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Songs from the Year 1948

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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 few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.

During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover	1948	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1948 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jan 1948, US BB 1 of 1948, US 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1948, Australia 1 for 1 months Nov 1948, POP 1 of 1948, Brazil 7 of 1949
2	Nat King Cole	Nature Boy	1948	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1948 (18 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1948, US 1 for 7 weeks May 1948, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, US BB 9 of 1948, RYM 9 of 1948, Brazil 13 of 1948, POP 17 of 1948, Europe 90 of the 1940s, Acclaimed 1793
3	Dinah Shore	Buttons & Bows	1948	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1948 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1948, US 1 for 10 weeks Nov 1948, Australia 1 for 12 weeks Jan 1949, US BB 3 of 1948, POP 3 of 1948, Brazil 27 of 1949, Europe 91 of the 1940s, RYM 102 of 1948
4	Pee Wee Hunt	Twelfth Street Rag	1948	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1948 (32 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jul 1948, US 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1948, Peel list 1 of 1948, US BB 4 of 1948, POP 7 of 1948, RYM 20 of 1948, Brazil 37 of 1948
5	Kay Kyser	The Woody Woodpecker Song	1948	US Billboard 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	Al Trace	You Call Everybody Darlin'	1948	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1948 (24 weeks), 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
7	Margaret Whiting	A Tree in the Meadow	1948	US Billboard 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
8	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
9	Bing Crosby	Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)	1948	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1948 (23 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 months Oct 1948, US 1940s 2 - Jan 1948, POP 19 of 1948, Europe 23 of the 1940s, Brazil 84 of 1948
10	Spike Jones	All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth	1948	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1948 (8 weeks), US 1 for 1 week Jan 1949, US BB 10 of 1948, POP 10 of 1948, US 1940s 17 - Nov 1948
11	Kay Kyser	On a Slow Boat to China	1948	Australia 1 for 6 weeks May 1949, US Billboard 2 - Oct 1948 (20 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Oct 1948, Brazil 58 of 1949, Europe 69 of the 1940s
12	Doris Day	It's Magic	1948	US Billboard 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
13	Ken Griffin	You Can't Be True, Dear	1948	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1948, US BB 12 of 1948, POP 12 of 1948, Brazil 50 of 1948
14	Doris Day	Love Somebody	1948	US Billboard 1 - May 1948 (24 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jun 1948, US BB 6 of 1948, POP 20 of 1948, RYM 50 of 1948
15	Evelyn Knight	Powder Your Face With Sunshine	1948	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1948 (20 weeks), Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1949, US 1940s 3 - Dec 1948
16	John Lee Hooker	Boogie Chillun	1948	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, RYM 4 of 1948, Scrobulate 92 of blues, RIAA 332, Acclaimed 379
17	Thelonious Monk	Round About Midnight	1948	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993, RYM 18 of 1948, RIAA 37, Scrobulate 100 of jazz, Acclaimed 281
18	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up a Little Higher	1948	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, US Billboard 21 - Jan 1948 (2 weeks), RYM 29 of 1948, RIAA 263, Acclaimed 718
19	Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae	My Darling, My Darling	1948	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1948 (17 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Nov 1948, US BB 13 of 1949, POP 19 of 1949
20	Ella Fitzgerald	My Happiness	1948	Peel list 2 of 1948, US Billboard 6 - Jun 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jul 1948, RYM 77 of 1948, Brazil 95 of 1949
