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3 Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1947[edit source]

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Here is a year-end list compiled from The Billboard's Most-Played Folk Records weekly chart of 1947. Records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" RCA Victor 20-2332 May 18, 1947 July 10, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #134, US #22 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #1, USHB #1 for 21 weeks, 46 total weeks
2 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "It's a Sin" RCA Victor 2241 September 24, 1946 April 21, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #188, US #14, US Hillbilly 1947 #2, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 38 total weeks
3 Tex Williams and The Western Caravan "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Capitol 40001 March 27, 1947 May 10, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #3, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks
4 Merle Travis "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" Capitol 349 October 19, 1946 January 23, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #161, US #12, US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 14 weeks, 22 total weeks
5 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "What Is Life Without Love" RCA Victor 20-2058 March 20, 1946 December 10, 1946 US Hillbilly 1947 #5, USHB #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks
6 Ernest Tubb "Rainbow at Midnight" Decca 46018 September 17, 1947 October 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #6, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks
7 Red Ingle and The Natural Seven vocal by Cinderella G Stump "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" Capitol 412 March 14, 1947 May 1947 US Billboard 1947 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #7, USHB #2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks
8 Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" Decca 46034 January 9, 1947 March 22, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #8, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
9 Moon Mullican and The Showboys "New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)" King 578 October 2, 1946 December 1946 US Billboard 1947 #320, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
10 Tex Williams and His Western Caravan "Never Trust A Woman" Capitol Americana 40054 November 13, 1945 January 1947 US BB 1947 #178, US #26, US Hillbilly 1947 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 22 total weeks
11 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "To My Sorrow" RCA Victor 2481 September 17, 1947 September 29, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #11, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks
12 Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys "Never Trust A Woman" Decca 46074 March 18, 1947 May 12, 1947 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #13, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Sugar Moon" Columbia 37113 September 5, 1946 March 23, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks
14 Tex Williams and The Western Caravan "That's What I Like About the West" Capitol Americana 40031 January 24, 1947 October 14, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #17, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
15 Al Dexter and His Troopers "Down At The Roadside Inn" Columbia 37303 April 4, 1945 January 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks
16 Dorothy Shay "Feudin' And Fightin'" Columbia 37189 July 24, 1945 February 18, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #125, US #4 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #20, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks
17 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys "(Our Own) Jole Blon" Columbia 37287 January 28, 1947 March 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #4 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks
18 Ernest Tubb "Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)" Decca 46040 February 10, 1947 April 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks
19 Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" Columbia 37255 November 1, 1946 September 2, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
20 Merle Travis "Three Times Seven" Capitol 384 March 18, 1947 May 12, 1947 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
21 Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans "Oakie Boogie" Columbia 36935 January 3, 1947 February 18, 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks
22 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys "Move It On Over" MGM 10033 April 21, 1947 June 1947 US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #4 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
23 Merle Travis "Steel Guitar Rag" Capitol 384 March 18, 1947 May 12, 1947 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #23, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 3 total weeks
44 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" Columbia 37942 August 28, 1947 October 6, 1947 US Billboard 1947 #87, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #44, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
52 Louise Massey and the Westerners "My Adobe Hacienda" Columbia 37332 January 27, 1941 April 21, 1947 US BB 19