Songs from the Year 1947

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This page lists the top songs of 1947 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during 1947.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find). These results should be treated with some caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts and biased towards the USA.

During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.

The top ten song artists of 1947 were:
1:Frank Sinatra	3:Vaughn Monroe	5:Count Basie	7:Dinah Shore	9:Dick Haymes
2:Perry Como	4:Francis Craig	6:Ted Weems	8:Sammy Kaye	10:Tex Williams & The Western Caravan

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Francis Craig	Near You	1947	US Billboard 1 - Aug 1947 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Sep 1947 (21 weeks), US 1 for 12 weeks - Sep 1947, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013 (1947), DZE 1 of 1947, ASCAP song of 1947, US invalid BB 6 of 1947, Australian Nostalgia 7 of 1940-1949, POP 14 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 16 of 1947, Brazil 24 of 1947, DDD 24 of 1947, Europe 85 of the 1940s (1947), RIAA 355
2	Vaughn Monroe	Ballerina	1947	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1947 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Nov 1947 (21 weeks), US 1 for 10 weeks - Dec 1947, DZE 3 of 1947, US invalid BB 7 of 1947, POP 7 of 1947, Brazil 14 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 17 of 1947, DDD 46 of 1947, Europe 56 of the 1940s (1947), nuTsie 93 of 1940s
3	Perry Como	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)	1947	US Billboard 1 - May 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1947 (12 weeks), US 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1947, Australia 1 for 1 month - May 1948, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1947, DZE 7 of 1947, US invalid BB 13 of 1947, POP 21 of 1947, Brazil 80 of 1948
4	Tex Williams & The Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1947 (12 weeks), US 1 for 6 weeks - Aug 1947, US Country 1 for 15 weeks - Jul 1947, DZE 5 of 1947, DDD 10 of 1947, US invalid BB 17 of 1947, POP 19 of 1947, Brazil 20 of 1949, nuTsie 78 of 1940s
5	Jerry Murad's Harmonicats	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1947 (26 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1947 (21 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1947, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1947), DZE 4 of 1947, Brazil 11 of 1947, POP 17 of 1947, DDD 26 of 1947, nuTsie 42 of 1940s, RYM 55 of 1947
6	Count Basie	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1947 (4 weeks), US 1 for 1 week - Feb 1947, Your Hit Parade 1 of 1947, DDD 5 of 1947, US invalid BB 14 of 1947, POP 23 of 1947, Brazil 83 of 1947
7	Ted Weems	Heartaches	1947	US Billboard 1 - Mar 1947 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Mar 1947 (16 weeks), US 1 for 12 weeks - Mar 1947, DZE 2 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 10 of 1947, US invalid BB 11 of 1947, POP 20 of 1947, nuTsie 26 of 1930s, Brazil 29 of 1947
8	Frankie Laine	That's My Desire	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1947), US Billboard 4 - Mar 1947 (26 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jul 1947 (4 weeks), Your Hit Parade 7 of 1947, DDD 7 of 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 11 - Oct 1947 (13 weeks), nuTsie 17 of 1940s, Europe 43 of the 1940s (1947), Brazil 89 of 1948, RYM 40 of 1946
9	Frank Sinatra	Mam'selle	1947	US Billboard 1 - May 1947 (10 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 month - Oct 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Jul 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 6 - May 1947 (4 weeks), US invalid BB 12 of 1947, POP 12 of 1947, Brazil 30 of 1947, Australian Nostalgia 36 of 1940-1949, RYM 50 of 1947
10	Art Lund	Mam'selle	1947	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1947 (11 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1947, DZE 8 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 9 of 1947, POP 12 of 1947, Brazil 28 of 1947
11	Ray Noble	Linda	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Mar 1947 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 2 of 1947, US invalid BB 9 of 1947, DZE 9 of 1947, POP 16 of 1947, DDD 50 of 1947, Brazil 63 of 1947, nuTsie 84 of 1940s
12	Arthur Godfrey	Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)	1947	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1947 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1947 (16 weeks), US invalid BB 2 of 1947, POP 3 of 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 9 - Mar 1948 (6 weeks), Brazil 86 of 1948, Europe 98 of the 1940s (1947)
