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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S TOP SINGLES OF 1948 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Apr 27, 2015 at 01:02 AM |
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BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S TOP SINGLES OF 1948  
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1-TWELFTH STREET RAG-PEE WEE HUNT-SEPTEMBER 1412
2-BALLERINA-VAUGHN MONROE-January 1284
3-BUTTONS AND BOWS-DINAH SHORE AND HER HAPPY VALLEY BOYS-November 1260
4-MANANA-PEGGY LEE-April 1140
5-MY HAPPINESS-JON & SANDRA STEELE-August 1072
6-NOW IS THE HOUR-BING CROSBY-April 1048
7-A TREE IN THE MEADOW-MARGARET WHITING-October 1024
8-MY HAPPINESS-Pied Pipers-August 1024
9-MAYBE YOU?LL BE THERE-Gordon Jenkins & The Charles LaVere Chorus-October 994
10-YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN'-Al Trace & Bob Vincent-August 974
11-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne (vocal)-June 964
12-Little White Lies-Dick Haymes-July 962
13-I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Art Mooney-February 880
14-It?s Magic-Doris Day-September 862
15-Love Somebody-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-August 838
16-On A Slow Boat To China-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood-December 820
17-Nature Boy-Nat King Cole-June 790
18-Woody Woodpecker-Kay Kyser & Gloria Wood-July 746
19-Golden Earrings-Peggy Lee-January 732
20-My Darling,My Darling-Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae-December 704
21-My Happiness-Ella Fitzgerald & Song Spinners-August 684
22-Beg Your Pardon-Francis Craig & Bob Lamm-March 682
23-Now Is The Hour-Gracie Fields-March 660
24-Until-Tommy Dorsey,Harry Prime,Clark Sisters & Town Criers-November 652
25-Serenade Of The Bells-Sammy Kaye,Don Cornell & The Kaydets-January 638
26-Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)-Andrews Sisters-June 618
27-Because-Perry Como-May 592
28-On A Slow Boat To China-Freddy Martin,Glenn Hughes & Martin Men-December 580
29-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Ken Griffin (Organ)-September 560
30-Baby Face-Art Mooney-May 540
31-William Tell Overture (Feedlebaum)-Spike Jones-August 486
32-Buttons And Bows-Dinning Sisters & Art Van Damme Quartet-December 484
33-Underneath The Arches-Primo Scala?s Banjo & Accordion & The Keynotes-October 478
34-St.Louis Blues March-Tex Benke-June 476
35-Beg Your Pardon-Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes (Frankie's daughter)-February 422
36-I?ll Dance At Your Wedding-Ray Noble,Buddy Clark & Anita Gordon-January 416
37-The Dicky-Bird Song-Freddy Martin,Glenn Hughes & Martin Men-June 396
38-How Soon?-Bing Crosby & Carmen Cavallaro-January 374
39-You Were Only Fooling-Blue Barron & Clyde Burke-September 356
40-I?m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Russ Morgan,Ames Bros & Mill Herth-March 354
41-Woody Woodpecker-The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc-August 354
42-Now Is The Hour-Eddy Howard-March 352
43-Bluebird Of Happiness-Art Mooney,Bud Brees & Galli Sisters-September 346
44-Serenade The Bells-Jo Stafford-January 344
45-My Darling,My Darling-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-December 334
46-Sabre Dance-Woody Herman-April 326
47-Cool Water-Vaughn Monroe & Sons of the Pioneers-September 324
48-Slap ?Em Down Again Paw-Arthur Godfrey-March 290
49-Now Is The Hour-Margaret Whiting-March 284
50-Sabre Dance Boogie-Freddy Martin & Barclay Allen-May 280
51-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Dick Haymes & Song Spinners-July 242
52-Hair Of Gold,Eyes Of Blue-Gordon MacRae-October 194
53-Underneath The Arches-Andrews Sisters-October 192
54-White Christmas-Bing Crosby-December (42) 186
55-Here Come Santa Claus-Gene Autry-December 168
56-Beg Your Pardon-Larry Green Trio-March 166
57-Ballerina-Bing Crosby-January 160
58-I?m My Own Grandpaw-Guy Lombardo-February 122
59-On A Slow Boat To China-Benny Goodman & Al Hendrickson-December 118
60-Ballerina-Buddy Clark-January 114
61-Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)-Vaughn Horton & His Polka Debs-May 114
62-Shine-Frankie Laine-March 112
63-On A Slow Boat To China-Eddy Howard-December 108
64-I?m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Three Suns & Artie Dunn-March 106
65-You Came A Long Way (From St. Louis)-Ray Mac Kinley-September 104
66-It?s Magic-Dick Haymes-September 104
67-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Sportsmen-July 80
68-Tell Me A Story-Sammy Kaye,Don Cornell & Kaydets-June 74
69-I?m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Uptown String Band-February 74
70-That Certain Party-Benny Strong-October 72
71-You?re All I Want For Christmas-Frankie Laine-December 40
72-Cuanto La Gusta-Carmen Miranda & Andrews Sisters-December 38
73-It?s Magic-Tony Martin-September 38
74-You Call Everybody Darlin?-Anne Vincent-September 36
75-On A Slow Boat To China-Art Lund-December 36
76-You Call Everybody Darlin?-Jack Smith & Clark Sisters-September 36
77-A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson-December 34
78-Life Gets Tee-Jus,Don?t It-Carson Robison & His Pleasant Valley Boys-October 34
79-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Vera Lynn-May 34
80-Just Because-rankie Yankovic,Johnny Pecon & His Yanks-June 34
81-Now Is The Hour-Charlie Spivak & Tommy Mercer-March 34
82-Confess-Buddy Clark & Doris Day-August
83-Rambling Rose-Perry Como-September
84-You Call Everybody Darling-Andrews Sisters-October
85-Nature Boy-Dick Haymes & Song Spinners-June
86-You Were Only Fooling-Kay Starr-December
87-Bluebird Of Happiness-Gordon MacRae & Jo Stafford-November
88-The Maharajah Of Magador-Vaughn Monroe & Ziggy Talent-July
89-You Were Only Fooling-The Ink Spots-December
90-Baby Face-Sammy Kaye & Kaydets-June
91-It?s Magic-Gordon MacRae-September
92-Nature Boy-Frank Sinatra & Jeff Alexander Choir-June
93-Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart-Gordon MacRae & Jo Stafford-November
94-You Can?t Be True,Dear-Marlin Sisters & Eddie Fisher-June
95-Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)-Sportsmen-June
96-Baby Face-Jack Smith & Clark Sisters-June
97-Woody Woodpecker-Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters-July
98-You Can't Be True Dear-Dick James-July
99-Boquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-October
100-Hair Of Gold-Harmonicats-September
101-Confess-Patti Page-July
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