Your favorite music from 1945

Groovin' High - The Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (f. Charlie Parker)

 

Benny Goodman - All The Cats Join In. Recorded and released between 1944-46. The Disney cartoon version of the song was released as part of ‘Make Mine Music’ in 1946, so hopefully, it counts.

 

Ernest Tubb


https://www.discogs.com/Ernest-Tubb...-You-Its-Been-So-Long-Darling/release/4162977

 

Bunk's Brass Band: Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Baby Dodds et al

 

Ella Fitzgerald and the Delta Rhythm Boys


78 Record: Ella Fitzgerald And Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only A Paper Moon (1945)

 

Billie's Bounce (song) - Charlie Parker
Candy (song) - Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford
Dream (song) - The Pied Pipers
Going My Way (soundtrack)
The King Cole Trio (album)
Moonlight In Vermont - Margaret Whiting
Now's The Time (song) - Charlie Parker

 

Big Maceo

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'Things have changed'
78 Record: Big Maceo - Kid Man Blues (1945)

 

Buddy Johnson and his orchestra (vocal - Ella Johnson)


https://www.discogs.com/Buddy-Johns...a-Watch-One-Of-Them-Good-Ones/release/5462047
Cover versions of That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch by Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson | SecondHandSongs

 

'The Honeydripper' - Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers



78 Record: Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper - Part 1 (1945)
Cover versions of The Honeydripper written by Joe Liggins | SecondHandSongs

 

Released 1946 but recorded 26 February, 1945, with, of course, Tampa Red on guitar.

 

T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Boogie

December 1945, still very much in a jazz/jump blues setting with the Marl Young Orchestra, T-Bone lets it rip on his guitar solo. The world will never be the same again.

 

Memphis Minnie


'Love Come and Go'
78 Record: Memphis Minnie - When You Love Me (1945)

 

“How Come?” — Anita O’Day

Orchestra conducted by Lowell Martin.

 

“Guitar Boogie” — Arthur Smith

Originally recorded in 1945, wasn't a hit until re-released (and re-recorded?) in 1948. An early glimpse of rock 'n' roll and rockabilly guitar styles to come.

 

Pvt. Cecil Gant

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78 Record: Pvt. Cecil Gant - I'm Tired (1945)

 

I have a signed note from Don Reno, who played on "Guitar Boogie" and on "Feudin' Banjos."

 

"Ivory" Joe Hunter with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers


78 Record: "Ivory" Joe Hunter with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers - Blues At Sunrise (1945)
Cover versions of Blues at Sunrise by Ivory Joe Hunter with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers | SecondHandSongs

 

Ted Daffan's Texans


78 Record: Ted Daffan's Texans - Headin' Down The Wrong Highway (1945)
Cover versions of Headin' Down the Wrong Highway written by Ted Daffan | SecondHandSongs

 

Glenn Miller and The Modernaires

 

I love Billie Holiday's "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" from 1945. Billie's Decca recordings are my favorite of hers, and this is one of the best:

 

Recorded (I think) in the spring of 1944, Woody Guthrie's memorable "Jesus Christ" was issued in January 1945:

 

“Be-Baba-Leba” — Helen Humes w/ The Bill Doggett Octet (Philo PV-106, 1945)

Often cited as an early example of (pre-)rock 'n' roll.

 

'Make room in your heart for a friend' - Wiley (Walker) & Gene (Sullivan)

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78 Record: Wiley Walker And Gene Sullivan - Forgive Me (1945)

 

Al Dexter and his Troopers


78 Record: Al Dexter And His Troopers - I'm Lost Without You (1945)

 

'That's All' - Merle Travis


78 Record: Merle Travis - That's All (1945)