Billboard Hit 1947

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The Billboard Second Annual Music-Record Poll 1947

Published on: 3rd January 1948


1947 Top Popular Retail Records

* Across the Alley From the Alamo - Mills Brothers
       (according to Retail Sales:25 Juke Box:15)
* Anniversary Song - Al Jolson
       (according to Disk Jockey:34 Retail Sales:7 Juke Box:33)
* Anniversary Song - Andy Russell
       (according to Disk Jockey:25)
*  Anniversary Song - Dinah Shore
       (according to Disk Jockey:12 Retail Sales:24 Juke Box:32)
* Anniversary Song - Guy Lombardo
       (according to Retail Sales:23 Juke Box:17)
* Anniversary Song - Tex Beneke, Miller Ork
       (according to Disk Jockey:29 Retail Sales:31 Juke Box:24)
* Ballerina - Vaughn Monroe
       (according to Retail Sales:10 Juke Box:35)
* Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba - Perry Como
       (according to Retail Sales:12 Juke Box:23)
* Civilization - Andrews Sisters, Danny Kaye
       (according to Retail Sales:26)
* Feudin' and Fightin' - Dorothy Shay
       (according to Retail Sales:29)
* Feudin' and Fightin' - Jo Stafford
       (according to Disk Jockey:31)
* Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee
       (according to Retail Sales:35)
* Guilty - Margaret Whiting
       (according to Disk Jockey:26)
* Heartaches - Ted Weems
       (according to Disk Jockey:3 Retail Sales:3)
* How Soon - Jack Owens
       (according to Disk Jockey:22 Retail Sales:17 Juke Box:31)
* How Soon? - Vaughn Monroe
       (according to Retail Sales:32)
* Huggin' and Chalkin' - Hoagy Carmichael
       (according to Retail Sales:20 Juke Box:19) 
* (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Charlie Spivak
       (according to Disk Jockey:35)
* (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Dinah Shore
       (according to Disk Jockey:14)
 * (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Eddy Howard
       (according to Disk Jockey:18 Retail Sales:34 Juke Box:22)
* (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio
       (according to Disk Jockey:9 Retail Sales:21 Juke Box:27)
* I Never Knew - Sam Donahue
       (according to Disk Jockey:10)
* I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Betty Hutton
       (according to Disk Jockey:24)
* I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Dinah Shore
       (according to Disk Jockey:17)
* I Wish I Didn't Love You So - Vaughn Monroe
       (according to Disk Jockey:21 Retail Sales:5 Juke Box:16)
* I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder - Eddy Howard
       (according to Disk Jockey:11 Retail Sales:19 Juke Box:9)
* I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder - Guy Lombardo
       (according to Juke Box:10)
* I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now - Perry Como
       (according to Disk Jockey:8 Retail Sales:13 Juke Box:7)
* Linda - Ray Noble-Buddy Clark
       (according to Disk Jockey:2 Retail Sales:4 Juke Box:5)
* Linda - Charlie Spivak
       (according to Retail Sales:30 Juke Box:28)
* Mam'selle - Art Lund
       (according to Disk Jockey:15 Retail Sales:11 Juke Box:18)
* Mam'selle - Dick Haymes
       (according to Retail Sales:22 Juke Box:25)
* Mam'selle - Frank Sinatra
       (according to Disk Jockey:20)
* Mam'selle - Pied Pipers, Paul Weston Ork
       (according to Disk Jockey:22)
* Managua, Nicaragua - Freddy Martin
       (according to Disk Jockey:19 Retail Sales:11 Juke Box:12)
* Managua, Nicaragua - Guy Lombardo
       (according to Retail Sales:31 Juke Box:13)
* Managua, Nicaragua - Kay Kyser
       (according to Disk Jockey:33)
* Mickey - Ted Weems
       (according to Juke Box:29)
* My adobe Hacienda - Eddy Howard
       (according to Disk Jockey:23 Retail Sales:19 Juke Box:11)
* Near You - Alvino Rey
       (according to Disk Jockey:16 Retail Sales:12)
* Near You - Andrews Sisters
       (according to Disk Jockey:32 Retail Sales:14 Juke Box:17) 
* Near You - Elliot Lawrence
       (according to Disk Jockey:30)
* Near You - Francis Craig
       (according to Disk Jockey:1 Retail Sales:1)
* Near You - Larry Green Ork
       (according to Retail Sales:8 Juke Box:32)
* Ole Buttermilk Sky - Hoagy Carmichael
       (according to Retail Sales:21 Juke Box:26)
* Ole Buttermilk Sky - Kay Kyser
       (according to Retail Sales:35 Juke Box:33)
* Open the Door, Richard - Count Basie
       (according to Retail Sales:28)
* Open the Door, Richard - Dusty Fletcher
       (according to Retail Sales:33)
* Open the Door, Richard - Three Flames
       (according to Disk Jockey:27)
* Peg o' My Heart - Art Lund
       (according to Disk Jockey:34 Retail Sales:28 Juke Box:34) 
* Peg o' My Heart - Buddy Clark
       (according to Disk Jockey:4)
* Peg o' My Heart - The Harmonicats
       (according to Disk Jockey:6 Retail Sales:2 Juke Box:1)
* Peg o' My Heart - The Three Suns
       (according to Disk Jockey:7 Retail Sales:6)
* Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Willams
       (according to Disk Jockey:5 Retail Sales:4 Juke Box:8)
* Timtayshun - Red Ingle Natrual Seve, Jo Stafford
       (according to Disk Jockey:13 Retail Sales:12)
* Too Fat Polka - Arthur Godfrey
       (according to Disk Jockey:26 Retail Sales:18)
* That's My Desire -Frankie Laine
       (according to Juke Box:21)
* That's My Desire - Sammy Kaye
       (according to Disk Jockey:28 Retail Sales:9 Juke Box:6)
* The Old Lamplighter - Kay Kyser
       (according to Retail Sales:27 Juke Box:30)
* The Old Lamplighter - Sammy Kaye
       (according to Disk Jockey:29 Retail Sales:15 Juke Box:20)
* The Whiffenpoof Song - Bing Crosby
       (according to Retail Sales:32)
* Timtayshun - Jo Stafford, Red Ingle Natural Seven
       (according to Juke Box:28)
* When You Were Sweet Sixteen - Perry Como
       (according to Retail Sales:16 Juke Box:14)
* White Christmas - Bing Crosby
       (according to Retail Sales:24)
* You Do - Margaret Whiting
       (according to Retail Sales:28)
* You Do - Vaughn Monroe
       (according to Retail Sales:22)


