Billboard, 1/31/1946

Folks involved in the entertainment business depended on the weekly magazine, Billboard, as their source of up-to-date news. There were plenty of news items of interest in 1948.

Playlist

I’m looking over a four-leaf clover — Art Mooney

I want a little girl — Louis Armstrong

Ballerina — Vaughn Monroe

For every man there’s a woman — Tony Martin

It’s magic — Gordon MacRae

You turned the tables on me — Benny Goodman

Monotony — Stan Kenton

How soon? — Bing Crosby

Serenade of the bells — Sammy Kaye

Golden earrings — Peggy Lee

I’ll dance at your wedding — Buddy Clark

Too fat polka — Arthur Godfrey

The Thousand Islands song — Arthur Godfrey

I remember Mama — Claude Thornhill

Barnyard boogie — Louis Jordan

I’ve only myself to blame — Doris Day

Swingin’ down the lane — Frank Sinatra