List of singles on the Billboard charts (1947)

Notes on using the list

This list contains musicians, titles and their composer (s), date of entry into the charts, length of stay in the charts and highest position (abbreviated HP ). The presetting is made alphabetically according to the artist. It can also be sorted by title, chart entry, length of stay, position and label.

The List of Singles on the Billboard Charts (1947) is a complete list of songs that made it onto the United States charts published by Billboard in the 1947 calendar year .

When setting up it should be noted that the A and B sides of a sound carrier could also be placed individually in the Billboard charts; in this case they are listed separately in this list. The information on the number of weeks and the best placement correspond to the timeframe of the respective calendar year and thus only represent partial statistics. This year a total of 93 songs were placed.

Nat King Cole, New York, circa June 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb

1947 was one of the last years in which the influence of big bands on pop music was still noticeable; they would hold out a few more years, but the singer as a soloist was usually firmly anchored at the top of the American charts. Names like Nat "King" Cole , Perry Como , Francis Craig ("Near You"), Freddy Martin , Sammy Kaye ("That's My Desire"), Frankie Laine , Andy Russell , Ted Weems ("Heartaches") and Tex Williams ( "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette") led the charts. Among the first 15 recordings on the charts, only Count Basie was an act in big band mode - although Basie could have recorded this recording of "Open the Door, Richard" with any lineup of musicians he could choose. The other 14 top songs were now all popular by the singer and not the band leader . for example "Chi-Baba Chi- Baba" (sung by Perry Como), "Huggin 'and Chalkin'" ( Hoagy Carmichael ), "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons" by the Nat "King" Cole Trio or "Feudin 'and Fightin'" “By Dorothy Shay . One of the most successful tracks of the year, however, was the nostalgic instrumental track "Peg O 'My Heart" by Jerry Murad ' s Harmonicats

One of the most successful songs of this year was the "Anniversary Song", which - although it never reached # 1 - was featured in numerous versions in the American charts in February and March of 1947, recorded by Al Jolson (Decca, 14 weeks, # 2 ), Tex Beneke / Glenn Miller Orchestra ( RCA Victor , 8 weeks, # 3), Guy Lombardo (Decca, 10 weeks, # 4), Dinah Shore (Columbia, 8 weeks, # 4), Andy Russell (Capitol, 2 weeks , # 5). Musicians like Django Reinhardt , Bing Crosby , Dennis Day and Patti Page covered him this year.

See also : List of Number One Hits in the USA (1947) , List of Singles on the Race Records Charts 1947, and List of Number One Hits on the Jukebox Folk Charts in the USA (1947)

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Interpreter	Title Author (s)	Chart entry	Weeks	HP	Label number	Remarks
The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Near You Francis Craig , Kermit Goell	10/11/1947	10	4th	Decca 24 171	Francis Craig (1900–1966), a pianist from Nashville, first presented the number on the small Bullet label (# 1001), which was soon covered by The Andrew Sisters and Larry Green & his Orchestra.
Count Basie & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Harry Edison & Bill Johnson	Open the door, Richard! John Mason, Don Howell, Jack McVea , Frank Clarke	02/15/1947	4th	1	Victor 20-2127
Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Garry Stevens & the Mello Larks	Anniversary Song (From the Columbia-Picture "The Jolson Story") Al Jolson , Saul Chaplin	03/01/1947	8th	3	Victor 20-2126	Version of the piece from the Columbia production The Jazz Singer .
Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by the Crew Chiefs	A Gal in Calico (From the Warner Bros.-Picture "The Time, Place and the Girl") Leo Robin , Arthur Schwartz	01/11/1947	4th	6th	Victor 20-1991	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Heaven full of violins (q946), in which the song is introduced by Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson and Sally Sweetland (as vocal double for Martha Vickers ).
