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This page lists the top songs of 1952 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page. A list of the hit albums of 1952 is also available.. This list has also been compared to the results for North America and Europe. There is also a set of monthly tables showing the various number ones on any date during 1952.
The top ten song artists of 1952 were: | ||||
| 1:Eddie Fisher | 3:Vera Lynn | 5:Patti Page | 7:Al Martino | 9:Four Aces |
| 2:Jo Stafford | 4:Rosemary Clooney | 6:Kay Starr | 8:Nat King Cole | 10:Johnnie Ray |
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Jo Stafford | You Belong to Me | 1952 | UK 1 - Nov 1952 (19 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Aug 1952 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1952 (23 weeks), US 1 for 5 weeks - Sep 1952, UK Sheet Music 1 for 6 weeks - Dec 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Nov 1952 (24 weeks), US CashBox 1 - Aug 1952 (27 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 7 weeks - Dec 1952, Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Jan 1953, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1952), DZE 1 of 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, US invalid BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 5 of 1952, UKMIX 100, RYM 145 of 1952 |
| 2 | Al Martino | Here in My Heart | 1952 | UK 1 - Nov 1952 (18 weeks), US Billboard 1 - May 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - May 1952 (17 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1952, UK Sheet Music 1 for 9 weeks - Oct 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Sep 1952 (28 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 8 weeks - Oct 1952, Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Oct 1952, US CashBox 2 - May 1952 (24 weeks), US BB 9 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 20 of 1952, US invalid BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, UKMIX 66, RYM 22 of 1952, Guardian Pop 2 |
| 3 | Vera Lynn | Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1952 (21 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Jun 1952 (18 weeks), US 1 for 9 weeks - Jul 1952, UK Sheet Music 1 for 10 weeks - Jun 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - May 1952 (34 weeks), US CashBox 1 - Jun 1952 (26 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 10 weeks - Jun 1952, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Nov 1952, DZE 4 of 1952, US BB 5 of 1952, UK 10 - Nov 1952 (1 week), US invalid BB 14 of 1952, POP 24 of 1952, RYM 147 of 1952 |
| 4 | Percy Faith | Delicado | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1952 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Apr 1952 (22 weeks), US 1 for 1 week - Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1952, US CashBox 3 - May 1952 (28 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 7 of 1952, US BB 10 of 1952, US invalid BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 20 - Aug 1952 (7 weeks), Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952 |
| 5 | Kay Starr | Wheel of Fortune | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1952 (25 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1952 (20 weeks), US 1 for 9 weeks - Mar 1952, US CashBox 1 - Feb 1952 (26 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1952), US BB 2 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 2 of 1952, DZE 2 of 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US invalid BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343 (1952) |
| 6 | Leroy Anderson | Blue Tango | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1951 (38 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Feb 1952 (34 weeks), US BB 1 of 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks - May 1952, US CashBox 1 - Jan 1952 (42 weeks), DZE 7 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 14 of 1952, US invalid BB 19 of 1952, POP 21 of 1952, Brazil 30 of 1952, Europe 69 of the 1950s (1951), RYM 95 of 1952 |
| 7 | Jimmy Boyd | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1952 (5 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Dec 1952 (5 weeks), US 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Oct 1953 (11 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 1 week - Dec 1953, Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Dec 1953, UK 3 - Nov 1953 (6 weeks), US CashBox 4 - Dec 1952 (6 weeks) |
