AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1948 
1-ANNIVERSARY SONG-AL JOLSON;BING CROSBY-JANUARY 3532
2-NEAR YOU-FRANCIS CRAIG;ANDREWS SISTERS-July 1832
3-GOLDEN EARRINGS-PEGGY LEE;BING CROSBY-October 1316
4-SERENADE OF THE BELLS-SAMMY KAYE;GERALDO-September 1302
5-CHI-BABA CHI-BABA-PERRY COMO;JOE LOSS-May 1248
6-WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN-AL JOLSON;PERRY COMO-December 1134
7-NOW IS THE HOUR (MAORI FAREWELL SONG)-BING CROSBY;GRACIE FIELDS-October 1134
8-AN APPLE BLOSSOM WEDDING-Sammy Kaye;Buddy Clark-July 1114
9-WE’LL GATHER LILACS-Bing Crosby-June 1078
10-THE DICKEY-BIRD SONG-Freddy Martin-August 1032
11-McNamara’s Band-Bing Crosby & Jesters-March 1010
12-I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Art Mooney;George Trevare-November 972
13-A Tree In The Meadow-Joe Loss;Dorothy Squires-December 840
14-Too Fat Polka-Arthur Godfrey;Andrews Sisters-December 826
15-You Can’t Be True,Dear-Ken Griffin;& Jerry Wayne-December 812
16-Civilization-Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters;Joe Loss-August 806
17-How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)?-Vaughn Monroe;Bing Crosby-May 742
18-Ask Anyone Who Knows-Sammy Kaye;Ink Spots-May 714
19-Swanee-Al Jolson-January 682
20-Feudin’ And Fightin’-Bing Crosby & Jesters-January 648
21-A Gal In Calico-Bing Crosby & The Calico Kids-February 624
22-The Turntable Song-Andrews Sisters;Deanna Durbin-March 612
23-…And Mimi-Roberto Inglez;Joe Loss-August 602
24-Peg O’ My Heart-Three Suns;Buddy Clark-April 574
25-The Old Lamplighter-Kay Kyser-January 564
26-Kokomo Indiana-Vaughn Monroe;Bing Crosby & Skylarks-January 560
27-All My Love-Al Jolson-November 554
28-South America,Take It Away-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters;Xavier Cugat-August 440
29-On The Old Spanish Trail-Roy Rogers-April 440
30-I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now-Perry Como-February 440
31-Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year)-Victor Silvester;Dennis Day-July 432
32-Across The Valley From The Alamo-Mills Brothers;Three Suns-April 426
33-Nature Boy-Nat King Cole;Frank Sinatra-October 402
34-You Do-Vaughn Monroe;Bing Crosby-February 400
35-Have I Told You Lately That I Love You-Gene Autry;Sons Of Pioneers-July 390
36-Beg Your Pardon-Francis Craig;Art Mooney-November 386
37-Emperor Waltz-Bing Crosby-March 384
38-The Things We Did Last Summer-Bing Crosby;Frank Sinatra-March 352
39-I Wonder,I Wonder,I Wonder-Guy Lombardo-June 340
40-Sweet Lorraine-Bing Crosby;King Cole Trio-June 336
41-The Girl That I Marry-Frank Sinatra-April 332
42-Come To The Mardi Gras (Nao Tenho Lagrimas)-Freddy Martin-March 312
43-The Best Things In Life Are Free-Ink Spots-September 280
44-Pass The Peace Pipe-Bing Crosby-October 260
45-I Wish I Didn’t Love You So-Vaughn Monroe;Dinah Shore-January 230
46-Oh! But I Do-Bing Crosby-February 208
47-The Stars Will Remember (So Will I)-Frank Sinatra;The Organ…Me-October 200
48-Where Is Sam?-Sammy Kaye-May 200
49-When Irish Eyes Are Smiling-Bing Crosby-February 200
50-Always-Ink Spots;Frank Sinatra-April 184
51-Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love-Bing Crosby with Les Paul & His Trio-June 168
52-But Beautiful-Bing Crosby;Frank Sinatra-September 136