List of Billboard number-one singles of 1948
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1948 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1948, the following three charts were produced:
- Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
- Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
Shown is a list of songs that topped the Best Sellers in Stores chart.
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | "Ballerina" | Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra | |
| January 10 | |||
| January 17 | |||
| January 24 | |||
| January 31 | |||
| February 7 | |||
| February 14 | |||
| February 21 | "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" | Art Mooney and His Orchestra | |
| February 28 | |||
| March 6 | |||
| March 13 | "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" | Peggy Lee | |
| March 20 | |||
| March 27 | |||
| April 3 | |||
| April 10 | |||
| April 17 | |||
| April 24 | |||
| May 1 | |||
| May 8 | |||
| May 15 | "Nature Boy" | King Cole | |
| May 22 | |||
| May 29 | |||
| June 5 | |||
| June 12 | |||
| June 19 | |||
| June 26 | |||
| July 3 | "Woody Wood-Pecker" | Kay Kyser and His Orchestra | |
| July 10 | |||
| July 17 | |||
| July 24 | |||
| July 31 | |||
| August 7 | |||
| August 14 | "You Call Everybody Darlin'" | Al Trace and His Orchestra | |
| August 21 | |||
| August 28 | "Twelfth Street Rag" | Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra | |
| September 4 | |||
| September 11 | |||
| September 18 | |||
| September 25 | |||
| October 2 | |||
| October 9 | "A Tree in the Meadow" | Margaret Whiting | |
| October 16 | |||
| October 23 | "Twelfth Street Rag" | Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra | |
| October 30 | |||
| November 6 | "Buttons and Bows" | Dinah Shore | |
| November 13 | |||
| November 20 | |||
| November 27 | |||
| December 4 | |||
| December 11 | |||
| December 18 | |||
| December 25 | |||
See also
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