1947 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Albums released

3 Top hit records

4 Published popular music

Events

Patti Page signs with Mercury
Frankie Laine earns his first, of 21, gold records
Kay Starr signs with Capitol
George Jones begins performing
Jimmy Rogers begins recording
the Weavers begin performing
Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra. Lucia Mannucci replaces him.
Ernesto Bonino embarks on his Latin American tour

Albums released

Top hit records

"Across The Alley From The Alamo" - The Mills Brothers
"All Of Me" - Frankie Laine
"Almost Like Being In Love" - Jo Stafford
"Always" - Frank Sinatra
"Anything You Can Do" - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby & Dick Haymes
"April Showers" - Al Jolson
"Autumn In New York" - Jo Stafford
"Ballerina" - Vaughn Monroe
"But Beautiful" - Frankie Laine
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" - Perry Como
"Daddy-O (I’m Gonna Teach You Some Blues") - Dinah Shore
"Do It Again" - Jane Russell
"Feudin' And Fightin'" - Dorothy Shay
"Fool That I Am" - Georgia Gibbs
"Frankie And Johnny" - Guy Lombardo & Kenny Gardner
"Galway Bay" - Bing Crosby
"Golden Earrings" - Peggy Lee
"Haunted Heart" - Jo Stafford
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Frank Sinatra
"Heartaches" - Ted Weems
"How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" - Dick Haymes
"Huggin' And Chalkin'" - Hoagy Carmichael
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" - Vaughn Monroe
"If I Loved You" - Jo Stafford
"In The Still Of The Night" - Jo Stafford
"Inspiration Point" - Frankie Laine
"It Only Happens Once" - Frankie Laine
"Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" - Al Jolson
"I've Got A Crush On You" - Frank Sinatra
"Ivy" - Jo Stafford
"Linda" - Buddy Clark & The Ray Noble Orchestra
"Loaded Pistols, Loaded Dice" - Phil Harris
"The Lonesome Road" - Dinah Shore
"Mam'selle" - Frankie Laine
"Mam'selle" - Art Lund
"Mam'selle" - Frank Sinatra
"Make Believe" - Jo Stafford
"Managua, Nicaragua" - Freddy Martin
"Mean To Me" - Frank Sinatra
"Near You" - The Andrews Sisters
"Near You" - Francis Craig
"Nevertheless" - Frankie Laine
"Night And Day" - Frank Sinatra
"Peg O' My Heart" - Buddy Clark
"Peg O' My Heart" - The Harmonicats
"Peg O' My Heart" - The Three Suns
"Put 'Em In A Box" - Frankie Laine
"Put Yourself In My Place, Baby" - Frankie Laine
"Serenade Of The Bells" - Jo Stafford
"Shine" - Frankie Laine
"Sincerely Yours" - The Ink Spots
"Singing The Blues" - Frankie Laine
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
"The Spaniard That Blighted My Life - Al Jolson & Bing Crosby
"A Sunday Kind Of Love" - Frankie Laine
"That Ain't Right" - Frankie Laine
"Time After Time" - Frank Sinatra
"Too Fat Polka" - Arthur Godfrey
"We'll Be Together Again" - Frankie Laine
"When You Were Sweet Sixteen" - Perry Como
"The Whiffenpoof Song" - Bing Crosby
"You Do" - Vaughn Monroe
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - Johnny Mercer

