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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summaryThe best artists of 1945 were Bing Crosby, Josh White, Duke Ellington, The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France, Champion Jack Dupree, Mary Lou Williams, Paul Weston And His Orchestra, 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:

203

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Overall Rank:

6,398

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:

10,416

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:

11,875

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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Overall Rank:

12,149

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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Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

13 charts

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Overall Rank:

14,227

Average Rating:

71 (9 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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1945

Appears in:

10 charts

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Overall Rank:

15,443

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:

19,077

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:

19,311

Average Rating:

70 (6 votes)

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Best Albums of 1945 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Bing Crosby	2	8%
Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra	1	4%
The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France	1	4%
Vladimir Horowitz	1	4%
Champion Jack Dupree	1	4%
Leopold Stokowski / New York City Symphony Orchestra	1	4%
Freddie Slack	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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