Frankie Carle & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Marjorie Hughes	Rumors are Flying Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss	12/28/1946	3	8th	Columbia 37 069	The songs Oh, What It Seemed to Be and Rumors Are Flying consolidated the image of the Frankie Carle Orchestra.
Hoagy Carmichael & his Orchestra	Ole Buttermilk Sky (From the Picture "Canyon Passage") Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks	12/28/1946	8th	2	ARA 155	From the Universal Production Fire on the Horizon ; the version received an Oscar nomination for best song in 1947 .
Hoagy Carmichael with the Chickadees & Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Huggin 'and Chalkin Clancy Hayes , Kermit Goell	12/28/1946	10	2	Decca 23 675	In 1946, Carmichael worked with New Yorker Kermit Goell on Huggin 'and Chalkin', an upbeat novelty song that sang the praises of a lover named Rosabelle McGee.
Buddy Clark with Mitchell Ayres & his Orchestra	Peg o 'My Heart Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher	07/05/1947	7th	4th	Columbia 37 392	Cover version of the Broadway - Musical Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 wrote the song , the 1947 instrumental track became known worldwide.
Perry Como & the Satisfiers with Russ Case & his Orchestra	Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard , Dick Smith	12/28/1946	1	10	Victor 20-1968	an English song that is often sung around Christmas time. The music was composed by Felix Bernard (1897-1944), the text is by Richard B. Smith (1901-1935). The first recording was made in 1934 by Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra with Joey Nash.
Perry Como & the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer & his Orchestra	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) Mack David , Al Hoffman , Jerry Livingston	06/07/1947	12	1	Victor 20-2259	Como was a fixture on the Billboard Charts in 1947 with its three big hits Chi-Baba Chi Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) , When You Were Sweet Sixteen and I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now .
Perry Como & the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer & his Orchestra	When You Were Sweet Sixteen James Thornton	08/23/1947	12	2	Victor 20-2259	B-side of Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) .
Francis Craig & his Orchestra, Vocal by Bob Lamm	Near You Francis Craig, Kermit Goell	09/06/1947	16	1	Bullet 1001	Ranked # 1 on the Billboard list in December 1947 and the B-side of Red Rose . Bob Lamm did the singing. Although this was a huge hit, Francis Craig only had one more national hit single with his orchestra, Beg Your Pardon , a few months after Near You .
Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	White Christmas (1946) Irving Berlin	12/28/1946	6th	2	Decca 23 778	The poet Carl Sandburg wrote: "When we sing ['White Christmas'], we don't hate anyone."
Bing Crosby & Carmen Cavallaro at the Piano	How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You?) Carroll Lucas, Jack Owens	December 6, 1947	3	9	Decca 24 101	B-side of You Do .
Bing Crosby & Carmen Cavallaro at the Piano	You Do (From 20th Century Fox Picture "Mother Wore Tights") Mack Gordon , Josef Myrow	11/01/1947	6th	10	Decca 24 101	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production It began in Schneider's opera house .
Bing Crosby with The Calico Kids & John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra	A Gal in Calico (From Warner Bros.-Picture "The Time, Place and the Girl") Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin	01/18/1947	2	9	Decca 23 739	Version of the piece from the Warner Bros. production Heaven Full of Violins (1946, directed by David Butler ), in which the song is presented by Dennis Morgan , Jack Carson and Martha Vickers (represented by their vocal double Sally Sweetland ).
Bing Crosby with Fred Waring & the Glee Club	Whiffenpoof Song Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy, Tod B. Galloway	11/15/1947	5	7th	Decca 23 990	Singer Rudy Vallee had The Whiffenpoof Song when he was at Yale University , reworked the song and wrote a new piano arrangement for him. Still, Yale University management were unhappy with the song and rejected its offer to pay royalties.
Vic Damone with Jerry Gray & his Orchestra	I Have But One Heart Marty Symes, Johnny Farrow	08/30/1947	3	8th	Mercury 5053	B-side of Ivy , a song written by Hoagy Carmichael .
