Best Albums of 1945

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Listed below are the best albums of 1945 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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

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Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

202

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Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

112

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10,564

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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11,934

Average Rating:

70 (13 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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1945

Appears in:

13 charts

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14,229

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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14,252

Average Rating:

72 (7 votes)

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Music For Dreaming

Paul Weston And His Orchestra

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1945

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12 charts

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1945

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10 charts

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15,489

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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19,115

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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19,486

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70 (7 votes)

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Best Albums of 1945 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Bing Crosby	2	8%
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%
Serge Koussevitzky / Boston Symphony Orchestra / William Primrose	1	4%
Duke Ellington	1	4%
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	20	77%
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