The Billboard Top Folk Records of 1948 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on record sales.[1] In 1948, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
Eddy Arnold led all other artists with nine records on the year-end folk chart. The four top records were all by Arnold: (1) "Bouquet of Roses" with 279 points; (2) "Anytime" with 185 points; (3) "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" with 145 points; and (4) "Texarkana Baby" with 134 points.[1]
The best selling records by artists other than Arnold were "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" by Jimmy Wakely (106 points) and "Humpty Dumpty Heart" by Hank Thompson (105 points).[1]
| Sales year-end[1] |
Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bouquet of Roses" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 2 | "Anytime" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 3 | "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 4 | "Texarkana Baby" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 5 | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" | Jimmy Wakely | Capitol | |
| 6 | "Humpty Dumpty Heart" | Hank Thompson | Capitol | |
| 7 | "Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It" | Carson Robison | Capitol | |
| 8 | "Sweeter Than the Flowers | Moon Mullican | King | |
| 9 | "Deck of Cards" | T. Texas Tyler | 4 Star | |
| 10 | "My Daddy Is Only a Picture" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 11 | "Tennessee Waltz" | Pee Wee King | RCA Victor | |
| 12 | "Suspicion" | Tex Williams | Capitol | |
| 13 | "Tennessee Saturday Night" | Red Foley | Decca | |
| 14 | "Tennessee Waltz" | Cowboy Copas | King | |
| 15 | "I Love You So Much It Hurts" | Jimmy Wakely | Capitol | |
| 16 | "Seaman's Blues" | Ernest Tubb | Decca | |
| 17 | "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 17 | "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 19 | "Rock and Rye" | Tex Ritter | Capitol | |
| 20 | "Forever Is Ending Today" | Ernest Tubb | Decca | |
| 21 | "Blue Shadows on the Trail" | Roy Rogers-Sons of the Pioneers | RCA Victor | |
| 21 | "Cool Water" | Sons of the Pioneers | RCA Victor | |
| 23 | "I Love You So Much It Hurts" | Floyd Tillman | Columbia | |
| 24 | "Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 25 | "Who? Me?" | Tex Williams | Capitol | |
| 26 | "What a Fool I Was" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 27 | "Tennessee Moon" | Cowboy Copas | King | |
| 28 | "Buttons and Bows" | Gene Autry | Columbia |
See also
Notes
- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
- ^ a b c d "The Year's Top Folk Records". The Billboard. January 1, 1949. p. 17.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.
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