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Vaughn Monroe
had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947.
Eddy Howard
had three songs on the top singles list.
This is a list of
Billboard
magazine's top popular songs of
1947
according to retail sales.
[1]
No. (Rank)
Title
Artist(s)
1 (1)
"
Near You
"
Francis Craig
2 (2)
"
Peg o' My Heart
"
The Harmonicats
3 (3)
"
Heartaches
"
Ted Weems
4 (4)
"
Linda
"
Ray Noble Orchestra
and
Buddy Clark
4 (4)
"
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
"
Tex Williams
5 (6)
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So"
Vaughn Monroe
6 (7)
"
Peg o' My Heart
"
The Three Suns
7 (8)
"
The Anniversary Song
"
Al Jolson
8 (9)
"
Near You
"
Larry Green Orchestra
9 (10)
"
That's My Desire
"
Sammy Kaye
10 (11)
"
Ballerina
"
Vaughn Monroe
11 (12)
"
Managua, Nicaragua
"
Freddy Martin
11 (12)
"
Mam'selle
"
Art Lund
12 (14)
"
Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)
"
Perry Como
12 (14)
"
Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)
"
Red Ingle and The Natural Seven
and
Jo Stafford
13 (16)
"
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
"
Ted Weems
and
Perry Como
14 (17)
"
Near You
"
The Andrews Sisters
15 (18)
"
The Old Lamp-Lighter
"
Sammy Kaye
16 (19)
"
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
"
Perry Como
17 (20)
"How Soon"
Jack Owens
and Eddie Ballantine
18 (21)
"Too Fat Polka"
Arthur Godfrey
19 (22)
"I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder"
Eddy Howard
19 (22)
"
My Adobe Hacienda
"
Eddy Howard
20 (24)
"Huggin' and Chalkin'"
Hoagy Carmichael
21 (25)
"
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
"
King Cole Trio
21 (26)
"
Ole Buttermilk Sky
"
Hoagy Carmichael
22 (27)
"
Mam'selle
"
Dick Haymes
22 (27)
"You Do"
Vaughn Monroe
23 (29)
"
The Anniversary Song
"
Guy Lombardo
24 (30)
"
The Anniversary Song
"
Dinah Shore
24 (30)
"
White Christmas
"
Bing Crosby
25 (32)
"
Across the Alley from the Alamo
"
The Mills Brothers
26 (33)
"
Civilization
"
Danny Kaye
and
The Andrews Sisters
with
Vic Schoen
27 (34)
"
The Old Lamp-Lighter
"
Kay Kyser
28 (35)
"
Open the Door, Richard!
"
Count Basie
28 (35)
"
Peg o' My Heart
"
Art Lund
28 (35)
"You Do"
Margaret Whiting
with
Frank De Vol
29 (38)
"
Feudin' and Fightin'
"
Dorothy Shay
30 (39)
"
Linda
"
Charlie Spivak
31 (40)
"
The Anniversary Song
"
Tex Beneke
with the
Glenn Miller Orchestra
31 (40)
"
Managua, Nicaragua
"
Guy Lombardo
32 (42)
"How Soon"
Vaughn Monroe
32 (42)
"
The Whiffenpoof Song
"
Bing Crosby
with
Fred Waring
33 (44)
"
Open the Door, Richard!
"
Dusty Fletcher
34 (45)
"
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
"
Eddy Howard
35 (46)
"Golden Earrings"
Peggy Lee
with
Dave Barbour
35 (46)
"
Ole Buttermilk Sky
"
Kay Kyser
See also
1947 in music
List of number-one singles of 1947 (U.S.)
References
^
"The Year's Top Popular Retail Record Sellers"
(PDF)
.
The Billboard
. Vol. 60, no. 1. January 3, 1948. p. 19.
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