List of number-one R&B singles of 1947 (U.S.)
This list of R&B #1 hits of 1947 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).
Issue Date | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
17 January | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 17 weeks* |
26 April | "Texas and Pacific" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 2 weeks* |
17 May | "I Want to Be Loved" | Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists | 8 weeks* |
24 May | "Old Maid Boogie" | Eddie Vinson and His Orchestra | 2 weeks* |
28 June | "Jack You’re Dead" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 7 weeks* |
30 August | "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 14 weeks* |
22 November | "Snatch and Grab It" | Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends | 12 weeks* |
An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.
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