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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1948 according to retail sales. [1] No. (Rank) ... 1948 in music;
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.
Eddy Arnold almost completely dominated the number one spot in 1948. In 1948, Billboard magazine published two charts specifically covering the top-performing country music songs in the United States. At the start of the year, Billboard's sole ranking of country music recordings was based on the number of times a song had been played in jukeboxes. The Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart ...
US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #16, Race Records charts #3 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 273 points 17: Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar "Blues After Hours" [24] Modern 624: January 13, 1949 () March 1949 () US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #17, Race Records charts #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 256 points 18: The Orioles
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...
The chart nowadays known as the Billboard 200 was titled Best-Selling Popular Record Albums in 1948 and was based on a "weekly survey among 4,970 dealers In all sections of the country. [1] During the year, eleven albums by fifteen artists topped the chart.
In 1948, Billboard magazine published two charts ranking the top-performing songs in the United States within rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented musical genres. The Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart had been published since 1945; placings were based on a weekly survey among jukebox operators.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "1948 in music" ... List of top-ten songs in 1948 and 1949 (Mexico) LP record; N.