13	Freddy Martin	Managua, Nicaragua	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1947 (11 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1947, DZE 6 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 11 of 1947, Brazil 48 of 1947
14	Al Jolson	Anniversary Song	1947	Australia 1 for 5 months - Sep 1947, US Billboard 2 - Feb 1947 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1947 (14 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1947, Australian Nostalgia 4 of 1940-1949, DDD 34 of 1946
15	Bill Monroe	Blue Moon of Kentucky	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1945), Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1947), DDD 4 of 1947, Music Imprint 14 of 1940s, RIAA 218, Acclaimed 310 (1947), RYM 3 of 1945, Song of 1946
16	Jack McVea & his Band	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	Peel list 1 of 1946, UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Mar 1947 (7 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Jan 1947 (9 weeks), DDD 5 of 1947, US 1940s 7 - Feb 1947 (2 weeks)
17	T-Bone Walker Quintet	Stormy Monday	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991 (1948), Library of Congress artifact added 2007 (1947), DDD 2 of 1947, Acclaimed 617 (1947), RYM 3 of 1948, Guardian Folk/ World 18, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
18	Hoagy Carmichael	Huggin' & Chalkin'	1947	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1946 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1946 (13 weeks), DZE 10 of 1947, US invalid BB 16 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 21 of 1947, POP 25 of 1947, DDD 36 of 1946
19	Sammy Kaye	Serenade Of The Bells	1947	Australia 1 for 1 month - Sep 1948, US Billboard 3 - Nov 1947 (16 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1947 (15 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1948, Australian Nostalgia 48 of 1940-1949
20	Peggy Lee	Golden Earrings	1947	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1947 (18 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Nov 1947 (16 weeks), Your Hit Parade 19 of 1948, Brazil 40 of 1949, DDD 47 of 1947, Europe 78 of the 1940s (1948)
21	Buddy Clark	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1947 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1947, Your Hit Parade 14 of 1947, POP 17 of 1947, Brazil 32 of 1947
22	James Baskett	Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	1947	US invalid BB 1 of 1947, Oscar in 1947 (film 'Song of the South'), POP 1 of 1947, AFI 47
23	Dizzy Gillespie	Manteca	1947	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1947), Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1947), DDD 8 of 1948, Acclaimed 772 (1947), RYM 62 of 1947, Guardian Jazz 20
24	Perry Como	When You Were Sweet Sixteen	1947	Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1948, US Billboard 2 - Jul 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1947 (12 weeks), Your Hit Parade 18 of 1947
25	Dick Haymes	Mam'selle	1947	Australia 1 for 1 month - Oct 1947, US Billboard 3 - May 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - May 1947 (8 weeks), Brazil 65 of 1948
26	The Andrews Sisters & Danny Kaye	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Feb 1948 (26 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Nov 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1947 (10 weeks), Brazil 54 of 1948
27	The Three Suns	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1947 (16 weeks), DDD 26 of 1947, Brazil 27 of 1948
28	Frank Sinatra	Among My Souvenirs	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 10 weeks - May 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - May 1947 (26 weeks), RYM 72 of 1946
29	Dusty Fletcher	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Feb 1947 (5 weeks), DDD 5 of 1947, nuTsie 81 of 1940s, Europe 94 of the 1940s (1947)
30	Guy Lombardo	Managua, Nicaragua	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1947 (15 weeks), US invalid BB 3 of 1947, US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947 (9 weeks), POP 8 of 1947
31	Red Ingle & The Natural Seven	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)	1947	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1947 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 15 of 1947, POP 15 of 1947
32	Dinah Shore	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 1 - Mar 1947 (12 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Mar 1947 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 5 of 1947, POP 6 of 1947
33	Joe Loss Orchestra	Anniversary Song	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 9 weeks - Feb 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jan 1947 (49 weeks)
34	Denis Martin	Galway Bay	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 22 weeks - Apr 1948, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Aug 1947 (41 weeks)
