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The Beatles had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Hey Jude", the number one song of 1968. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1968. Aretha Franklin had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This list is of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1968. [1]
Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt was the number one song of 1948. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1948 according to retail sales. [1 ...
In 1948, the following four charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
Marvin Gaye scored his first #1 as a solo artist with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" in 1968 and 1969. Here are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1968. That year, 10 acts hit number one for the first time, such as John Fred and His Playboy Band , The Lemon Pipers , Paul Mauriat , Otis Redding , Bobby Goldsboro , Archie Bell ...
Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1: Dinah Shore and Her Happy Boys "Buttons and Bows" [3] Columbia 38284: November 30, 1947 (): August 16, 1948 (): US Billboard 1948 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 23 total weeks, 577 points, CashBox #1, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, sold 2.5 million
Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2. Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.