Dennis Day with Charles Dant & his Orchestra	Mam'selle (From the 20th Century Fox Picture "The Razor's Edge") Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding	05/03/1947	5	8th	Victor 20-2211	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Auf Messers Schneide , in which the song is presented in French by Robert Laurent .
Clark Dennis with Orchestra	Peg o 'My Heart Fred Fisher, Alfred Bryan	07/12/1947	1	10	Capitol 346	Peg O 'My Heart was the most successful single by the singer Clark Dennis. The song also appeared in versions by The Three Suns, Art Lund , Ted Weems and Buddy Clark .
Hal Derwin with Frank De Vol & his Orchestra	The Old Lamplighter Charles Tobias, Nat Simon	01/25/1947	1	10	Capitol 288	In its unforgettable lyric poetry, the song Old Lamp-Lighter addresses the fact that one is fed up with roaming the landscape and longing to return to the 'old people' in the south .
Dusty Fletcher with Jimmy Jones & his band	Open the door, Richard! - Part 1 Dusty Fletcher	02/08/1947	5	3	National 4012	With George Treadwell (tp), Dickie Harris (trb), Big Nick Nicholas (ts), Jimmy Jones (p), Al McKibbon (kb) and JC Heard (dr).
Arthur Godfrey with Archie Bleyer & his Orchestra	Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat For Me) Ross MacLean, Arthur Richardson	11/08/1947	7th	2	Columbia 37 921	"He couldn't sing, but his recording of Too Fat Polka ('I don't want it, you can have it, it's too fat for me') hit the pop charts in November 1947."
Larry Green & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Trio	Near You Kermit Goell, Francis Craig	October 18, 1947	10	3	Victor 20-2421
The Harmonicats	Peg o 'My Heart Fred Fisher, Alfred Bryan	04/26/1947	21st	1	Vitacoustic 1	"Peg O'My Heart" is from 1913; Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher wrote the title for the Ziegfeld Follies . The Harmonicats were sure to land a success with "Fantasie Impromptu" and took "Peg O'My Heart" on the B-side until a disc jockey noticed the piece, which was also used in the 1947 versions of The Three Suns and was popular as the vocal title of Buddy Clark .
Phil Harris & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by The Sportsmen	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Merle Travis , Tex Williams	08/23/1947	4th	8th	Victor 20-2370	Country musician Tex Williams and his band had recorded the novely song with borrowings from Talking Blues and provided a text that satirically dealt with smoking. “Smoke!” Became one of the most outstanding crossover hits of the year; he was at the top of the country charts for 16 weeks.
Dick Haymes with Mixed Quartet	I Wish I Didn't Love You So (From Paramount-Picture "The Perils of Pauline") Frank Loesser	11/08/1947	4th	9	Decca 23 977	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Pauline, Let Go of the Kissing (1947), in which the song was introduced by Betty Hutton .
Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra	How Are Things in Glocca Morra (From Musical Production "Finian's Rainbow") Burton Lane , EY Harburg	March 29, 1947	1	9	Decca 23 830	Ella Logan introduced the song in the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow . The song was also popular in 1947 versions by Buddy Clark , Bing Crosby, Dennis Day , Tommy Dorsey, and Gracie Fields ; and Mel Tormé & Page Cavanaugh Trio recorded the song at this time.
Dick Haymes with Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra	Mam'selle (Theme from French Cafe Scene, 20th Century Fox Picture "The Razor's Edge") Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon	05/03/1947	8th	4th	Decca 23 861	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Auf Messers Schneide .
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra	To Apple Blossom Wedding Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon	11/15/1947	1	14th	Majestic 1156	The romantic old-time song was on the B-side of Blue Tail Fly .
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons William Best, Deek Watson	01/18/1947	5	6th	Majestic 1071	In addition to the version by Eddy Howard, the ballad came in four other versions in the national pop charts, by the King Cole Trio, Charlie Spivak , Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Shore .
