The Billboard First Annual Music-Record Poll
1946 Top Popular Retail Records
* Cement Mixer (Put-ti, Put-ti) - Alvino Rey
(according to Disk Jockey:35)
* Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan
(according to Juke Box:25)
* Coffee Song (They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil) - Frank Sinatra
(according to Disk Jockey Records:29)
* Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
(according to Disk Jockey:30)
* Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) - Perry Como
(according to Disk Jockey:26 Retail Sales:31)
* Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton
(according to Disk Jockey Records:10 Retail Sales:12 Juke Box:10)
* Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Dinah Shore and Spade Cooley
(according to Disk Jockey Records:16 Retail Sales:21 Juke Box:16)
* Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Freddy Martin
(according to Disk Jockey Records:18 Retail Sales:28 Juke Box:21)
* Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra
(according to Disk Jockey Records:4 Retail Sales:4 Juke Box:3)
* Five Minutes More - Tex Beneke and Miller Ork
(according to Retail Sales:23 Juke Box:11)
* Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Tex Beneke and Miller Ork
(according to Retail Sales:25)
* Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael
(according to Juke Box:35)
* I Can't Begin to Tell You - Bing Crosby
(according to Disk Jockey Records:21 Retail Sales:19 Juke Box:23)
* I Don't Know Enough About You - Mills Brothers
(according to Juke Box:35)
* (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Eddy Howard
(according to Disk Jockey Records:33)
* (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio
(according to Disk Jockey Records:24 Retail Sales:35)
* I'm a Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye
(according to Retail Sales:19 Juke Box:15)
* Laughing on the Ouside (Crying on the Inside) - Andy Russell
(according to Disk Jockey Records:22 Retail Sales:24 Juke Box:35)
* Laughing on the Ouside (Crying on the Inside) - Dinah Shore
(according to Disk Jockey Records:14 Retail Sales:22 Juke Box:22)
* Laughing on the Ouside (Crying on the Inside) - Sammy Kaye
(according to Juke Box:26)
* Laughing on the Ouside (Crying on the Inside) - Teddy Walters
(according to Disk Jockey Records:32)
* Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Vaughn Monroe
(according to Disk Jockey Records:11 Retail Sales:13 Juke Box:20)
* Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Charlie Spivak
(according to Retail Sales:28)
* Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
(according to Retail Sales:29)
* Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Frank Sinatra
(according to Disk Jockey Records:5 Retail Sales:10 Juke Box:23)
* Oh! What It Seemed to Be - Frankie Carle
(according to Disk Jockey Records:6 Retail Sales:6 Juke Box:5)
* Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser
(according to Retail Sales:15 Juke Box:14)
* Ole Buttermilk Sky - Hoagy Carmichael
(according to Juke Box:34)
* One-zy, Two-zy (I Love you-zy) - Phill Harris
(according to Disk Jockey Records:17)
* One-zy, Two-zy (I Love you-zy) - Freddy Martin
(according to Juke Box:31)
* Personality - Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers
(according to Disk Jockey Records:9 Retail Sales:7 Juke Box:17)
* Prisoner of Love - Ink Spots
(according to Juke Box:33)
* Prisoner of Love - Perry Como
(according to Disk Jockey Records:2 Retail Sales:1 Juke Box:4)
* Rumors Are Flying - Andrews Sisters and Les Paul Trio
(according to Retail Sales:30 Juke Box:24)
* Rumors Are Flying - Frankie Carle
(according to Disk Jockey Records:7 Retail Sales:5 Juke Box:6)
* Shoo-Fly Pie and Aplle Pan Dowdy - Stan Kenton
(according to Disk Jockey Records:31)
* Sioux City Sue - Bing Crosby and The Jesters
(according to Disk Jockey Records:34 Retail Sales:34 Juke Box:21)
* South America, Take It Away - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
(according to Disk Jockey Records:15 Retail Sales:8 Juke Box:9)
* Surrender - Perry Como
(according to Disk Jockey Records:19 Retail Sales:11 Juke Box:8)
* Symphony - Benny Goodman
(according to Disk Jockey Records:21 Retail Sales:27 Juke Box:34)
* Symphony - Bing Crosby
(according to Disk Jockey Records:28 Retail Sales:20 Juke Box:32)
* Symphony - Freddy Martin
(according to Disk Jockey Records:14 Retail Sales:17 Juke Box:21)
* Symphony - Jo Stafford
(according to Disk Jockey Records:20 Retail Sales:32)
* The Gypsy - Dinah Shore
(according to Disk Jockey Records:3 Retail Sales:9 Juke Box:7)
* The Gypsy - Guy Lombardo, Hildegarde
(according to Juke Box:30)
* The Gypsy - Ink Spots
(according to Disk Jockey Records:8 Retail Sales:3 Juke Box:2)
* The Gypsy - Sammy Kaye
(according to Disk Jockey Records:25 Retail Sales:21 Juke Box:13)
* The Old Lamp-Lighter - Kay Kyser
(according to Retail Sales:28)
* The Old Lamp-Lighter - Sammy Kaye
(according to Disk Jockey Records:23 Retail Sales:18 Juke Box:29)
* They Say It's Wonderful - Frank Sinatra
(according to Disk Jockey Records:13)
* They Say It's Wonderful - Perry Como
(according to Retail Sales:25 Juke Box:28)
* To Each His Own - Eddy Howard
(according to Disk Jockey Records:1 Retail Sales:2 Juke Box:1)
* To Each His Own - Freddy Martin
(according to Disk Jockey Records:12 Retail Sales:14 Juke Box:12)
* To Each His Own - Ink Spots
