The Billboard Top Folk Records of 1948 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on record sales. In 1948, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
Eddy Arnold led all other artists with nine records on the year-end folk chart. The four top records were all by Arnold: (1) "Bouquet of Roses" with 279 points; (2) "Anytime" with 185 points; (3) "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" with 145 points; and (4) "Texarkana Baby" with 134 points.
The best selling records by artists other than Arnold were "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" by Jimmy Wakely (106 points) and "Humpty Dumpty Heart" by Hank Thompson (105 points).
Salesyear-end PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 "Bouquet of Roses" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor2 "Anytime" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor3 "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor4 "Texarkana Baby" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor5 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" Jimmy Wakely Capitol6 "Humpty Dumpty Heart" Hank Thompson Capitol7 "Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It" Carson Robison Capitol8 "Sweeter Than the Flowers Moon Mullican King9 "Deck of Cards" T. Texas Tyler 4 Star10 "My Daddy Is Only a Picture" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor11 "Tennessee Waltz" Pee Wee King RCA Victor12 "Suspicion" Tex Williams Capitol13 "Tennessee Saturday Night" Red Foley Decca14 "Tennessee Waltz" Cowboy Copas King15 "I Love You So Much It Hurts" Jimmy Wakely Capitol16 "Seaman's Blues" Ernest Tubb Decca17 "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor17 "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor19 "Rock and Rye" Tex Ritter Capitol20 "Forever Is Ending Today" Ernest Tubb Decca21 "Blue Shadows on the Trail" Roy Rogers-Sons of the Pioneers RCA Victor21 "Cool Water" Sons of the Pioneers RCA Victor23 "I Love You So Much It Hurts" Floyd Tillman Columbia24 "Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away Eddy Arnold RCA Victor25 "Who? Me?" Tex Williams Capitol26 "What a Fool I Was" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor27 "Tennessee Moon" Cowboy Copas King28 "Buttons and Bows" Gene Autry Columbia
See also Billboard year-end top singles of 1948 1948 in country music
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