35	Joe Loss Orchestra	Come Back to Sorrento	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 2 weeks - Aug 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jun 1947 (45 weeks)
36	Lou Preager & his Orchestra	An Apple Blossom Wedding	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 8 weeks - Dec 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Oct 1947 (27 weeks)
37	Monte Rey	Tell Me, Marianne	1947	UK Sheet Music 1 for 1 week - Jul 1947, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Apr 1947 (24 weeks)
38	Perry Como	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now	1947	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1947 (17 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Jan 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1947 (4 weeks)
39	Bing Crosby	A Gal in Calico	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - May 1947 (23 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Jan 1947 (6 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jan 1947 (2 weeks)
40	Frank Sinatra	Time After Time	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 8 - Jun 1947 (17 weeks), US Billboard 16 - May 1947 (5 weeks), Brazil 65 of 1947, WXPN 778, RYM 125 of 1959
41	Dick Haymes	How Are Things In Glocca Morra	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Dec 1947 (12 weeks), US Billboard 9 - Mar 1947 (5 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Mar 1947 (1 week), Brazil 100 of 1947
42	Vaughn Monroe	How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)	1947	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Nov 1947 (13 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 16 - Apr 1948 (5 weeks), Your Hit Parade 16 of 1948
43	The Mills Brothers	Across The Alley From The Alamo	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - May 1947 (9 weeks), Your Hit Parade 13 of 1947, DDD 76 of 1947
44	Frank Sinatra	I Believe	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Aug 1947 (55 weeks), US Billboard 5 - May 1947 (6 weeks), Song of 1947
45	The Three Flames	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947 (3 weeks), POP 23 of 1947
46	Eddy Arnold	I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)	1947	US Country 1 for 23 weeks - Nov 1947, US Billboard 22 - Nov 1947 (3 weeks), DDD 44 of 1947, RYM 92 of 1947
47	Frank Sinatra	Try a Little Tenderness	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - May 1947 (18 weeks), Peel list 2 of 1947, RYM 64 of 1945
48	Jo Stafford	Serenade Of The Bells	1947	US Billboard 6 - Dec 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Dec 1947 (9 weeks), DDD 52 of 1947, Brazil 95 of 1948
49	Vaughn Monroe	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1947 (15 weeks), Your Hit Parade 8 of 1947
50	Paul Gayton	Since I Fell For You	1947	ASCAP song of 1948, US Billboard 20 - Nov 1947 (1 week), DDD 22 of 1947
51	Louis Prima	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)	1947	US Billboard 8 - Oct 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Nov 1947 (7 weeks), DDD 48 of 1947, Brazil 78 of 1948
52	Merle Travis	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	1947	US Country 1 for 14 weeks - Feb 1947, US Billboard 21 - Feb 1947 (1 week), DDD 74 of 1947
53	Bing Crosby	The Whiffenpoof Song	1947	US Billboard 7 - Nov 1947 (7 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Nov 1947 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1947, POP 13 of 1947
54	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	There's No Business Like Show Business	1947	Australia 1 for 1 month - Nov 1947, US Billboard 25 - Jul 1947 (1 week)
55	Eddy Howard	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (19 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1947 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 20 of 1947
56	Betty Hutton	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	Oscar in 1947 (film 'The Perils of Pauline') (Nominated), US Billboard 5 - Sep 1947 (12 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1947 (4 weeks)
57	Guy Lombardo	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Feb 1947 (10 weeks), nuTsie 63 of 1940s
58	Ray Noble	I'll Dance At Your Wedding	1947	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Dec 1947 (9 weeks), Your Hit Parade 15 of 1948
59	Louis Jordan	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	DDD 5 of 1947, US Billboard 6 - Mar 1947 (4 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1947 (2 weeks), RYM 11 of 1947
60	Dorothy Shay	Feudin' & Fightin'	1947	US Billboard 4 - Jul 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Sep 1947 (11 weeks), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1947
61	Thelonious Monk	'Round Midnight	1947	Jazz Standard 4, DDD 17 of 1947, Australian Nostalgia 57 of 1940-1949
62	Red Foley	New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)	1947	US Country 1 for 1 week - May 1947, DDD 32 of 1947
