The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of FEBRUARY 5, 1945
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	DON’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 ]		1	1	1	10
2	AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE     [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 180 ]     [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23379 ]     [ Artie Shaw & Orchestra–Victor 20-1612 ]		4	7	5	7
3	RUM AND COCA-COLA     [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 18636 ]		3	6	—	4
4	I’M MAKING BELIEVE     [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23356 ]		5	2	2	14
5	THERE GOES THAT SONG AGAIN     [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 18625 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1606 ]     [ Kay Kyser & Orchestra–Columbia 36757 ]		8	4	6	11
6	I 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 ]		2	3	3	9
7	SATURDAY NIGHT (Is The Loneliest Night In The Week)     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36762 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1635 ]		—	—	—	1
8	THE TROLLEY SONG     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1605 ]     [ Pied Pipers–Capitol 168 ]     [ Judy Garland–Decca 23361 ]		7	5	4	15
9	CONFESSIN’ (That I Love You)     [Ella Fitzgerald with Song Spinners–Decca 18633 ]     [ Perry Como–Victor 20-1629 ]		10	11	21	7
10	I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36758 ]     [ Duke Ellington & Famous Orchestra–Victor 20-1618 ]		14	—	—	2
11	AND HER TEARS FLOWED LIKE WINE     [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 166 ]		9	12	9	15
12	SLEIGH RIDE IN JULY     [ Dinah Shore–Victor 20-1617 ]     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1622 ]		25	37	32	4
13	INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL     [ Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23356 ]		19	17	11	14
14	ALWAYS     [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Capitol 125 ]     [ Jack Smith–Hit 7115 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1610 ]		18	14	12	9
15	EVELINA     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18635 ]		36	10	17	6
16	DANCE WITH A DOLLY (With A Hole In Her Stockin’)     [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 18625 ]     [ Evelyn Knight with Camarata & Orchestra–Decca 18614 ]     [ Tony Pastor & Orchestra–Bluebird 30-0827 ]		11	9	7	15
17	TICO-TICO     [ Charles Wolcott & Orchestra–Decca 23318 ]     [ Ethel Smith & Bando Carioca–Decca 23353 ]		15	13	10	15
18	I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU     [ Count Basie & Orchestra–Columbia 36766 ]     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Decca 18641 ]		—	—	—	1
19	COCKTAILS FOR TWO     [ Spike Jones & City Slickers–Victor 20-1628 ]		13	—	—	2
20	A LITTLE ON THE LONELY SIDE     [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36760 ]		21	—	—	2
21	TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL (That’s An Irish Lullaby)     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18621 ]     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1603 ]		20	8	8	15
22	ONE MEAT BALL     [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 18636 ]		6	16	20	5
23	LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT (No Te Importe Saber)     [ Woody Herman & Orchestra–Decca 18619 ]     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1603 ]		16	20	19	15
24	SWEET DREAMS, SWEETHEART     [ Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra–Decca 18627 ]     [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 178 ]		43	36	—	5
25	STRANGE MUSIC     [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–Victor 20-1615 ]     [ Fred Waring & Concert Vochestra–Decca 23377 ]		—	—	—	1
26	I DON’T WANT TO LOVE YOU (Like I Do)     [ Phil Brito–Musicraft 15018 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1635 ]		37	—	42	3
27	I PROMISE YOU     [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 181 ]		28	15	13	6
28	MORE AND MORE     [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–Victor 20-1614 ]		—	34	45	3
29	LET’S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME     [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 181 ]		—	—	—	1
30	TWILIGHT TIME     [ Three Suns–Hit 7092 ]		17	18	18	6
31	THE LOVE I LONG FOR     [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 36758 ]     [ Three Suns–Hit 7114 ]		24	24	—	3
32	CORNS FOR MY COUNTRY     [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 18628 ]		—	45	39	5
33	ROBIN HOOD     [ Les Brown & Orchestra–Columbia 36763 ]     [ Tony Pastor & Orchestra–Victor 20-1607 ]		12	—	—	2
34	YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE     [ Mills Brothers–Decca 18599 ]     [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Victor 20-1606 ]		22	19	15	15
35	BOOGIE WOOGIE ETUDE     [ Jose Iturbi–Victor Red Seal 10-1127 ]		30	41	27	4
36	TOGETHER     [ Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes–Decca 23349 ]     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 18617 ]		23	22	14	15
37	IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 36756 ]		27	23	38	7
38	MAGIC IS THE MOONLIGHT     [ Andy Russell–Capitol 175 ]		—	21	31	7
39	LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 18640 ]		—	—	—	1
40	(All Of A Sudden) MY HEART SINGS     [ Martha Stewart–Bluebird 30-0832 ]		—	44	44	3
41	RIGHT AS THE RAIN     [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–Victor 20-1609 ]     [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36764 ]		—	27	—	2
42	THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU     [ Ray Noble & Orchestra–Columbia 36546 ]     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–Victor 20-1605 ]		26	26	23	12
43	CUBAN SUGAR MILL     [ Freddie Slack & Orchestra–Capitol 172 ]		39	33	29	12
44	I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH THE LORD     [ Frankie Carle & Orchestra–Columbia 36760 ]		—	35	—	2
45	HELPLESS     [ Glenn Miller & Orchestra–Victor 20-1600 ]		38	31	28	9

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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