best Albums of 1945

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Listed below are the best albums of 1945 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 1945 were Bing Crosby, Josh White, Duke Ellington, The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France, Paul Weston And His Orchestra, Champion Jack Dupree, Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, The Original Broadway Cast and Miklós Rózsa.

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Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

206

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Overall Rank:

6,311

Average Rating:

72 (55 votes)

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Strange Fruit

Josh White

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

113

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Overall Rank:

10,408

Average Rating:

67 (11 votes)

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Black, Brown And Beige (1945)

Duke Ellington

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

12 charts

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Overall Rank:

11,862

Average Rating:

70 (12 votes)

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Hot Jazz

The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

10 charts

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Overall Rank:

12,162

Average Rating:

71 (9 votes)

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Champion Jack Dupree And His Piano

Champion Jack Dupree

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

13 charts

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Overall Rank:

14,194

Average Rating:

72 (7 votes)

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Music For Dreaming

Paul Weston And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

12 charts

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Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

10 charts

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Overall Rank:

15,399

Average Rating:

72 (8 votes)

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Carousel

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

6 charts

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Overall Rank:

18,967

Average Rating:

69 (8 votes)

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10.

Spellbound

Miklós Rózsa

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

9 charts

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Overall Rank:

19,229

Average Rating:

70 (6 votes)

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Best Albums of 1945 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Bing Crosby	2	8%
Champion Jack Dupree	1	4%
Vladimir Horowitz	1	4%
Freddie Slack	1	4%
Leopold Stokowski / New York City Symphony Orchestra	1	4%
Paul Weston And His Orchestra	1	4%
Sir Thomas Beecham / The London Philharmonic Orchestra	1	4%
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Country	Albums	%

	19	76%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%
	1	4%

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