1947 Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes

1. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
2. It's a Sin - Eddy Arnold
3. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed- Marle Travis
4. What Is Life Without Love - Eddy Arnold
5. I'll Hold You in My Heart - Eddy Arnold
6. Timtayshun - Jo Stafford, Red Ingle Natural Seven
7. New Jolie Blonde - Red Foley
8. Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
9. New Pretty Blonde - Moon Mullican
10. Divorce Me C.O.D. - Marle Travis
11. Sugar Moon - Bob Wills
12. To My Sorrow - Eddy Arnold
13. Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
14. That's What I Like About the West - Tex Williams Western Caravan
15. Jole Bloen - Roy Acuff
16. Down at the Roadside Inn - Al Dexter
16. Feudin' and Fightin' - Dorothy Shay
16. Never Trust a Woman - Red Foley


1947 Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes

1. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan
2. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate - Louis Jordan
3. I Want To Be Loved - Savannah Churchill
4. Jack, You're Dead - Louis Jordan
5. Old Maid Boogie - Eddie Vinson Ork
6. Snatch and Grab It - Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends
7. Let the Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan
8. Taxas and Pacific - Louis Jordan
9. He's a Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher
10. Hurry on Down - Nallie Lutcher
11. New Orleans Blues - Johnny Moor's Three Blazers
12. I Want To Be Loved - Lionel Humpton
13. Across the Alley From the Alamo - Mills Brothers
14. Open the Door, Richard - Louis Jordan
15. Open the Door, Richard - Dusty Fletcher
16. Open the Door, Richard - Jack McVea
17. Hawk's Boogie - Erskine Hawkins
17. Since I Fel for You - Paul Gayten Trio
18. Ain't That Just Like a Woman - Louis Jordan
19. Open the Door, Richard - Count Basie
19. That's My Desire - Frankie Laine
20. Early in the Morning -  Louis Jordan
21. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan
22. True Blues - Roy Milton Ork
23. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - King Cole Trio
23. That's My Desire - Hadda Brooks
23. Meet Me at No Special Place - King Cole Trio
24. Don't You Think I Ought to Know - Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes
24. Tanya - Joe Liggins, Honeydrippers
24. Look Out - Louis Jordan


1947 Top Bands on Disk Jockey Shows

1. Ted Weems 2. Eddy Howard 3. Francis Craig 4. Ray Noble 5. Tex Willams Western Caravan 6. Vaughn Monroe 7. Sammy Kaye 8. Sam Donahue 9. Red Ingle Natural Seven 10. Alvino Rey 11. Freddy Martin 12. Paul Weston Ork 13. Tex Beneke, Miller Ork

1947 Top Selling Bands Over Record Counters

1. Vaughn Monrow 2. Ted Weems 3. Francis Craig 4. Sammy Kaye 5. Eddy Howard 6. Ray Noble 6. Tex Williams Western Caravan 7. Larry Green 8. Freddy Martin 9. Red Ingle Natural Seven 10. Guy Lombardo 11. Kay Kyser

1947 Top Female Vocalists on Disk Jockey Shows

1. Dinah Shore 2. Jo Stafford 3. Betty Hutton 4. Margaret Whiting

1947 Top Selling Female Vocalists Over Record Counters

1. Jo Stafford 2. Dinah Shore 3. Margaret Whiting 4. Dorothy Shay 5. Peggy Lee

1947 Top Male Vocalists on Disk Jockey Shows

1. Buddy Clark 2. Art Lund 3. Perry Como 4. Frankie Laine 5. Frank Sinatra

1947 Top Selling Male Vocalists Over Records Counters

1. Perry Como 2. Art Lund 3. Hoagy Carmichael 4. Buddy Clark 5. Al Jolson 6. Bing Crosby 7. Jack Owens 8. Arthur Godfrey

1947 Top Singing and Instrumental Groups on Disk Jocky Shows

1. The Harmonicats 2. Three Suns 3. King Cole Trio 4. Pied Pipers 5. Three Flames 6. Andrew Sisters

1947 Top Selling Singing and Instrumental Groups Over Record Counters

1. The Harmonicats 2. Andrew Sisters 3. The Three Suns 4. King Cole Trio 5. Mills Brothers

1947 Top Artists on Folk Records on the Nation's Juke Boxes

1. Eddy Arnold 2. Tex Willams Western Cavavan 3. Red Ingle Natural Seven, Jo Stafford

1947 Top Bands on Race Records  on the Nation's Juke Boxes

1. Louis Jordan 2. Eddie Vinson 3. Linel Hampton

1947 Top Male Vocalists on Race Records on the Nation's Juke Boxes

1. "Dusty" Fletcher 2. Frankie Laine

1947 Top Female Vocalists on Race Records on the Nation's Juke Boxes

1. Savannah Churchill 2. Nellie Lutcher 3. Julia Lee




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