| Rank
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Artist
|
Title
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Label
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Recorded
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Released
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Chart Positions
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| 1 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“Bouquet of Roses”[1] |
RCA Victor 20-2806 |
May 18, 1947 (1947-05-18) |
April 1948 (1948-04) |
US Billboard 1948 #99, US #13 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #1, USHB #1 for 19 weeks, 54 total weeks, 980 points
|
| 2 |
Jimmy Wakely |
“One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)”[2] |
Capitol 15162 |
July 5, 1948 (1948-07-05) |
September 6, 1948 (1948-09-06) |
US Billboard 1948 #81, US #10 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 32 total weeks, 562 points
|
| 3 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“Anytime”[1] |
RCA Victor 20-2700 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
February 12, 1948 (1948-02-12) |
US Billboard 1948 #136, US #17 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #3, USHB #1 for 9 weeks, 39 total weeks, 546 points
|
| 4 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“Just a Little Lovin’ (Will Go a Long Way)”[3] |
RCA Victor 20-3013 |
December 17, 1947 (1947-12-17) |
July 29, 1948 (1948-07-29) |
US Billboard 1948 #103, US #13 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #4, USHB #1 for 8 weeks, 32 total weeks, 431 points
|
| 5 |
Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys |
“Humpty Dumpty Heart”[4] |
Capitol Americana 40065 |
October 10, 1947 (1947-10-10) |
November 20, 1947 (1947-11-20) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #5, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 38 total weeks, 327 points
|
| 6 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“Texarkana Baby”[1] |
RCA Victor 20-2806 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
April 1948 (1948-04) |
US Billboard 1948 #144, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #6, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 316 points
|
| 7 |
Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys |
“Tennessee Waltz”[1] |
RCA Victor 20-2680 |
December 2, 1947 (1947-12-02) |
January 25, 1948 (1948-01-25) |
US Billboard 1948 #349, US #30 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #7, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 35 total weeks, 272 points
|
| 8 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)”[3] |
RCA Victor 20-3174 |
December 17, 1947 (1947-12-17) |
October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) |
US Billboard 1948 #243, US #23 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #8, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 248 points
|
| 9 |
Carson Robison with His Pleasant Valley Boys |
“Life Gets Tee-Jus Don’t It”[5] |
MGM 10224 |
October 2, 1947 (1947-10-02) |
August 1948 (1948-08) |
US Billboard 1948 #112, US #14 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #9, USHB #3 for 2 week, 28 total weeks, 176 points
|
| 10 |
Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar |
“Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away”[3] |
RCA Victor 20-3174 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) |
US Billboard 1949 #305, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 160 points
|
| 11 |
Moon Mullican |
“Sweeter Than The Flowers”[6] |
King 673 |
September 17, 1948 (1948-09-17) |
October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #11, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 26 total weeks, 158 points
|
| 12 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“What A Fool I Was”[1] |
RCA Victor 20-2700 |
May 18, 1947 (1947-05-18) |
February 12, 1948 (1948-02-12) |
US Billboard 1948 #338, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #12, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 130 points
|
| 13 |
Cowboy Copas |
“Signed Sealed and Delivered”[6] |
King 658 |
April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) |
August 1948 (1948-08) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #13, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 111 points
|
| 14 |
T. Texas Tyler |
“Deck of Cards”[7] |
4 Star 1228 |
January 1948 (1948-01) |
February 1948 (1948-02) |
US Billboard 1948 #198, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #14, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 96 points
|
| 15 |
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan |
“Suspicion”[4] |
Capitol 40109 |
December 16, 1947 (1947-12-16) |
April 1948 (1948-04) |
US Billboard 1948 #287, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #15, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 83 points
|
| 16 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
“Bubbles in My Beer[5] |
MGM 10116 |
January 24, 1945 (1945-01-24) |
March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #16, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, 81 points
|
| 17 |
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan |
“Don’t Telephone – Don’t Telegraph (Tell A Woman)”[4] |
Capitol Americana 40081 |
September 8, 1947 (1947-09-08) |
January 18, 1948 (1948-01-18) |
US Billboard 1948 #330, US #27 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #17, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 71 points
|
| 18 |
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys |
“My Daddy is Only a Picture”[3] |
RCA Victor 20-3013 |
August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) |
August 1948 (1948-08) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #18, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 68 points
|
| 19 |
Cowboy Copas |
“Tennessee Waltz”[6] |
King 696 |
April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) |
August 1948 (1948-08) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #19, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 64 points
|
| 20 |
Floyd Tillman |
“I Love You So Much It Hurts”[8] |
Columbia 20430 |
December 29, 1947 (1947-12-29) |
June 8, 1948 (1948-06-08) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #20, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 51 points
|
| 21 |
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan |
“Banjo Polka”[2] |
Capitol 15101 |
October 28, 1946 (1946-10-28) |
May 25, 1948 (1948-05-25) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #21, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 47 points
|
| 22 |
Ernest Tubb |
“Forever Is Ending Today'”[9] |
Decca 46134 |
January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13) |
June 6, 1948 (1948-06-06) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #22, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 42 points
|
| 23 |
Ernest Tubb |
“Seaman’s Blues'”[10] |
Decca 46119 |
January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13) |
June 6, 1948 (1948-06-06) |
US Hillbilly 1948 #23, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 39 points
|
| 24 |
Gene Autry |
“Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)”[8] |
Columbia 20377 |
August 28, 1947 (1947-08-28) |
May 1, 1948 (1948-05-01) |
US Billboard 1948 #56, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #24, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 35 points
|
| 30 |
Gene Autry |
“Buttons and Bows”[11] |
Columbia 37942 |
August 28, 1947 (1947-08-28) |
May 1, 1948 (1948-05-01) |
US Billboard 1948 #134, US #17 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #30, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 17 points
|
| 41 |
Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys |
“I’m a Long Gone Daddy”[5] |
MGM 10401 |
November 6, 1947 (1947-11-06) |
June 18, 1948 (1948-06-18) |
US Hillbilly 1949 #41, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 5 points
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