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"Near You" is a popular song written and originally recorded by Francis Craig and His Orchestra at Castle Studio in 1947, [4] with lyrics by Kermit Goell, which became a pop standard. Background [ edit ]
Vaughn Monroe had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947. Eddy Howard had three songs on the top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1947 according to retail sales.
His own recording of "Near You", [3] was released by Bullet Records as catalog number 1001B (The "A" side, 1001A, was titled "Red Rose", also by Craig). "Near You" first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on August 30, 1947, and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1. It held the top spot for 12 straight weeks.
Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It served as The Billboard ' s lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.
Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1: Francis Craig and His Orchestra "Near You" [5] Bullet 1001: February 1947 (): March 1947 (): US Billboard 1947 no. 1, US no. 1 for 17 weeks, 25 total weeks, 657 points, sold 2.5 million
In China, the 1940s was the golden era of Mandarin pop songs which were collectively termed 'Shidaiqu', literally "songs of the era". Shanghai Pathe Records, then belonging to EMI, emerged to be the leading record company in China and featured a blend of Chinese melodies and western orchestrations as well as Big Band Jazz elements in ...
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The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.