[edit] Events [edit] Albums released [edit] Biggest hit songs The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1947. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | Francis Craig | Near You | 1947 |  | US 1940s 1 - Sep 1947, US 1 for 12 weeks Sep 1947, US BB 6 of 1947, POP 14 of 1947, Europe 85 of the 1940s, RIAA 355 | | 2 | James Baskett | Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah | 1947 | | US BB 1 of 1947, Oscar in 1947, POP 1 of 1947, AFI 47 | | 3 | Vaughn Monroe | Ballerina | 1947 | | US 1940s 1 - Nov 1947, US 1 for 10 weeks Dec 1947, US BB 7 of 1947, POP 7 of 1947, Europe 56 of the 1940s | | 4 | Ted Weems | Heartaches | 1947 | | US 1940s 1 - Mar 1947, US 1 for 12 weeks Mar 1947, US BB 11 of 1947, POP 20 of 1947 | | 5 | Perry Como | Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) | 1947 | | US 1940s 1 - Jun 1947, US 1 for 3 weeks Jun 1947, US BB 13 of 1947, POP 21 of 1947 | [edit] Top hit records - "Across The Alley From The Alamo" - The Mills Brothers
- "All Of Me" - Frankie Laine
- "Almost Like Being In Love" - Jo Stafford
- "Always" - Frank Sinatra
- "The Anniversary Song" recorded by:
- "Anything You Can Do" - The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby & Dick Haymes
- "April Showers" - Al Jolson
- "Autumn in New York" - Jo Stafford
- "Ballerina" - Vaughn Monroe
- "But Beautiful" - Frankie Laine
- "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" - Perry Como
- "Civilization", recorded by
- "Daddy-O (I’m Gonna Teach You Some Blues") - Dinah Shore
- "The Darktown Poker Club" - Phil Harris
- "Do It Again" - Jane Russell
- "Feudin' And Fightin'" - Dorothy Shay
- "Fool That I Am" - Georgia Gibbs
- "Frankie And Johnny" - Guy Lombardo & Kenny Gardner
- "Galway Bay" - Bing Crosby
- "Golden Earrings" - Peggy Lee
- "Haunted Heart" - Jo Stafford
- "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Frank Sinatra
- "Heartaches" - Ted Weems
- "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" - Dick Haymes
- "Huggin' And Chalkin'" - Hoagy Carmichael
- "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" - Vaughn Monroe
- "If I Loved You" - Jo Stafford
- "In the Still of the Night" - Jo Stafford
- "Inspiration Point" - Frankie Laine
- "It Only Happens Once" - Frankie Laine
- "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" - Al Jolson
- "I've Got A Crush On You" - Frank Sinatra
- "Ivy" - Jo Stafford
- "Linda" - Buddy Clark & The Ray Noble Orchestra
- "Loaded Pistols, Loaded Dice" - Phil Harris
- "The Lonesome Road" - Dinah Shore
- "Mam'selle", recorded by
- "Make Believe" - Jo Stafford
- "Managua, Nicaragua" - Freddy Martin
- "Mean To Me" - Frank Sinatra
- "Near You", recorded by
- "Nevertheless" - Frankie Laine
- "Night And Day" - Frank Sinatra
- "Peg O' My Heart", recorded by
- "Put 'Em In A Box" - Frankie Laine
- "Put Yourself In My Place, Baby" - Frankie Laine
- "Serenade of the Bells"
- "Shine" - Frankie Laine
- "Sincerely Yours" - The Ink Spots
- "Singing The Blues" - Frankie Laine
- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
- "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life - Al Jolson & Bing Crosby
- "A Sunday Kind Of Love" - Frankie Laine
- "That Ain't Right" - Frankie Laine
- "Too Fat Polka" - Arthur Godfrey
- "We'll Be Together Again" - Frankie Laine
- "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" - Perry Como
- "The Whiffenpoof Song" - Bing Crosby
- "You Do", recorded by
[edit] Published popular music - "Across the Alley From the Alamo" w.m. Joe Green
- "Afraid to Fall in Love" w. Ralph Blane m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven in the 1948 film Summer Holiday
- "Ah, But It Happens" w. William Dunham m. Walter Kent
- "Almost Like Being in Love" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the musical Brigadoon. Performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly.