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder Daryl Hutchins	06/07/1947	13	3	Majestic 1124	The band leader and singer Eddy Howard continued the success of To Each His Own from the previous year with I Wonder in 1947, with which he was also accompanied by a vocal trio.
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra	My Adobe Hacienda Louise Massey, Lee Penny	04/12/1947	11	4th	Majestic 1117	My Adobe Hacienda hit the US pop charts in 1947 in the versions of Billy Williams , Eddy Howard, Kenny Baker , Louise Massey and The Dinning Sisters.
Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley & his Orchestra	I Wish I Didn't Love You So (From the Paramount Picture "Perils of Pauline") Frank Loesser	October 18, 1947	4th	6th	Capitol 409	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Pauline, stop kissing .
Red Ingle & The Natural Seven, Vocal by Cinderella G. Stump	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) Nacio Herb Brown , Arthur Freed	06/28/1947	13	2	Capitol 412	A humorous hillbilly number performed by Red Ingle & Jo Stafford (aka Cinderella G. Stump ). Red Ingle (1906-1965) was known for his comedy records with Spike Jones and his own Natural Seven records for Capitol .
Harry James & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Marion Morgan	Heartaches John Klenner , Al Hoffman	04/26/1947	3	8th	Columbia 37 305	Marion Morgan (born 1923) was an American singer who sang with Harry James from 1946 to 1949 before embarking on a solo career that flourished in the early 1950s. Heartaches (a 1933 hit for the Ted Weems Orchestra) was Harry James' last chart success.
Al Jolson with Morris Stoloff & his Orchestra	Anniversary Song (Featured in Columbia-Picture "The Jolson Story") Al Jolson, Saul Chaplin	02/15/1947	14th	2	Decca 23 714	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Der Jazzsänger . In the film, Jolson sings the song as a singing double for actor Larry Parks .
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five	Open the door, Richard! Jack McVea, Dan Howell, Dusty Fletcher, John Mason	03/15/1947	2	7th	Decca 23 841	By 947 a dozen others had covered the tune and Open the Door, Richard became a popular phrase nationwide . Louis Jordan's popular Jive version tells the story of a drunk: "That guy must have been filled with alcohol ... he was, he was disappointed, he was restless ... well, he was just drunk."
Danny Kaye & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his Orchestra	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) Carl Sigman , Bob Hilliard	11/22/1947	5	4th	Decca 23 940	" Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo), " as recorded by Danny Kaye and (again) the Andrews Sisters, hit the charts in November 1947 and told the story of a local who pokes fun at the uncivilized lifestyles of those who live in this ' civilization '.
The King Cole Trio	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Deek Watson, William Best	12/28/1946	9	1	Capitol 304	(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons , the successful number of the King Cole Trio made up of Nat Cole, Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller , was in the charts in six versions in 1946/47, alongside Cole by Ella Fitzgerald with the Delta Rhythm Boys , Charlie Spivak , Dinah Shore and Art Kassel .
The King Cole Trio with String Choir	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) Robert Wells , Mel Tormé	12/28/1946	1	7th	Capitol 311	“Who can forget when Nat King Cole sings about the chestnuts that roast on an open fire.” Bing Crosby, Les Brown , Benny Goodman , and Martha Tilton also had the song in their repertoire in 1946 .
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Michael Douglas & The Campus Kids	Ole Buttermilk Sky (From "Canyon Passage") Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks	12/28/1946	4th	3	Columbia 37 073	Version of the piece from the Universal production Fire on the Horizon . With Ole Buttermilk Sky , Kyser and co-author Hoagy Carmichael, Matt Dennis & Paul Weston , Helen Carroll and Conne Boswell were in the US charts.
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Mike Douglas & The Campus Kids	The Old Lamplighter Charles Tobias, Nat Simon	12/28/1946	7th	4th	Columbia 37 095	The singer Mike Douglas took Kyser next The Old Lamplighter and Ole Buttermilk Sky on.
