The Best Music of 1947

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1947. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1947, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Baxter & Harry Revel with Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman	Music Out of the Moon: Music Unusual Featuring the Theremin	☆
Billie Holiday	Billie Holiday	☆
Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie and his All-Stars	☆
Ella Fitzgerald	Souvenir Album	☆
Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa And His Orchestra	☆
Lennie Tristano Trio	Lennie Tristano	☆
Les Baxter, Harry Revel & Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman	Music Out of the Moon	☆
Lonnie Johnson	Blues	☆
Nat King Cole	The King Cole Trio Vol. 3	☆
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Gospel Songs	☆
Woody Herman	Eight Shades of Blue	☆

Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters	There's No Business Like Show Business	☆
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	☆
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Bubbles in My Beer	☆
Buddy Clark	It Had to Be You	☆
Dizzy Gillespie	Manteca	☆
Gene Autry	Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)	☆
Grandpa Jones	Mountain Dew	☆
Hank Williams	Move It On Over	☆
Ivory Joe Hunter	Pretty Mama Blues	☆
Julia Lee	Snatch And Grab It	☆
Louis Jordan	Early in the Morning	☆
Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball	☆
Roy Brown	Rockin' At Midnight	☆
Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	☆
Sarah Vaughan	Tenderly	☆
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Mary Knight	My Journey to the Sky	☆
Spike Jones & His City Slickers	All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth	☆
T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday (Tuesday is Just as Bad)	☆
Tex Williams	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	☆
Thelonious Monk	Round Midnight	☆
Thelonious Monk	Well, You Needn't	☆

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