AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (DAVID KENT) TOP SINGLES FOR 1947

  1-ANNIVERSARY SONG-AL JOLSON;BING CROSBY-DECEMBER
  2-PRISONER OF LOVE-PERRY COMO;INK SPOTS-March
  3-TO EACH HIS OWN-INK SPOTS;FREDDY MARTIN-April
  4-LAUGHING ON THE INSIDE (CRYING ON THE OUTSIDE)-SAMMY KAYE;MERRY MACS-January
  5-(GIVE ME) FIVE MINUTES MORE-FRANK SINATRA;TEX BENEKE-May                           
  6-APRIL SHOWERS-AL JOLSON-September                                                      
  7 MAM'SELLE-FRANK SINATRA;DICK HAYMES-October                                            
  8-THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-July 
  9-(THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE)SHOW BUSINESS-Dick Haymes & Andrew Sisters-November
  9-(THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE) SHOW BUSINESS-Bing Crosby-November                 
10-YOU KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SONG-Bing Crosby;Dinah Shore-June
11-Blue Skies-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-January
12-Managua,Nicaragua-Freddy Martin-November
13-When China Boy Meets China Girl-Dorothy Squires-November
14-Open The Door,Richard-The Charioteers-July
15-I Want To Thank Your Folks-Frank Sinatra;Ink Spots-September
16-Ole Buttermilk Sky-Hoagy Carmichael-June
17-Oh! What It Seemed To Be-Frank Sinatra;Joe Loss-March
18-Save Me A Dream-Freddy Martin-August
19-Good,Good,Good (That's You-That's You)-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-April
20-Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-Sammy Kaye;Johnny Mercer-June
21-Swanee-Al Jolson-December
22-Huggin' And Chalkin'-Hoagy Carmichael & The Chickadees-August
23-Bless You-Ink Spots-March
24-Linda-Charlie Spivak;Buddy Clark-September
25-Rumours Are Flying-Frankie Carle;Andrews Sisters-July
26-Some Sunday Morning-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-January                
27-Ole Buttermilk Sky-Kay Kyser-June                                     
28-Open The Door,Richard-Count Basie-July                                 
29-Alexander's Rag Time Band-Bing Crosby & Al Jolson-October                              
30-Among My Souvenirs-Bing Crosby;Frank Sinatra-November                                  
31-Blue Skies-Dinah Shore;-January                                              
32-Surrender-Perry Como-April                                                             
33-Tallahassee-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters;Dinah Shore & Woody Herman-November          
34-Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)-Sammy Kaye;Dinah Shore-June            
35-My Defences Are Day-Ray Middleton-December                                             
36-Anything You Can Do-Bing Crosby,Dick Haymes & Andrew Sisters;-November                 
36-Anything You Can Do-Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton-November                              
37-The Spaniard That Blighted My Life-Bing Crosby & Al Jolson-September                   
38-Who's Sorry Now-Bing Crosby-March                                                               
39-I've Found A New Baby-Bing Crosby-March                                                
40-Siboney-Bing Crosby-April                                                              
41-I'm Always Chasing Rainbows-Perry Como & The Satisfiers-February                       
42-That's Where I Came In-Perry Como;Ink Spots-September                                  
43-Three Beautiful Words Of Love-Victor Silvester;Rhythmic Troubadors-July                
44-Sonata-Perry Como-September                                                            
45-On The Boardwalk (In Atlantic City)-Freddy Martin;Charioteers-July                     
46-Cynthia's In Love-Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra-January                    
47-If I Had A Wishing Ring-Victor Silvester;Kate Smith-January                            
48-The Coffee Song(They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)-Frank Sinatra-July       
49-Ashby De La Zouch-Merry Macs;Lou Preager-January                                        
50-Night And Day-Frank Sinatra;Bing Crosby-May                                            
51-One Night In Old Seville-Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra-May                 
52-All By Myself-Bing Crosby-April                                                        
53-Give Me The Simple Life-Bing Crosby-March                                               
54-Christmas Island-Andrews Sisters-December                                              
55-Just One Of Those Things-Bing Crosby-April                                             
56-Hasta Manana(Toda Una Vida)-Bing Crosby-May                                               
57-I'll Be Walkin' With My Honey (Soon,Soon,Soon)-Sammy Kaye-February                     
58-Too Many Irons In The Fire-Mills Brothers-August                                       
59-I'll See You In Cuba-Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin-June                                    
60-September Song-Frank Sinatra;Tony Martin-June                                          
61-You Won't Be Satisfied(Until You Break My Heart)-Perry Como & Satisfiers-February      
62-Stone Cold Dead In The Market-Ella Fitzgerald-June                                     
63-Heartaches-Harry James;Ted Weems-December                                              
64-Doctor,Lawyer,Indian Chief-Betty Hutton;Hoagy Carmichael-November