Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top race records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes. Billboard assigned point totals to each record based on its juke box plays, much like with its weekly Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart.
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five dominated the year-end chart with 10 ranked records, including the No. 1 record ("Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens") and five of the top ten.
Four separate recordings of the song "Open the Door, Richard!" were included on the year-end chart, including versions by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and Count Basie and His Orchestra.
"That's My Desire" by Frankie Laine was the only record by a white singer to make the list, ranked at No. 20. A cover of the song by the Hadda Brooks Trio ranked No. 25.
Billboard also awarded point totals to each of the labels with Decca (Louis Jordan's label) receiving 433 points, followed by Capitol (including Capitol Americana) with 120 points and Manor and Mercury with 77 points each.
Rank Title Artist(s) Label Points1 "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 932 "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 803 "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes Manor 774 "Jack, You're Dead" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 675 "Old Maid Boogie" Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra Mercury 636 "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Americana 457 "Let the Good Times Roll" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 438 "Texas and Pacific" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 379 "He's a Real Gone Guy" Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Capitol Americana 3310 "Hurry on Down" Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Capitol Americana 2811 "New Orleans Blues" "Johnny Moore's Three Blazers" Exclusive 2712 "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" Lionel Hampton & His Hamptonians Decca 2313 "Across the Alley from the Alamo" The Mills Brothers Decca 2214 "Open the Door, Richard!" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 2115 "Open the Door, Richard!" Dusty Fletcher with Jimmy Jones & His Band National 2016 "Open the Door, Richard!" Jack McVea & His All Stars Black & White 1917 "Hawk's Boogie" Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1717 "Since I Fell for You" Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten & His Trio DeLuxe 1719 "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 1620 "Open the Door, Richard!" Count Basie & His Orchestra (vocals Harry Edison, Bill Johnson) RCA Victor 1420 "That's My Desire" Frankie Laine Mercury 1422 "Early in the Mornin'" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 1323 "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 1224 "True Blues" Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty 825 "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio Capitol 725 "That's My Desire" Hadda Brooks Trio Modern Music 725 "Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time) The King Cole Trio Capitol 728 "Don't You Think I Ought to Know?" Bill Johnson & His Musical Notes Queen 628 "Tanya" Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive 628 "Look Out" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 6
See also Billboard year-end top singles of 1947 Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947 1947 in music
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