EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1947*

No. Song-Artist-Month  Peak
  1 PEG O' MY HEART-HARMONICATS-JULY 1500 
  2 THAT'S MY DESIRE-FRANKIE LAINE-August 1312 
  3 NEAR YOU-FRANCIS CEAIG-October 1288 
  4 ANNIVERSARY SONG-AL JOLSON-March 1228 
  5 LINDA-RAY NOBLE,BUDDY CLARK & ANITA GORDON-April 1156 
  6 MAM'SELLE-ART LUND-May 1044 
  7 HEARTACHES-TED WEEMS ORCHESTRA, ELMO TANNER-April 1036 
  8 I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW-Perry Como-October 976 
  9 I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER-Eddy Howard-July 976 
 10 I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU SO-Vaughn Monroe-October 924 
 11 Managua, Nicaragua-Freddy Martin-March 908 
 12 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-Perry Como-September 892 
 13 My Adobe Hacienda-Eddy Howard-May 800 
 14 Feudin' And Fightin'-Dorothy Shay 'The Park Avenue Hillbilly'-October 796 
 15 The Old Lamp-lighter-Sammy Kaye Orchestra, Billy Williams-January 774 
 16 You Do-Vaughn Monroe-December 746 
 17 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons-Nat King Cole-February 734 
 18 Across The Alley From The Alamo-The Mills Brothers-July 696 
 19 How Are Things In Glocca Morra?-Dick Haymes-March 688 
 20 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)-Tex Williams & The Western Caravan-September 688 
 21 Chi-baba, Chi-baba-Perry Como-July 684 
 22 Guilty-Artie Shaw Orchestra-March 668 
 23 An Apple Blossom Wedding-Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell-November 644 
 24 Temptation (Tim-tay-shun)-Jo Stafford-July 616 
 25 I'll Close My Eyes-Andy Russell-April 604 
 26 Ask Anyone Who Knows-Ink Spots-August 604 
 27 Too Fat Polka-Arthur Godfrey-December 584 
 28 Civilization-Louis Prima-December 554 
 29 Zip-a-dee-do-dah-Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston Orchestra-January 548 
 30 The Whiffenpoof Song-Bing Crosby & Fred Waring Glee Club-November 534 
 31 The Lady From 29 Palms-Freddy Martin-October 532 
 32 Open The Door, Richard!-Count Basie-March 500 
 33 If I Had My Life To Live Over-Larry Vincent & The Felden Foursome-July 496 
 34 Oh, But I Do!-Harry James-January 472 
 35 April Showers-Al Jolson-May 464 
 36 A Gal In Calico-Benny Goodman-February 450 
 37 Almost Like Being In Love-Frank Sinatra-July 444 
 38 It's A Good Day-Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour Orchestra-April 428 
 39 - And Mimi-Art Lund-December 424 
 40 Sonata-Perry Como-February 420 
 41 Huggin' And Chalkin'-Hoagy Carmichael-February 412 
 42 I Have But One Heart-Vic Damone-October 400 
 43 Mickey-Ted Weems & Bob Edwards-November 364 
 44 Tallahassee-Bing Crosby,Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen Orchestra-August 340 
 45 Midnight Masquerade-Monica Lewis & Ray Bloch Orchestra-July 328 
 46 I Never Knew (That Roses Grew)-Bill Lockwood,Blue Hues & Sam Donahue Orchestra-August 324 
 47 I Believe-Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Orchestra-May 308 
 48 You Can't See The Sun When You're Cryin'-Ink Spots-April 288 
 49 A Rainy Night In Rio-Sam Donahue Orchestra-April 284 
 50 Roses In The Rain-Frankie Carle Orchestra & Marjorie Hughes-May 276 
 51 Kate (Have I Come Too Early, Too Late)-Eddy Howard Orchestra-October 276 
 52 Red Silk Stockings And Green Perfume-Sammy Kaye Orchestra-June 268 
 53 So Far-Perry Como & Russ Case Orchestra-December 264 
 54 The Girl That I Marry-Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Orchestra-January 260 
 55 A Sunday Kind Of Love-Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra-June 248 
 56 Sooner Or Later-Sammy Kaye-January 240 
 57 My Melancholy Baby-Sam Donahue Orchestra-May 216 
 58 White Christmas-Frank Sinatra-December 196 
 59 Bless You (For Being An Angel)-Ink Spots-April 188 
 60 Ivy-Jo Stafford-August 188 
 61 All My Love-Al Jolson-October 168 
 62 For You, For Me, Forevermore-Judy Garland & Dick Haymes-January 132 
 63 Old Devil Moon-Margaret Whiting & Frank Devol Orchestra-June 120 
 64 Sugar Blues-Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston Orchestra-November 112 
 65 Kokomo,Indiana-Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra-October 112 
 66 You'll Always Be The One I Love-Frank Sinatra-March 108 
 67 Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens-Louis Jordan-February 104 
 68 Winter Wonderland-Perry Como-January 94 
 69 Christmas Island-Andrews Sisters, Guy Lombardo Orchestra-January 72 
 70 Free Eats-Count Basie Orchestra-May 60 
 71 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town-Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers-December 60 
 72 Time After Time-Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Orchestra-July 56 
 73 That's Were I Came In-Perry Como-May 52 
 74 Here Comes Santa Claus-Gene Autry-December 52 
 75 That's How Much I Love You-Frank Sinatra & Page Cavanaugh Trio-April 44 
 76 I Ain't Mad At You (You Ain't Mad At Me)-Count Basie Orchestra,Taps Miller & Ted Donnelly-August 44 
 77 Moon-faced, Starry-eyed-Freddy Martin Orchestra & Murray Arnold-May 44 

*Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to
compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.