Editing 1947 in music (section)

==Top popular records of 1947==

For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page. 

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Hot100]] was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are  combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "[[A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin]]" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Francis Craig|Francis Craig and His Orchestra]] || "[[Near You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Rose; Near You |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_665488 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en}}</ref> || Bullet 1001 || {{Start date|1947|2}} || {{Start date|1947|3}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 1, US no. 1 for 17 weeks, 25 total weeks, 657 points, sold 2.5 million
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| 2 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems and His Orchestra]] || "[[Heartaches (song)|Heartaches]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 1444. Heartaches / Ted Weems Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000267867/DLA_1444-Heartaches |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 25017 || {{Start date|1938|8|23}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 2, US no. 1 for 13 weeks, 20 total weeks, 643 points
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| 3 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra]] || "[[Ballerina (Sidney Keith Russell and Carl Sigman song)|Ballerina]]"<ref name=Victor200>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 20-prefix 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-2000 through 20-2500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA202000.htm |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-2433 || {{Start date|1947|8|12}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 3, US no. 1 for 10 weeks, 22 total weeks, 589 points
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| 4 || [[The Harmonicats]] || "[[Peg o' My Heart]]"<ref>{{Citation |last1=The Harmonicats |title=Peg o' My Heart|date=1947 |url=http://archive.org/details/78_peg-o-my-heart_the-harmonicats-fisher-bryan_gbia0315378a |others=Internet Archive |publisher=VITAcoustic|access-date=2022-08-11 |last2=Fisher |last3=Bryan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=VITAcoustic – The 78 rpm Club |url=https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/,%20https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/,%20https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=de-DE}}</ref> || Vitacoustic 1 || {{Start date|1947|3}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 4, US no. 1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 452 points
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| 5 || [[Buddy Clark]] ([[Ray Noble|Ray Noble Orchestra]]) || "[[Linda (1946 song)|Linda]]"<ref name=Columbia370>{{Cite web |title=Columbia (USA) 37000-37500 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37000.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 37215 || {{Start date|1946|11|15}} || {{Start date|1947|2}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 5, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, 381 points, CashBox no. 4
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| 6 || [[Tex Williams|Tex Williams and The Western Caravan]] || "[[Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)]]"<ref name=Capitol40000>{{Cite web |title=78rpm Numerical Listing Discography for Capitol 40000: Americana |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol40000.htm |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 40001 || {{Start date|1947|3|27}} || {{Start date|1947|5|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 no. 3, USHB no. 1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks, 358 points
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| 7 || [[The Three Suns]] || "Peg O' My Heart"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix D7VB-0286. Peg o' my heart / Three Suns – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300008495/D7VB-0286-Peg_o_my_heart |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-2272 || {{Start date|1947|4|25}} || {{Start date|1947|5|15}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 7, US no. 1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 326 points
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| 8 || [[Arthur Godfrey]] || "[[Too Fat Polka|Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)]]"<ref name=Columbia375>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37500–38000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 37921 || {{Start date|1947|8}} || {{Start date|1947|9|29}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 8, US no. 2 for 8 weeks, 18 total weeks, 320 points
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| 9 || [[Perry Como]] (Ted Weems Orchestra)|| "[[I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 66725. I wonder who's kissing her now / Ted Weems Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000294838/66725-I_wonder_whos_kissing_her_now |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 25078 || {{Start date|1939|10|5}} || {{Start date|1947|6}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 9, US no. 1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 283 points
