The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of APRIL 16, 1945
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
    [ Les Brown & Orchestra–Columbia 36779 ]
    [ Johnny Long & Orchestra & Dick Robertson–Decca 18661 ]
    [ Phil Moore Four–Victor 20-1641 ]		  1
 
 		  1
 
 		  2
 
 		  8
 
 
  2CANDY
    [ Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers–Capitol 183 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1632 ]		  3
 		  8
 		  4
 		  8
 
  3I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
    [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36758 ]
    [ Duke Ellington & Famous Orchestra–Victor 20-1618 ]
    [ Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots–Decca 23399 ]		  6
 
 		  4
 
 		  5
 
 		12
 
 
  4RUM AND COCA-COLA
    [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 18636 ]
    [ Abe Lyman & Orchestra–Columbia 36775 ]
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1637 ]		  2
 
 		  2
 
 		  1
 
 		14
 
 
  5A LITTLE ON THE LONELY SIDE
    [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36760 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18642 ]		  7
 		  5
 		  7
 		12
 
  6DREAM
    [ Pied Pipers–Capitol 185 ]
    [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1645 ]		  5
 		  6
 		10
 		  7
 
  7AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE
    [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 180 ]
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23379 ]
    [ Artie Shaw & Orchestra–Victor 20-1612 ]		  4
 
 		  3
 
 		  3
 
 		17
 
 
  8MORE AND MORE
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1614 ]
    [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1630 ]		  8
 		  7
 		  8
 		13
 
  9JUST A PRAYER AWAY
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 23392 ]
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1642 ]		10
 		12
 		18
 		  6
 
10SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
    [ Les Brown & Orchestra–Columbia 36769 ]
    [ Hal McIntyre & Orchestra–Victor 20-1643 ]		14
 		20
 		33
 		  5
 
11SATURDAY NIGHT (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36762 ]
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1635 ]		  9
 		10
 		  6
 		11
 
12SWEET DREAMS, SWEETHEART
    [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18627 ]
    [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 178 ]		13
 		14
 		20
 		15
 
13I SHOULD CARE
    [ Martha Tilton–Capitol 184 ]
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1625 ]
    [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18656 ]		16
 
 		17
 
 		30
 
 		  5
 
 
14COCKTAILS FOR TWO
    [ Spike Jones & City Slickers–Victor 20-1628 ]		11111112
15STUFF LIKE THAT THERE
    [ Betty Hutton–Capitol 188 ]		2535—  3
16CONFESSIN’ (That I Love You)
    [Ella Fitzgerald with Song Spinners–Decca 18633 ]
    [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1629 ]		12
 		16
 		12
 		17
 
17ALL OF MY LIFE
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1642 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18658 ]		24
 		—
 		—
 		  2
 
18TWILIGHT TIME
    [ Three Suns–Hit 7092 ]		27312716
19I WONDER
    [ Louis Prima & Orchestra–Hit 7123 ]
    [ Louis Armstrong & Orchestra–Decca 18652 ]		23
 		26
 		28
 		  8
 
20I DREAM OF YOU (More Than You Dream I Do)
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1608 ]
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36762 ]
    [ Andy Russell–Capitol 175 ]
    [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1629 ]		18
 
 
 		13
 
 
 		13
 
 
 		19
 
 
 
21LAURA
    [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Columbia 36785 ]
    [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1655 ]		29
 		38
 		—
 		  3
 
22POOR LITTLE RHODE ISLAND
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18651 ]		171517  8
23EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE
    [ Benny Goodman Quintet–Columbia 36767 ]		31212210
24STRANGE MUSIC
    [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1615 ]
    [ Fred Waring & Concert Vochestra–Decca 23377 ]		32
 		27
 		21
 		11
 
25DON’T FENCE ME IN
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23364 ]
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1610 ]
    [ Kate Smith–Columbia 36759 ]
    [ Horace Heidt & Musical Knights–Columbia 36761 ]		15
 
 
 		  9
 
 
 		  9
 
 
 		20
 
 
 
26(All Of A Sudden) MY HEART SINGS
    [ Martha Stewart–Bluebird 30-0832 ]
    [ Johnnie Johnson–Capitol 186 ]		—
 		39
 		15
 		12
 
27SLEIGH RIDE IN JULY
    [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1617 ]
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1622 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18640 ]		30
 
 		19
 
 		14
 
 		14
 
 
28CARLE BOOGIE
    [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36777 ]		3637—  3
29THERE! I’VE SAID IT AGAIN
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1637 ]		1925—  3
30TICO-TICO
    [ Charles Wolcott & Orchestra–Decca 23318 ]
    [ Ethel Smith & Bando Carioca–Decca 23353 ]		22
 		24
 		26
 		25
 
31LET’S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 181 ]		26302311
32(I Love You, I Love You, I Love You) SWEETHEART OF ALL MY DREAMS
    [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1646 ]		———  1
33I WANNA GET MARRIED
    [ Gertrude Niesen–Decca 23382 ]		201816  8
34EVELINA
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18635 ]		28363216
35THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN
    [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 18625 ]
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1606 ]
    [ Kay Kyser & Orchestra–Columbia 36757 ]		21
 
 		22
 
 		24
 
 		21
 
 
36I’M MAKING BELIEVE
    [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23356 ]		34291924
37HE’S HOME FOR A LITTLE WHILE
    [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1632 ]		332831  5
38I BEGGED HER
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36774 ]		353329  4
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with no indication of which version(s) were the biggest sellers. Artists listed above had the biggest hit version(s) of each song, determined primarily by the rankings on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.
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