3 Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1947[edit source] edit
Here is a year-end list compiled from The Billboard's Most-Played Folk Records weekly chart of 1947. Records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" | RCA Victor 20-2332 | May 18, 1947 | July 10, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #134, US #22 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #1, USHB #1 for 21 weeks, 46 total weeks |
| 2 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "It's a Sin" | RCA Victor 2241 | September 24, 1946 | April 21, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #188, US #14, US Hillbilly 1947 #2, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 38 total weeks |
| 3 | Tex Williams and The Western Caravan | "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" | Capitol 40001 | March 27, 1947 | May 10, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #3, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks |
| 4 | Merle Travis | "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" | Capitol 349 | October 19, 1946 | January 23, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #161, US #12, US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 14 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 5 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "What Is Life Without Love" | RCA Victor 20-2058 | March 20, 1946 | December 10, 1946 | US Hillbilly 1947 #5, USHB #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks |
| 6 | Ernest Tubb | "Rainbow at Midnight" | Decca 46018 | September 17, 1947 | October 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #6, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks |
| 7 | Red Ingle and The Natural Seven vocal by Cinderella G Stump | "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" | Capitol 412 | March 14, 1947 | May 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #7, USHB #2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks |
| 8 | Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys | "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" | Decca 46034 | January 9, 1947 | March 22, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #8, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks |
| 9 | Moon Mullican and The Showboys | "New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)" | King 578 | October 2, 1946 | December 1946 | US Billboard 1947 #320, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks |
| 10 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Never Trust A Woman" | Capitol Americana 40054 | November 13, 1945 | January 1947 | US BB 1947 #178, US #26, US Hillbilly 1947 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 22 total weeks |
| 11 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "To My Sorrow" | RCA Victor 2481 | September 17, 1947 | September 29, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #11, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks |
| 12 | Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys | "Never Trust A Woman" | Decca 46074 | March 18, 1947 | May 12, 1947 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #13, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks |
| 13 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Sugar Moon" | Columbia 37113 | September 5, 1946 | March 23, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks |
| 14 | Tex Williams and The Western Caravan | "That's What I Like About the West" | Capitol Americana 40031 | January 24, 1947 | October 14, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #17, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks |
| 15 | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "Down At The Roadside Inn" | Columbia 37303 | April 4, 1945 | January 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks |
| 16 | Dorothy Shay | "Feudin' And Fightin'" | Columbia 37189 | July 24, 1945 | February 18, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #125, US #4 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #20, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 17 | Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys | "(Our Own) Jole Blon" | Columbia 37287 | January 28, 1947 | March 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #4 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks |
| 18 | Ernest Tubb | "Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)" | Decca 46040 | February 10, 1947 | April 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks |
| 19 | Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys | "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" | Columbia 37255 | November 1, 1946 | September 2, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks |
| 20 | Merle Travis | "Three Times Seven" | Capitol 384 | March 18, 1947 | May 12, 1947 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks |
| 21 | Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans | "Oakie Boogie" | Columbia 36935 | January 3, 1947 | February 18, 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks |
| 22 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "Move It On Over" | MGM 10033 | April 21, 1947 | June 1947 | US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #4 for 1 week, 3 total weeks |
| 23 | Merle Travis | "Steel Guitar Rag" | Capitol 384 | March 18, 1947 | May 12, 1947 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #23, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 3 total weeks |
| 44 | Gene Autry | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" | Columbia 37942 | August 28, 1947 | October 6, 1947 | US Billboard 1947 #87, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #44, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
| 52 | Louise Massey and the Westerners | "My Adobe Hacienda" | Columbia 37332 | January 27, 1941 | April 21, 1947 | US BB 19 |