- "And Mimi" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
- "Apalachicola F.L.A." w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the film Road to Rio
- "An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
- "April in Portugal" w. Jose Galhardo (Port) Jimmy Kennedy (Eng) m. Raul Ferrão
- "Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Jacques Prévert m. Joseph Kosma
- "Ballerina" w.m. Bob Russell & Carl Sigman
- "Beg Your Pardon" w.m. Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
- "Big Brass Band from Brazil" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
- "Bloop Bleep" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Blue Shadows on the Trail" w. Johnny Lange m. Elliot Daniel
- "Bouquet of Roses" w.m. Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
- "Busy Doing Nothing" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "But Beautiful" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "Buttons and Bows" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" w.m. Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman
- "Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer
- "Civilization" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman. Introduced by Elaine Stritch in the revue Angel in the Wings
- "Clancy Lowered the Boom" w.m. Hy Heath & Johnny Lange
- "Come to Me, Bend to Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Come to the Mardi Gras" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake & Jimmy Shirl (Port) Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera m. Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera
- "Confess" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
- "Cuanto Le Gusta" w. Ray Gilbert m. Gabriel Ruiz
- "Don't Smoke in Bed" w.m. Willard Robison
- "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman" w.m. Al Stewart & Tex Williams
- "Down by the Station" adapted from a children's song by Lee Ricks & Slim Gaillard
- "Down the Old Spanish Trail" Kenneth Leslie-Smith & Jimmy Kennedy
- "The Dream of Olwen" w. Winifred May m. Charles Williams
- "Everybody Loves Somebody" w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane
- "Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There" Lee Roy Abernathy
- "Ev'ry Day I Love You" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "A Fella with an Umbrella" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "For Every Man There's a Woman" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah
- "Four Brothers" by Jimmy Giuffre
- "Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
- "Galway Bay" w.m. Dr Arthur Colahan
- "The Gentleman Is A Dope" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" w.m. Roy Brown
- "Haunted Heart" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "The Heather On The Hill" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" w.m. Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
- "Here I'll Stay" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Kurt Weill
- "Hooray For Love" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin and Yvonne DeCarlo in the 1948 film Casbah
- "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. David Kapp
- "Hurry On Down" w.m. Nellie Lutcher
- "I Like'em Fat Like That" w.m. Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan, J. Mayo Williams
- "I Still Get Jealous" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles
- "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Ichabod" Don Raye & Gene De Paul
- "If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" w. Herb Magidson m. Ben Oakland
- "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "I'm My Own Grandpa" w.m. Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe
- "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose" w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles
- "It Was Written in the Stars" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen
- "It's a Most Unusual Day" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
- "It's Magic" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Ivy" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "Kokomo, Indiana" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
- "Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" w. Sylvia Dee & Elizabeth Moore m. Sidney Lippman
- "Lazy Countryside" w.m. Bobby Worth
- "Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" w.m. Carson Robison
- "A Little Bird Told Me" w.m. Harvey O. Brooks
- "Look To The Rainbow" w. E.Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
- "Love Is Where You Find It" w. Earl K. Brent m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "Love Somebody" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
- "The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris & John Jacob Loeb
- "Mam'selle" w. Mack Gordon m. Edmund Goulding
- "Mañana" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
- "Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner" w.m. Hubert Gregg
- "Maybe You'll Be There" w. Sammy Gallop m. Rube Bloom
- "Nature Boy" w.m. eden ahbez
- "Near You" w. Kermit Goell m. Francis Craig
- "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" w. Buddy Bernier m. Jerome (Jerry) Brainin
- "Now Is The Hour" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott & Dorothy Stewart
- "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Once And For Always" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Pass That Peace Pipe" w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin
- "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farrés m. Osvaldo Farrés Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
- "Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" Claude Demetrius & Fleecie Moore
- "Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Save The Bones For Henry Jones" w.m. Danny Barker & Michael H. Goldsen
- "Serenade Of The Bells" w.m. Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart & Al Urbano
- "Sixteen Tons" w.m. Merle Travis
- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. Merle Travis & Tex Williams
- "Steppin' Out With My Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Tallahassee" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "There But For You Go I" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Too Fat Polka" w.m. Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson
- "Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul
- "The Turntable Song" w. Leo Robin m. John Green
- "Waitin' For My Dearie" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "The Wedding Samba" w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz
- "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" Teddy Reig, William Moore
- "What Good Would the Moon Be?" w. Langston Hughes m. Kurt Weill. Introduced by Anne Jeffreys in the musical Street Scene
- "What's Good About Goodbye?" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah
