Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment in a miniseries of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Because 70 years is a long time ago, and these songs are still amazing! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye”

2)  Kay Kyser & His Orchestra ft. Gloria Wood  ~  “Woody Woodpecker Song”

3)  Freddy Martin & His Orchestra ft. Glenn Hughes  ~  “On A Slow Boat To China”

4)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Buttons And Bows”

5)  Al Jolson  ~  “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?”

6)  Jimmy Wakely  ~  “One Has My Name”

7)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Rosetta”

8)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams”

9)  Roy Rogers  ~  “ Blue Shadows”

10)  Merle Travis  ~  “Merle’s Boogie Woogie”

11)  Al Trace & His Orchestra ft. Bob Vincent  ~  “You Call Everybody Darlin’”

12)  Dick Haymes ft. Four Hits And A Miss  ~  “Little White Lies”

13)  Russ Morgan & His Orchestra  ~  “So Tired”

14)  Pee Wee King  ~  “Tennessee Waltz” / “You Belong To Me”

15)  Art Mooney  ~  “I’m Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover”

16)  Vaughn Monroe  ~  “Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You”

17)  Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra ft. Charles La Vere  ~  “Maybe You’ll Be There”

18)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Toolie Oolie Doolie”

19)  Glenn Miller Orchestra ft. Tex Beneke  ~  “St. Louis Blues March”

20)  Cowboy Copas  ~  “Tennessee Moon”

21)  Hawkshaw Hawkins  ~  “Doghouse Boogie”

22)  Tex Williams  ~  “Talking Boogie”

23)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Harry Prime & The Clark Sisters  ~  “Until”

24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”

25)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Waltz Of The Wind”

Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 1

In celebration of my father's 70th year of life (his birthday was in September), here's the first in a two-part series of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Most of you seeing/hearing these probably aren't old enough to remember any of these songs. Or maybe you are familiar with them, because you were raised listening to good music like I was. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Doris Day  ~  “It’s Magic”

2)  Pee Wee Hunt  ~  “Twelfth Street Rag”

3)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “The Things We Did Last Summer”

4)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello”

5)  Primo Scala’s Banjo & Accordion Orchestra ft. The Keynotes  ~  “Underneath The Arches”

6)  Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne  ~  “You Can’t Be True, Dear”

7)  Johnny Bond  ~  “Oklahoma Waltz”

8)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)”

9)  Woody Herman  ~  “Four Brothers”

10)  Ray Noble & His Orchestra ft. Buddy Clark  ~  “I’ll Dance At Your Wedding”

11)  Francis Craig & His Orchestra  ~  “Beg Your Pardon”

12)  Gracie Fields  ~  “Now Is The Hour”

13)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Molly Darlin’”

14)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Move On Up A Little Higher”

15)  Perry Como  ~  “Because”

16)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Gloria”

17)  Margaret Whiting  ~  “A Tree In The Meadow”

18)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  “Texarkana Baby”

19)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Red River Valley”

20)  Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys  ~  “Humpty Dumpty Heart”

21)  Jon & Sondra Steele  ~  “My Happiness”

22)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “Honky Tonkin’”

23)  Nat King Cole Trio  ~  “Nature Boy”

24)  Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra ft. Sons Of The Pioneers  ~  “Cool Water”

25)  Tex Ritter  ~  “Rye Whiskey”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of 3 in the Popular Songs Of 1947 series. Plenty to see and hear here, folks. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bing Crosby  ~  “But Beautiful”

2)  Merle Travis  ~  “Steel Guitar Rag”

3)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Across The Alley From The Alamo”

4)  Dorothy Shay  ~  “Feudin’ And Fightin’”

5)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Two Loves Have I”

6)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Billy Williams  ~  “The Old Lamplighter”

7)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “To My Sorrow”

8)  The Andrew Sisters & Danny Kaye  ~  “Civilization”

9)  Buddy Clark ft. Ray Noble & His Orchestra  ~  “Linda”

10)  Dinah Shore  ~  “How Soon Will I Be Seeing You?”

11)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Mean To Me”

12)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Don’t Look Now”

13)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Make Believe”

14)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”

15)  Tex Williams  ~  “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

16)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ft. Kenny Gardner  ~  “Frankie And Johnny”

17)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Fool That I Am”

18)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Freight Train Boogie”

19)  Art Lund  ~  “Mam’selle”

20)  Jimmie Davis  ~  “Bang Bang”

21)  Freddy Martin and his Orchestra ft. Stuart Wade  ~  “Managua, Nicaragua”

22)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Bouquet Of Roses”

23)  Roy Brown  ~  “Good Rockin’ Tonight”  (This guy was ahead of his time. Sounds remarkably similar to the earliest rock and roll tunes that would come out a full decade later.)

24)  Frankie Laine  ~  “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”

25)  Mary Martin  ~  “Almost Like Being In Love”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 2

Did you like that last batch of Popular Songs from 1947? Good? Then here's more. No? Then don't check these out. More of the same here...and it's all good stuff! Enjoy!  ~  JH 

1)  Nat King Cole  ~  “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”

2)  Dinah Shore  ~  “You Do”

3)  Bing Crosby ft. Fred Waring & The Glee Club  ~  “The Whiffenpoof Song”

4)  Frankie Laine  ~  “All Of Me”

5)  Ted Weems Orchestra  ~  “Heartaches”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “I’ll Step Aside”

7)  Al Jolson  ~  “April Showers”

8)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “It’s A Sin”

9)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Near You”

10)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Texas And Pacific”

11)  Perry Como ft. Dinah Shore  ~  “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”

12)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ft. Tommy Duncan  ~  “Sugar Moon”

13)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got A Crush On You”

14)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Sincerely Yours”

15)  Merle Travis  ~  “Missouri”

16)  James Baskett  ~  “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”  (Fun fact: Actor/singer James Baskett became the first African-American male to receive an Oscar, for his performance in this film, Song Of The South.)

17)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?”

18)  Doris Day & Buddy Clark  ~  “Confess”

19)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Don Cornell  ~  “That’s My Desire”

20)  Jane Russell  ~  “Do It Again”

21)  Dinah Shore  ~  “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So”

22)  Woody Herman Orchestra  ~  “Four Brothers”

23)  Frankie Laine  ~  “A Sunday Kind Of Love”

24)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Ivy”

25)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True”