of 1948 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1947 <-1948-> 1949
Top songs: #1: Nature Boy by Nat King Cole - #2: Twelfth Street Rag by Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra - #3: Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore - #4: You Call Everybody Darlin' by Al Trace and His Orchestra - #5: Love Somebody by Doris Day and Buddy Clark
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Nature Boy
#1
04/1948

Nature Boy
Nat King Cole

405 pts
1
US


2
R&B
as King Cole
[Capitol 15054]
written by Eden Ahbez
Twelfth Street Rag
#2
06/1948

Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra

368 pts
1
US




hit for Earl Fuller in 1917
[Capitol 15105]
written by Euday L. Bowman
#3
09/1948

Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore

364 pts
1
US




dinah shore & her happy valley boys
[Columbia 38284]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
#4
06/1948

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace and His Orchestra

364 pts
1
US




as Al Trace & his new orchestra
written by Sam Martin [country songwriter], Ben Trace & Clem Watts
#5
05/1948

Love Somebody
Doris Day and Buddy Clark

364 pts
1
US




written by Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
#6
04/1948

You Can't Be True, Dear
Ken Griffin

364 pts
1
US




as Ken Griffin at the Organ
vocals by Jerry Wayne (added later)
written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
#7
01/1948

Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
Bing Crosby

364 pts
1
US




written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
#8
07/1948

A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting

364 pts
1
US




[Capitol 15122]
written by Billy Reid
#9
01/1948

Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)
Peggy Lee

364 pts
1
US




written by Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
#10
11/1948

A Little Bird Told Me
Evelyn Knight

364 pts
1
US




written by Harvey O. Brooks
#11
12/1948

Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
Evelyn Knight

364 pts
1
US




written by Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
#12
01/1948

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Art Mooney

363 pts
1
US




written by Harry M. Woods & Mort Dixon
#13
11/1948

My Darling, My Darling
Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae

363 pts
1
US




written by Frank Loesser
#14
12/1948

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Les Brown and His Orchestra

363 pts
1
US




hit for Ray Noble in 1937
written by Irving Berlin
#15
06/1948

Woody Woodpecker
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

363 pts
1
US




vocals by Gloria Wood
written by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss
All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
#16
11/1948

All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
Spike Jones and His City Slickers

362 pts
1
US




vocals by George Rock
written by Donald Yetter Gardner
#17
05/1948

My Happiness
Jon and Sondra Steele

314 pts
2
US




written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine
#18
04/1948

Little White Lies
Dick Haymes

314 pts
2
US




[Decca 24280]
written by Walter Donaldson
#19
12/1948

Far Away Places
Margaret Whiting

314 pts
2
US




written by Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
#20
07/1948

It's Magic
Doris Day

314 pts
2
US




[Columbia 38188]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
#21
10/1948

On a Slow Boat to China
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

313 pts
2
US




vocals by Gloria Wood & Harry Babbitt
written by Frank Loesser
#22
02/1948

Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
Margaret Whiting

313 pts
2
US




[Capitol 15024]
written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
#23
07/1948

You Can't Be True, Dear
Ken Griffin

313 pts
2
US




as Ken Griffin at the Organ
instrumental
written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
#24
07/1948

Woody Woodpecker
The Sportsmen and Mel Blanc and His Original Woody Woodpecker Voice

312 pts
2
US




written by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss
#25
12/1948

A Little Bird Told Me
Blue Lu Barker

282 pts
4
US


4
R&B
[Capitol 15308]
written by Harvey O. Brooks
#26
06/1948

Maybe You'll Be There
Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra

266 pts
3
US




vocals by Charles Lavere
written by Rube Bloom & Sammy Gallop
#27
06/1948

My Happiness
The Pied Pipers

266 pts
3
US




[Capitol 15094]
written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine
#28
11/1948

So Tired
Russ Morgan

266 pts
3
US




written by Russ Morgan & Jack Stuart
#29
01/1948

Now Is the Hour
Gracie Fields

265 pts
3
US




[London 110]
written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
#30
01/1948

Beg Your Pardon
Francis Craig and His Orchestra

265 pts
3
US




vocals by Bob Lamm
written by Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
#31
04/1948

Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)
The Andrews Sisters

265 pts
3
US




written by Vaughn Horton & Artur Beul
#32
04/1948

Baby Face
Art Mooney

265 pts
3
US




written by Harry Akst & Benny Davis
Sabre Dance
#33
03/1948

Sabre Dance
Woody Herman and His Orchestra

264 pts
3
US




written by Aram Khachaturian
#34
09/1948

Until
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

249 pts
4
US




written by Jack Fulton, Bob Crosby & Hunter Kahler
#35
11/1948

A Little Bird Told Me
Paula Watson

249 pts
6
US


2
R&B
[Supreme 1507]
written by Harvey O. Brooks
#36
03/1948

Because
Perry Como

249 pts
4
US




hit for Enrico Carusa in 1913
[RCA Victor 2653]
written by Guy d'Hardelot & Edward Teschemacher
#37
11/1948

