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Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947

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Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top race records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes.Billboard assigned point totals to each record based on its juke box plays.[1]

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five dominated the year-end chart with 10 ranked records, including the No. 1 record ("Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens") and five of the top ten.[1]

Four separate recordings of the song "Open the Door, Richard!" were included on the year-end chart, including versions by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and Count Basie and His Orchestra.[1]

"That's My Desire" by Frankie Laine was the only record by a white singer to make the list, ranked at No. 20. A cover of the song by the Hadda Brooks Trio ranked No. 25.[1]

Billboard also awarded point totals to each of the labels with Decca (Louis Jordan's label) receiving 433 points, followed by Capitol (including Capitol Americana) with 120 points and Manor and Mercury with 77 points each.[1]

Rank Title Artist(s) Label Points
1 "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 93
2 "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 80
3 "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes Manor 77
4 "Jack, You're Dead" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 67
5 "Old Maid Boogie" Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra Mercury 63
6 "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Americana 45
7 "Let the Good Times Roll" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 43
8 "Texas and Pacific" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 37
9 "He's a Real Gone Guy" Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Capitol Americana 33
10 "Hurry on Down" Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Capitol Americana 28
11 "New Orleans Blues" "Johnny Moore's Three Blazers" Exclusive 27
12 "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" Lionel Hampton & His Hamptonians Decca 23
13 "Across the Alley from the Alamo" The Mills Brothers Decca 22
14 "Open the Door, Richard!" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 21
15 "Open the Door, Richard!" Dusty Fletcher with Jimmy Jones & His Band National 20
16 "Open the Door, Richard!" Jack McVea & His All Stars Black & White 19
17 "Hawk's Boogie" Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra RCA Victor 17
17 "Since I Fell for You" Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten & His Trio DeLuxe 17
19 "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 16
20 "Open the Door, Richard!" Count Basie & His Orchestra (vocals Harry Edison, Bill Johnson) RCA Victor 14
20 "That's My Desire" Frankie Laine Mercury 14
22 "Early in the Mornin'" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 13
23 "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 12
24 "True Blues" Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty 8
25 "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio Capitol 7
25 "That's My Desire" Hadda Brooks Trio Modern Music 7
25 "Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time) The King Cole Trio Capitol 7
28 "Don't You Think I Ought to Know?" Bill Johnson & His Musical Notes Queen 6
28 "Tanya" Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive 6
28 "Look Out" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 6

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 3, 1948. p. 88.