Top Artists of 1947 - Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

US & UK hit charts

1946 <-

1947

-> 1948

	Artist	Points	Songs
1.	Dinah Shore	1486	01/1947 • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons • 308 pts 03/1947 • Anniversary Song • 356 pts 04/1947 • The Egg and I • 102 pts 10/1947 • I Wish I Didn't Love You So • 307 pts 10/1947 • You Do • 244 pts 12/1947 • How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) • 168 pts
2.	Vaughn Monroe	1288	09/1947 • I Wish I Didn't Love You So • 308 pts 10/1947 • Kokomo, Indiana • 142 pts 11/1947 • You Do • 222 pts 11/1947 • Ballerina • 357 pts 11/1947 • How Soon? (Will I Be Seeing You) • 260 pts
3.	Eddy Howard	1284	02/1947 • The Girl That I Marry • 74 pts 04/1947 • My Adobe Hacienda • 308 pts 04/1947 • Heartaches • 131 pts 05/1947 • I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder • 308 pts 07/1947 • Ragtime Cowboy Joe • 126 pts 09/1947 • Kate (Have I Come Too Early, Too Late) • 183 pts 10/1947 • An Apple Blossom Wedding • 155 pts
4.	Ted Weems and His Orchestra	1258	03/1947 • Heartaches • 357 pts 06/1947 • Violets • 112 pts 06/1947 • Peg o' My Heart • 221 pts 08/1947 • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now • 308 pts 10/1947 • Mickey • 260 pts
5.	Frank Sinatra	1239	02/1947 • This Is the Night • 131 pts 03/1947 • That's How Much I Love You • 142 pts 05/1947 • I Believe • 221 pts 05/1947 • Mam'selle • 356 pts 05/1947 • Time After Time • 102 pts 09/1947 • I Have but One Heart (O Marenariello) • 118 pts 11/1947 • So Far • 167 pts
6.	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians	1181	01/1947 • Managua, Nicaragua • 357 pts 02/1947 • Anniversary Song • 307 pts 05/1947 • April Showers • 155 pts 05/1947 • I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder • 260 pts 10/1947 • The Echo Said No • 102 pts
7.	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	1156	05/1947 • The Egg and I • 102 pts 05/1947 • Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume • 168 pts 05/1947 • That's My Desire • 308 pts 09/1947 • The Echo Said No • 96 pts 10/1947 • An Apple Blossom Wedding • 221 pts 11/1947 • Serenade of the Bells • 260 pts
8.	Count Basie	1054	02/1947 • Open the Door, Richard! • 396 pts 04/1947 • Free Eats • 183 pts 06/1947 • One O'Clock Jump • 125 pts 06/1947 • One O'Clock Boogie • 167 pts 08/1947 • I Ain't Mad at You (You Ain't Mad at Me) • 183 pts
9.	Louis Jordan	1012	1947 • Boogie Woogie Blue Plate • 129 pts 1947 • Jack, You're Dead • 129 pts 1947 • Texas and Pacific • 132 pts 01/1947 • Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens • 250 pts 03/1947 • Open the Door, Richard! • 243 pts
10.	Ray Noble and His Orchestra	952	02/1947 • Linda • 358 pts 03/1947 • How Are Things in Gloca Mora • 203 pts 09/1947 • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now • 131 pts 12/1947 • I'll Dance at Your Wedding • 260 pts
11.	Jo Stafford	913	01/1947 • Sonata • 142 pts 05/1947 • Ivy • 103 pts 06/1947 • A Sunday Kind of Love • 109 pts 08/1947 • Feudin' and Fightin' • 226 pts 10/1947 • Stanley Steamer • 131 pts 12/1947 • Serenade of the Bells • 203 pts
12.	Sam Donahue and His Orchestra	887	04/1947 • My Melancholy Baby • 221 pts 05/1947 • I Never Knew • 308 pts 11/1947 • Red Wing • 154 pts 11/1947 • The Whistler • 202 pts
13.	Perry Como	837	02/1947 • That's the Beginning of the End • 90 pts 07/1947 • When You Were Sweet Sixteen • 308 pts 08/1947 • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now • 308 pts 10/1947 • So Far • 131 pts
14.	Buddy Clark	826	02/1947 • Linda • 358 pts 06/1947 • Peg o' My Heart • 357 pts 11/1947 • An Apple Blossom Wedding • 112 pts
15.	Freddy Martin and His Orchestra	792	01/1947 • Managua, Nicaragua • 357 pts 05/1947 • Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed • 112 pts 08/1947 • The Lady from 29 Palms • 222 pts 09/1947 • Come to the Mardi Gras • 102 pts
16.	Johnny Mercer	773	01/1947 • Winter Wonderland • 243 pts 01/1947 • Huggin' and a Chalkin' • 168 pts 04/1947 • I Do Do Do Like You • 118 pts 09/1947 • Sugar Blues • 244 pts
17.	Art Lund	713	04/1947 • Mam'selle • 357 pts 06/1947 • Peg o' My Heart • 244 pts 11/1947 • -And Mimi • 112 pts
18.	Dick Haymes	678	03/1947 • How Are Things in Glocca Morra • 155 pts 05/1947 • Mam'selle • 260 pts 10/1947 • I Wish I Didn't Love You So • 155 pts 11/1947 • -And Mimi • 109 pts
19.	Peggy Lee	552	01/1947 • It's a Good Day • 102 pts 06/1947 • Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) • 142 pts 11/1947 • Golden Earrings • 308 pts
20.	The Andrews Sisters	491	09/1947 • Near You • 308 pts 10/1947 • The Lady from 29 Palms • 183 pts
21.	Johnny Mercer and the King Cole Trio	481	10/1947 • Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat) • 356 pts 11/1947 • Harmony • 125 pts
22.	The Mills Brothers	481	05/1947 • Across the Alley from the Alamo • 349 pts 10/1947 • When You Were Sweet Sixteen • 102 pts
23.	Margaret Whiting	465	06/1947 • Old Devil Moon • 131 pts 11/1947 • You Do • 222 pts 11/1947 • So Far • 112 pts
24.	Harry James and His Orchestra	464	01/1947 • Oh, but I Do • 125 pts 04/1947 • Heartaches • 244 pts 04/1947 • Jalousie (Jealousy) • 96 pts
25.	Martha Tilton	464	03/1947 • How Are Things in Glocca Morra • 167 pts 06/1947 • That's My Desire • 142 pts 07/1947 • I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder • 154 pts
26.	Bing Crosby	462	11/1947 • How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) • 203 pts 12/1947 • White Christmas • 259 pts
27.	Tex Williams	453	07/1947 • Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) • 395 pts
28.	Tony Pastor and His Orchestra	441	05/1947 • Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume • 167 pts 06/1947 • I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder • 132 pts 08/1947 • The Lady from Twenty-Nine Palms • 142 pts
29.	The Pied Pipers	427	03/1947 • Open the Door Richard • 167 pts 05/1947 • Mam'selle • 260 pts
30.	Ray McKinley and His Orchestra	418	03/1947 • Hoodle-Addle • 109 pts 05/1947 • Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume • 142 pts 11/1947 • Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) • 167 pts
31.	Al Jolson	410	02/1947 • Anniversary Song • 307 pts 05/1947 • April Showers • 102 pts
32.	Frankie Laine	392	03/1947 • That's My Desire • 280 pts 05/1947 • Mam'selle • 112 pts
33.	Tex Beneke	391	02/1947 • Oh, but I Do • 131 pts 02/1947 • Anniversary Song • 260 pts
34.	The Three Flames	391	02/1947 • Open the Door, Richard • 391 pts
35.	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven	389	06/1947 • Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) • 389 pts
36.	Alvino Rey and His Orchestra	379	07/1947 • Bloop-Bleep • 119 pts 09/1947 • Near You • 260 pts
37.	Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro	371	11/1947 • You Do • 168 pts 11/1947 • How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) • 203 pts
38.	Vic Damone	367	08/1947 • I Have but One Heart (O Marinariello) • 183 pts 11/1947 • You Do • 184 pts
39.	The Harmonicats	358	04/1947 • Peg o' My Heart • 358 pts
40.	Francis Craig and His Orchestra	358	08/1947 • Near You • 358 pts
41.	The Three Suns	357	06/1947 • Peg o' My Heart • 357 pts
42.	Andy Russell	353	03/1947 • Anniversary Song • 244 pts 03/1947 • I'll Close My Eyes • 109 pts
43.	Jack Owens	308	09/1947 • How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) • 308 pts
44.	Arthur Godfrey	308	11/1947 • Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her) (You Can Have Her) (She's Too Fat for Me) • 308 pts
45.	The Charioteers	305	03/1947 • Open the Door, Richard • 202 pts 07/1947 • Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) • 103 pts
46.	Jack McVea and His All Stars	301	01/1947 • Open the Door Richard! • 301 pts
47.	Dusty Fletcher	301	02/1947 • Open the Door, Richard! (Parts 1 & 2) • 301 pts
48.	The Dinning Sisters	279	05/1947 • My Adobe Hacienda • 155 pts 10/1947 • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now • 125 pts
49.	Dorothy Shay	270	07/1947 • Feudin' and Fightin' • 270 pts
50.	Larry Green and His Orchestra	260	10/1947 • Near You • 260 pts