1948 Music – Pop Standards and Artists

1948 Pop Standards and Artists

Russ Morgan
I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
The Irish have a way of creating music, especially Irish Americans. I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover was written by Mort Dixon with music by Harry M. Woods and originally hit the charts in 1927, but as a good song can’t be kept down, this song too made a reemergence in 1948. This is another song that would be and still is associated with The St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Also, The Philadelphia’s Mummers Day Parade has also featured this song played by their famous String Bands.

Benny Goodman
On A Slow Boat To China
On A slow Boat To China was written by Frank Loesser, published in 1947. It would first be recorded by Kay Kyser but go on to be recorded by many artists including Rosemary Clooney and Bette Midler.

Kay Kyser
The Woody Woodpecker Song
Woody Woodpecker was a popular cartoon character that survived from the forties into the 1960s. His famous laugh was used as a musical opening to his movie shorts and TV cartoon introductions. Eventually, the laugh would become a song not only recorded by Kay Kyser but also Danny Kaye

Spike Jones
The William Tell Overture
Gioachino Rossini Premiered the William Tell Overture in1829. It is an overture as it was the opening for his opera William Tell, the last of Rossini’s 39 operas. The overture has many different musical parts, the part that is most familiar to modern listeners would be the section used for the radio and TV show theme for The Lone Ranger. It was rewritten by Franz Liszt for piano and continued over the years to be performed both as serious music and parody.

Doris Day
It’s Magic
The song was written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. It was recorded as part of Doris Day’s first Film called “Romance On The High Seas.” The song was published in 1947 but did not hit the charts until 1948.

Top Artists and Songs of 1948