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"Near You" is a popular song written and originally recorded by Francis Craig and His Orchestra at Castle Studio in 1947, [4] with lyrics by Kermit Goell, which has become a pop standard. Background [ edit ]
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.
His own recording of "Near You", [3] was released by Bullet Records as catalog number 1001B (The "A" side, 1001A, was titled "Red Rose", also by Craig). "Near You" first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on August 30, 1947, and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1. It held the top spot for 12 straight weeks.
Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1: Francis Craig and His Orchestra "Near You" [5] Bullet 1001: February 1947 (): March 1947 (): US Billboard 1947 no. 1, US no. 1 for 17 weeks, 25 total weeks, 657 points, sold 2.5 million
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"I Want to Be Loved" was the only chart-topper for Savannah Churchill. In 1947, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American -oriented musical genres under the title of Most Played Juke Box Race Records; placings were based on a weekly survey among jukebox operators. The chart is considered to be part of the lineage of the ...