63	Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys	Sugar Moon	1947	US Country 1 for 6 weeks - Jun 1947, DDD 54 of 1947
64	Dick Haymes	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	US Billboard 9 - Oct 1947 (8 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Nov 1947 (4 weeks), Brazil 96 of 1948
65	Claude Thornhill & his Orchestra	A Sunday Kind Of Love	1947	Your Hit Parade 3 of 1947, US Billboard 16 - May 1947 (6 weeks), DDD 23 of 1947
66	Louis Jordan	Boogie Woogie Blue Plate	1947	POP 9 of 1947, DDD 13 of 1947, US Billboard 21 - Sep 1947 (1 week), RYM 28 of 1947
67	Benny Goodman	A Gal in Calico	1947	US Billboard 6 - Jan 1947 (6 weeks), DDD 71 of 1946, Brazil 79 of 1947
68	Dinah Shore	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1947	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1947 (16 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1947 (4 weeks), RYM 97 of 1946
69	Max Harris & his Novelty Trio	Peg o' My Heart	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Nov 1947 (24 weeks), POP 17 of 1947
70	Sammy Kaye	That's My Desire	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (22 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1947 (17 weeks)
71	Louis Jordan	Texas & Pacific	1947	US Billboard 20 - Mar 1947 (3 weeks), POP 24 of 1947, DDD 25 of 1947, RYM 29 of 1947
72	Eddy Howard	My Adobe Hacienda	1947	US Billboard 2 - Apr 1947 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1947 (11 weeks)
73	Jack Owens	How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)	1947	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1947 (20 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Nov 1947 (14 weeks)
74	Savannah Churchill	I Wanna Be Loved By You	1947	POP 11 of 1947, DDD 12 of 1947, US Billboard 21 - May 1947 (1 week)
75	Marisa Fiordaliso	El rancho grande	1947	Italy 1 of 1947
76	Tex Beneke	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Mar 1947 (8 weeks)
77	Larry Green & his Orchestra	Near You	1947	US Billboard 3 - Oct 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1947 (13 weeks)
78	Lester Young	Junpin' With Symphony	1947	Peel list 1 of 1947
79	Dick Farney	Copacabana	1947	Brazil 1 of 1947
80	Bing Crosby	Anniversary Song	1947	Australia 1 for 5 months - Sep 1947
81	The Mills Brothers	When You Were Sweet Sixteen	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Feb 1948 (14 weeks), US Billboard 15 - Oct 1947 (1 week)
82	Dinah Shore	I Wish I Didn't Love You So	1947	US Billboard 2 - Oct 1947 (12 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Oct 1947 (4 weeks)
83	Sam Donahue & his Orchestra	I Never Knew	1947	US Billboard 2 - May 1947 (23 weeks), Your Hit Parade 12 of 1947
84	The Charioteers	Open The Door, Richard!	1947	US Billboard 6 - Mar 1947 (3 weeks), Brazil 86 of 1947, RYM 93 of 1947
85	Ray Bolger	The Churkendoose	1947	Library of Congress artifact added 2008 (1947)
86	Gabby Pahinui	Hula Medley	1947	Library of Congress artifact added 2011 (1947)
87	Guy Lombardo	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder	1947	US Billboard 3 - May 1947 (17 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jun 1947 (7 weeks)
88	Gene Autry	Here Comes Santa Claus	1947	US Billboard 8 - Dec 1948 (5 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Dec 1947 (7 weeks), RYM 15 of 1947
89	Andy Russell	Anniversary Song	1947	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1947 (10 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Mar 1947 (2 weeks)
90	Alveno Rey	Near You	1947	US Billboard 3 - Sep 1947 (14 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Oct 1947 (1 week)
91	The Pied Pipers	Mam'selle	1947	US Billboard 3 - May 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 9 - May 1947 (4 weeks)
92	Ted Weems	Mickey	1947	US Billboard 3 - Oct 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Nov 1947 (1 week)
93	Art Lund	Peg o' My Heart	1947	US Billboard 4 - Jun 1947 (13 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jun 1947 (10 weeks)
94	Dick Haymes	And Mimi	1947	UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Dec 1947 (17 weeks), US Billboard 15 - Nov 1947 (3 weeks)
95	Harry James	Heartaches	1947	US Billboard 4 - Apr 1947 (9 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Apr 1947 (3 weeks)
96	Charlie Spivak	Linda	1947	US Billboard 5 - Mar 1947 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Apr 1947 (9 weeks)
97	Sammy Kaye	An Apple Blossom Wedding	1947	US Billboard 5 - Oct 1947 (5 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Oct 1947 (3 weeks)
98	Elliot Lawrence	Near You	1947	US Billboard 4 - Oct 1947 (14 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Oct 1947 (2 weeks)
99	Louis Jordan	Jack, You're Dead	1947	DDD 9 of 1947, US Billboard 21 - Jul 1947 (1 week), RYM 27 of 1947
100	Julia Lee	King Size Papa	1947	DDD 11 of 1947, US Billboard 15 - Mar 1948 (3 weeks), RYM 26 of 1947

