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”
Oh, look, another one! Yep, and there'll be one more post in this series before it's done. Like it, or not! But I really hope you like it. ~ JH
1) Fred Astaire ~ “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
2) Frances Langford ~ “Harbor Lights”
3) Robert Johnson ~ “32-20 Blues”
4) Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ~ “Song Of India”
5) Bing Crosby ~ “Remember Me?”
6) Billie Holiday ~ “Me, Myself, And I”
7) Roy Acuff ~ “Great Speckled Bird”
8) Alice Faye ~ “This Year’s Kisses”
9) Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra ft. Bob Goday ~ “That Old Feeling”
10) Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys ~ “Oozlin’ Daddy Blues”
11) Irene Dunne ~ “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”
12) Mildred Bailey ~ “Where Are You?”
13) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast ~ “Someday My Prince Will Come”
14) Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ~ “Boo Hoo”
15) Judy Garland ~ “Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)”
16) Henry Busse & His Orchestra ~ “With Plenty Of Money And You”
17) Bukka White ~ “Shake ‘Em On Down”
18) Adolph Hofner ~ “Does My Baby Love Me, Yes Sir!” (With a name like Adolph and any name that starts with “H” and ends in “er,” it’s a wonder he ever got a break in the biz back then!)
19) Dizzy Gillespie ~ “King Porter Stomp”
20) Robert Johnson ~ “Come On In My Kitchen”
21) Fats Waller & His Rhythm ft. Myra Johnson ~ “This Joint Is Jumpin’”
22) Benny Goodman Quartet ~ “I Got A Heartful Of Music”
I'm not quite done with this seemingly never-ending series of "Popular Songs Of" posts quite yet. There's this set and the three volumes that follow it. Then I'll probably tackle the tunes of 1927 and call it done. I was surprised at how many "keepers" I found among songs that, at eighty years old, are clearly well before my time. Music was just better back in the day, I suppose. And boy, do I feel old in simply admitting THAT! Anyway, here goes... Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ~ “Sing, Sing, Sing” (Man, that Gene Krupa could play some drums!)
2) Fred Astaire ~ “Things Are Looking Up”
3) Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ~ “September In The Rain”
4) Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Edythe Wright ~ “Dipsy Doodle”
5) Robert Johnson ~ “Cross Road Blues”
6) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast ~ “With A Smile And A Song”
7) Bing Crosby ~ “Sweet Leilani”
8) Roy Acuff ~ “You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven”
9) Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys ~ “Steel Guitar Rag”
10) Gracie Fields ~ “It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane”
11) Duke Ellington ~ “Caravan”
12) Mildred Bailey ~ “Trust In Me”
13) Louis Armstrong ~ “On A Little Bamboo Bridge”
14) Joyce Compton / Irene Dunne ~ “My Dreams Are Gone With The Wind”
15) Count Basie ~ “One O’Clock Jump”
16) Raymond Scott Quintette ~ “Powerhouse”
17) Mahalia Jackson ~ “Peace In The Valley”
18) Fred Astaire ~ “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”
19) Sophie Tucker ~ “The Lady Is A Tramp”
20) Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra ~ “For Dancers Only”
21) The Andrews Sisters ~ “Jammin’”
22) Robert Johnson ~ “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”