| 8 | Patti Page | I Went to Your Wedding | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1952 (22 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1952 (21 weeks), US 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1952, US CashBox 1 - Sep 1952 (28 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Mar 1953, DZE 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, US invalid BB 13 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 15 of 1952, POP 17 of 1952 |
| 9 | Rosemary Clooney | Half As Much | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - May 1952 (27 weeks), Australia 1 for 1 week - Jan 1953, US 1940s 2 - Jun 1952 (24 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Sep 1952 (21 weeks), US CashBox 2 - May 1952 (32 weeks), UK 3 - Nov 1952 (9 weeks), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1952, Peel list 4 of 1952, US BB 6 of 1952, DZE 8 of 1952, RYM 83 of 1952 |
| 10 | The Mills Brothers | The Glow-Worm | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1952 (21 weeks), US CashBox 1 - Oct 1952 (26 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1952, US 1940s 2 - Sep 1952 (21 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 8 - Feb 1953 (11 weeks), DZE 9 of 1952, UK 10 - Jan 1953 (1 week), US invalid BB 15 of 1952, POP 15 of 1952, US BB 21 of 1952, DDD 53 of 1952, RYM 20 of 1952 |
| 11 | Joni James | Why Don't You Believe Me? | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1952 (23 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1952 (21 weeks), US 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1952, US CashBox 1 - Oct 1952 (26 weeks), DZE 6 of 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 9 - Feb 1953 (14 weeks), UK 11 - Mar 1953 (1 week), US invalid BB 17 of 1952, POP 23 of 1952, US BB 25 of 1953 |
| 12 | Frankie Laine | High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) | 1952 | Oscar in 1952 (film 'High noon'), UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Jul 1952 (22 weeks), US invalid BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US CashBox 4 - Jul 1952 (25 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Jul 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Jul 1952 (17 weeks), UK 7 - Nov 1952 (7 weeks), US BB 19 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952, RYM 34 of 1952 |
| 13 | Pee Wee King | Slow Poke | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1951 (24 weeks), US CashBox 1 - Nov 1951 (27 weeks), Australia 1 for 5 weeks - May 1952, US 1940s 3 - Nov 1951 (17 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1952, DZE 10 of 1952, US invalid BB 11 of 1952, POP 16 of 1952, US BB 23 of 1952, DDD 76 of 1951, RYM 131 of 1952 |
| 14 | Four Aces | Tell Me Why | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1952, US Billboard 2 - Dec 1951 (24 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1951 (21 weeks), US CashBox 2 - Dec 1951 (29 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 3 - Mar 1952 (24 weeks), US BB 13 of 1952, Flanders 17 - Oct 1961 (1 month), Your Hit Parade 18 of 1952 |
| 15 | Mario Lanza | Because You're Mine | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1953, Oscar in 1952 (film 'Because You're Mine') (Nominated), UK 3 - Nov 1952 (24 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 5 - Nov 1952 (29 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Sep 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Sep 1952 (17 weeks), US CashBox 8 - Sep 1952 (25 weeks), Brazil 73 of 1953, UKMIX 85 |
| 16 | Doris Day | A Guy is a Guy | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1952 (19 weeks), US CashBox 2 - Mar 1952 (22 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Mar 1952 (16 weeks), US invalid BB 6 of 1952, POP 13 of 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 15 - May 1952 (10 weeks), US BB 17 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 19 of 1952, Brazil 59 of 1953, RYM 74 of 1952 |
| 17 | Eddie Fisher | Wish You Were Here | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1952 (21 weeks), US CashBox 2 - Jul 1952 (28 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jul 1952 (20 weeks), US BB 7 of 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Oct 1953 (16 weeks), UK 8 - Nov 1953 (9 weeks), Your Hit Parade 12 of 1952, US invalid BB 16 of 1952, POP 25 of 1952, RYM 66 of 1952 |
