The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of JULY 16, 1945
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY     [ Les Brown & Orchestra–Columbia 36769 ]     [ Hal McIntyre & Orchestra–Victor 20-1643 ]     [ Merry Macs–Decca 18684 ]		1	1	1	18
2	THERE! I’VE SAID IT AGAIN     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1637 ]     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18670 ]		3	4	2	16
3	BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS     [ Tony Pastor & Orchestra–Victor 20-1661 ]     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18683 ]     [ Kay Kyser & Orchestra–Columbia 36801 ]     [ Louis Prima & Orchestra–Majestic 7134 ]		2	2	3	10
4	YOU BELONG TO MY HEART     [ Bing Crosby & Xavier Cugat & Orchestra–Decca 23413 ]     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1663 ]		5	7	5	8
5	CALDONIA     [ Louis Jordan & Tympany Five–Decca 8670 ]     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Columbia 36789 ]     [ Erskine Hawkins & Ochestra–Victor 20-1659 ]		4	5	6	12
6	THE MORE I SEE YOU     [ Dick Haymes–Decca 18662 ]     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36794 ]		8	8	8	9
7	DREAM     [ Pied Pipers–Capitol 185 ]     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36797 ]     [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1645 ]		6	6	7	20
8	LAURA     [ Johnnie Johnston–Capitol 196 ]     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Columbia 36785 ]     [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1655 ]     [ Dick Haymes–Decca 18666 ]		7	3	4	16
9	CHOPIN’S POLONAISE     [ Carmen Cavallaro & Orchestra–Decca 18677 ]		13	12	20	4
10	GOOD, GOOD, GOOD (That’s You – That’s You)     [ Xavier Cugat & Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra–Columbia 36793 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1684 ]		15	21	12	8
11	I’M GONNA LOVE THAT GAL (Like She’s Never Been Loved Before)     [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1676 ]		37	—	—	2
12	I WISH     [ Mills Brothers–Decca 18663 ]		22	40	25	4
13	I WISH I KNEW     [ Dick Haymes–Decca 18662 ]		19	13	18	8
14	MY 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 ]		11	9	9	21
15	I SHOULD CARE     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36791 ]     [ Martha Tilton–Capitol 184 ]     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1625 ]     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18656 ]		41	26	16	18
16	YOU WAS RIGHT, BABY     [ Peggy Lee–Capitol 197 ]		17	20	11	6
17	IN ACAPULCO     [ Carmen Cavallaro & Orchestra–Decca 18671 ]		30	15	30	7
18	COUNTING THE DAYS     [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36805 ]		24	16	35	4
19	GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT     [ Benny Goodman & Orchestra–Columbia 36813 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1684 ]		18	24	38	4
20	CANDY     [ Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & Pied Pipers–Capitol 183 ]     [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1632 ]     [ Johnny Long & Orchestra & Dick Robertson–Decca 18661 ]		9	10	10	21
21	ON THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE     [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 195 ]     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18690 ]     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1682 ]		—	—	—	1
22	IF I LOVED YOU     [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1676 ]     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18686 ]     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36825 ]		20	31	28	4
23	THERE MUST BE A WAY     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1663 ]     [ Johnnie Johnston–Capitol 196 ]		12	30	15	8
24	JUST A PRAYER AWAY     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 23392 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1642 ]		16	27	17	19
25	ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1648 ]     [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 199 ]		39	—	—	11
26	A KISS GOODNIGHT     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Columbia 36815 ]     [ Freddie Slack & Orchestra–Capitol 203 ]		—	—	—	1
27	A FRIEND OF YOURS     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1657 ]		26	17	43	6
28	THE MINOR GOES MUGGIN’     [ Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 45-0002 ]		—	—	—	1
29	BOTTOMS UP (A Clap Hands Song)     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1680 ]		—	—	—	1
30	THERE’S NO YOU     [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 191 ]		21	19	19	8
31	TEMPTATION     [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1658 ]		25	14	21	10
32	ALL AT ONCE     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1674 ]     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18672 ]		—	23	37	3
33	SLIPPED DISC     [ Benny Goodman Sextet–Columbia 36817 ]		—	—	—	1
34	YAH-TA-TA YAH-TA-TA (Talk, Talk, Talk)     [ Bing Crosby & Judy Garland–Decca 23410 ]     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36788 ]		28	38	22	10
35	TIPPIN’ IN     [ Erskine Hawkins & Orchestra–Victor 20-1639 ]		32	25	41	9
36	JUNE COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1669 ]		38	—	—	2
37	CLOSE AS PAGES IN A BOOK     [ Benny Goodman & Orchestra–Columbia 36787 ]     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18686 ]		10	34	24	12
38	(I Love You, I Love You, I Love You) SWEETHEART OF ALL MY DREAMS     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1646 ]		33	32	29	14
39	CAN’T YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES     [ Kay Kyser & Orchestra–Columbia 36801 ]     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18676 ]		27	11	13	6
40	TWILIGHT TIME     [ Three Suns–Hit 7092 ]		42	35	27	29
41	OH, BROTHER!     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36806 ]		40	45	45	4
42	I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36758 ]     [ Duke Ellington & Famous Orchestra–Victor 20-1618 ]     [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23399 ]		34	33	31	25
43	YOUR SOCKS DON’T MATCH     [ Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan & Tympany Five–Decca 23417 ]		36	—	—	2
44	BAIA     [ Bing Crosby & Xavier Cugat & Orchestra–Decca 23413 ]		14	36	23	7
45	STUFF LIKE THAT THERE     [ Betty Hutton–Capitol 188 ]		43	39	34	16
46	ALL OF MY LIFE     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1642 ]     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18658 ]		23	37	14	15
47	LITTLE JAZZ     [ Artie Shaw & Orchestra–Victor 20-1668 ]		35	29	44	6

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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