- "When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane Introduced by David Wayne in the Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow
- "Woody Woodpecker" w.m. George Tibbles & Ramez Idriss
- "You Do" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
- "You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber & Fred Meadows m. Larry Fotine
- "You, You, You Are The One" w. Milton Leeds & Fred Wise m. Tetos Demey
[edit] Classical music [edit] Musical theater [edit] Musical films [edit] Births - January 6 - Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention (d. 1978)
- January 8
- January 18 - John O'Conor, Irish pianist
- January 19 - Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
- January 20 - George Grantham (Poco)
- January 21 - Pye Hastings (Caravan)
- January 24 - Warren Zevon, singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
- January 28 - David Byron (Uriah Heep)
- January 30 - Steve Marriott, vocalist (Small Faces, Humble Pie) (d. 1991)
- February 3 -
- February 9 - Joe Ely, singer, guitarist and songwriter
- February 14 - Tim Buckley, singer and musician (d. 1975)
- February 15 -
- February 18 - Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
- February 24 - Rupert Holmes, singer-songwriter
- February 26 - Sandie Shaw, singer
- March 3 - Jennifer Warnes, singer
- March 5 - Clodagh Rodgers, singer
- March 6 - Kiki Dee, singer
- March 8 - Michael Allsup (Three Dog Night)
- March 10 - Tom Scholz (Boston)
- March 11 - Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge)
- March 15 - Ry Cooder, guitarist, singer and composer
- March 18 - B. J. Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)
- March 24 - Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth)
- March 25
- March 29 - Bobby Kimball, singer (Toto)
- April 2 - Emmylou Harris, country singer-songwriter
- April 7 - Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons)
- April 8 - Steve Howe, guitarist (Yes)
- April 8 - Larry Norman, singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
- April 10 - Bunny Wailer, reggae musician
- April 16
- April 17 - Linda Martin, singer
- April 21
- April 23 - Glenn Cornick, bass guitarist (Jethro Tull)
- April 27 - Peter Ham, singer-songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
- April 29 - Tommy James, singer, songwriter and producer
- May 8 - Phil Sawyer, guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group, Jefferson Starship)
- May 10 - Jay Ferguson (Spirit)
- May 11 - Butch Trucks, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
- May 14 - Al Ciner, guitarist (Three Dog Night)
- May 15 - Graeham Goble (Little River Band)
- May 16
- May 19 - Paul Brady, singer-songwriter
- May 20 - Steve Currie (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
- May 21 - Bill Champlin, Chicago
- June 1 - Ronnie Wood (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)
- June 3 - Mickey Finn (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
- June 5
- June 8
- June 14 - Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish)
- June 17
- June 20 - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, singer (The Crystals)
- June 22 - Howard Kaylan (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, Flo & Eddie)
- July 7 - Rob Townsend, drummer (Family)
- July 9 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
- July 10 - Arlo Guthrie, folk singer
- July 11 - John Holt, singer (The Paragons)
- July 15 - Peter Banks, guitarist (Yes)
- July 19
- July 20 - Carlos Santana, guitarist
- July 22 - Don Henley (Eagles)
- July 23 - David Essex, singer and actor
- July 24 - Chris Townson, drummer (John's Children, The Who)
- August 5:
- August 6 - Dennis Alcapone, reggae deejay and producer
- August 9 - Barbara Mason, singer
- August 10
- August 17 - Gary Talley, guitarist (The Box Tops)
- August 20 - James Pankow, brass player (Chicago)
- September 3 - Eric Bell, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
- September 12 - Darryl DeLoach, vocalist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2002)
- September 17
- September 21 - Don Felder (Eagles)
- September 23 - Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf)
- September 27 - Meat Loaf, singer
- September 30 - Marc Bolan, singer and songwriter (died 1977)
- October 4 - Jim Fielder, bass guitarist (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Buffalo Springfield)
- October 5 - Brian Johnson, singer (AC/DC)
- October 10 - Norman Carl Odam, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, novelty artist
- October 13 - Sammy Hagar (Montrose, Van Halen)
- October 16 - Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
- October 17 - Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap)
- October 18 - Laura Nyro, singer, pianist and composer (d. 1997)
- October 21 - Tetsu Yamauchi, bass guitarist (Free, The Faces)
- October 23 - Greg Ridley, bass guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Humple Pie) (d. 2003)
- October 30 - Timothy B. Schmit (Poco, Eagles)
- November 2 - Dave Pegg, instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
- November 5
- November 8 - Minnie Riperton, singer (d. 1979)
- November 10
- November 12 - Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult)
- November 20 - Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles)
- December 4 - Terry Woods (The Pogues)
- December 5
- December 8 - Gregg Allman, singer, guitarist and songwriter
- December 12 - Vin Scelsa, radio DJ
- December 27 - Tracy Nelson, singer (Mother Earth)
- December 28 - Dick Diamonde, bassist (The Easybeats)
- December 29 - Cozy Powell, drummer (d. 1998)
- December 30 - Jeff Lynne, singer, songwriter and producer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
- December 31 - Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
- date unknown - Jonathan Kelly, singer-songwriter
[edit] Deaths - January 11 – Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star
- January 16
- January 26 - Grace Moore, operatic soprano
- January 28 - Reynaldo Hahn, French composer and conductor
- March 5 - Alfredo Casella, composer
- March 28 - Rudolph Simonsen, composer
- April 22 - Charles Friant, tenor
- May 2 - Louie Henri, singer and actress
- May 27 - Claire Croiza, mezzo-soprano and singing teacher
- May 30 - Georg Ludwig von Trapp, head of the singing von Trapp family
- July 1 - Clarence Lucas, composer and conductor
- July 12 - Jimmie Lunceford, jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- July 13 - Marcel Varnel, Broadway director
- July 15 - Walter Donaldson, songwriter
- July 24 - Ernest Austin, English composer
- September 18 - Bert Kalmar, lyricist
- September 28 - Francisco Santiago, the "Father of Kundiman Art Song"
- September 29 - Jan Hambourg, violinist
- October 6 - Leevi Madetoja, composer
- November 14 - Joseph Allard, French-Canadian fiddler
- December 14 - Will Fyffe, Scottish comedian and singer
- December 16 - Cesare Sodero, conductor
- date unknown
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