1946-49 Billboard All Year End Charts

1946-49 Billboard All Year End Charts

1946
Top 30 Of 1946 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
(Peak Positions are taken from the Best Sellers Chart)

This is the first year Billboard compiled a year-end chart

*1   PRISONER OF LOVE
      Perry Como (#1, May)
*2   TO EACH HIS OWN
      Eddy Howard (#1, Aug)
*3   THE GYPSY
      The Ink Spots (#1, May)
*4   FIVE MINUTES MORE
      Frank Sinatra (#1, Sept)
*5   RUMORS ARE FLYING
      Frankie Carle and His Orhcestra (#1, Oct)
*6   OH! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE
      Frankie Carle and His Orchestra (#1, March)
*7   PERSONALITY
      Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers (#1, March)
 8   SOUTH AMERICA, TAKE IT AWAY
      Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (#2, Nov)
 9   THE GYPSY
      Dinah Shore (#2, May)
 10  OH! WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE
      Frank Sinatra (#2, March)

*11  SURRENDER
      Perry Como (#1, Aug)
*12  DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF
      Betty Hutton (#1, Feb)
*13  LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#1, Jan)
*14  TO EACH HIS OWN
      Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (#1, Aug)
*15  OLE BUTTERMILK SKY
      Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (#1, Dec)
*16  TO EACH HIS OWN
      The Ink Spots (#1, Sept)
*17  SYMPHONY
      Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (#1, Jan)
*18  THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER
      Sammy Kaye (#1, Dec)
*19  I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU
      Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro (#1, Dec 1945)
*20  I'M A BIG GIRL NOW
      Sammy Kaye (#1, April)

 21  SYMPHONY
      Bing Crosby (#3, Feb)
 22  THE GYPSY
      Sammy Kaye (#4, June)
 23  DOIN' WHAT COME NATUR'LLY
      Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley and His Orchestra (#4, July)
 24  LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (Crying On the Inside)
      Dinah Shore (#3, May)
 25  GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES MORE
      Tex Beneke and the Miller Orchestra (#6, Nov)
 26  LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (Crying On the Inside)
      Andy Russell (#4, May)
 27  HEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP
      Tex Beneke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra (#4, June)
 28  THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL
      Perry Como (#4, June)
 29  TO EACH HIS OWN
      Tony Martin (#4, Aug)
 30  YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED (Until You Break My Heart)
      Les Brown and His Orchestra (#5, April)






1947
Top 30 Of 1947 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
(Peak Positions are taken from the Best Sellers Chart)

*1   NEAR YOU
      Francis Craig and His Orchestra (#1, Aug)
*2   PEG O' MY HEART
      The Harmonicats (#1, June)
*3   HEARTACHES
      Ted Weems and His Orchestra (#1, March)
 4   LINDA
      Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Buddy Clark (#2, May)
*5   SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE (That Cigarette)
      Tex Williams and His Western Caravan (#1, Aug)
 6   I WISH I DIDN'T LOVE YOU SO
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#2, Oct)
 7   PEG O' MY HEART
      The Three Suns (#2, Aug)
 8   ANNIVERSARY SONG
      Al Jolson (#2, March)
 9   NEAR YOU
      Larry Green and His Orchestra (#3, Oct)
 10  THAT'S MY DESIRE
      Sammy Kaye (#3, Sept)

*11  BALLERINA
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#1, Dec)
*12  MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
      Freddy Martin and His Orchestra (#1, Feb)
*13  MAM'SELLE
      Art Lund (#1, June)
*14  CHI-BABA CH-BABA (My Bambino Goes To Sleep)
      Perry Como (#1, June)
 15  TEMPTATION (Tim-Tayshun)
      Red Ingle and the Natural Seven and Jo Stafford (#2, June)
 16  I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW
      Ted Weems and His Orchestra and Perry Como (#3, Aug)
 17  NEAR YOU
      The Andrews Sisters (#4, Oct)
*18  THE OLD LAMP-LIGHTER
      Sammy Kaye (#1, Dec 1946)
 19  WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN
      Perry Como (#2, Oct)
 20  HOW SOON (Will I Be Seeing You)
      Jack Owens (#4, Dec)

 21  TOO FAT POLKA (I Don't Want Her)
      (You Can Have Her)(She's Too Fat For Me)
      Arthur Godfrey (#2, Dec)
 22  I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER
      Eddy Howard (#3, June)
 23  MY ADOBE HACIENDA
      Eddy Howard (#4, April)
 24  HUGGIN' AND CHALKIN'
      Hoagy Carmichael (#2, Feb)
*25  (I Love You) FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
      The King Cole Trio (#1, Dec 1946)
 26  OLE BUTTERMILK SKY
      Hoagy Carmichael (#2, Dec 1946)
 27  MAM'SELLE
      Dick Haymes (#4, May)
 28  YOU DO
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#8, Nov)
 29  ANNIVERSARY SONG
      Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (#4, March)
 30  WHITE CHRISTMAS
      Bing Crosby (#2, Dec 1946)