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13 May 2019

Dean Martin - Galway Bay

Is this possibly credited in error? I could find no evidence that Dean Martinever recorded this. Although I see the chart references are for sheet music, I don't know why that would get credited to Martin either.

You are correct, this is a ref to "Parlophone R 3058" (see for example http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/r3058)

Which was credited to "Denis Martin", the original chart maintainer converted "Denis Martin" to "Dean Martin"

The data has been corrected

26 Feb 2019

Don't cry + Joe

who recorded a song called +don,t cry joe in late 1940's

The song is called "Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go)" and was a hit in 1949 for Frank Sinatra, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Desmond, Ralph Flanagan, Juanita Hall and Oscar Rabin & his band.

19 May 2018

#58 - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right

This also made the 'Peel List' at #4 for 1946. It is listed there as 'That's Alright Mama'.

Data fixed, thanks

9 Mar 2018

you are mine

When I was just a little girl my Dad sang a song to me that included some ofthe following; "Little girl with your big brown eyes, I am yours for the rest of my days (?????) little girl you are mine, (?????) you are mine all mine. This song may not have been a great hit except for me. +It came out in the mid 40's. Can anyone help me out on this?

2 Sep 2017

What was the No.1 record on 8th September 1947

Bing Crosby "Anniversary Song" was number one in Australia for the whole of Sept 1947 (read the FAQ)

6 Feb 2016

#85 - Louis Kaufman - The Four Seasons

This Entry should be removed from here. Per National Recording Registrywebsite this is an Album rather than a Single of Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'.

Data fixed, thanks

14 Nov 2014

Urdu

30 Aug 2014

Francis Craig

Near you (#1) was also elected to Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

That entry has now been added

8 Jul 2014

1946 0r 47 Popular in juke boxes

I am as restless as a willow in a windstorm... As nervous??'''

Not nervous, "I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string"

The song is "It might as well be spring", Dick Haymes had the biggest hit with it in 1945

2 Jul 2014

An interesting theme for us

Hello...

10 Jan 2014

urdu songs

29 Oct 2013

memories

it brought back many memories during my teenage years

1 Apr 2013

# 56 There's Good Rockin' Tonight

@ 56 (1948) and # 19 (1947) are the same recording.