On a Slow Boat to China
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

249 pts
4
US




vocals by Glenn Hughes
written by Frank Loesser
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
#38
12/1948

Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

249 pts
4
US




vocals by the Three Kaydets
written by traditional
#39
06/1948

My Happiness
Ella Fitzgerald

230 pts
6
US


8
R&B
with The Song Spinners
[Decca 24446]
written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine
#40
07/1948

Blue Bird of Happiness
Art Mooney

227 pts
5
US




vocals by Bud Brees & the Galli Sisters
written by Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman & Harry Parr Davies
St. Louis Blues March
#41
04/1948

St. Louis Blues March
Tex Beneke

226 pts
5
US




as Tex Beneke & His Orchestra
written by W.C. Handy
#42
10/1948

Buttons and Bows
The Dinning Sisters

226 pts
5
US




written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
#43
02/1948

Beg Your Pardon
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra

226 pts
5
US




vocals by Marjorie Hughes
written by Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
Underneath the Arches
#44
09/1948

Underneath the Arches
The Andrews Sisters

226 pts
5
US




written by Bud Flanagan & Reg Connelly
#45
05/1948

The Dickey-Bird Song
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

226 pts
5
US




vocals by Glenn Hughes
written by Howard Dietz & Sammy Fain
#46
01/1948

Ballerina
Buddy Clark

225 pts
5
US




[Columbia 38040]
written by Sidney Keith Russell & Carl Sigman
#47
07/1948

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Anne Vincent

207 pts
6
US




[Mercury 5155]
written by Sam Martin [country songwriter], Ben Trace & Clem Watts
Underneath the Arches
#48
08/1948

Underneath the Arches
Primo Scala's Banjo and Accordion Orchestra with the Keynotes

207 pts
6
US




written by Bud Flanagan & Reg Connelly
William Tell Overture
#49
06/1948

William Tell Overture
Spike Jones and His City Slickers

207 pts
6
US




written by Gioachino Rossini
#50
05/1948

You Can't Be True, Dear
Sportsmen

207 pts
6
US




[Capitol 15077]
written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
#51
02/1948

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Russ Morgan

207 pts
6
US




russ morgan & his orchestra with milt herth at the organ; vocals by the ames brothers
written by Harry M. Woods & Mort Dixon
#52
11/1948

(I'd Love to Get You) On a Slow Boat to China
Eddy Howard

207 pts
6
US




written by Frank Loesser
#53
04/1948

Sabre Dance Boogie
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

206 pts
6
US




written by Aram Khachaturian & Lou Busch
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
#54
02/1948

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Alvino Rey and His Orchestra

206 pts
6
US




written by Harry M. Woods & Mort Dixon
White Christmas
#55
12/1948

White Christmas
Bing Crosby

206 pts
6
US




R Christmas
[Decca 23778]
written by Irving Berlin
#56
03/1948

Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
Buddy Clark and the Charioteers

206 pts
6
US




written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)
#57
11/1948

Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)
Gene Autry

196 pts
8
US
4
ctry


R Christmas
[Columbia 37942]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
#58
08/1948

Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue
Gordon MacRae

187 pts
7
US




[Capitol 15178]
written by Sunny Skylar
#59
11/1948

My Darling, My Darling
Doris Day and Buddy Clark

187 pts
7
US




written by Frank Loesser
#60
11/1948

On a Slow Boat to China
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

187 pts
7
US




vocals by Al Hendrickson
written by Frank Loesser
#61
02/1948

Slap 'Er Down, Agin, Paw
Arthur Godfrey

187 pts
7
US




written by Polly Arnold, Alice Cornett & Eddie Asherman
Nature Boy
#62
05/1948

Nature Boy
Frank Sinatra

186 pts
7
US




[Columbia 38210]
written by Eden Ahbez
#63
12/1948

You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)
The Ink Spots

186 pts
8
US


15
R&B
written by Larry Fotine, Billy Faber & Fred Meadows
#64
10/1948

One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Jimmy Wakely

183 pts
10
US
1
ctry


[Capitol 15162]
written by Eddie Dean, Dearest Dean & Hal Blair
#65
05/1948

Just Because
Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks

178 pts
9
US
7
ctry


vocals by Frankie Yankovic & Johnny Pecon
[Columbia 12359]
written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin & Bob Shelton
#66
02/1948

Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)
Eddy Howard

171 pts
8
US




written by Clement Scott, Maewa Kaihau & Dorothy Stewart
#67
09/1948

You Call Everybody Darling
The Andrews Sisters

171 pts
8
US




written by Sam Martin [country songwriter], Ben Trace & Clem Watts
#68
11/1948

Buttons and Bows
Betty Garrett

171 pts
8
US




written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
#69
05/1948

Tell Me a Story
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

171 pts
8
US




vocals by Don Cornell
written by Maurice Sigler & Larry Stock
#70
03/1948

Beg Your Pardon
Larry Green and His Orchestra

171 pts
8
US




written by Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
#71
01/1948

Pass That Peace Pipe
Margaret Whiting

170 pts
8
US




[Capitol 15010]
written by Hugh Martin, Roger Edens & Ralph Blane
#72
11/1948

It's Too Soon to Know
The Orioles

170 pts
13
US


1
R&B
[Jubilee 5000]
written by Deborah Chessler
Sweet Georgia Brown
#73
11/1948

Sweet Georgia Brown
Brother Bones and His Shadows

166 pts
10
US


9
R&B
instrumental
[Tempo 652]
written by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey
#74
05/1948

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold

162 pts
13
US
1
ctry


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2806]
written by Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
#75
08/1948

(Just a Little Lovin') Will Go a Long Way
Eddy Arnold

160 pts
13
US
1
ctry


written by Eddy Arnold & Zeke Clements
#76
03/1948

King Size Papa
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

160 pts
15
US


1
R&B
[Capitol 40082]
written by Johnny Gomez & Paul Vance
#77
07/1948

It's Magic
Dick Haymes

159 pts
9
US




[Decca 23826]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
#78
07/1948

You Were Only Fooling
Blue Barron and His Orchestra

159 pts
9
US




written by Larry Fotine, Billy Faber & Fred Meadows
#79
07/1948

It's Magic
Gordon MacRae

159 pts
9
US




[Capitol 15072]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
#80
11/1948

Brush Those Tears from Your Eyes
Evelyn Knight

158 pts
9
US




written by Oakley Haldeman, Al Trace & Jimmy Lee
#81
09/1948

That Certain Party
Benny Strong and His Orchestra

158 pts
9
US




written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
#82
07/1948

Cool Water
Vaughn Monroe and the Sons of the Pioneers

158 pts
9
US




written by Bob Nolan
#83
06/1948

You Can't Be True, Dear
Dick Haymes

158 pts
9
US




[Decca 24439]
written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
#84
12/1948

Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Dinah Shore

158 pts
9
US




written by traditional
#85
01/1948

Shine
Frankie Laine

158 pts
9
US




hit for Bing Crosby in 1932
[Mercury 5091]
written by Cecil Mack, Lew Brown & Ford Dabney
#86
11/1948

Buttons and Bows
Betty Rhodes

158 pts
9
US




written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
#87
05/1948

You Can't Be True Dear
Vera Lynn

158 pts
9
US




written by Hans Otten, Gerhard Ebeler & Hal Cotten
Nature Boy
#88
07/1948

Nature Boy
Sarah Vaughan

157 pts
9
US




[Musicraft 567]
written by Eden Ahbez
#89
01/1948

I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Rose Murphy

156 pts
13
US


3
R&B
#1 hit for Cliff Edwards in 1928
[Majestic 1204]
written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
You're All I Want for Christmas
#90
12/1948

You're All I Want for Christmas
Frankie Laine

149 pts
11
US


15
R&B
Christmas
[Mercury 5177]
written by Seger Ellis & Glen Moore
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
#91
02/1948

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
The Three Suns

145 pts
10
US




written by Harry M. Woods & Mort Dixon
#92
01/1948

Ballerina
Bing Crosby

145 pts
10
US




[Decca 24278]
written by Sidney Keith Russell & Carl Sigman
#93
10/1948

Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart
Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae

145 pts
10
US




written by Sid Tepper & Roy Brodsky
#94
01/1948

I'm My Own Grandpaw
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

145 pts
10
US




written by Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe
#95
03/1948

I Love You, Yes I Do
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

145 pts
10
US




vocals by Don Cornell
written by Sally Nix & Henry Glover
Twelfth Street Rag
#96
12/1948

Twelfth Street Rag
Frankie Carle and His Orchestra

144 pts
10
US




at the piano… horace heidt presents frankie carle
written by Euday L. Bowman
#97
01/1948

Ballerina
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

144 pts
10
US




vocals by Bob Carroll
written by Sidney Keith Russell & Carl Sigman
#98
08/1948

Life Gits Tee-Jus Don't It
Carson Robison

143 pts
14
US
3
ctry


as Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys
[MGM 10224]
written by Carson Robison
#99
06/1948

Tomorrow Night
Lonnie Johnson

140 pts
19
US


1
R&B
[King 4201]
written by Lonnie Johnson
#100
05/1948

Anytime
Eddy Arnold

136 pts
17
US
1
ctry


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2700]
written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson

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