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Songs from the Year 1948

This page lists the top songs of 1948 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.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jun 1948 (32 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1948, US 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1948, Peel list 1 of 1947, US BB 4 of 1948, POP 7 of 1948, RYM 20 of 1948, Brazil 37 of 1948
2 Art Mooney I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jan 1948 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1948, US BB 1 of 1948, US 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1948, POP 1 of 1948, Brazil 82 of 1948
3 Nat King Cole Nature Boy 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1948 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1948, US 1 for 7 weeks May 1948, US BB 9 of 1948, RYM 9 of 1948, Brazil 13 of 1948, POP 17 of 1948, Europe 90 of the 1940s, Acclaimed 1793
4 Dinah Shore Buttons & Bows 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Sep 1948 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1948, US 1 for 10 weeks Nov 1948, US BB 3 of 1948, POP 3 of 1948, Brazil 27 of 1949, Europe 91 of the 1940s, RYM 102 of 1948
5 Kay Kyser The Woody Woodpecker Song 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jun 1948 (15 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1948, US 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1948, US BB 13 of 1948, POP 21 of 1948, Europe 76 of the 1940s, RYM 95 of 1948
6 Margaret Whiting A Tree in the Meadow 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jul 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1948, US 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1948, US BB 15 of 1948, POP 25 of 1948, Brazil 79 of 1949
7 Peggy Lee Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) 1948 US 1940s 1 - Jan 1948, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1948, US BB 8 of 1948, POP 8 of 1948, Brazil 11 of 1948, Europe 89 of the 1940s, RYM 139 of 1948
8 Spike Jones All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1948 (8 weeks), US 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1949, US BB 10 of 1948, POP 10 of 1948, US 1940s 17 - Nov 1948
9 Al Trace You Call Everybody Darlin' 1948 US 1940s 1 - Jun 1948, US 1 for 2 weeks Aug 1948, US BB 14 of 1948, POP 23 of 1948, Brazil 68 of 1948
10 Doris Day It's Magic 1948 US Bullfrog 2 - Jul 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jul 1948, US BB 7 of 1948, POP 15 of 1948, Brazil 31 of 1948, RYM 51 of 1948
11 Ken Griffin You Can't Be True, Dear 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1948, US BB 12 of 1948, POP 12 of 1948, Brazil 50 of 1948
12 Doris Day Love Somebody 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - May 1948 (24 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jun 1948, US BB 6 of 1948, POP 20 of 1948, RYM 50 of 1948
13 Jo Stafford & Gordon McRae My Darling, My Darling 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1948 (17 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1948, US BB 13 of 1949, POP 19 of 1949
14 Ella Fitzgerald My Happiness 1948 Peel list 2 of 1948, US Bullfrog 6 - Jun 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jul 1948, RYM 77 of 1948, Brazil 95 of 1949
15 Kay Kyser On a Slow Boat to China 1948 US Bullfrog 2 - Oct 1948 (20 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1948, Brazil 58 of 1949, Europe 69 of the 1940s
16 Bing Crosby Now Is The Hour 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jan 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jan 1948, Brazil 84 of 1948
17 Dick Haymes Little White Lies 1948 US Bullfrog 2 - Apr 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Apr 1948, Europe 50 of the 1940s, Brazil 77 of 1949
18 Russ Morgan So Tired 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Nov 1948 (25 weeks), Peel list 3 of 1948, US 1940s 4 - Nov 1948
19 Spike Jones William Tell Overture 1948 US Bullfrog 6 - Jun 1948 (15 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jun 1948, RYM 21 of 1948, Brazil 62 of 1949
20 Evelyn Knight Powder Your Face With Sunshine 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1948 (20 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Dec 1948
21 John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillun 1948 RYM 4 of 1948, Scrobulate 92 of blues, RIAA 332, Acclaimed 379
22 Art Mooney Baby Face 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Apr 1948 (15 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Apr 1948, Brazil 12 of 1949
23 The Pied Pipers My Happiness 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Jun 1948 (27 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jun 1948, Brazil 34 of 1949
24 Mahalia Jackson Move On Up a Little Higher 1948 US Bullfrog 21 - Jan 1948 (2 weeks), RYM 29 of 1948, RIAA 263, Acclaimed 718
25 Muddy Waters I Can't Be Satisfied 1948 RYM 1 of 1948, Scrobulate 13 of blues
26 Muddy Waters Feel Like Going Home 1948 RYM 1 of 1948, Scrobulate 43 of blues
27 Bob Hope Buttons & Bows 1948 Oscar in 1948, AFI 87
28 Freddy Martin Sabre Dance Boogie 1948 US Bullfrog 6 - Apr 1948 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Apr 1948, Brazil 77 of 1948
29 Margaret Whiting Far Away Places 1948 US Bullfrog 2 - Dec 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1949
30 Jon & Sondra Steele My Happiness 1948 US Bullfrog 2 - May 1948 (30 weeks), US 1940s 3 - May 1948
31 The Orioles It's Too Soon to Know 1948 RYM 5 of 1948, US Bullfrog 13 - Nov 1948 (7 weeks), Acclaimed 1046
32 Anne Vincent You Call Everybody Darlin' 1948 US Bullfrog 6 - Jul 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 13 - Aug 1948, Brazil 83 of 1949
33 Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight 1948 RYM 2 of 1948, POP 4 of 1948
34 Paula Watson A Little Bird Told Me 1948 US Bullfrog 6 - Nov 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Dec 1948, RYM 106 of 1948
35 Frank Sinatra Nature Boy 1948 US Bullfrog 7 - May 1948 (4 weeks), US 1940s 18 - Jun 1948, RYM 27 of 1948
36 Bing Crosby Now Is The Hour (that We Must Say Goodbye) 1948 US BB 11 of 1948, POP 19 of 1948, Europe 23 of the 1940s
37 Gordon Jenkins Maybe You'll Be There 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Jun 1948 (30 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1948
38 Louis Jordan Run Joe 1948 POP 16 of 1948, RYM 19 of 1948, US Bullfrog 23 - Aug 1948 (3 weeks)
39 Eddy Arnold Bouquet of Roses 1948 US Bullfrog 13 - Jun 1948 (27 weeks), RYM 56 of 1948, Brazil 98 of 1949
40 Gracie Fields Now Is The Hour 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Jan 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1948
41 The Andrews Sisters Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Apr 1948 (17 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Apr 1948
42 Spike Jones All I Want For Christmas is You 1948 US 1940s 1 - Dec 1948
43 Perry Como Because 1948 US Bullfrog 4 - Mar 1948 (18 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Mar 1948
44 Al Trace & His Orchestra You Call Everybody Darlin' 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Sep 1948 (24 weeks)
45 Dave Barbour & Orchestra Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) 1948 US Bullfrog 1 - Jan 1948 (21 weeks)
46 Elton Britt Riders in the Sky 1948 Peel list 1 of 1948
47 Dick Farney A Saudade Mata a Gente 1948 Brazil 1 of 1948
48 Woody Herman Sabre Dance 1948 US Bullfrog 3 - Mar 1948 (12 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Apr 1948
49 Freddy Martin On a Slow Boat to China 1948 US Bullfrog 4 - Nov 1948 (17 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Nov 1948
50 Sammy Kaye Lavender Blue 1948 US Bullfrog 4 - Dec 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1948

© 2007-8, Steve Hawtin et al. Generated 7 Oct 2008 18:08 GMT. This data may be freely copied provided that the source is acknowledged, a link to the tsort.info site is prominently incorporated and the version number is attached (this data is version 1.5.0054).