The Billboard Top Folk Records of 1948 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on record sales. [1] In 1948, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
Eddy Arnold led all other artists with nine records on the year-end folk chart. The four top records were all by Arnold: (1) " Bouquet of Roses" with 279 points; (2) " Anytime" with 185 points; (3) " Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" with 145 points; and (4) " Texarkana Baby" with 134 points. [1]
The best selling records by artists other than Arnold were " One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" by Jimmy Wakely (106 points) and " Humpty Dumpty Heart" by Hank Thompson (105 points). [1]
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Notes
- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
- ^ a b c d "The Year's Top Folk Records". The Billboard. January 1, 1949. p. 17.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.