Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
1 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Bouquet of Roses"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2806 | May 18, 1947 (1947-05-18) | April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) | US Billboard 1948 #99, US #13 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #1, USHB #1 for 19 weeks, 54 total weeks, 980 points |
2 | Jimmy Wakely | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"[2] | Capitol 15162 | July 5, 1948 (1948-07-05) | September 6, 1948 (1948-09-06) | US Billboard 1948 #81, US #10 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 32 total weeks, 562 points |
3 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Anytime"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2700 | August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) | February 12, 1948 (1948-02-12) | US Billboard 1948 #136, US #17 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #3, USHB #1 for 9 weeks, 39 total weeks, 546 points |
4 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)"[3] | RCA Victor 20-3013 | December 17, 1947 (1947-12-17) | July 29, 1948 (1948-07-29) | US Billboard 1948 #103, US #13 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #4, USHB #1 for 8 weeks, 32 total weeks, 431 points |
5 | Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys | "Humpty Dumpty Heart"[4] | Capitol Americana 40065 | October 10, 1947 (1947-10-10) | November 20, 1947 (1947-11-20) | US Hillbilly 1948 #5, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 38 total weeks, 327 points |
6 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Texarkana Baby"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2806 | August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) | April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) | US Billboard 1948 #144, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #6, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 316 points |
7 | Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys | "Tennessee Waltz"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2680 | December 2, 1947 (1947-12-02) | January 25, 1948 (1948-01-25) | US Billboard 1948 #349, US #30 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #7, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 35 total weeks, 272 points |
8 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)"[3] | RCA Victor 20-3174 | December 17, 1947 (1947-12-17) | October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) | US Billboard 1948 #243, US #23 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #8, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 248 points |
9 | Carson Robison with His Pleasant Valley Boys | "Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It"[5] | MGM 10224 | October 2, 1947 (1947-10-02) | August 1948 (1948-08) | US Billboard 1948 #112, US #14 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #9, USHB #3 for 2 week, 28 total weeks, 176 points |
10 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away"[3] | RCA Victor 20-3174 | August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) | October 12, 1948 (1948-10-12) | US Billboard 1949 #305, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 160 points |
11 | Moon Mullican | "Sweeter Than The Flowers"[6] | King 673 | September 17, 1948 (1948-09-17) | October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09) | US Hillbilly 1948 #11, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 26 total weeks, 158 points |
12 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "What A Fool I Was"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2700 | May 18, 1947 (1947-05-18) | February 12, 1948 (1948-02-12) | US Billboard 1948 #338, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #12, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 130 points |
13 | Cowboy Copas | "Signed Sealed and Delivered"[6] | King 658 | April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) | August 1948 (1948-08) | US Hillbilly 1948 #13, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 111 points |
14 | T. Texas Tyler | "Deck of Cards"[7] | 4 Star 1228 | January 1948 (1948-01) | February 1948 (1948-02) | US Billboard 1948 #198, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #14, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 96 points |
15 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Suspicion"[4] | Capitol 40109 | December 16, 1947 (1947-12-16) | April 1948 (1948-04) | US Billboard 1948 #287, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #15, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 83 points |
16 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Bubbles in My Beer[5] | MGM 10116 | January 24, 1945 (1945-01-24) | March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) | US Hillbilly 1948 #16, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, 81 points |
17 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Don't Telephone - Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman)"[4] | Capitol Americana 40081 | September 8, 1947 (1947-09-08) | January 18, 1948 (1948-01-18) | US Billboard 1948 #330, US #27 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #17, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 71 points |
18 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "My Daddy is Only a Picture"[3] | RCA Victor 20-3013 | August 20, 1947 (1947-08-20) | August 1948 (1948-08) | US Hillbilly 1948 #18, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 68 points |
19 | Cowboy Copas | "Tennessee Waltz"[6] | King 696 | April 5, 1948 (1948-04-05) | August 1948 (1948-08) | US Hillbilly 1948 #19, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 64 points |
20 | Floyd Tillman | "I Love You So Much It Hurts"[8] | Columbia 20430 | December 29, 1947 (1947-12-29) | June 8, 1948 (1948-06-08) | US Hillbilly 1948 #20, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 51 points |
21 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Banjo Polka"[2] | Capitol 15101 | October 28, 1946 (1946-10-28) | May 25, 1948 (1948-05-25) | US Hillbilly 1948 #21, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 47 points |
22 | Ernest Tubb | "Forever Is Ending Today'"[9] | Decca 46134 | January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13) | June 6, 1948 (1948-06-06) | US Hillbilly 1948 #22, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 42 points |
23 | Ernest Tubb | "Seaman's Blues'"[10] | Decca 46119 | January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13) | June 6, 1948 (1948-06-06) | US Hillbilly 1948 #23, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 39 points |
24 | Gene Autry | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"[8] | Columbia 20377 | August 28, 1947 (1947-08-28) | May 1, 1948 (1948-05-01) | US Billboard 1948 #56, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #24, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 35 points |
30 | Gene Autry | "Buttons and Bows"[11] | Columbia 37942 | August 28, 1947 (1947-08-28) | May 1, 1948 (1948-05-01) | US Billboard 1948 #134, US #17 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #30, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 17 points |
41 | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | "I'm a Long Gone Daddy"[5] | MGM 10401 | November 6, 1947 (1947-11-06) | June 18, 1948 (1948-06-18) | US Hillbilly 1949 #41, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 5 points |