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List of Billboard number-one singles of 1948

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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1948 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. 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.
  • Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
  • Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts. It served as The Billboard's lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.

Note: In the issue dated January 10, May 1, and October 9, The Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on one of its charts.

Issue date Best-Selling Popular Retail Records Records Most-Played on the Air Most-Played Juke Box Records Honor Roll of Hits Ref.
January 3 "Ballerina"
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra 		"Ballerina"
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra 		"Ballerina"
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra 		"Ballerina"
January 10 "Ballerina"
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
"Too Fat Polka"
Arthur Godfrey with Orchestra under the direction of Archie Bleyer
January 17 "Ballerina"
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21 "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"
Art Mooney and His Orchestra 		"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"
Art Mooney and His Orchestra 		"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover"
Art Mooney and His Orchestra 		"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"
February 28
March 6 "Now Is the Hour"
March 13 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)"
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians 		"I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"
March 20 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)"
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians 		"Now Is the Hour"
March 27 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)"
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24 "Now Is the Hour"
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir
May 1 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)"
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and the Brazilians
"Now Is the Hour"
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir
May 8 "Nature Boy"
King Cole with Orchestra conducted by Frank De Vol 		"Now Is the Hour"
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Choir
May 15 "Nature Boy"
King Cole with Orchestra conducted by Frank De Vol
May 22 "You Can't Be True, Dear"
Ken Griffin with Jerry Wayne 		"Nature Boy"
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26 "You Can't Be True, Dear"
July 3 "Woody Woodpecker"
Kay Kyser and his Orchestra with Gloria Wood 		"Woody Woodpecker"
Kay Kyser and his Orchestra with Gloria Wood
July 10 "Woody Woodpecker"
Kay Kyser and his Orchestra with Gloria Wood
July 17 "Woody Woodpecker"
July 24
July 31
August 7 "My Happiness"
August 14 "You Call Everybody Darlin'"
Al Trace and His New Orchestra with Bob Vincent 		"Love Somebody"
Doris Day and Buddy Clark with Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo
August 21 "You Call Everybody Darlin'"
Al Trace and His New Orchestra with Bob Vincent
August 28 "Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
September 4 "You Call Everybody Darlin'"
September 11
September 18 "Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
September 25
October 2 "Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
October 9 "A Tree in the Meadow"
Margaret Whiting 		"A Tree in the Meadow"
Margaret Whiting
"Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
October 16 "A Tree in the Meadow"
Margaret Whiting 		"A Tree in the Meadow"
October 23 "Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra 		"Twelfth Street Rag"
Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra
October 30 "A Tree in the Meadow"
Margaret Whiting
November 6 "Buttons and Bows"
Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys 		"Buttons and Bows"
November 13 "Buttons and Bows"
Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys
November 20 "Buttons and Bows"
Dinah Shore and her Happy Valley Boys
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25 "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"
Spike Jones and his City Slickers with George Rock

See also

References

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