(according to Retail Sales:16 Juke Box:18)
* To Each His Own - The Modernaires and Paula Kelly
(according to Disk Jockey Records:27 Retail Sales:33)
* To Each His Own - Tony Martin
(according to Retail Sales:25 Juke Box:25)
* You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - Doris Day
(according to Disk Jockey Records:22 Retail Sales:26 Juke Box:19)
* You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) - Perry Como
(according to Juke Box:27)
1946 Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes
1. New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills2. Guitar Polka - Al Dexter
3. Divorce Me C.O.D. - Marle Travis
4. Roly-Poly - Bob Wills
5. Sioux City Sue - Zeke Manners
6. Wine, Women and Song - Al Dexter
7. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) - Elton Britt
8. Cincinnati Lou - Marle Travis
9. Sioux City Sue - Hoosier Hot Shots
10. That's How Much I Love You - Eddy Arnold
11. Sioux City Sue - Dick Thomas
12. Honey, Do You Think It's Wrong - Al Dexter
13. I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Gene Autry
14. Detour - Spade Cooley
15. No Vacancy - Marle Travis
16. Drivin' Nails in My Coffin - Floyd Tillman
16. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Gene Autry
16. Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
17. You Can't Break My Heart - Spade Cooley
17. Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
18. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) - Hoosier Hot Shots
19. Wave to Me, My Lady - Elton Britt
20. Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight - Bob Wills
20. Wave to Me, My Lady - Gene Autry
20. When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door - Tex Ritter
21. It's Been So Long, Darling - Ernest Tubb
22. Silver Spurs (on the Golden Stairs) - Gene Autry
22. Stay a Little Longer - Bob Wills
23. Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe
24. You Will Have to Pay - Tex Ritter
24. Guitar Polka - Rosalie Allen
24. It's Up to You - Al Dexter
24. Freight Train Boogie - Delmore Brothers
1946 Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes
1. Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton2. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Lois Jordan
3. Stone Cold Dead in the Market - Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald
4. The Gypsy - Ink Spots
5. R. M. Blues - Roy Milton
6. Buzz Me - Louis Jordan
7. Drifting Blues - Johnny Moor and Hits Three Blazers
8. Sal Pork, W. Va. - Louis Jordan
9. I Know - The Jubilaires, Andy Kirk Ork
10. Ain't That Just Like a Woman - Louis Jordan
11. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule - Louis Jordan
12. Route 66 - King Cole Trio
13. Beware - Louis Jordan
14. Reconversion Blues - Louis Jordan
15. Don't Be a Baby, Baby - Mills Brothers
15. That Chick's Too Young to Fry - Louis Jordan
16. I've Got a Right to Cry - Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
16. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' - Louis Jordan
17. I've Got a Right to Cry - Erskine Hawkins
17. Tanya - Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
18. Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
19. The Christmas Song - King Cole Trio
20. Beulah's Boogie - Lionel Hampton
20. Shorty's Got to Go - Lucky Millinder
20. Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got - Julie Lee
20. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio
21. The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
21. Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes
22. Voo-It, Voo-It - The Blues Woman
22. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins
23. Playful Baby - Wynonie Harris
23. The Very Thought of You - Luis Russell
23. So Glad You're Mine - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
23. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
24. Buzz Me - Ella Mae Morse
24. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine Ork
1946 Top Male Vocalist on Disk Jockey Shows
1. Frank Sinatra 2. Perry Como 3. Bing Crosby 4. Johnny Mercer 5. Andy Russell1946 Top Selling Male Vocalists Over Record Counters
1. Perry Como 2. Bing Crosby 3. Frank Sinatra 4. Johnny Mercer 5. Andy Russell 6. Tony Martin 7. Dick Haymes1946 Top Bands on Disk Jockey Shows
1. Frankie Carle 2. Freedy Martin 3. Eddy Howard 4. Sammy Kaye 5. Vaughn Monroe 6. Kay Kyser 7. Spade Cooley 8. Phil Harris 9. Carmen Cavallaro 9. Benny Goodman 10. Les Brown 11. Stan Kenton 12. Teddy Walters 13. Alvino Rey1946 Top Selling Bands Over Record Counters
1. Frankie Carle 2. Freedy Martin 3. Sammy Kaye 4. Eddy Howard 5. Kay Kyser 6. Vaughn Monroe 7. Tex Beneke and Miller Ork 8. Carmen Cavallaro 9. Spade Cooley 10. Les Brown 11. Benny Goodman 12. Charlie Spivak1946 Top Female Vocalist on Disk Jockey Shows
1. Dinah Shore 2. Betty Hutton 3. Jo Stafford 4. Paula Kelly1946 Top Selling Female Vocalist Over Record Counters
1. Dinah Shore 2. Betty Hutton 3. Helen Forrest 4. Jo Stafford 5. Paula Kelly1946 Top Singing and Instrumental Groups on Disk Jockey Shows
1. Pied Pipers 2. Andrews Sisters 3. King Cole Trio 4. Ink Spots 5. The Modernaires 6. The Jesters1946 Top Selling Singing and Instrumental Groups Over Record Counters
1. Ink Spots 2. The Andrews Sisters 3. The Pied Pipers 4. Les Paul Trio 5. The Modernaires 6. The Jesters 7. King Cole TrioClick image to go:
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