The No. 1s of
1945
Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 1945 below.
No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 began in August 1958.
No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office
No weekly U.S. box-office chart on record for this year.
No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers
- The Green YearsA.J. CroninJan 7, 194515 weeks
- Earth and High HeavenGwethalyn GrahamApr 22, 19451 week
- The Ballad and the SourceRosamond LehmannApr 29, 19453 weeks
- The Green YearsA.J. CroninMay 20, 19452 weeks
- Forever AmberKathleen WinsorJun 3, 19451 week
- Captain from CastileSamuel ShellabargerJun 10, 19451 week
- The Ballad and the SourceRosamond LehmannJun 17, 19451 week
- Captain from CastileSamuel ShellabargerJun 24, 19452 weeks
- A Lion is in the StreetsAdria Locke LangleyJul 8, 19452 weeks
- Captain from CastileSamuel ShellabargerJul 22, 19451 week
- A Lion is in the StreetsAdria Locke LangleyJul 29, 19458 weeks
- So Well RememberedJames HiltonSep 23, 19452 weeks
- The Black RoseThomas B. CostainOct 7, 194513 weeks