| 18 | Eddie Fisher | Anytime | 1952 | Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Aug 1952, US Billboard 2 - Dec 1951 (30 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Dec 1951 (24 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Dec 1951 (33 weeks), US BB 12 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 21 of 1952, Brazil 75 of 1953, RYM 155 of 1952 |
| 19 | Georgia Gibbs | Kiss Of Fire | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1952 (20 weeks), US CashBox 1 - May 1952 (24 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Apr 1952 (19 weeks), DZE 5 of 1952, Your Hit Parade 8 of 1952, US BB 11 of 1952, Brazil 60 of 1952 |
| 20 | Johnny Standley | It's in The Book | 1952 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Oct 1952 (19 weeks), US 1 for 1 week - Nov 1952, US CashBox 3 - Oct 1952 (23 weeks), US invalid BB 5 of 1952, US BB 22 of 1952, POP 22 of 1952 |
| 21 | Jo Stafford | Ay-Round The Corner (Bee-Hind The Bush) | 1952 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 2 weeks - May 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Apr 1952 (20 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 3 weeks - May 1952, US Billboard 9 - Mar 1952 (12 weeks), US CashBox 12 - Mar 1952 (15 weeks) |
| 22 | Guy Mitchell | There's Always Room At Our House | 1952 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 4 weeks - Feb 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jan 1952 (21 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 4 weeks - Feb 1952, US Billboard 20 - Nov 1951 (1 week), US CashBox 25 - Nov 1951 (12 weeks) |
| 23 | Rosemary Clooney | Botch-a-me (Ba-ba-baciami piccina) | 1952 | US Billboard 2 - Jun 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jun 1952 (14 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Jun 1952 (20 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 14 - Sep 1952 (7 weeks), US BB 16 of 1952, Italy 57 of 1953, RYM 115 of 1952 |
| 24 | Eddie Fisher | Outside of Heaven | 1952 | UK 1 - Jan 1953 (17 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Dec 1952 (23 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Oct 1952 (13 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Oct 1952 (12 weeks), US CashBox 13 - Oct 1952 (18 weeks), UKMIX 244, RYM 149 of 1953 |
| 25 | Nat King Cole | Because You're Mine | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Feb 1953, Oscar in 1952 (film 'Because You're Mine') (Nominated), UK 6 - Dec 1952 (4 weeks), US CashBox 9 - Sep 1952 (5 weeks), US Billboard 16 - Sep 1952 (5 weeks), US 1940s 17 - Oct 1952 (1 week), RYM 62 of 1952 |
| 26 | Vera Lynn | Homing Waltz | 1952 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jun 1952 (34 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1952, UK 9 - Nov 1952 (3 weeks) |
| 27 | Johnnie Ray | Please, Mister Sun | 1952 | US Billboard 6 - Jan 1952 (18 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Feb 1952 (13 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Feb 1952 (20 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1952, POP 7 of 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 13 - Apr 1952 (12 weeks), US BB 30 of 1952, DDD 55 of 1952, RYM 126 of 1952 |
| 28 | Johnnie Ray | Walkin' My Baby Back Home | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1952, US Billboard 4 - May 1952 (20 weeks), US 1940s 6 - May 1952 (16 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Jun 1952 (22 weeks), UK 12 - Nov 1952 (1 week), US BB 24 of 1952, RYM 19 of 1952 |
| 29 | Eddie Fisher | Tell Me Why | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Jul 1952, US CashBox 2 - Dec 1951 (29 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Jan 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Jan 1952 (16 weeks), US BB 28 of 1952, RYM 130 of 1952 |
| 30 | Doris Day & Frankie Laine | Sugarbush | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 6 - Aug 1952 (26 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Jun 1952 (14 weeks), UK 8 - Nov 1952 (8 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jul 1952 (9 weeks), US CashBox 12 - Jun 1952 (20 weeks), Italy 16 of 1953, RYM 118 of 1952 |
| 31 | Anne Shelton | The Loveliest Night Of The Year | 1952 | UK Sheet Music 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1952, UK 40s Sheet Music 1 - Jun 1951 (46 weeks), Radio Luxembourg sheet music 1 for 4 weeks - Jan 1952 |
| 32 | Dean Martin | You Belong to Me | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Sep 1952 (7 weeks), Australia 1 for 6 weeks - Jan 1953, US Billboard 12 - Sep 1952 (10 weeks), US 1940s 12 - Sep 1952 (6 weeks), RYM 117 of 1952 |