21	Gracie Fields	Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)	1948	Australia 1 for 1 months Oct 1948, US Billboard 3 - Jan 1948 (21 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1948
22	Dick Haymes	Little White Lies	1948	US Billboard 2 - Apr 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Apr 1948, Europe 50 of the 1940s, Brazil 77 of 1949
23	T-Bone Walker Quintet	Stormy Monday	1948	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991, RYM 3 of 1948, Acclaimed 617
24	Perry Como	Ramblin' Rose	1948	Australia 1 for 5 weeks Apr 1949, US Billboard 18 - Jul 1948 (14 weeks), US 1940s 18 - Aug 1948
25	Russ Morgan	So Tired	1948	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1948 (25 weeks), Peel list 3 of 1948, US 1940s 4 - Nov 1948
26	Spike Jones	William Tell Overture	1948	US Billboard 6 - Jun 1948 (15 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jun 1948, RYM 21 of 1948, Brazil 62 of 1949
27	Art Mooney	Baby Face	1948	US Billboard 3 - Apr 1948 (15 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Apr 1948, Brazil 12 of 1949
28	The Pied Pipers	My Happiness	1948	US Billboard 3 - Jun 1948 (27 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jun 1948, Brazil 34 of 1949
29	Francis Craig	I Beg Your Pardon	1948	US Billboard 3 - Jan 1948 (20 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jan 1948, Brazil 98 of 1948
30	Muddy Waters	I Can't Be Satisfied	1948	RYM 1 of 1948, Scrobulate 13 of blues
31	Gene Autry	Buttons & Bows	1948	Australia 1 for 12 weeks Jan 1949, US Billboard 17 - Nov 1948 (3 weeks)
32	Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters	Teresa	1948	Australia 1 for 1 week Jan 1949, US Billboard 21 - Mar 1948 (1 weeks)
33	The Ink Spots	Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart	1948	Australia 1 for 2 weeks Aug 1949, US Billboard 22 - Nov 1948 (2 weeks)
34	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	1948	Australia 1 for 3 weeks May 1951, US Billboard 30 - Apr 1948 (1 weeks)
35	Muddy Waters	Feel Like Going Home	1948	RYM 1 of 1948, Scrobulate 43 of blues
36	Bob Hope	Buttons & Bows	1948	Oscar in 1948, AFI 87
37	Freddy Martin	Sabre Dance Boogie	1948	US Billboard 6 - Apr 1948 (11 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Apr 1948, Brazil 77 of 1948
38	Margaret Whiting	Far Away Places	1948	US Billboard 2 - Dec 1948 (23 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jan 1949
39	Jon & Sondra Steele	My Happiness	1948	US Billboard 2 - May 1948 (30 weeks), US 1940s 3 - May 1948
40	Doris Day & Buddy Clark	My Darling, My Darling	1948	US Billboard 7 - Nov 1948 (13 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1948, RYM 52 of 1948
41	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	1948	RYM 5 of 1948, US Billboard 13 - Nov 1948 (7 weeks), Acclaimed 1046
42	Anne Vincent	You Call Everybody Darlin'	1948	US Billboard 6 - Jul 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 13 - Aug 1948, Brazil 83 of 1949
43	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	1948	RYM 2 of 1948, POP 4 of 1948
44	Paula Watson	A Little Bird Told Me	1948	US Billboard 6 - Nov 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Dec 1948, RYM 106 of 1948
45	Frank Sinatra	Nature Boy	1948	US Billboard 7 - May 1948 (4 weeks), US 1940s 18 - Jun 1948, RYM 27 of 1948
46	The Andrews Sisters & Carmen Miranda	Cuanto La Gusta	1948	US Billboard 12 - Oct 1948 (14 weeks), US 1940s 12 - Nov 1948, Brazil 49 of 1949
47	Gordon Jenkins	Maybe You'll Be There	1948	US Billboard 3 - Jun 1948 (30 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jun 1948
48	Louis Jordan	Run Joe	1948	POP 16 of 1948, RYM 19 of 1948, US Billboard 23 - Aug 1948 (3 weeks)
49	Doris Day	Confess	1948	US Billboard 16 - Jun 1948 (11 weeks), US 1940s 16 - Aug 1948, RYM 50 of 1948
50	Margaret Whiting	Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)	1948	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1948 (16 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Feb 1948

Previous Comments

27 May 2009

#16 : McRae should be MacRae

You are correct, all the entries for Gordon MacRae have been corrected, thank you.