Regional Hits of 1954

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The standard page for 1954 lists the biggest hit songs across the whole World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

There are few European charts available from before 1955, so the data on this page is dominated by the North American charts.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 The Chordettes Mister Sandman Moves -1 Moves -1 Doris Day Secret Love Moves -3 Moves -8 Don Cornell Hold My Hand 1
2 Doris Day Secret Love Moves 1 Moves 1 The Chordettes Mister Sandman Moves -9 Moves -12 David Whitfield & Mantovani Cara Mia 2
3 Rosemary Clooney Hey There Moves -2 Moves -6 The Crew-Cuts Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) Moves -7 Moves -10 Rosemary Clooney Mambo Italiano 3
4 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean a Lot Moves 0 Moves 0 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean a Lot Moves -1 Moves 3 Doris Day Secret Love 4
5 Eddie Fisher I Need You Now Moves -2 Moves 2 Rosemary Clooney Hey There Moves -83 Moves 1 Kitty Kallen Little Things Mean a Lot 5
6 Rosemary Clooney This Ole House Moves -6 Moves -7 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise Moves -1 Moves -29 The Stargazers I See the Moon 6
7 Eddie Fisher Oh My Papa (O Mein Papa) Moves -3 Moves 2 Eddie Fisher I Need You Now Moves -71 Moves 1 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise 7
8 Jo Stafford Make Love to Me Moves -7 Moves -2 Perry Como Wanted Moves -55 Moves -16 Obernkirchen Children's Choir Happy Wanderer 8
9 The Crew-Cuts Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) Moves 6 Moves -7 Don Cornell Hold My Hand Moves 8 Moves -10 Nat King Cole Smile 9
10 Perry Como Wanted Moves 2 Moves 3 Eddie Fisher Oh My Papa (O Mein Papa) Moves -101 Moves 7 The Crew-Cuts Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) 10
11 Four Aces Three Coins in the Fountain Moves 0 Moves 0 Four Aces Three Coins in the Fountain Moves -42 Moves 9 The Chordettes Mister Sandman 11
12 The Penguins Earth Angel Moves -8 Moves 6 Rosemary Clooney This Ole House Moves -2 Moves -5 Frank Sinatra Three Coins in the Fountain 12
13 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise Moves 7 Moves -31 Rosemary Clooney Mambo Italiano Moves 10 Moves -40 Dickie Valentine Mister Sandman 13
14 Chords Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) Moves -11 Moves -63 David Whitfield & Mantovani Cara Mia Moves 12 Moves 2 Rosemary Clooney This Ole House 14
15 Frank Sinatra Young At Heart Moves -6 Moves 7 Jo Stafford Make Love to Me Moves -50 Moves -28 Vera Lynn My Son, My Son 15
16 Don Cornell Hold My Hand Moves 7 Moves -1 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo Moves -8 Moves -42 Frankie Laine My Friend 16
17 Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo Moves 1 Moves -19 Frank Sinatra Three Coins in the Fountain Moves 5 Moves -27 Johnnie Ray Such a Night 17
18 Archie Bleyer Hernando's Hideaway Moves -18 Moves -3 Bill Haley & his Comets Shake, Rattle & Roll Moves -40 Moves -34 Dickie Valentine Finger of Suspicion 18
19 The Four Knights I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) Moves -10 Moves -59 Nat King Cole Smile Moves 10 Moves -62 Norman Wisdom Don't Laugh At Me ('Cause I'm A Fool) 19
20 Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man Moves -13 Moves 8 The Penguins Earth Angel Moves -100 Moves -6 Tony Martin Stranger in Paradise 20

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7 Feb 2022

MISSING

IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU by Doris Day was a monster juke box hit in this area. Why is it not listed on your chart?

Because it does not match the criteria. Read the text on the page


26 Feb 2010

Song:- 'Little Things Mean A Lot'

Trying to find the full lyrics to this. Needed TOMORROW for 70th Birthday celebrations! Any/All help appreciated.

The cycle time at this site is such that there is no chance we could find lyrics for tomorrow.

On this site you can find that Kitty Kallen had a big hit with the song in 1954. That in turn should be enough to find the song on most lyric sites, for example on lyricwiki it is at:

http://lyrics.wikia.com/Kallen_Kitty:Little_Things_Mean_A_Lot