Your favorite music from 1945

'Detour' - Jimmy Walker


acc. by Paul Westmoreland and his Pecos River Boys

78 Record: Jimmy Walker - Detour (1945)
Cover versions of Detour (There's a Muddy Road Ahead) written by Paul Westmoreland | SecondHandSongs

 

Cab Calloway


Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945) - IMDb
78 Record: Cab Calloway - Let's Take The Long Way Home (1945)

 

'Sentimental Journey' - Les Brown and his orchestra


Doris Day - vocal
78 Record: Les Brown - Sentimental Journey (1945)

 

Jay McShann and his Jazz-Men with Jimmy Witherspoon


78 Record: Jay McShann - Hard-Working Man's Blues (1945)

 

... and with Numa Lee Davis (B-side of above)


'When I've Been Drinking'

 

Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston - "American Folksay Ballads and Dances"


https://www.discogs.com/Pete-Seeger...Shoe-Your-Pretty-Little-Feet/release/13780781
78 Record: Various Artists - Mule Skinner Blues (Work Blues) (1945)
Cover versions of Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet written by [Traditional] | SecondHandSongs

 

Cowboy Copas


78 Record: Cowboy Copas - There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me (1945)
Cover versions of There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone written by Jake Taylor, Harry C. McAuliffe | SecondHandSongs

 

Betty Hutton


78 Record: Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There (1945)

 

'My dreams are getting better all the time' - The Phil Moore Four


vocal - Phil Moore, Billy Daniels, the Phil Moore Four
78 Record: The Phil Moore Four - My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time (1945)

 

'It's been a long, long, time' - June Christy with Stan Kenton and his orchestra


78 Record: Stan Kenton - It's Been A Long, Long Time (1945)

 

Thelma Carpenter


assisted by the Deep River Boys and accompanied by Bud Freeman and his orchestra
78 Record: Thelma Carpenter - My Guy's Come Back (1945)

 

'It's my lazy day' - Smiley Burnette with the Sunshine Girls (including Colleen Summers aka Mary Ford)


78 Record: Smiley Burnette - Do You Want My Heart (1945)
Cover versions of It's My Lazy Day by Smiley Burnette with The Sunshine Girls | SecondHandSongs

 

'11:60 p.m.' - Kitty Kallen with Harry James and his orchestra


78 Record: Harry James - 11:60 P.M. (1945)

 

Lena Horne and the Phil Moore Trio


'How long has this been going on?
78 Record: Lena Horne And The Phil Moore Four - I Want A Little Doggie (1945)

 

'I Never Knew' - Peck's Bad Boys


https://www.discogs.com/James-P-Joh...wy-Morning-Blues-I-Never-Knew/release/5828164

 

Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home Pt.1 (Not the 1942 Lionel Hampton original with Jacquet on tenor but Jacquet's own band recorded in L.A. June 1945. Johnny Otis on drums.)

 

Rubber Legs Williams


Herbie Fields - sax; Miles Davis' first recording session
78 Record: Rubber Legs Williams - That's The Stuff You Got To Watch (1945)
Rubberlegs Williams - Wikipedia

 

'Sioux City Sue' - Dick Thomas


78 Record: Dick Thomas - Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1945)
Cover versions of Sioux City Sue written by Dick Thomas, Max Freedman | SecondHandSongs

 

'With tears in my eyes' - Wesley Tuttle and his Texas Stars (with Merle Travis)


78 Record: Wesley Tuttle And His Texas Stars - With Tears In My Eyes (1945)

 

The Lion with Gerald Clark & his Original Calypsos


78 Record: The Lion - Fan Me Saga Boy (1945)

 

Joe Turner with Pete Johnson's All Stars


Johnson & Turner Blues
78 Record: Joe Turner With Pete Johnson's All Stars - Watch That Jive (1945)

 

'The Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys


https://www.discogs.com/Eddy-Arnold...-Minute-Seems-A-Million-Years/release/4046020

 

Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys


78 Record: Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys - It's To Late Now To Worry Anymore (1945)

 

'Southern Belle (from Nashville, Tennessee)' - Curly Williams & his Georgia Peach Pickers


aka Curley Williams
78 Record: Curly Williams And His Georgia Peach Pickers - Jealous Lady (1945)

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Stricken Peninsula

This was Vaughan Williams' score for an obscure WWII documentary short.



Here's a link to the short:
STRICKEN PENINSULA [Main Title]