Billboard year-end top singles of 1948
This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1948 according to retail sales.[1]
No. (Rank) | Title | Artist(s) |
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1 (1) | "Twelfth Street Rag" | Pee Wee Hunt |
2 (2) | "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" | Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour |
3 (3) | "Now Is the Hour" | Bing Crosby with Ken Darby |
4 (4) | "A Tree in the Meadow" | Margaret Whiting |
5 (5) | "My Happiness" | Jon and Sondra Steele |
6 (6) | "You Can't Be True, Dear" | Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne |
7 (7) | "Little White Lies" | Dick Haymes and Gordon Jenkins |
8 (8) | "You Call Everybody Darlin'" | Al Trace with Bob Vincent |
9 (9) | "My Happiness" | The Pied Pipers |
10 (10) | "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" | Art Mooney |
11 (11) | "It's Magic" | Doris Day |
12 (12) | "Maybe You'll Be There" | Gordon Jenkins |
13 (13) | "Ballerina" | Vaughn Monroe |
14 (14) | "Nature Boy" | King Cole with Frank De Vol |
15 (15) | "Woody Woodpecker" | Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood |
16 (16) | "Love Somebody" | Doris Day and Buddy Clark with George Siravo |
17 (17) | "Now Is the Hour" | Gracie Fields with Phil Green |
18 (18) | "Beg Your Pardon" | Francis Craig |
19 (19) | "You Can't Be True, Dear" | Ken Griffin |
20 (20) | "Toolie Oolie Doolie" | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen |
21 (21) | "Buttons and Bows" | Dinah Shore |
22 (22) | "Golden Earrings" | Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour |
23 (23) | "Baby Face" | Art Mooney |
23 (23) | "Too Fat Polka" | Arthur Godfrey with Archie Bleyer |
24 (25) | "Because" | Perry Como with Russ Case |
24 (25) | "My Happiness" | Ella Fitzgerald with the Song Spinners |
25 (27) | "Serenade of the Bells" | Sammy Kaye |
26 (28) | "Until" | Tommy Dorsey |
27 (29) | "William Tell Overture" | Spike Jones |
28 (30) | "Beg Your Pardon" | Frankie Carle |
29 (31) | "St. Louis Blues March" | Tex Beneke |
29 (31) | "Underneath the Arches" | Primo Scala |
30 (33) | "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" | Kay Kyser |
30 (33) | "Woody Woodpecker" | The Sportsmen and Mel Blanc |
31 (35) | "I'll Dance at Your Wedding" | Ray Noble and Buddy Clark |
32 (36) | "The Dicky-Bird Song" | Freddy Martin |
33 (37) | "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" | Russ Morgan and Milt Herth |
34 (38) | "How Soon" | Vaughn Monroe |
35 (39) | "Serenade of the Bells" | Jo Stafford |
See also
- 1948 in music
- List of number-one singles of 1948 (U.S.)
References
- ^ "The Year's Top Popular Retail Record Sellers" (PDF). The Billboard. Vol. 61, no. 1. January 1, 1949. p. 12-13.
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