Editing 1945 in music (section)

==Top race records==

At the start of 1945, ''Billboard'' magazine published a chart ranking the "most popular records in Harlem" under the title of "the Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP). Rankings were based on a survey of record stores primarily in the Harlem district of New York City, an area which has historically been noted for its African American population. This chart was published for the final time in the issue dated February 10. The following week the magazine launched a new chart in its place, "Most Played Juke Box Race Records", based on reports from juke box operators (details can be found in each issue). For the year-end list of 1945's top R & B records below, peak positions and numbers of weeks from the HHP charts were carried over. 
[[List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945|1945 chronological list]] of records that reached number one on the "Most Played Juke Box Race Records" chart.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Joe Liggins|Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers]] || "[[The Honeydripper]]" || Exclusive 207 || {{Start date|1944|8|11}} || {{Start date|1945|7}} || US BB 1945 #191, US #16 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #1, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 18 weeks, 27 total weeks
|-
| 2 ||  [[Lucky Millinder|Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra]] || "Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well" || Decca 18674 || {{Start date|1944|6|9}} || {{Start date|1945|5}} || US BB 1945 #90, US #9 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #2, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 8 weeks, 20 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Caldonia]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72711. Caldonia / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300928/72711-Caldonia |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8670 || {{Start date|1945|1|19}} || {{Start date|1945|4|19}} || US BB 1945 #66, US #6 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #3, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 26 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Roosevelt Sykes|Roosevelt Sykes and His Piano]] || "[[I Wonder (1944 song)|I Wonder]]" || Bluebird 34-0721 || {{Start date|1944|12|15}} || {{Start date|1945|1}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #4, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Erskine Hawkins|Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra]] || "[[Tippin' In]]" || Victor 20-1639 || {{Start date|1945|1|10}} || {{Start date|1945|3}} || US BB 1945 #238, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #5, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 6 weeks, 25 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Cecil Gant|Pvt. Cecil Gant]] || "I Wonder" || Gilt-Edge 500 || {{Start date|1944|8|30}} || {{Start date|1944|9}} || US BB 1945 #266, US #26 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #6, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "Mop Mop"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71871. Mop mop / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300088/71871-Mop_mop |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8668 || {{Start date|1944|3|15}} || {{Start date|1944|10}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #7, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Jimmie Lunceford|Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra]] || "The Honeydripper" || Decca 23451 || {{Start date|1945|2|26}} || {{Start date|1945|4}} || US BB 1945 #247, US #21 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #8, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 8 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "You Can't Get That No More"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71873. You can't get that no more / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300090/71873-You_cant_get_that_no_more |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8668 || {{Start date|1944|3|15}} || {{Start date|1944|10}} || US BB 1945 #189, US #15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #9, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 10 || Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra || "Beulah's Boogie"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72876. Beulah's boogie / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301093/72876-Beulahs_boogie |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18719 || {{Start date|1945|5|21}} || {{Start date|1945|11}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #10, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 9 total weeks
|}