List of number one country hits in the US (1947)

This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's Most Played Juke Box Folk Records (Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, etc.) in the United States in 1947. These charts are considered the predecessors of the Hot Country Songs introduced in 1958 . There were nine number one songs that year.

← 1946 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1948 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 28, 1946 - January 17, 1947 3 weeks (total of 13) 13 Merle Travis Divorce Me COD Cliffie Stone , Merle Travis - January 18, 1947 - January 24, 1947 1 week (total 1) 1 Ernest Tubb Rainbow at Midnight Lost John Miller - January 25, 1947 - January 31, 1947 1 week (total 14) 14th Merle Travis Divorce Me COD Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis - February 1, 1947 - February 7, 1947 1 week (total 2) 2 Ernest Tubb Rainbow at Midnight Lost John Miller - February 8, 1947 - May 16, 1947 14 weeks (total 14) 14th Merle Travis So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Cliffie Stone, Eddie Kirk, Merle Travis - May 17, 1947 - May 23, 1947 1 week (total 1) 1 Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) Sydney Nathan, Al Miller - May 24, 1947 - May 30, 1947 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys What Is Life Without Love Eddy Arnold, Owen Bradley , Vic McAlpin - May 31, 1947 - June 6, 1947 1 week (total 2) 2 Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) Sydney Nathan, Al Miller - June 7, 1947 - June 13, 1947 1 week (total 2) 2 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan Sugar Moon Bob Wills, Cindy Walker - June 14, 1947 - July 18, 1947 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys It's a Sin Fred Rose , Zeb Turner - July 19, 1947 - October 31, 1947 15 weeks (total of 15) 15th Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Merle Travis, Tex Williams - November 1, 1947 - November 7, 1947 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) Eddy Arnold, Hall Horton, Thomas C. Dilbeck - November 8, 1947 - November 14, 1947 1 week (16 total) 16 Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Merle Travis, Tex Williams - November 15, 1947 - December 26, 1947 6 weeks (total 7) 7th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) Eddy Arnold, Hall Horton, Thomas C. Dilbeck -
← 1946				→ 1948 →

See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1947)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Merle Travis - Divorce Me COD)
2. ↑ Discogs (Ernest Tubb - Rainbow at Midnight)
3. ↑ Discogs (Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed)
4. ↑ Discogs (Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys - New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde))
5. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - What Is Life Without Love)
6. ↑ Discogs (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan - Sugar Moon)
7. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - It's a Sin)
8. ↑ Discogs (Tex Williams & His Western Caravan - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette))
9. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms))