List of Billboard number-one singles of 1947 explained

Prior to the introduction of the Hot 100, The Billboard compiled multiple weekly record charts ranking the performance of singles in the United States. In 1947, the magazine published the following four all-genre national singles charts:

• Best-Selling Popular Retail Records – ranked the most-sold singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. In the 21st century, Billboard designates Retail Records, in all its incarnations, as the magazine's canonical U.S. singles chart prior to August 1958.^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Records Most-Played on the Air – ranked the most-played songs on American radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
• Most-Played Juke Box Records – ranked the most-played songs in jukeboxes across the United States, as reported by machine operators.
• Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.^{[4] [5]} It served as The Billboards lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.^[6]

Issue date	Best-Selling Popular Retail Records	Records Most-Played on the Air	Most-Played Juke Box Records	Honor Roll of Hits
January 4	"The Old Lamp-Lighter" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams	"White Christmas" Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	"The Old Lamp-Lighter" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams	"The Old Lamp-Lighter"	^[7]
January 11		"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio			^[8]
January 18		"The Old Lamp-Lighter" Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams			^[9]
January 25		"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio			^[10]
February 1				"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"	^[11]
February 8			"Huggin' and Chalkin'" Hoagy Carmichael with the Chickadees and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra		^[12]
February 15	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio				^[13]
February 22	"Open the Door, Richard!" Count Basie and His Orchestra with Harry Edison and Bill Johnson	"Open the Door, Richard	" Count Basie and His Orchestra with Harry Edison and Bill Johnson		"Managua, Nicaragua" Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Stuart Wade	^[14]
March 1	"Managua, Nicaragua" Freddy Martin and His Orchestra with Stuart Wade	"Open the Door, Richard	" The Three Flames with "Tiger" Haynes	"Open the Door, Richard"		^[15]
March 8		"Anniversary Song" Dinah Shore	"Anniversary Song"	^[16]
March 15	"Heartaches" Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner			"Managua, Nicaragua" Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Don Rodney	^[17]
March 22		"Heartaches" Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner		"Heartaches" Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner	^[18]
March 29					^[19]
April 5					^[20]
April 12					^[21]
April 19			"Heartaches"		^[22]
April 26					^[23]
May 3					^[24]
May 10		"Linda" Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark	"Mam'selle"		^[25]
May 17		"Heartaches" Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner			^[26]
May 24					^[27]
May 31		"Mam'selle" Frank Sinatra			^[28]
June 7	"Mam'selle" Art Lund	"Heartaches" Ted Weems and His Orchestra with Elmo Tanner			^[29]
June 14					^[30]
June 21	"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats	"Linda" Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark		"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats	^[31]
June 28	"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" Perry Como and the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer and His Orchestra	"Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" Red Ingle and the Natural Seven with Cinderella G. Stump and Red Ingle	"Peg o' My Heart"		^[32]
July 5		"Peg o' My Heart" Buddy Clark			^[33]
July 12					^[34]
July 19	"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats				^[35]
July 26					^[36]
August 2					^[37]
August 9	"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio			"Peg o' My Heart" The Three Suns	^[38]
August 16		"Smoke			Smoke! Smoke	(That Cigarette)" Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio	^[39]
August 23		"Peg o' My Heart" The Three Suns		"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats	^[40]
August 30		"Near You" Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm		"Smoke	Smoke! Smoke	(That Cigarette)" Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio	^[41]
September 6				"Peg o' My Heart" The Three Suns	^[42]
September 13				"Smoke	Smoke! Smoke	(That Cigarette)" Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with Tex Williams and Trio	^[43]
September 20	"Near You" Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm				^[44]
			"Near You"		^[45]
October 4				"Near You" Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm	^[46]
October 11					^[47]
October 18					^[48]
October 25					^[49]
November 1					^[50]
November 8					^[51]
November 15					^[52]
November 22					^[53]
November 29					^[54]
December 6					^[55]
December 13	"Ballerina" Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe				^[56]
December 20					^[57]
December 27		"Ballerina" Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe			^[58]