You got the years swapped, but nevertheless you are right, the data has been fixed, thanks for the correction

4 Feb 2013

song - I'll never know why"

I checked F.Sinatr 1047 , this did not come up, any more suggestions, could thisbe under another title, altho the words "I,ll neverknow why are use repeatedly inthe song, thanks for your help

Hugo Winterhalter had the only hit with "I'll Never Know Why" (1951)

4 Feb 2013

the song "I,ll never know why the river runs to meet the ocean"

I think the name of the song is I,ll never know why, but who sang it and when is impossible to find out but it was popular in the late 1940,s or very early 1950's. Hope you can help me

"I'll Never Know Why" was a minor hit for Hugo Winterhalter 1951

13 Jun 2012

found a penny

If this is the same song I used to sing as a child the name of it is not Found a Penny.....I believe it is: "Found a Peanut"

6 May 2012

as others do, recorded by netta haddon

Hi there, I am looking for the words to the song, As others Do recorded by Netta Haddon & composed by Ruru Karaitiana. I am not sure of the year, 1940s to early 1950s maybe. I appreciate any help in finding the words to this song. Cheers Kaye

24 Jan 2012

Bing Crosby and a song about a rose

I am looking for a song supposedly sung by Bing in or around 1947 about a rose from some place to answer a quiz. The two songs I can find are Rose of Tralee and San Antonio Rose, neither of which appear to have been sung by Bing as part of 1947. Can you help please? I did consider the Roses of Picardee but can find no reference to Bing singing this song.

5 Jan 2012

#1 US +Song on September 21, 1947

I have been searching for the #1 United States song , with artist (s)on the day I was born. I received your list of 1947 songs but would like to break it down even more.

Can you help me?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_of_1947_%28U.S.%29 the song was Francis Craig - "Near You"

19 Oct 2011

The dying mountaineer

Hello - I have been searching for this song for my Mother-in-Law, I have Googled and Tweeted on and off for a year and this is the first time I have found anyone who acknowledges that it exists! Do you have any more information on it yet?

Many, many Thanks x

That was a message from you. So there still is no one else who has heard of it.

11 Sep 2011

The dying mountaineer+

Hi all, not sure if I'm in the correct year but my mother is after a sing from when she was a nipper, around the 40s. She seems to think that the song is titled the dying mountaineer, some lyrics include 'gather round me children, I'm a dying mountaineer, I know I'll be so happy I'm going to home to rest' many thanks for your help

6 Sep 2011

29 Anniversary Song

This is a solo recording by Jolson - no Bing.

The Australian entry said that the song was by Al Jolson & Bing Crosby, we think they meant that there were two seperate versions by those artists released at the same time that were both popular in Australia

We've fixed the data, thanks for the correction

1 Jul 2011

Maybe you can help

My brothers and I remember a record Dad used to play that had a chorus that sounded like they were singing "Ka viva viva vit". We're all in our early 60's so the song was probably written or being played about the period of 5 years either side of 1950.

It was sung by a group, male and female in close harmony and had a bit of accordian in there and sounded a bit "Jo Stafford-ish". I can sing the tune all the way through but don't know the words and don't know the title. Do you have any idea what it could be called?

Here at the Turret we have no idea, maybe one of our users can help?

2 Feb 2010

dec 13 1947

Dec 13 1947

We assume that your question is what was the number 1 song on that date.

In Australia the number 1 song was "There's No Business Like Show Business" by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters.

But maybe you meant the number 1 in the USA?

Well there really wasn't a proper US music chart until the 1950s, but Billboard produced a variety of different charts starting in 1936. The number 1 record in the Billboard "Best Sellers in Stores" chart was:

"Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe

In the listing above where it says the song was "US 1 for 10 weeks - Dec 1947" that means it was the Billboard "Stores" number 1 for 10 weeks starting in December 1947.

13 Dec 2009

found a penny

This song was one I sang on the radio in a contest and it had 4 verses all ofwhich I had memorized; now I can't remember them or the proper name and which artist sang it.

We can't find a song with exactly that title, or any lyrics from that era that match exactly. Our closest matches are "The Dum-Dot Song", a version of which by Frank Sinatra reached number 21 in the US Billboard charts in Dec 1947 and "Penny" by The Pied Pipers that reached number 28 the same month.

Another possible candiadte would be "Penny Serenade" which was a hit in 1939 for various artists like Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye and Horace Heidt.

Rosemary Clooney had various hits which mention pennies but they were from the early 1950s.