PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1948*
https://playback.fm/year/1948 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 BUTTONS AND BOWS-DINAH SHORE AND HER HAPPY VALLEY BOYS-NOVEMBER 2 NATURE BOY-NAT KING COLE-June 3 I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER-ART MOONEY-February 4 TWELTH STREET RAG-PEE WEE HUNT-October 5 MANANA (IS SOON ENOUGH FOR ME)-PEGGY LEE-April 6 THE WOODY WOODPECKER SONG-KAY KYSER ORCHESTRA AND GLORIA WOOD-July 7 NOW IS THE HOUR (MAORI FAREWELL SONG)-BING CROSBY-October 8 YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLIN'-Al Trace-September 9 A TREE IN THE MEADOW-Margaret Whiting-October 10 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH-Spike Jones-December 11 On A Slow Boat To China-Kay Kyser-November 12 It's Magic-Doris Day & George Siravo Orchestra-October 13 Move On Up A Little Higher-Mahalia Jackson-January 14 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris-May 15 Love Somebody-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-September 16 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker-March 17 You Can't Be True,Dear-Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne-June 18 Powder Your Face With Sunshine-Evelyn Knight-December 19 My Happiness-Ella Fitzgerald & Song Spinners-August 20 Little White Lies-Dick Haymes-June 21 Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song)-Gracie Fields-April 22 Just Because-Frankie Yankovic,Johnny Pecon & His Yanks-June 23 Rambling Rose-Perry Como, Russ Case Orchestra-October 24 Bouquet Of Roses-Eddy Arnold-August 25 So Tired-Russ Morgan-December 26 Buttons And Bows-Gene Autry-November 27 Teresa-Dick Haymes And The Andrews Sisters-June 28 Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart-The Ink Spots-November 29 Tennessee Waltz-Pee Wee King-April 30 Baby Face-Art Mooney-May 31 My Happiness-The Pied Pipers-July 32 Beg Your Pardon-Francis Craig & Art Mooney-March 33 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-Al Jolson-December 34 I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-George Trevare-November 35 Chi-baba,Chi-baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)-Joe Loss-January 36 Near You-Bing Crosby-January 37 A Saudade Mata a Gente-Dick Farney-July 38 Sabre Dance Boogie-Freddy Martin & Barclay Allen-May 39 I Feel Like Going Home-Muddy Waters-September 40 Texarkana Baby-Eddy Arnold-July 41 William Tell Overture (It's A Beautiful Day For The Races)-Spike Jone-Junee 42 It's Too Soon To Know-Orioles-November 43 Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)-Eddy Arnold-October 44 You Call Everybody Darlin'-Anne Vincent-September 45 On A Slow Boat To China-Benny Goodman & Al Hendrickson-December 46 Maybe You'll Be There-Gordon Jenkins Orchestra & Charles Lavere-October 47 Cuanto La Gusta-Carmen Miranda & Andrews Sisters-December 48 One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)-Jimmy Wakely-November 49 Because-Perry Como-April 50 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson-December 51 Tennessee Saturday Night-Red Foley-July 52 Anytime-Eddy Arnold-May 53 I Love You So Much It Hurts-Jimmy Wakely-December 54 A Heart Full Of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)-Eddy Arnold-December 55 Buttons And Bows-Bob Hope-November 56 Until-Tommy Dorsey-December 57 Lavender Blue-Sammy Kaye,Don Cornell & The Kaydets-December 58 The Woody Woodpecker Song-The Sportsmen & Mel Blanc-August 59 Esses Mocos-Francisco Alves-July 60 O Mama Mama-Nilla Pizzi & Duo Fasano-July 61 The Dickey-bird Song-Freddy Martin-May 62 Run Joe-Louis Jordan,The Tympany Five & Calypso Boys-August 63 Hair Of Gold,Eyes Of Blue-Gordon Macrae-October 64 My Happiness-Jon & Sondra Steele-August 65 I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Russ Morgan,Ames Bros & Mill Herth-March 66 You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love)-The Ink Spots-December 67 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones And His Shadows-December 68 You Can't Be True,Dear-Vera Lynn-May 69 Four Brothers-Woody Herman-July 70 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson (Lula Reed),Sharps & Flats-June 71 Now Is The Hour (Maori Farewell Song)-Margaret Whiting-April 72 E Com Esse Que Eu Vou-4 Ases & Um Coringa-July 73 Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)-The Andrews Sisters-May 74 Buttons And Bows-Evelyn Knight & Mannie Klein Orchestra-December 75 Guitar boogie-Arthur Smith-July 76 Love Bridge Waltz-Iry LeJeune-July 77 Evangeline Special-Iry LeJeune 78 Ballerina-Buddy Clark-January 79 My Darling,My Darling-Doris Day & Buddy Clark-December 80 Sabre Dance-Woody Herman-April *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).