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In the United Kingdom, a recording of "Heartaches" by Vera Lynn was the most successful and the song impacted the sheet music chart from July to October 1947, peaking at number 10. [15] The song features in the 1947 film of the same title. [16] In January 1948, Billboard listed the Ted Weems version of "Heartaches" as 1947's third biggest ...
William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two record companies within five years.
Vaughn Monroe had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947. Eddy Howard had three songs on the top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1947 according to retail sales.
Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts. [4] [5] It served as The Billboard ' s lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963. [6]
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However, the biggest hit of Weems's career was a reissue on his former Decca label: the Weems Orchestra's 1938 recording of "Heartaches" topped the national charts for 13 weeks. [5] [20] Ted Weems (right) with William P. Gottlieb, WINX Studio, Washington, D.C., ca. 1940. For his August 4, 1933 session, Weems recorded six tunes, including ...
US Billboard 1947 no. 287, US pop charts no. 24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 3, Race Records chart no. 1 for 12 weeks, 28 total weeks, 168 pointsselling over 500,000 copies 4: Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists (aka The Four Tunes) "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" [22] Manor 1046
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...