1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Near You - Francis Craig (Bob Lamm, vocal) (a #1 record…for months!)

Near You (Craig-Goell) by Francis Craig & his Orchestra, vocal by Bob Lamm Based upon its record-setting run atop the Billboard charts (17 weeks #1 radio airplay, 13 weeks juke box, 12 weeks sales), the small-label release ranked as the most popular recording of 1947. Craig’s Nashville-based band would recycle this catchy arrangement for its also-popular follow-up hit “Beg Your Pardon” (see the 1948 HITS ARCHIVE). Each of the four major labels also put a version of “Near You” into the best-sellers top-10 and are included in this collection: Larry Green (RCA), The Andrews Sisters (Decca), Alvino Rey (Capitol) and Elliot Lawrence (Columbia). THE 1947 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1947 (some were recorded in 1946). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @the78prof72   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf