The CASH BOX Disc-Hits Box Score
Week of AUGUST 4, 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
 
 
 
 		  1
 
 
 
 		15
 
 
 
 
  2THAT’S MY DESIRE
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2251 ]
    [ Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein’s All Stars–Mercury 5007 ]		  4
 		  3
 		  2
 		13
 
  3CHI-BABA CHI-BABA (My Bambino Go To Sleep)
    [ Perry Como & Satisfiers–RCA Victor 20-2259 ]		  2  2  410
  4I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1124 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 23865 ]		  3
 		  4
 		  3
 		12
 
  5ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 23863 ]		  5  5  514
  6TEMPTATION (Tim-Tayshun)
    [ Red Ingle & Natural Seven–Capitol 412 ]		  6  6  9  7
  7IVY
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 388 ]
    [ Woody Herman with Four Chips–Columbia 37329 ]		  7
 		  7
 		  8
 		10
 
  8SMOKE! SMOKE! SMOKE! (That Cigarette)
    [ Tex Williams & Western Caravan–Capitol Americana 40001 ]
    [ Phil Harris & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2370 ]		  9
 		20
 		—
 		  3
 
  9TALLAHASSEE
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 23885 ]		  81012  6
10PASSING BY
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 423 ]		16—22  3
11MAM’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 ]		10
 
 
 
 		  8
 
 
 
 		  6
 
 
 
 		16
 
 
 
 
12ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1124 ]
    [ Ink Spots–Decca 23900 ]		19
 		—
 		23
 		  6
 
13I BELIEVE
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 37300 ]		13181314
14WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN
    [ Perry Como & Satisfiers–RCA Victor 20-2259 ]		—2221  4
15MY ADOBE HACIENDA
    [ Eddy Howard & Orchestra–Majestic 1117 ]		12  9  717
16CECILIA
    [ Dick Jurgens & Orchestra–Columbia 37342 ]
    [ Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers–Capitol 422 ]
    [ Three Suns–RCA Victor 20-2307 ]		21
 
 		17
 
 		17
 
 		  5
 
 
17RED SILK STOCKINGS AND GREEN PERFUME
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2251 ]		15141110
18A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 388 ]
    [ Claude Thornhill & Orchestra–Columbia 37219 ]
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5018 ]		20
 
 		11
 
 		18
 
 		14
 
 
19JE VOUS AIME
    [ Eddy Duchin & Buddy Clark–Columbia 37389 ]
    [ Ray Dorey–Majestic 7239 ]		11
 		15
 		15
 		  4
 
20FEUDIN’ AND FIGHTIN’
    [ Dorothy Shay–Columbia 37189 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 443 ]
    [ Bing Crosby & Jesters–Decca 23975 ]		—
 
 		—
 
 		—
 
 		  1
 
 
21OH, LADY BE GOOD!
    [ Ella Fitzgerald–Decca 23956 ]		———  1
22TIME AFTER TIME
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 37300 ]
    [ Margaret Whiting–Capitol 383 ]
    [ Tommy Dorsey & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2210 ]		—
 
 		24
 
 		20
 
 		13
 
 
23LINDA
    [ Ray Noble & Orchestra with Buddy Clark–Columbia 37215 ]
    [ Charlie Spivak & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-2047 ]		14
 		12
 		10
 		24
 
24HEARTACHES
    [ Ted Weems & Orchestra–Decca 25017 / RCA Victor 20-2175 ]
    [ Harry James & Orchestra–Columbia 37305 ]		18
 		13
 		14
 		25
 
25I WANT TO BE LOVED (But Only By You)
    [ Beryl Davis–RCA Victor 20-2268 ]
    [ Benny Goodman & Orchestra–Capitol 416 ]		23
 		21
 		19
 		  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.
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