List of the best-selling singles in the USA (1947)
This is a list of the top-selling singles on Billboard magazine's Best Sellers in Stores chart in the United States in 1947.
| rank | Interpreter | Title & composer | Label & catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Craig Orchestra (voc. Bob Lamm) | " Near You " (Francis Craig & Kermit Goell) - B-Side: "Red Rose" | Bullet 1001 |
| 2 | The Harmonicats | Peg o 'My Heart (Alfred Bryan & Fred Fisher) - B-Side: "Fantasy Impromptu" | Vitacoustic 1 |
| 3 | Ted Weems Orchestra & Almo Tanner | "Heartaches" (Al Hoffman & Al Kiener) - Decca B-side: "Oh Monah"; Victor B-side: "Piccolo Pete" | Decca 23017 & Victor 20-2175 |
| 4th | Ray Noble Orchestra (voc. Buddy Clark ) | "Linda" (Mack Gordon & Edmund Goulding) - B-Side: "Love Is A Random Thing" | Columbia 37215 |
| 5 | Tex Williams Western Caravan | "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" (Merle Travis & Tex Williams) - B-Side: "Round-Up Polka" | Capitol Americana 40001 |
| 6th | Vaughn Monroe & The Vaughn Monroe - Moon Maids | "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" (Frank Loesser) - B-Side: "Tallahassee" | Victor 20-2294 |
| 7th | Al Jolson & Morris Stoloff Orchestra | "Anniversary Song" (Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin) - B-Side: "Avalon" | Decca 23714 |
| 8th | Larry Green Orchestra | "Near You" (Francis Craig & Kermit Goell) - B-Side: "Pic-A-Nic-In" | Victor 20-2421 |
| 9 | Sammy Kaye Orchestra ( voc.Don Cornell & The Kaydets) | "That's My Desire" (Carroll Loveday & Helmy Kress) - B-Side: "The Red Silk Stockings And The Green Perfums" | Victor 20-2551 |
| 10 | Vaughn Monroe | "Ballerina" (Bob Russell & Carl Sigman ) - B-Side: "The Stars Will Remember" | Victor 20-2433 |
| 11 | Freddy Martin & Stuart Wade Ensemble | "Managua, Nicaragua" (Albert Gamse & Irving Fields) - B-Side: "Heaven Knows When" | Victor 20-2026 |
| 12 | Art Lund & Johnny Thompson Orchestra | "Mam'selle" (Mack Gordon & Edmund Goulding) - B-Side: " Sleepy Time Gal " | MGM 10011 |
| 13 | Perry Como , The Satisfiers & Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra | "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" (Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston) - B-Side: "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" | Victor 20-2259 |
| 14th | Red Ingle Natural Seven & Jo Stafford as Cinderella G. Stump | "Timtayshun" - B-Side: "(I Love You) For Seventy Mental Reasons" | Capitol 412 |
| 15th | Ted Weems Orchestra & Perry Como | " I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now " (James Thornton) - B-Side: " That Old Gang of Mine " | Decca 25076 & Victor 20-2315 |
| 16 | The Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen Orchestra | "Near You" (Francis Craig & Kermit Goell) - B-Side: "How Lucky You Are" | Decca 24171 |
| 17th | Sammy Kaye Orchestra (voc. Billy Williams & choir) | "The Old Lamplighter" (Charles Tobias & Nat Simon) - B-Side: "Touch-Me-Not" | Victor 20-1963 |
| 18th | Perry Como, The Satisfiers & Floyd Shaffer Orchestra | "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" (James Thornton) - B-Side: "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" | Victor 20-2259 |
| 19th | Jack Owens & Eddie Ballantine Orchestra | "How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)?" (Jack Owens & Carrol Lucas) - B-Side: " Begin the Beguine " | Tower 1258 |
| 20th | Arthur Godfrey & Archie Bleyer Orchestra | "Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat For Me)" (Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson) - B-Side: "For Me And My Gal" | Columbia 37921 |