PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1947*
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https://playback.fm/year/1947 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
1 NEAR YOU-FRANCIS CRAIG-OCTOBER
2 CHI-BABA CHI-BABA (MY BAMBINO GO TO SLEEP)-PERRY COMO-July
3 BALLERINA-VAUGHN MONROE-December
4 SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! (THAT CIGARETTE)-TEX WILLIAMS-August
5 PEG O' MY HEART-HARMONICATS-July
6 HEARTACHES-TED WEEMS-April
7 OPEN THE DOOR,RICHARD!-COUNT BASIE-February
8 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND-Woody Guthrie-July
9 MAM'SELLE-Frank Sinatra-May
10 MAM'SELLE-Art Lund-May
11 Linda-Ray Noble,Buddy Clark & Anita Gordon-May
12 That's My Desire-Frankie Laine,Mannie Klein's All Stars-October
13 Managua,Nicaragua-Freddy Martin-March
14 Near You-Andrew Sisters-November
15 Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)-Arthur Godfrey-December
16 Anniversary Song-Al Jolson-March
17 Mam'selle-Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins-May
18 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-Perry Como-September
19 Serenade Of The Bells-Sammy Kaye,Don Cornell & The Kaydets-January
20 Blue Moon Of Kentucky-Bill Monroe-July
21 Open The Door,Richard-Jack McVea-February
22 Golden Earrings-Peggy Lee-December
23 Peg O' My Heart-Buddy Clark-July
24 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-James Baskett-January
25 Huggin' And Chalkin'-Hoagy Carmichael-February
26 Call It Stormy Monday, But Tuesday Is Just As Bad-T-bone Walker-December
27 Manteca-Dizzy Gillespie-December
28 Peg O' My Heart-Three Suns-July
29 Open The Door,Richard-Dusty Fletcher-February
30 There's No Business Like Show Business-Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters-July
31 Managua,Nicaragua-Guy Lombardo & Don Rodney Trio-March
32 Temptation (Tim-tayshun)-Red Ingle & The Natural Seven, Jo Stafford-July
33 Anniversary Song-Dinah Shore-March
34 El Rancho Grande-Marisa Fiordaliso-July
35 Jumping With Symphony Sid-Lester Young & Sextet-March
36 Anniversary Song-Bing Crosby-October
37 Copacabana-Dick Farney-July
38 Serenade Of The Bells-Jo Stafford & Paul Weston Orchestra-January
39 Civilization (Bongo,Bongo,Bongo)-Louis Prima-December
40 Across The Alley From The Alamo-The Mills Brothers-July
41 Civilization (Bongo,Bongo,Bongo)-Andrew Sisters & Danny Kaye-December
42 Open The Door,Richard-Three Flames-February
43 I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)-Eddy Arnold-November
44 I Wish I Didn't Love You So-Vaughn Monroe-October
45 Since I Fell For You-Paul Gayten Trio-October
46 So Round,So Firm,So Fully Packed-Merle Travis-February
47 The Whiffenpoof Song-Bing Crosby & Fred Waring Glee Club-November
48 Time After Time-Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Orchestra-July
49 I Wonder,I Wonder,I Wonder-Eddy Howard-July
50 I Wish I Didn't Love You So-Dick Haymes-November
51 How Are Things In Glocca Morra?-Dick Haymes-March
52 I Wish I Didn't Love You So-Betty Hutton-October
53 Anniversary Song-Guy Lombardo & Kenny Gardner-March
54 Valzer Delle Candele (Auld Lang Syne)-Carla Dupont-July
55 Nervos De Aco-Francisco Alves-July
56 Open The Door,Richard-Louis Jordan-February
57 Feudin' And Fightin'-Dorothy Shay 'The Park Avenue Hillbilly'-October
58 How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)-Vaughn Monroe-October
59 New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)-Red Foley-January
60 Sugar Moon-Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys-July
61 Open The Door, Richard!-Charioteers & Mannie Klein Orchestra-March
62 Guilty-Margaret Whiting, Jerry Gray Orchestra-April
63 A Sunday Kind Of Love-Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra-June
64 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate-Louis Jordan-August
65 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons-Dinah Shore-January
66 Amado Mio-Mara Mauri-July
67 There! I've Said it Again-Nat King Cole-January
68 Asa Branca-Luiz Gonzaga-July
69 That's My Desire-Sammy Kaye Orchestra & Don Cornell-September
70 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now-Perry Como-October
71 Texas & Pacific-Louis Jordan-April
72 A Gal In Calico-Benny Goodman-February
73 Linda-Paul Weston Orchestra & Matt Dennis-April
74 My Adobe Hacienda-Eddy Howard-May
75 How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)?-Jack Owens-December
76 I Wish I Didn't Love You So-Dick Farney, Paul Baron Orchestra-November
77 I Wanna Be Loved By You-Savannah Churchill-July
78 Anniversary Song-Tex Beneke,Garry Stevens & Glenn Miller Orchestra-March
79 Near You-Larry Green Trio-November
80 Melodie D'Amour-Henri Salvador-July
*This list was compiled with charts from various
western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).
EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1947*
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