The Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes. In 1947, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by the Tex Williams Western Caravan was the No. 1 folk record of 1947, receiving 103 points on the juke box chart. "It's a Sin" by Eddy Arnold and His Texas Playboys was the No 2 record with 96 points, and "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed by Merle Travis ranked third with 91 points.
Three variations on the Cajun classic "Jole Blon" also appeared on the year-end folk chart: "New Jolie Blonde" by Red Foley (No. 7); "New Pretty Blonde" by Moon Mullican (no. 9); and "(Our Own) Jole Blon" by Roy Acuff (No. 15).
Eddy Arnold led all artists with four records on the year-end folk chart, including three of the top five records. Red Foley, Merle Travis, Ernest Tubb, and Tex Williams each had two records included on the year-end chart.
The top records were evenly distributed among the major labels with four records apiece for Capitol (including Capitol Americana), Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor.
Juke boxyear-end PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams Western Caravan Capitol Americana2 1 "It's a Sin" Eddy Arnold Victor3 1 "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Merle Travis Capitol4 1 "What Is Life Without Love" Eddy Arnold Victor5 1 "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" Eddy Arnold Victor6 2 "Temptation (Tim-tayshun)" Red Ingle Natural Seven-Jo Stafford Capitol7 1 "New Jolie Blonde" Red Foley Decca8 1 "Rainbow at Midnight" Ernest Tubb Decca9 2 "New Pretty Blonde" Moon Mullican King10 1 "Divorce Me C.O.D." Merle Travis Capitol11 1 "Sugar Moon" Bob Wills Columbia12 2 "To My Sorrow" Eddy Arnold Victor13 2 "Filipino Baby" Ernest Tubb Decca14 4 "That's What I Like About the West" Tex Williams Western Caravan Capitol Americana15 4 "(Our Own) Jole Blon" Roy Acuff Columbia16 4 "Down at the Roadside Inn" Al Dexter Columbia16 4 "Feudin' and Fightin' Dorothy Shay Columbia16 2 "Never Trust a Woman" Red Foley Decca
See also Billboard year-end top singles of 1947 1947 in country music
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