| 33 | Jo Stafford | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | 1952 | US Billboard 3 - Aug 1952 (20 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Aug 1952 (20 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Sep 1952 (25 weeks), UK 11 - Dec 1952 (2 weeks), Your Hit Parade 13 of 1952, US BB 15 of 1952, RYM 153 of 1952 |
| 34 | Eddy Howard | Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Jul 1952 (10 weeks), Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Nov 1952, US Billboard 4 - Jun 1952 (16 weeks), US 1940s 16 - Jul 1952 (7 weeks) |
| 35 | Eddie Fisher | Lady of Spain | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1953, US Billboard 6 - Sep 1952 (17 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Oct 1952 (24 weeks), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1952, US 1940s 9 - Oct 1952 (16 weeks), RYM 128 of 1952 |
| 36 | Hank Williams | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1952), DDD 2 of 1952, US Billboard 20 - Sep 1952 (6 weeks), nuTsie 70 of 1950s, Brazil 77 of 1953, RYM 1 of 1952 |
| 37 | Les Compagnons De La Chanson | The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches) | 1952 | US Billboard 14 - Jan 1952 (9 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Feb 1952 (4 weeks), US CashBox 16 - Dec 1951 (34 weeks), UK 21 - Oct 1959 (3 weeks), Brazil 80 of 1952, Europe 95 of the 1950s (1959) |
| 38 | Kitty Wells | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1952), Library of Congress artifact added 2007 (1952), US Billboard 27 - Aug 1952 (1 week), DDD 36 of 1952, Acclaimed 682 (1952), RYM 24 of 1952 |
| 39 | Kay Starr | Comes A-Long A-Love | 1952 | UK 1 - Dec 1952 (16 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 6 - Dec 1952 (14 weeks), US Billboard 9 - Sep 1952 (9 weeks), US CashBox 20 - Oct 1952 (14 weeks), UKMIX 556, RYM 67 of 1952 |
| 40 | Gene Kelly | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1952), AFI 3, Italy 14 of 1953, US CashBox 36 - Jun 1952 (1 week), Acclaimed 1868 (1952), RYM 26 of 1952, UK most streamed for 1952 |
| 41 | Slim Whitman | Indian Love Call | 1952 | Flanders 4 - Jun 1956 (4 months), UK 7 - Jul 1955 (12 weeks), US Billboard 9 - Jul 1952 (14 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Aug 1952 (12 weeks), US CashBox 11 - Aug 1952 (16 weeks), RYM 62 of 1955 |
| 42 | Nat King Cole | Somewhere Along the Way | 1952 | UK 3 - Nov 1952 (7 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Aug 1952 (22 weeks), US Billboard 8 - May 1952 (25 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jul 1952 (16 weeks), US CashBox 9 - May 1952 (33 weeks), RYM 61 of 1952 |
| 43 | Louis Armstrong | Takes Two to Tango | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1953, UK 6 - Dec 1952 (10 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 14 - Dec 1952 (14 weeks), US Billboard 19 - Oct 1952 (2 weeks) |
| 44 | Pearl Bailey | Takes Two to Tango | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1953, US Billboard 7 - Sep 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Oct 1952 (10 weeks), US CashBox 7 - Oct 1952 (21 weeks) |
| 45 | Patti Page | Why Don't You Believe Me? | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Dec 1952 (9 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Nov 1952 (13 weeks), US 1940s 11 - Nov 1952 (9 weeks), Brazil 78 of 1954 |
| 46 | Eddie Wilcox Orch | Wheel of Fortune | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Feb 1952 (6 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 6 - Apr 1952 (19 weeks), US Billboard 13 - Feb 1952 (6 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Feb 1952 (2 weeks) |
| 47 | Doris Day | When I Fall in Love | 1952 | ASCAP song of 1952, US Billboard 20 - Aug 1952 (3 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 21 - Nov 1952 (1 week), US CashBox 36 - Aug 1952 (5 weeks), RYM 75 of 1952 |
| 48 | Nat King Cole | Walkin' My Baby Back Home | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 5 - Aug 1952 (26 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Jul 1952 (18 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Jul 1952 (12 weeks), US 1940s 12 - Jul 1952 (8 weeks), DDD 50 of 1952, RYM 82 of 1952 |
| 49 | Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman | Zing a Little Zong | 1952 | Oscar in 1952 (film 'Just for You') (Nominated), UK 40s Sheet Music 8 - Oct 1952 (20 weeks), UK 10 - Dec 1952 (2 weeks), US Billboard 18 - Aug 1952 (6 weeks), US CashBox 32 - Aug 1952 (5 weeks) |
