Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947

The Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes.[1] In 1947, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by the Tex Williams Western Caravan was the No. 1 folk record of 1947, receiving 103 points on the juke box chart. "It's a Sin" by Eddy Arnold and His Texas Playboys was the No 2 record with 96 points, and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed by Merle Travis ranked third with 91 points.[1]

Three variations on the Cajun classic "Jole Blon" also appeared on the year-end folk chart: "New Jolie Blonde" by Red Foley (No. 7); "New Pretty Blonde" by Moon Mullican (no. 9); and "(Our Own) Jole Blon" by Roy Acuff (No. 15).[1]

Eddy Arnold led all artists with four records on the year-end folk chart, including three of the top five records. Red Foley, Merle Travis, Ernest Tubb, and Tex Williams each had two records included on the year-end chart.[1]

The top records were evenly distributed among the major labels with four records apiece for Capitol (including Capitol Americana), Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor.

Juke box
year-end[1] 		Peak[note 1][2] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams Western Caravan Capitol Americana
2 1 "It's a Sin" Eddy Arnold Victor
3 1 "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Merle Travis Capitol
4 1 "What Is Life Without Love" Eddy Arnold Victor
5 1 "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" Eddy Arnold Victor
6 2 "Temptation (Tim-tayshun)" Red Ingle Natural Seven-Jo Stafford Capitol
7 1 "New Jolie Blonde" Red Foley Decca
8 1 "Rainbow at Midnight" Ernest Tubb Decca
9 2 "New Pretty Blonde" Moon Mullican King
10 1 "Divorce Me C.O.D." Merle Travis Capitol
11 1 "Sugar Moon" Bob Wills Columbia
12 2 "To My Sorrow" Eddy Arnold Victor
13 2 "Filipino Baby" Ernest Tubb Decca
14 4 "That's What I Like About the West" Tex Williams Western Caravan Capitol Americana
15 4 "(Our Own) Jole Blon" Roy Acuff Columbia
16 4 "Down at the Roadside Inn" Al Dexter Columbia
16 4 "Feudin' and Fightin' Dorothy Shay Columbia
16 2 "Never Trust a Woman" Red Foley Decca

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Year's Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 3, 1948. p. 90.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.