(Finished February 10th, 2025) Part 1 of The 40s and 50s: Two or Three of the Best Songs From Each Year

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Let's go back to the 40s and 50s, two or three of the best songs from each year of that decade. Billboard started keeping track of this in 1946, I went back to that year.

I only knew two songs from this year. I put one of the songs I was familiar with and the number one song of that year. 1946) Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers "Personality":

2) Perry Como "Prisoner of Love":

1947) Francis Craig "Near You":

4) King Cole Trio "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons":

1948) Spike Jones "William Tell Overture":

6) Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood "Woody Woodpecker":

1949) Vaughn Monroe "Riders In The Sky":

8) Perry Como "Some Enchanted Evening":

9) Dinah Shore "Buttons and Bows":

So many of the 30 songs on this list were later remade by other musicians. It's the later versions of those songs that we remember. 1950) Red Foley "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy":

11) Patti Page "Tennessee Waltz":

1951) The Four Aces "It's No Sin":

13) Nat King Cole with Les Baxter "Too Young":

1952) Jo Stafford with Paul Weston "You Belong To Me":

15) Vera Lynn "Auf Wiedersehen Sweetheart":

1953) Ray Anthony "Dragnet":

17) June Valli "Crying In The Chapel":

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