List of number-one R&B singles of 1945 (U.S.)

This list of R&B #1 hits of 1945 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).

Issue Date	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
February 10	"Somebody’s Gotta Go"	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra	1 week
February 17	"I Wonder"	Pvt. Cecil Gant	2 weeks
February 24	"I Wonder"	Roosevelt Sykes	7 weeks
April 14	"Tippin' In"	Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra	6 weeks*
April 21	"Mop! Mop!"	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	1 week
June 2	"Caldonia"	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	7 weeks
July 14	"Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well"	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra	8 weeks
September 8	"The Honeydripper" (Parts 1 & 2)	Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers	18 weeks

An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.

Lists of number-one U.S. R&B singles

1942–1959	1940 . 1941 . 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960–1979	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000–present	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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