1948
Top 30 Of 1948 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
(Peak Positions are taken from the Best Sellers Chart)

*1   TWELFTH STREET RAG
      Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra (#1, Aug)
*2   MANANA (Is Soon Enough For Me)
      Peggy Lee (#1, March)
 3   NOW IS THE HOUR (Maori Farewell Song)
      Bing Crosby (#2, April)
*4   A TREE IN THE MEADOW
      Margaret Whiting (#1, Oct)
 5   MY HAPPINESS
      Jon and Sondra Steele (#3, June)
 6   YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR (Vocal)
      Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne (#2, May)
 7   LITTLE WHITE LIES
      Dick Haymes (#3, May)
*8   YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN'
      Al Trace and His New Orchestra (#1, Aug)
 9   MY HAPPINESS
      The Pied Pipers (#4, July)
*10  I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER
      Art Mooney and His Orchestra (#1, Feb)

 11  IT'S MAGIC
      Doris Day (#2, Sept)
 12  MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#3, Oct)
*13  BALLERINA
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#1, Dec 1947)
*14  NATURE BOY
      The King Cole Trio (#1, May)
*15  WOODY WOOD-PECKER
      Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (#1, July)
 16  LOVE SOMEBODY
      Doris Day and Buddy Clark (#6, Aug)
 17  NOW IS THE HOUR
      Gracie Fields (#4, March)
 18  BEG YOUR PARDON
      Francis Craig and His Orchestra (#4, Feb)
 19  YOU CAN'T BE TRUE, DEAR (Instrumental)
      Ken Griffin (#2, July)
 20  TOOLIE OOLIE OOLIE (The Yoldel Polka)
      The Andrews Sisters (#4, May)

*21  BUTTONS AND BOWS
      Dinah Shore and Her Happy Valley Boys (#1, Nov)
 22  GOLDEN EARRINGS
      Peggy Lee (#2, Jan)
 23  BABY FACE
      Art Mooney and His Orchestra (#5, May)
 24  TOO FAT POLKA (I Don't Want Her)
      (You Can Have Her)(She's Too Fat For Me)
      Arthur Godfrey (#2, Dec 1947)
 25  BECAUSE
      Perry Como (#4, April)
 26  MY HAPPINESS
      Ella Fitzgerald (#8, Oct)
 27  SERENADE OF THE BELLS
      Sammy Kaye (#3, Jan)
 28  UNTIL
      Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (#6, Nov)
 29  WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
      Spike Jones and His City Slickers (#6, June)
 30  BEG YOUR PARDON
      Frankie Carle and His Orchestra and Marjorie Hughes (#6, March)



1949

Top 30 Of 1949 (* indicates a #1 song)
POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
(Peak Positions are taken from the Best Sellers Chart)

*1   RIDERS IN THE SKY (A Cowboy Legend)
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#1, May)
*2   THAT LUCKY OLD SUN
      Frankie Laine (#1, Oct)
*3   YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART
      Vic Damone (#1, Aug)
*4   SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
      Perry Como (#1, July)
 5   SLIPPING AROUND
      Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely (#2, Nov)
*6   I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I
      The Andrew Sisters and Gordon Jenkins (#1, Jan 1950)
*7   CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (#1, March)
*8   A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
      Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters (#1, Jan)
*9   MULE TRAIN
      Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners (#1, Nov)
 10  JEALOUS HAERT
      Al Morgan (#4, Sept)

*11  CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
      Blue Barron and His Orchestra (#1, March)
 12  SOMEDAY
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#2, Sept)
 13  AGAIN
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#2, May)
 14  FOREVER AND EVER
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra and the Skylarks (#2, May)
 15  FOREVER AND EVER
      Perry Como (#3, June)
 16  DON'T CRY JOE (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (#4, Nov)
 17  ROOM FULL OF ROSES
      Sammy Kaye (#3, Aug)
 18  FAR AWAY PLACES
      Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby Choir (#2, Feb)
*19  BUTTONS AND BOWS
      Dinah Shore and Her Happy Valley Boys (#1, Nov 1948)
 20  GALWAY BAY
      Bing Crosby (#3, March)

 21  RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
      Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (#4, April)
 22  SO TIRED
      Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (#4, April)
 23  POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE (Smile Smile Smile)
      Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters (#3, March)
 24  BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
      Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (#4, July)
 25  WHISPERING HOPE
      Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (#6, Oct)
 26  MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE
      Dick Haymes (#5, Sept)
 27  CARELESS HANDS
      Sammy Kaye (#7, May)
 28  "A"-YOU'RE ADORABLE
      Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters (#4, April)
 29  THE HUCKLE-BUCK
      Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra and Charlie Shavers (#5, Aug)
 30  I DON'T SEE ME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE
      Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and the Stardusters (#6, July)














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