BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) HONOR ROLL OF HITS (BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES OF 1947

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 PEG O' MY HEART-HARMONICATS-JUNE 1440 
  2 NEAR YOU-FRANCIS CRAIG & BOB LAMM-September 1372
  3 THAT'S MY DESIRE-SAMMY KAYE & DON CORNELL-August 1156
  4 ANNIVERSARY SONG-AL JOLSON-March 1118
  5 (I LOVE YOU) FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS-KING COLE TRIO-February 1114
  6 LINDA-RAY NOBLE & BUDDY CLARK-April 1064
  7 MAM'SELLE-ART LUND-May 1042
  8 THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER-Sammy Kaye & Billy Williams-January 1010
  9 HEARTACHES-Ted Weems-April 1006
 10 I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW-Ted Weems & Perry Como-August 968
 11 I Wonder,i Wonder,i Wonder-Eddy Howard-July 956
 12 Managua Nicaragua-Freddy Martin & Johnny Cochran Ensemble-March 932
 13 I Wish I Didn't Love You So-Vaughn Monroe-October 878
 14 My Adobe Hacienda-Eddy Howard-June 754
 15 Zip-a-dee-doo-dah-Johnny Mercer-January 746
 16 You Do-Vaughn Monroe-November 726
 17 Feudin' And Fightin'-Dorothy Shay ('the Park Avenue Hillbilly')-October 714
 18 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-Perry Como-August 698
 19 A Gal In Calico-Johnny Mercer-February 650
 20 Across The Alley From The Alamo-Mills Brothers-July 634
 21 Chi-baba,chi-baba-Perry Como-July 630
 22 Guilty-Margaret Whiting-March 536
 23 How Are Things In Glocca Mora-Buddy Clark-March 508
 24 The Lady From 29 Palms-Freddy Martin-October 452
 25 Huggin' And Chalkin'-Hoagy Carmichael-January 440
 26 -and Mimi-Art Lund-November 404
 27 Open The Door Richard-Count Basie,harry Edison & Bill Johnson-March 394
 28 An Apple Blossom Wedding-Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell-October 386
 29 Oh,but I Do-Harry James-February 362
 30 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)-Tex Williams-August 360
 31 I'll Close My Eyes-Andy Russell-April 356
 32 Ask Anyone Who Knows-Ink Spots-August 324
 33 It's A Good Day-Peggy Lee-March 298
 34 April Showers-Guy Lombardo-May 296
 35 Tallahassee-Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters-August 270
 36 The Whiffenpoof Song-Bing Crosby & Fred Waring Glee Club-November 184
 37 I Believe-Frank Sinatra-May 174
 38 Midnight Masquerade-Monica Lewis-July 128
 39 I Have But One Heart-Vic Damone-September 126
 40 You Can't See The Sun When You're Cryin'-Ink Spots-May 86
 41 For You,for Me,for Evermore-Judy Garland & Dick Haymes-January 44
 42 So Far-Frank Sinatra-November 44
 43 Ivy-Jo Stafford-August 44
 44 Almost Like Being In Love-Frank Sinatra-July 42
 45 Sooner Or Later-Sammy Kaye-January 42
 46 Sonata-Perry Como-February 42