See also

• 1947 in music

Notes and References

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3. This Day in Music – July 6. Billboard. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150704160909/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045514/this-day-in-music. 4 July 2015.
4. Billboard Honor Roll of Hits Represents Culmination of Disk's Life on the Charts . . The Billboard Publishing Company . 24 April 1954 . 23 April 2015 . 34 . 0006-2510 . 66. 17.
5. 24 March 1945. [{{Google books |phEEAAAAMBAJ |page=16 |plainurl=yes }} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Contest: Honor Roll of Hits – The Nation's 10 Top Tunes ]. The Billboard . 16 . 4 August 2020.
6. Web site: DVD-rom: Honor Roll of Hits Charts . . 23 April 2015.
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8. 11 January 1947 . [{{Google books |fxoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26, 28, 30 . 5 August 2020.
9. 18 January 1947 . [{{Google books |shoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT17 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 18, 22–24 . 5 August 2020.
10. 25 January 1947 . [{{Google books |choEAAAAMBAJ |page=247 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 20, 23–25 . 5 August 2020.
11. 1 February 1947 . [{{Google books |-UQEAAAAMBAJ |page=188 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 188, 190, 192, 196 . 5 August 2020.
12. 8 February 1947 . [{{Google books |nkUEAAAAMBAJ |page=18 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 18, 22, 24, 26 . 24 August 2020.
13. 15 February 1947 . [{{Google books |q0UEAAAAMBAJ |page=20 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 20, 23–25 . 24 August 2020.
14. 22 February 1947 . [{{Google books |30QEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT19 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 20, 23–25 . 24 August 2020.
15. 1 March 1947 . [{{Google books |qUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA22 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 25–27 . 24 August 2020.
16. 8 March 1947 . [{{Google books |cAwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT17 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 18, 22, 24–25 . 25 August 2020.
17. 15 March 1947 . [{{Google books |HUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=20 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 20, 23–25 . 25 August 2020.
18. 22 March 1947 . [{{Google books |fEUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT11 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 25 August 2020.
19. 29 March 1947 . [{{Google books |JkUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 26 August 2020.
20. 5 April 1947 . [{{Google books |PQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT5 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 25–27 . 27 August 2020.
21. 12 April 1947 . [{{Google books |kAwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 25–27 . 27 August 2020.
22. 19 April 1947 . [{{Google books |VQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 27 August 2020.
23. 26 April 1947 . [{{Google books |oQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 27 August 2020.
24. 3 May 1947 . [{{Google books |UgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 27 August 2020.
25. 10 May 1947 . [{{Google books |QAwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 27 August 2020.
26. 17 May 1947 . [{{Google books |egwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 27 August 2020.
27. 24 May 1947 . [{{Google books |SwwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 27 August 2020.
28. 31 May 1947 . [{{Google books |6h8EAAAAMBAJ |page=14 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 14, 18, 20, 23 . 27 August 2020.
29. 7 June 1947 . [{{Google books |WkUEAAAAMBAJ |page=22 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26, 28–29 . 29 August 2020.
30. 14 June 1947 . [{{Google books |lUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT25 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 30, 32–33 . 29 August 2020.
31. 21 June 1947 . [{{Google books |UUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=28 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 28, 31–33 . 29 August 2020.
32. 28 June 1947 . [{{Google books |mQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT25 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 28–30 . 29 August 2020.
33. 5 July 1947 . [{{Google books |WQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=26 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 29–31 . 29 August 2020.
34. 12 July 1947 . [{{Google books |rEUEAAAAMBAJ |page=24 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 30 August 2020.
35. 19 July 1947 . [{{Google books |VgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=28 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 28, 31–33 . 30 August 2020.
36. 26 July 1947 . [{{Google books |dgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 30 August 2020.
37. 2 August 1947 . [{{Google books |xgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28, 30–31 . 30 August 2020.
38. 9 August 1947 . [{{Google books |cwwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT25 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 30–32 . 30 August 2020.
39. 16 August 1947 . [{{Google books |lQwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26, 28–29 . 30 August 2020.
40. 23 August 1947 . [{{Google books |sAwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 28, 30, 32 . 30 August 2020.
41. 30 August 1947 . [{{Google books |YgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 30 August 2020.
42. 6 September 1947 . [{{Google books |VAwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT19 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 20, 24, 26–27 . 30 August 2020.
43. 13 September 1947 . [{{Google books |AyEEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 28–30 . 30 August 2020.
44. 20 September 1947 . [{{Google books |QyAEAAAAMBAJ |page=32 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 32, 35–36, 38 . 30 August 2020.
45. 27 September 1947 . [{{Google books |Ax8EAAAAMBAJ |page=22 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 31 August 2020.
46. 4 October 1947 . [{{Google books |JiAEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT109 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 110, 114, 116, 118 . 31 August 2020.
47. 11 October 1947 . [{{Google books |8B4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PT25 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 30, 32–33 . 1 September 2020.
48. 18 October 1947 . [{{Google books |Hh8EAAAAMBAJ |page=24 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 1 September 2020.
49. 25 October 1947 . [{{Google books |-R4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 25–27 . 1 September 2020.
50. 1 November 1947 . [{{Google books |YSAEAAAAMBAJ |page=26 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 30–32 . 1 September 2020.
51. 8 November 1947 . [{{Google books |qwwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT23 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 1 September 2020.
52. 15 November 1947 . [{{Google books |fiAEAAAAMBAJ |page=22 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 1 September 2020.
53. 22 November 1947 . [{{Google books |ayAEAAAAMBAJ |page=24 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 4 September 2020.
54. 29 November 1947 . [{{Google books |sgwEAAAAMBAJ |page=PT21 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26, 28–29 . 4 September 2020.
55. 6 December 1947 . [{{Google books |TUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=26 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 26, 29–31 . 4 September 2020.
56. 13 December 1947 . [{{Google books |JCAEAAAAMBAJ |page=24 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 4 September 2020.
57. 20 December 1947 . [{{Google books |ESAEAAAAMBAJ |page=24 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 24, 27–29 . 4 September 2020.
58. 27 December 1947 . [{{Google books |DyAEAAAAMBAJ |page=22 |plainurl=yes}} ''The Billboard'' Music Popularity Charts ]. The Billboard . 22, 26–28 . 4 September 2020.