| 50 | Don Cornell | I am Yours | 1952 | US CashBox 2 - May 1952 (23 weeks), US Billboard 3 - Apr 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 5 - May 1952 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 9 of 1952, US BB 26 of 1952 |
| 51 | Jimmy Forrest | Night Train | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1952), DDD 5 of 1952, POP 5 of 1952, Acclaimed 1341 (1952), RYM 25 of 1952 |
| 52 | Ella Mae Morse | The Blacksmith Blues | 1952 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1952 (22 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Feb 1952 (18 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Feb 1952 (26 weeks), US BB 14 of 1952, DDD 51 of 1951 |
| 53 | Tex Ritter | High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) | 1952 | US CashBox 4 - Sep 1952 (8 weeks), US Billboard 12 - Sep 1952 (8 weeks), US 1940s 12 - Sep 1952 (6 weeks), Your Hit Parade 16 of 1952, AFI 25, DDD 43 of 1952 |
| 54 | The Hilltoppers | Trying | 1952 | US CashBox 5 - Sep 1952 (23 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Aug 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Sep 1952 (17 weeks), US BB 29 of 1952, UK 30 - Sep 1956 (1 week) |
| 55 | Guy Mitchell | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1952 | US Billboard 4 - Mar 1952 (21 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Mar 1952 (15 weeks), US CashBox 10 - Mar 1952 (24 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1952, POP 10 of 1952, RYM 132 of 1952 |
| 56 | Guy Mitchell | Feet Up (Pat Him On The Po-Po) | 1952 | UK 2 - Nov 1952 (10 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 4 - Oct 1952 (19 weeks), US Billboard 14 - Aug 1952 (6 weeks), US CashBox 18 - Aug 1952 (13 weeks) |
| 57 | Lloyd Price | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | 1952 | DDD 1 of 1952, POP 14 of 1952, nuTsie 25 of 1950s, Acclaimed 327 (1952), RYM 6 of 1952, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 |
| 58 | Al Martino | Take My Heart | 1952 | UK 9 - Nov 1952 (1 week), US Billboard 12 - Jun 1952 (8 weeks), US 1940s 15 - Jul 1952 (2 weeks), US CashBox 17 - Jul 1952 (12 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 18 - Sep 1952 (5 weeks) |
| 59 | Rosemary Clooney | Blues in the Night | 1952 | US invalid BB 2 of 1952, POP 2 of 1952, US Billboard 17 - Sep 1952 (3 weeks), US CashBox 26 - Oct 1952 (10 weeks), RYM 92 of 1952 |
| 60 | Eddie Fisher | I am Yours | 1952 | US CashBox 2 - May 1952 (23 weeks), US Billboard 3 - May 1952 (19 weeks), US 1940s 5 - May 1952 (17 weeks), US BB 20 of 1952, RYM 129 of 1952 |
| 61 | Hank Thompson | Wild Side of Life | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1952), DDD 25 of 1952, US Billboard 27 - Jun 1952 (1 week), Acclaimed 1620 (1952), RYM 49 of 1952 |
| 62 | The Gaylords | Tell Me You're Mine | 1952 | US Billboard 2 - Dec 1952 (22 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Dec 1952 (22 weeks), US CashBox 3 - Dec 1952 (23 weeks), US BB 17 of 1953 |
| 63 | Four Aces | Heart & Soul | 1952 | US invalid BB 9 of 1952, POP 9 of 1952, US Billboard 11 - Oct 1952 (10 weeks), US CashBox 14 - Nov 1952 (14 weeks), US 1940s 15 - Nov 1952 (6 weeks), RYM 133 of 1952 |
| 64 | Nat King Cole | Faith Can Move Mountains | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Nov 1952 (18 weeks), UK 10 - Jan 1953 (4 weeks), US CashBox 20 - Sep 1952 (6 weeks), US Billboard 24 - Oct 1952 (4 weeks), RYM 63 of 1952 |
| 65 | Patti Page | You Belong to Me | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Sep 1952 (14 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Aug 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Aug 1952 (14 weeks) |
| 66 | Les Paul & Mary Ford | Tiger Rag | 1952 | US Billboard 2 - Jan 1952 (12 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jan 1952 (9 weeks), US CashBox 8 - Jan 1952 (17 weeks), Your Hit Parade 17 of 1952 |
| 67 | Tony Martin | Kiss Of Fire | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - May 1952 (14 weeks), US Billboard 6 - May 1952 (15 weeks), US 1940s 6 - May 1952 (14 weeks) |
| 68 | Little Walter | Juke | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1952), DDD 9 of 1952, Acclaimed 1059 (1952), RYM 16 of 1952, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 |
| 69 | Bing Crosby | Isle of Innisfree | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 2 - Sep 1952 (28 weeks), UK 3 - Nov 1952 (12 weeks), UKMIX 820 |
| 70 | Buddy Morrow | Night Train | 1952 | UK 12 - Mar 1953 (1 week), US invalid BB 12 of 1952, POP 12 of 1952, US Billboard 27 - Aug 1952 (2 weeks), RYM 125 of 1952 |
