Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" [20] | Decca 23741 | June 26, 1946 (1946-06-26) | November 1946 (1946-11) | US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 1, Race Records chart no. 1 for 17 weeks, 27 total weeks, 199 points |
2 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" [21] | Decca 24104 | April 23, 1947 (1947-04-23) | August 1947 (1947-08) | US Billboard 1947 no. 205, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 2, Race Records chart no. 1 for 14 weeks, 25 total weeks, 168 points |
3 | Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends | "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" [11] | Capitol Americano 40028 | June 11, 1947 (1947-06-11) | September 1947 (1947-09) | US Billboard 1947 no. 287, US pop charts no. 24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 3, Race Records chart no. 1 for 12 weeks, 28 total weeks, 168 pointsselling over 500,000 copies |
4 | Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists (aka The Four Tunes) | "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" [22] | Manor 1046 | November 1946 (1946-11) | December 1946 (1946-12) | US Billboard 1947 no. 236, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 4, Race Records chart no. 1 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 127 points |
5 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Jack, You're Dead" [23] | Decca 23901 | October 10, 1946 (1946-10-10) | May 1947 (1947-05) | US Billboard 1947 no. 200, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 5, US no. 1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 108 points |
6 | Eddie Vinson and His Orchestra | "Old Maid Boogie" [24] | Mercury 8028 | November 15, 1946 (1946-11-15) | February 1947 (1947-02) | US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, 79 points |
7 | Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm | "He's a Real Gone Guy" [11] | Capitol Americano 40017 | April 30, 1947 (1947-04-30) | September 1947 (1947-09) | US Billboard 1947 no. 160, US pop charts no. 15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 7, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 53 points |
8 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Let The Good Times Roll" [25] | Decca 23741 | June 26, 1946 (1946-06-26) | November 1946 (1946-11) | US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 8, US no. 2 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 52 points |
9 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Texas and Pacific" [26] | Decca 23810 | October 10, 1946 (1946-10-10) | December 1946 (1946-12) | US Billboard 1947 no. 197, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 9, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 49 points |
10 | Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm | "Hurry on Down" [11] | Capitol Americano 40002 | April 10, 1947 (1947-04-10) | July 1947 (1947-07) | US Billboard 1947 no. 196, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 10, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 18 total weeks, 39 points |
11 | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (vocal Charles Brown) | "New Orleans Blues" [27] | Exclusive 240 | 1947 (1947) | May 1947 (1947-05) | US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 11, US no. 2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 32 points |
12 | Lionel Hampton and His Hamptonians | "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" [28] | Decca 23879 | April 2, 1947 (1947-04-02) | April 1947 (1947-04) | US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 12, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 25 points |
13 | Mills Brothers | "Across the Alley from the Alamo" [29] | Decca 23863 | March 3, 1947 (1947-03-03) | May 1947 (1947-05) | US Billboard 1947 no. 30, US pop charts no. 2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 13, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 24 points |
14 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Open the Door, Richard!" [30] | Decca 23841 | January 23, 1947 (1947-01-23) | March 25, 1947 (1947-03-25) | US Billboard 1947 no. 66, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 14, Race Records chart no. 2 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks, 21 points |
15 | Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All Stars | "That's My Desire" [24] | Mercury 5007 | August 27, 1946 (1946-08-27) | December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12) | US Billboard 1947 no. 44, US pop charts no. 4 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 15, Race Records chart no. 3 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 20 points |
16 | Jack McVea and His All-Stars | "Open The Door, Richard!" [31] | Black & White 792 | September 15, 1946 (1946-09-15) | January 1947 (1947-01) | US Billboard 1947 no. 64, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 16, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points |
17 | Dusty Fletcher | "Open The Door, Richard (Part 1)" [32] | National 4012 | January 4, 1947 (1947-01-04) | January 1947 (1947-01) | US Billboard 1947 no. 50, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 17, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points |
18 | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | "Early In The Mornin''" [33] | Decca 24155 | April 23, 1947 (1947-04-23) | October 1947 (1947-10) | US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 18, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 19 points |
19 | Erskine Hawkins | "Hawk's Boogie" [7] | RCA Victor 20-2169 | October 7, 1946 (1946-10-07) | March 1947 (1947-03) | US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 19, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 18 points |
20 | Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten Trio | "Since I Fell for You" | DeLuxe 1082 | April 23, 1947 (1947-04-23) | July 1947 (1947-07) | US Billboard 1947 no. 198, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 20, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 18 points |
21 | Count Basie and His Orchestra | "Open The Door, Richard!" [7] | RCA Victor 20-2127 | January 3, 1947 (1947-01-03) | January 1947 (1947-01) | US Billboard 1947 no. 29, US pop charts no. 1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 21, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 15 points |