AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (DAVID KENT) TOP SINGLES FOR 1947
1-ANNIVERSARY SONG-AL JOLSON;BING CROSBY-DECEMBER
2-PRISONER OF LOVE-PERRY COMO;INK SPOTS-March
3-TO EACH HIS OWN-INK SPOTS;FREDDY MARTIN-April
4-LAUGHING ON THE INSIDE (CRYING ON THE OUTSIDE)-SAMMY KAYE;MERRY MACS-January
5-(GIVE ME) FIVE MINUTES MORE-FRANK SINATRA;TEX BENEKE-May
6-APRIL SHOWERS-AL JOLSON-September
7 MAM’SELLE-FRANK SINATRA;DICK HAYMES-October
8-THEY SAY IT’S WONDERFUL-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-July
9-(THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE)SHOW BUSINESS-Dick Haymes & Andrew Sisters-November
9-(THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE) SHOW BUSINESS-Bing Crosby-November
10-YOU KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SONG-Bing Crosby;Dinah Shore-June
11-Blue Skies-Bing Crosby;Perry Como-January
12-Managua,Nicaragua-Freddy Martin-November
13-When China Boy Meets China Girl-Dorothy Squires-November
14-Open The Door,Richard-The Charioteers-July
15-I Want To Thank Your Folks-Frank Sinatra;Ink Spots-September
16-Ole Buttermilk Sky-Hoagy Carmichael-June
17-Oh! What It Seemed To Be-Frank Sinatra;Joe Loss-March
18-Save Me A Dream-Freddy Martin-August
19-Good,Good,Good (That’s You-That’s You)-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-April
20-Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-Sammy Kaye;Johnny Mercer-June
21-Swanee-Al Jolson-December
22-Huggin’ And Chalkin’-Hoagy Carmichael & The Chickadees-August
23-Bless You-Ink Spots-March
24-Linda-Charlie Spivak;Buddy Clark-September
25-Rumours Are Flying-Frankie Carle;Andrews Sisters-July
26-Some Sunday Morning-Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest-January
27-Ole Buttermilk Sky-Kay Kyser-June
28-Open The Door,Richard-Count Basie-July
29-Alexander’s Rag Time Band-Bing Crosby & Al Jolson-October
30-Among My Souvenirs-Bing Crosby;Frank Sinatra-November
31-Blue Skies-Dinah Shore;-January
32-Surrender-Perry Como-April
33-Tallahassee-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters;Dinah Shore & Woody Herman-November
34-Sooner Or Later (You’re Gonna Be Comin’ Around)-Sammy Kaye;Dinah Shore-June
35-My Defences Are Day-Ray Middleton-December
36-Anything You Can Do-Bing Crosby,Dick Haymes & Andrew Sisters;-November
36-Anything You Can Do-Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton-November
37-The Spaniard That Blighted My Life-Bing Crosby & Al Jolson-September
38-Who’s Sorry Now-Bing Crosby-March
39-I’ve Found A New Baby-Bing Crosby-March
40-Siboney-Bing Crosby-April
41-I’m Always Chasing Rainbows-Perry Como & The Satisfiers-February
42-That’s Where I Came In-Perry Como;Ink Spots-September
43-Three Beautiful Words Of Love-Victor Silvester;Rhythmic Troubadors-July
44-Sonata-Perry Como-September
45-On The Boardwalk (In Atlantic City)-Freddy Martin;Charioteers-July
46-Cynthia’s In Love-Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra-January
47-If I Had A Wishing Ring-Victor Silvester;Kate Smith-January
48-The Coffee Song(They’ve Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)-Frank Sinatra-July
49-Ashby De La Zouch-Merry Macs;Lou Preager-January
50-Night And Day-Frank Sinatra;Bing Crosby-May
51-One Night In Old Seville-Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra-May
52-All By Myself-Bing Crosby-April
53-Give Me The Simple Life-Bing Crosby-March
54-Christmas Island-Andrews Sisters-December
55-Just One Of Those Things-Bing Crosby-April
56-Hasta Manana(Toda Una Vida)-Bing Crosby-May
57-I’ll Be Walkin’ With My Honey (Soon,Soon,Soon)-Sammy Kaye-February
58-Too Many Irons In The Fire-Mills Brothers-August
59-I’ll See You In Cuba-Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin-June
60-September Song-Frank Sinatra;Tony Martin-June
61-You Won’t Be Satisfied(Until You Break My Heart)-Perry Como & Satisfiers-February
62-Stone Cold Dead In The Market-Ella Fitzgerald-June
63-Heartaches-Harry James;Ted Weems-December
64-Doctor,Lawyer,Indian Chief-Betty Hutton;Hoagy Carmichael-November