The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of JULY 14, 1947
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1PEG O’ MY HEART
    [ Harmonicats–Vitacoustic 1 ]
    [ Three Suns–RCA Victor 20-2272 ]
    [ Art Lund–M-G-M 10037 ]
    [ Buddy Clark–Columbia 37392 ]
    [ Clark Dennis–Capitol 346 ]		  1
 
 
 
 		  1
 
 
 
 		  2
 
 
 
 		12
 
 
 
 
  2THAT’S MY DESIRE
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2251 ]
    [ Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein’s All Stars–Mercury 5007 ]		  6
 		  5
 		  6
 		10
 
  3I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1124 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 23865 ]		  3
 		  7
 		  9
 		  9
 
  4CHI-BABA CHI-BABA (My Bambino Go To Sleep)
    [ Perry Como & Satisfiers–RCA Victor 20-2259 ]		  2  3  8  7
  5ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 23863 ]		  4  4  511
  6MAM’SELLE
    [ Art Lund–M-G-M 10011 ]
    [ Dick Haymes–Decca 23861 ]
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 37343 ]
    [ Dennis Day–RCA Victor 20-2211 ]
    [ Pied Pipers–Capitol 396 ]		  5
 
 
 
 		  2
 
 
 
 		  1
 
 
 
 		13
 
 
 
 
  7MY ADOBE HACIENDA
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1117 ]		  8  8  414
  8IVY
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 388 ]
    [ Woody Herman with Four Chips–Columbia 37329 ]		14
 		10
 		11
 		  7
 
  9TEMPTATION (Tim-Tayshun)
    [ Red Ingle & Natural Seven–Capitol 412 ]		101219  4
10LINDA
    [ Ray Noble & Orchestra with Buddy Clark–Columbia 37215 ]
    [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2047 ]		  7
 		  6
 		  3
 		21
 
11RED SILK STOCKINGS AND GREEN PERFUME
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2251 ]		111114  7
12TALLAHASSEE
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23885 ]		1216—  3
13I BELIEVE
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 37300 ]		15131011
14HEARTACHES
    [ Ted Weems & Orchestra–Decca 25017 / RCA Victor 20-2175 ]
    [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 37305 ]		  9
 		  9
 		  7
 		22
 
15JE VOUS AIME
    [ Eddy Duchin & Buddy Clark–Columbia 37389 ]
    [ Ray Dorey–Majestic 7239 ]		—
 		—
 		—
 		  1
 
16CU-TU-GU-RU (Jack, Jack, Jack)
    [ Jack Smith with Clark Sisters–Capitol 403 ]
    [ Xavier Cugat & Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra–Columbia 37319 ]		16
 		14
 		13
 		  9
 
17CECILIA
    [ Dick Jurgens & Orchestra–Columbia 37342 ]
    [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 422 ]
    [ Three Suns–RCA Victor 20-2307 ]		—
 
 		20
 
 		—
 
 		  2
 
 
18A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 388 ]
    [ Claude Thornhill & Orchestra–Columbia 37219 ]
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5018 ]		17
 
 		15
 
 		15
 
 		11
 
 
19I WANT TO BE LOVED (But Only By You)
    [ Beryl Davis–RCA Victor 20-2268 ]
    [ Benny Goodman & Orchestra–Capitol 416 ]		—
 		—
 		—
 		  1
 
20TIME AFTER TIME
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 37300 ]
    [ Margaret Whiting–Capitol 383 ]
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2210 ]		19
 
 		18
 
 		16
 
 		11
 
 
21WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN
    [ Perry Como & Satisfiers–RCA Victor 20-2259 ]		——21  2
22PASSING BY
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 423 ]		———  1
23ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1124 ]
    [ Ink Spots–Decca 23900 ]		13
 		17
 		—
 		  4
 
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with no indication of which version(s) were the biggest sellers. Artists listed above had the biggest hit version(s) of each song, determined primarily by the rankings on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.
<< GO TO PREVIOUS WEEK                GO TO FOLLOWING WEEK >>                RETURN TO 1947