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by the Campus Kids feat. Gloria Wood	Managua, Nicaragua Albert Gamse, Irving Fields	03/15/1947	2	9	Columbia 37 214
Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein 's All Stars	That's My Desire Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday	07/05/1947	4th	7th	Mercury 5007	Among others with Si Zentner (trombone), Babe Russin (tenor saxophone) and George Van Eps (guitar).
Elliot Lawrence & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Rosalind Patton	Near You Kermit Goell, Francis Craig	10/11/1947	2	9	Columbia 37 838
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour & his Orchestra	Golden Earrings (From the Paramount-Picture "Golden Earrings") Jay Livingston , Ray Evans , Victor Young	11/29/1947	4th	11	Capitol 15 009	Version of the track from the Paramount production Golden Earrings (1947, directed by Mitchell Leisen ), in which the song is introduced by Murvyn Vye .
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, Vocal Chorus by Kenny Gardner	Anniversary Song (From Columbia-Picture "The Jolson Story") Al Jolson, Saul Chaplin	02/22/1947	10	4th	Decca 23 799	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Der Jazzsänger .
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, & his Royal Canadians, Vocal Chorus by Don Rodney & the Lombardo Trio	I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder Daryl Hutchins	06/28/1947	7th	8th	Decca 23 865	The song was released around 1946 a. a. also covered by Louis Armstrong , Eddy Howard and Patti Page , 1960 by Elvis Presley .
Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, & his Royal Canadians, Vocal Chorus by Don Rodney & the Lombardo Trio	Managua - Nicaragua Irving Fields, Albert Gamse	02/22/1947	9	4th	Decca 23 782
Art Lund with Johnny Thompson & his Orchestra	And Mimi Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon	11/22/1947	1	14th	MGM 10 082	“–And Mimi” was the B-side of Liund's version of “Jealous,” a song by Dick Finch, Little Jack Little and Tommie Malie.
Art Lund with Johnny Thompson & his Orchestra	Mam'selle (Theme From the French Cafe Scene, 20th Century Fox Picture "The Razor's Edge") Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon	04/19/1947	11	1	MGM 10 011	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Auf Messers Schneide .
Art Lund with Johnny Thompson & his Orchestra	Peg o 'My Heart Fred Fisher, Alfred Bryan	06/28/1947	10	6th	MGM 10 037	Peg O'My Heart was the b-side of Art Lund's single Sleepy Time Gal , a song by Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan and Richard Whiting .
Freddy Martin & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Stuart Wade & Ensemble	Managua, Nicaragua Albert Gamse, Irving Fields	02/08/1947	11	1	Victor 20-2026
Jack McVea & his All Stars	Open the door, Richard! John Mason, Don Howell, Jack McVea, Frank Clarke	02/22/1947	2	7th	Black & White 792
Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Sugar Blues Clarence Williams , Lucy Fletcher	11/22/1947	1	15th	Capitol 448	Paul Weston's orchestra featured jazz musicians such as Ray Linn , Matty Matlock , Charles LaVere , Dave Barbour and Nick Fatool in Sugar Blues , a standard from the early 1920s .
The Mills Brothers	Across the Alley from the Alamo Joe Greene	05/24/1947	9	4th	Decca 23 863	The Fort Alamo was the subject of Across the Alley from the Alamo .
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra	Ballerina (dance, ballerina, dance) Bob Russell , Carl Sigman	11/08/1947	7th	1	Victor 20-2433	The song, a million dollar hit for Monroe, also hit the charts in 1947/48 in versions by Buddy Clark , Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra; 1957 Nat King Cole was again successful with ballerina .
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by the Moon Maids	How soon? (Will I Be Seeing You) Jack Owens, Carroll Lucas	11/22/1947	5	5	Victor 20-2523
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by the Moon Maids	I Wish I Didn't Love You So (From the Paramount Picture "Perils Of Pauline") Frank Loesser	09/20/1947	14th	2	Victor 20-2294	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Pauline, stop kissing .
