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The song was nominated for "Best Song" in 1946 but lost out to "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". [2] Dinah Shore's version was biggest in the US reaching the No. 5 spot, while Crosby's version (recorded July 18, 1946) [3] peaked at No. 12. Jo Stafford also had chart success with it and her version achieved the No.11 position. [4]
The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film. Songs are all sourced from, [1] [2] and,. [3] For information concerning music from James Bond films see
Perry Como had four songs on the year-end top singles list, including "Prisoner of Love", the number one song of 1946. Bing Crosby had four songs on the year-end top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1946 according to retail sales. [1]
Margie is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a box-office hit, ranking in the top 15 highest-grossing films of the year, [4] and established Crain as an important Fox star. [5]
The song was introduced in the 1946 film The Time, the Place and the Girl. In the film, it was performed by Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers (dubbed by Sally Sweetland) and chorus. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1948 but lost out to "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah". [2]
In 1946, the magazine published the following four all-genre national singles charts: Best-Selling Popular Retail Records – ranked the most-sold singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records' charts, starting November 1945 and before December 1946.