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| 10 || [[Freddy Martin|Freddy Martin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Managua, Nicaragua (song)|Managua, Nicaragua]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2026 || {{Start date|1946}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 10, US no. 1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 239 points, CashBox no. 4
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| 11 || [[Eddy Howard|Eddy Howard and His Orchestra]] || "I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder"<ref name=Majestic>{{Cite web |title=MAJESTIC 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Majestic.htm |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Majestic 1124 || {{Start date|1947|4}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 11, US no. 2 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 237 points, CashBox no. 4
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| 12 || [[Hoagy Carmichael]] || "Huggin' and Chalkin'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4267. A-huggin' and a-chalkin' / Hoagy Carmichael – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270690/L_4267-A-huggin_and_a-chalkin |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23675 || {{Start date|1946|8|19}} || {{Start date|1946|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 12, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 218 points, CashBox no. 3, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
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| 13 || [[Art Lund]] || "[[Mam'selle]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000–10500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/MGM10000.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || MGM 10011 || {{Start date|1947|2|20}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} ||US Billboard 1947 no. 13, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 216 points
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| 14 || Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra || "I Wish I Didn't Love You So"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2294 || {{Start date|1946|11|8}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 14, US no. 2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 202 points
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| 15 || Jack Owens || "How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)"<ref>{{Citation |last1=Jack Owens |title=How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) |date=1947 |url=http://archive.org/details/78_how-soon-will-i-be-seeing-you_jack-owens-eddie-ballantine-and-his-orchestra-owens_gbia0004891a |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Tower |language=English |access-date=2022-08-11 |last2=Eddie Ballantine and his Orchestra |last3=Owens |last4=Lucas}}</ref> || Tower 1258 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 15, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 201 points
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| 16 || Eddy Howard and His Orchestra || "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]"<ref name=Majestic/> || Majestic 1117 || {{Start date|1947|1}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 16, US no. 2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 193 points, CashBox no. 4
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| 17 || [[Sammy Kaye|Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Don Cornell]]) || "[[That's My Desire]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2251 || {{Start date|1947|4}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 17, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks, 193 points
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| 18 || [[Red Ingle|Red Ingle and The Natural Seven]] vocal by [[Jo Stafford|Cinderella G Stump]] || "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)"<ref name=Capitol>{{Cite web |title=Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 412 || {{Start date|1947|3|14}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 18, US no. 1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 no. 7, USHB no. 2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks, 190 points
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| 19 || Perry Como || "[[When You Were Sweet Sixteen]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2259 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 19, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 183 points
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| 20 || Buddy Clark ([[Mitchell Ayres|Mitchell Ayres Orchestra]]) || "Peg O' My Heart"<ref name=Columbia370/> || Columbia 37392 || {{Start date|1947|4|25}} || {{Start date|1947|7|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 20, US no. 1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 165 points
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| 21 || Perry Como || "[[Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2259 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 21, US no. 1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 160 points
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| 22 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "Anniversary Song"<ref name=Columbia370/> || Columbia 37234 || {{Start date|1947|2|12}} || {{Start date|1947|3|25}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 22, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 158 points
|}

===Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records===

The following songs appeared in [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|The Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records]] chart, starting November 1946 through November 1947. Each week ten points were awarded to the number one record, then four points for number two, three points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Also see [[Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73644. Ain't nobody here but us chickens / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301861/73644-Aint_nobody_here_but_us_chickens |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23741 || {{Start date|1946|6|26}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 1, Race Records chart no. 1 for 17 weeks, 27 total weeks, 199 points
|-
| 2 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Boogie Woogie Blue Plate]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73882. Boogie woogie blue plate / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302099/73882-Boogie_woogie_blue_plate |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24104 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|8}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 205, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 2, Race Records chart no. 1 for 14 weeks, 25 total weeks, 168 points
|-
| 3 || [[Julia Lee (musician)|Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends]] || "[[(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40028 || {{Start date|1947|6|11}} || {{Start date|1947|9}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 287, US pop charts no. 24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 3, Race Records chart no. 1 for 12 weeks, 28 total weeks, 168 pointsselling over 500,000 copies
|-
| 4 || [[Savannah Churchill]] and the Sentimentalists (aka [[The Four Tunes]]) || "[[I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manor 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Manor.htm |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Manor 1046 || {{Start date|1946|11}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 236, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 4, Race Records chart no. 1 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 127 points
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| 5 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Jack, You're Dead]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73718. Jack you're dead / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301935/73718-Jack_youre_dead |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23901 || {{Start date|1946|10|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 200, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 5, US no. 1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 108 points
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| 6 || [[Eddie Vinson|Eddie Vinson and His Orchestra]] || "[[Old Maid Boogie]]"<ref name=Mercury080>{{Cite web |title=Mercury 8000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Merc080.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Mercury 8028 || {{Start date|1946|11|15}} || {{Start date|1947|2}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, 79 points
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| 7 || [[Nellie Lutcher|Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm]] || "[[He's a Real Gone Guy]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40017 || {{Start date|1947|4|30}} || {{Start date|1947|9}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 160, US pop charts no. 15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 7, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 53 points
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| 8 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)|Let The Good Times Roll]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73645. Let the good times roll / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301862/73645-Let_the_good_times_roll |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23741 || {{Start date|1946|6|26}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 8, US no. 2 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 52 points
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| 9 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Texas and Pacific (song)|Texas and Pacific]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73717. Texas and Pacific / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301934/73717-Texas_and_Pacific |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23810 || {{Start date|1946|10|10}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 197, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 9, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 49 points
|-
| 10 || Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm || "[[Hurry on Down (Nellie Lutcher song)|Hurry on Down]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40002 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|7}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 196, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 10, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 18 total weeks, 39 points
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| 11 || [[Johnny Moore's Three Blazers]] (vocal [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]]) || "[[New Orleans Blues (Johnny Moore song)|New Orleans Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Exclusive.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Exclusive 240 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 11, US no. 2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 32 points
|-
| 12 || [[Lionel Hampton|Lionel Hampton and His Hamptonians]] || "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73843. I want to be loved / Lionel Hampton Quintet – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302060/73843-I_want_to_be_loved |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23879 || {{Start date|1947|4|2}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 12, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 25 points
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| 13 || [[Mills Brothers]] || "[[Across the Alley from the Alamo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73811. Across the alley from the Alamo / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302028/73811-Across_the_alley_from_the_Alamo |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23863 || {{Start date|1947|3|3}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 30, US pop charts no. 2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 13, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 24 points
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| 14 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Open the Door, Richard!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4351. Open the door Richard / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270774/L_4351-Open_the_door_Richard |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23841 || {{Start date|1947|1|23}} || {{Start date|1947|3|25}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 66, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 14, Race Records chart no. 2 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks, 21 points
|-
| 15 || [[Frankie Laine]] and [[Mannie Klein|Mannie Klein's All Stars]] || "[[That's My Desire]]"<ref name=Mercury080/> || Mercury 5007 || {{Start date|1946|8|27}} || {{Start date|1946|12|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 44, US pop charts no. 4 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 15, Race Records chart no. 3 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 20 points
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| 16 || [[Jack McVea]] and His All-Stars || "Open The Door, Richard!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black and White 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/BlackandWhite.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || [[Black & White Records|Black & White 792]] || {{Start date|1946|9|15}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 64, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 16, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points
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| 17 || [[Dusty Fletcher]] || "Open The Door, Richard (Part 1)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=National 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/NationalLate.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || National 4012 || {{Start date|1947|1|4}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 50, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 17, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points
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| 18 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Early in the Mornin' (Louis Jordan song)|Early In The Mornin']]'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73885. Early in the mornin' / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302102/73885-Early_in_the_mornin |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24155 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 18, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 19 points
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| 19 || [[Erskine Hawkins]] || "Hawk's Boogie"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2169 || {{Start date|1946|10|7}} || {{Start date|1947|3}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 19, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 18 points
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| 20 || Annie Laurie with [[Paul Gayten]] Trio || "[[Since I Fell for You]]" || DeLuxe 1082 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|7}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 198, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 20, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 18 points
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| 21 || [[Count Basie|Count Basie and His Orchestra]] || "Open The Door, Richard!"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2127 || {{Start date|1947|1|3}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 29, US pop charts no. 1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 21, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 15 points
|}