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by the Moon Maids	Kokomo, Indiana (From the 20th Century Fox Picture "Mother Wore Tights") Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow	10/25/1947	1	10	Victor 20-2361	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production It began in Schneider's opera house (alternative title The loveliest parents in the world ), 1947, directed by Walter Lang , in which the song is presented by Betty Grable and Dan Dailey .
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by the Moon Maids	You Do (From the 20th Century Fox Picture "Mother Wore Tights") Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow	11/01/1947	7th	8th	Victor 20-2361	B-side of Kokomo, Indiana ; Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production It began in Schneider's opera house (1947), in which the song by Dan Dailey (with choir), Betty Grable (with quartet) and Mona Freeman (represented by her vocal double Imogene Lynn ) is presented.
Ray Noble & his Orchestra with Buddy Clark	I'll Dance at Your Wedding Herbert Magidson , Ben Oakland	December 20, 1947	1	12	Columbia 37 967	I'll Dance at Your Wedding was also recorded by Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour , Bing Crosby and The Rhythmaires, Jeanie Leitt & Billy Kyle Quartet in 1947/48 .
Ray Noble & his Orchestra with Buddy Clark	Linda Jack Lawrence	March 29, 1947	13	2	Columbia 37 215	The song was written in 1942; Jack Lawrence wrote it during his military service in World War II and loaned the title to the one-year-old daughter of his attorney Lee Eastman . His daughter was Linda Eastman McCartney, the future first wife of Beatle Paul McCartney .
Jack Owens with Eddie Ballantine & his Orchestra	How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) Jack Owens, Carroll Lucas	11/08/1947	7th	4th	Tower 1258
The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Mam'selle (Based on a Theme from the 20th Century Fox Picture "The Razor's Edge") Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding	05/10/1947	4th	9	Capitol 396	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Auf Messers Schneide .
Louis Prima & his Orchestra	Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman	11/15/1947	4th	10	Victor 20-2400
Alvino Rey & his Orchestra, Vocal by Jimmy Joyce	Near You Francis Craig, Kermit Goell	10/25/1947	1	9	Capitol 452
Andy Russell with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Anniversary Song (From the Columbia-Picture "The Jolson Story") Al Jolson, Saul Chaplin	March 22, 1947	2	5	Capitol 368	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Der Jazzsänger .
Dorothy Shay with Mischa Russell & his Orchestra	Feudin 'and Fightin' Al Dubin , Burton Lane	09/06/1947	11	4th	Columbia 37 189	Dorothy Shay (1921–1978) was an American comedy artist who was popular in the late 1940s and early 50s and later became an actress. It became known as "Park Avenue Hillbilly".
Dinah Shore with Orchestra	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Deek Watson, William Best	01/18/1947	4th	6th	Columbia 37 188
Dinah Shore with Morris Stoloff & his Orchestra	Anniversary Song (Based on a Theme by Ivanovici) (From "The Jolson Story") Al Jolson, Saul Chaplin	03/08/1947	8th	4th	Columbia 37 234	Version of the piece from the Columbia production Der Jazzsänger .
Dinah Shore with Sonny Burke & his Orchestra	I Wish I Didn't Love You So (From "The Perils Of Pauline") Frank Loesser	10/25/1947	3	8th	Columbia 37 506	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Pauline, Stop Kissing (1947, directed by George Marshall ), in which the song is introduced by Betty Hutton .
Dinah Shore with Sonny Burke & his Orchestra	You Do (From "Mother Wore Tights") Frank Loesser	11/15/1947	13	3	Columbia 37 587	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production It began in Schneider's opera house .
Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra	Mam'selle (Theme From French Cafe Scene in "The Razor's Edge") Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding	05/17/1947	4th	6th	Columbia 37 343	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production Auf Messers Schneide .
Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & his Orchestra	White Christmas (From "Holiday Inn") Irving Berlin	01/04/1947	1	8th	Columbia 36 756	Version of the piece from the Paramount production Musik, Musik .
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Saunders	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons Deek Watson, William Best	01/18/1947	4th	7th	Victor 20-1981	With (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons in 1947, Nat Cole, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee and Dinah Shore were particularly successful.
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra, Vocal Refrain by Tommy Mercer	Linda Jack Lawrence	04/05/1947	9	6th	Victor 20-2047	Charlie Spivak's version of the Ray Noble / Buddy Clark hit.
Jo Stafford with the Starlighters & Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Feudin 'and Fightin' Al Dubin, Burton Lane	October 18, 1947	1	10	Capitol 443	Bing Crosby (with Bob Haggart 's Orchestra), Doris Day and Dorothy Shay also recorded the song in 1947.
Jo Stafford & Chorus with Paul Weston & his Orchestra	Serenade of the Bells Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart, Alfred Urbano	December 20, 1947	1	12	Capitol 15 007
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye , Vocal Refrain by Billy Williams & Choir	The Old Lamplighter Charles Tobias, Nat Simon	12/28/1946	8th	1	Victor 20-1963	A nostalgic song of traditional pop: " He made the night a little brighter / Wherever he would go / The old lamplighter / Of long, long ago "
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell & the Glee Club	To Apple Blossom Wedding Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon	October 18, 1947	4th	6th	Victor 20-2330	In its review at the time, the Billboard praised "Don Cornell's sweet baritone , framed by the vocal harmonies of the Glee Club [...]"
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell & The Kaydets	That's My Desire Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa	06/21/1947	17th	3	Victor 20-2251
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell, The Kaydets & Choir	Serenade of the Bells Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart, Alfred Urbano	11/15/1947	5	12	Victor 20-2372	Even Gene Autry , Kay Kyser (with Harry Babbitt & the Campus Kids), Tony Martin, Bob Houston and Jo Stafford took the song to the 1947th
The Three Flames , Vocal by Tiger Haynes	Open the Door, Richard Jack McVea, Frank Clark, Dan Howell	02/22/1947	3	4th	Columbia 37 268
The Three Suns	Peg o 'My Heart Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher	06/28/1947	16	2	Victor 20-2272	he group The Three Suns was founded in 1939 by the brothers Al Nevins (guitar) and Morty Nevins (accordion) and their cousin, radio and vaudeville veteran Artie Dunn (vocals, electronic organ).
Ted Weems & his Orchestra, Vocal by Bob Edwards, Whistling by Elmo Tanner	Mickey Neil Moret, Harry Williams	11/15/1947	2	10	Mercury 5062	Version of a song from 1918
Ted Weems & his Orchestra, Whistling by Elmo Tanner	Heartaches John Klenner, Al Hoffman	03/08/1947	16	1	Decca 25 017
Ted Weems & his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Perry Como & Vocal Ensemble	I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Joe E. Howard, Will M. Hough, Frank R. Adams	08/30/1947	11	3	Decca 25 078	The songwriting team Howard, Orlob, Hough and Adams wrote the song for the musical The Prince of Tonight .
Paul Weston & his Orchestra with Matt Dennis	Ole Buttermilk Sky (From the Universal-Picture "Canyon Passage") Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks	01/04/1947	2	10	Capitol 285	Version of the play from the Universal production Feuer am Horizont (1946, directed by Jacques Tourneur ), with Dana Andrews , Brian Donlevy and Susan Hayward in the leading roles.
Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol & his Orchestra	You Do (From the 20th Century Fox Picture "Mother Wore Tights") Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow	11/01/1947	6th	9	Capitol 438	Version of the piece from the 20th Century Fox production It began in Schneider's opera house .
Margaret Whiting with Jerry Gray & his Orchestra	Guilty Harry Akst , Gus Kahn , Margaret Whiting	03/15/1947	3	6th	Capitol 324	The song from 1931, first recorded by Bing Crosby and Ruth Etting , was best known through the versions of Margaret Whiting (Richard Whitings daughter) and Johnny Desmond (both 1946); the latter hit the Billboard Popchart at # 12.