Published popular music

"Across The Alley From The Alamo" w.m. Joe Green
"Afraid To Fall In Love" w. Ralph Blane m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven in the 1948 film Summer Holiday
"Ah, But It Happens" w. William Dunham m. Walter Kent
"Almost Like Being In Love" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the musical Brigadoon. Performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly.
"And Mimi" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
"Apalachicola F.L.A." w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen. Introduced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the film Road To Rio
"An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
"April In Portugal" w. Jose Galhardo (Port) Jimmy Kennedy (Eng) m. Raul Ferrao Portuguese
"Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Jacques Prevert m. Joseph Kosma
"Ballerina" w.m. Bob Russell & Carl Sigman
"Beg Your Pardon" w.m. Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
"Big Brass Band From Brazil" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
"Bloop Bleep" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Blue Shadows On The Trail" w. Johnny Lange m. Elliot Daniel
"Bouquet Of Roses" w.m. Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
"Busy Doing Nothing" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"But Beautiful" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Buttons And Bows" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" w.m. Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman
"Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer
"Civilization" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
"Clancy Lowered The Boom" w.m. Hy Heath & Johnny Lange
"Come To Me, Bend To Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"Come To The Mardi Gras" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake & Jimmy Shirl (Port) Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera m. Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera
"Confess" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"Cuanto Le Gusta" w. Ray Gilbert m. Gabriel Ruiz
"Don't Smoke In Bed" w.m. Willard Robison
"Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman" w.m. Al Stewart & Tex Williams
"Down By The Station" adapted from a children's song by Lee Ricks & Slim Gaillard
"Down The Old Spanish Trail" Kenneth Leslie-Smith & Jimmy Kennedy
"The Dream Of Olwen" w. Winifred May m. Charles Williams
"Everybody Loves Somebody" w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane
"Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There" Lee Roy Abernathy
"Ev'ry Day I Love You" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"A Fella With An Umbrella" w.m. Irving Berlin
"For Every Man There's A Woman" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah
"Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George Weiss
"Galway Bay" w.m. Dr Arthur Colahan
"The Gentleman Is A Dope" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
"Good Rockin' Tonight" w.m. Roy Brown
"Haunted Heart" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"The Heather On The Hill" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"Here Comes Santa Claus" w.m. Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
"Here I'll Stay" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Kurt Weill
"Hooray For Love" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin and Yvonne DeCarlo in the 1948 film Casbah
"A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. David Kapp
"Hurry On Down" w.m. Nellie Lutcher
"I Like'em Fat Like That" w.m. Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan, J. Mayo Williams
"I Still Get Jealous" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Ichabod" Don Raye & Gene De Paul
"If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"I'll Dance At Your Wedding" w. Herb Magidson m. Ben Oakland
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"I'm My Own Grandpaw" w.m. Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose" w.m. Larry Markes & Dick Charles
"It Was Written In The Stars" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen
"It's A Most Unusual Day" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
"It's Magic" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Ivy" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Kokomo, Indiana" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" w. Sylvia Dee & Elizabeth Moore m. Sidney Lippman
"Lazy Countryside" w.m. Bobby Worth
"Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" w.m. Carson Robison
"A Little Bird Told Me" w.m. Harvey O. Brooks
"Look To The Rainbow" w. E.Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"Love Is Where You Find It" w. Earl K. Brent m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Love Somebody" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
"The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris & John Jacob Loeb
"Mam'selle" w. Mack Gordon m. Edmund Goulding
"Manana" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
"Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner" w.m. Hubert Gregg
"Maybe You'll Be There" w. Sammy Gallop m. Rube Bloom
"Nature Boy" w.m. Eden Ahbez
"Near You" w. Kermit Goell m. Francis Craig
"The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" w. Buddy Bernier m. Jerry Brainin
"Now Is The Hour" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott & Dorothy Stewart
"On A Slow Boat To China" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Once And For Always" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Pass That Peace Pipe" w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin
"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farres m. Osvaldo Farres Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
"Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" Claude Demetrius & Fleecie Moore
"Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Rhode Island Is Famous For You" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Save The Bones For Henry Jones" w.m. Danny Barker & Michael H. Goldsen
"Serenade Of The Bells" w.m. Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart & Al Urbano
"Sixteen Tons" w.m. Merle Travis
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. Merle Travis & Tex Williams
"Steppin' Out With My Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Tallahassee" w.m. Frank Loesser
"There But For You Go I" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"Too Fat Polka" w.m. Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson
"Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul
"The Turntable Song" w. Leo Robin m. John Green
"Waitin' For My Dearie" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"The Wedding Samba" w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz
"We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" Teddy Reig, William Moore
"What's Good About Goodbye?" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah
"When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" w. E. Y.Harburg m. Burton Lane Introduced by David Wayne in the Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow
"Woody Woodpecker" w.m. George Tibbles & Ramez Idriss
"You Do" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber & Fred Meadows m. Larry Fotine
"You, You, You Are The One" w. Milton Leeds & Fred Wise m. Tetos Demey