Tex Williams & his Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Merle Tavis, Tex Williams	07/26/1947	12	1	Capitol 40 001

Web links

• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Popular Songs of 1947 at PopularSong.org
2. ↑ Top 47 Songs of 1947 - Billboard Year End Charts
3. ^ ^{A b} Don Tyler: Music of the Postwar Era . Westport: Greenwood Press 2008, p. 44
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Tom Lord : Jazz Discography (online)
5. ↑ Maury Dean: Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia , New York: Algora Publ. 2003, p. 490
6. ↑ The sky is full of violins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
7. ↑ Gene Catrambone: The golden touch: Frankie Carle . Libra Publishers, 1981, p. 191
8. ^ Richard Sudhalter : Stardust Melody: the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael , Oxford University Press 2002, p. 258
9. ↑ Malcolm Macfarlane, Ken Crossland: Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record . 2014, p. 54.
10. ^ Gary Giddins : Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 . Little, Brown, 2018
11. ↑ The sky is full of violins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
12. ↑ Michael Pitts, Frank Hoffmann, Dick Carty, Jim Bedoian: he Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Valle . Lanham, Scaregrow 2001.
13. ↑ Thomas S. Hischak: The Tin Pan Alley song Encyclopedia . Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 274
14. ^ John Dunning: On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio . New York: Oxford University Press 1998, p. 45.
15. ↑ Instrumentation guitar, accordion, organ
16. ↑ U. a. with Manny Klein (trumpet), Smokey Rogers (guitar).
17. ↑ Rich Kienzle: Southwest Shuffle - Pioneers of Honky-Tonk Western Swing and Country Jazz . New York: Routledge 2003.
18. ↑ Pauline, let kissing be in the Internet Movie Database (English)
19. ↑ ^{a b} Don Tyler: Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era . Jefferson (NC) & London: McFarland & Co. 2007
20. ↑ Don Cusic: The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles . Jefferson (NC), McFarland & Co. 2011.
21. ↑ The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950, Three volumes, by Roger Davis Kinkle (1916–2000), Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, NY (1974)
22. ↑ jazz singer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
23. ↑ Ronald L. Smith: Comedy Stars at 78 RPM: Biographies and Discographies of 89 American and British Recording Artists, 1896-1946 . McFarland, 1998
24. ^ David Brackett: Categorizing Sound: Genre and Twentieth-Century Popular Music . University of California Press 2016, p. 224.
25. ↑ The title is not to be confused with For Sentimental Reasons , written by Al Sherman, Edward Heyman, and Abner Silber.
26. ^ ^{A b} Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
27. ↑ Ace Collins: More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas . Zondervan 2009
28. ↑ Radio recording December 22, 1946 Meet Me At Parky's orchestra directed by Opie Cates.
29. ↑ Billboard December 21, 1946, p. 25, Billboard January 4, 1947, p. 19
30. ^ Laura Avery: Newsmakers: The People Behind Today's Headlines. 2007 cumulation. Thomson Gale, 2008
31. ↑ Golden Earrings in the Internet Movie Database (English)
32. ↑ Art Lund - Jealous / - And Mimi at Discogs
33. ↑ Art Lund - Sleepy Time Gal / Peg O 'My Heart at Discogs
34. ↑ See Wanted Dead Or Alive: The American West in Popular Culture , edited by Richard Aquila (1996), p. 211
35. ↑ ^{a b} The loveliest parents in the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
36. ^ " Linda McCartney, 56, Photographer of Rock Stars, " obituary by Allan Kozinn in the New York Times , 1998
37. ↑ Pauline, let kissing be in the Internet Movie Database (English)
38. ^ Billboard August 23, 1947
39. ↑ fire on the horizon in the Internet Movie Database (English)