| 71 | Frankie Laine | Rock of Gibraltar | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 9 - Sep 1952 (11 weeks), US CashBox 19 - Jul 1952 (15 weeks), US Billboard 20 - Jul 1952 (5 weeks), US 1940s 20 - Aug 1952 (1 week), RYM 34 of 1952 |
| 72 | Hugo Winterhalter | Blue Tango | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Mar 1952 (17 weeks), US Billboard 6 - Mar 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Mar 1952 (14 weeks) |
| 73 | Bobby Wayne | Wheel of Fortune | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Feb 1952 (10 weeks), US Billboard 6 - Feb 1952 (13 weeks), US 1940s 13 - Mar 1952 (5 weeks) |
| 74 | Les Paul | Meet Mr Callahan | 1952 | US CashBox 4 - Aug 1952 (21 weeks), US Billboard 5 - Aug 1952 (14 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Sep 1952 (13 weeks), US BB 25 of 1952 |
| 75 | Helen O'Connell | Slow Poke | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Jan 1952 (18 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Dec 1951 (13 weeks), US 1940s 16 - Jan 1952 (5 weeks) |
| 76 | Jo Stafford | Keep It a Secret | 1952 | US Billboard 4 - Nov 1952 (18 weeks), US CashBox 5 - Nov 1952 (24 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Nov 1952 (17 weeks), Your Hit Parade 16 of 1953 |
| 77 | Arthur Godfrey | Slow Poke | 1952 | US CashBox 1 - Jan 1952 (18 weeks), US Billboard 12 - Jan 1952 (11 weeks), US 1940s 12 - Jan 1952 (7 weeks) |
| 78 | Peggy Lee | Lover | 1952 | US Billboard 3 - Jun 1952 (13 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Jun 1952 (11 weeks), US CashBox 10 - Jun 1952 (15 weeks), Your Hit Parade 11 of 1952 |
| 79 | Don Cornell | I'll Walk Alone | 1952 | US Billboard 5 - Mar 1952 (19 weeks), US CashBox 5 - Mar 1952 (27 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1952 (17 weeks), US BB 27 of 1952 |
| 80 | Les Paul & Mary Ford | Take Me in Your Arms & Love Me | 1952 | US Billboard 15 - Sep 1952 (8 weeks), US 1940s 19 - Sep 1952 (1 week), US CashBox 22 - Aug 1952 (11 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 24 - Jan 1953 (1 week) |
| 81 | The Weavers | Around The Corner | 1952 | Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Aug 1952, US Billboard 19 - Apr 1952 (1 week) |
| 82 | Red Foley | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | 1952 | Australia 1 for 2 weeks - May 1953, US Billboard 25 - Nov 1952 (1 week) |
| 83 | Don Howard | Oh Happy Day | 1952 | US CashBox 3 - Dec 1952 (13 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Dec 1952 (15 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Dec 1952 (15 weeks) |
| 84 | Georges Brassens | Le gorille | 1952 | France (50s) 1 of 1953, RYM 29 of 1952 |
| 85 | Reno Carol | Rote Rosen, rote Lippen, roter Wein | 1952 | Germany 1 for 1 week - Dec 1953, RYM 156 of 1952 |
| 86 | Billy May Orchestra | Charmaine | 1952 | US Billboard 17 - Feb 1952 (2 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 19 - Feb 1952 (9 weeks), Italy 36 of 1953 |
| 87 | The Mills Brothers | Be My Life's Companion | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 5 - Mar 1952 (16 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Jan 1952 (12 weeks), US CashBox 12 - Jan 1952 (23 weeks) |
| 88 | Doris Day & Johnnie Ray | Full Time Job | 1952 | UK 11 - Apr 1953 (1 week), US Billboard 20 - Dec 1952 (2 weeks), US CashBox 21 - Dec 1952 (8 weeks), RYM 76 of 1952 |
| 89 | Spike Jones | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | 1952 | US Billboard 4 - Dec 1952 (3 weeks), US CashBox 4 - Dec 1952 (4 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Dec 1952 (3 weeks) |
| 90 | Perry Como & Eddie Fisher | Maybe | 1952 | US Billboard 3 - Jun 1952 (18 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jun 1952 (13 weeks), US CashBox 9 - Jun 1952 (17 weeks) |
| 91 | Roy Rogers & Dale Evans | Happy Trails | 1952 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009 (1952), RIAA 33 |
| 92 | Karen Chandler | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me | 1952 | US Billboard 5 - Oct 1952 (18 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Dec 1952 (21 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Nov 1952 (16 weeks) |
| 93 | Guy Mitchell | The Day Of Jubilo | 1952 | UK 40s Sheet Music 7 - Jul 1952 (16 weeks), US CashBox 25 - Jun 1952 (7 weeks), US Billboard 26 - Jun 1952 (1 week) |
| 94 | Frankie Laine | The Gandy Dancers' Ball | 1952 | US CashBox 11 - Mar 1952 (11 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 13 - May 1952 (17 weeks), US Billboard 21 - Mar 1952 (7 weeks) |
| 95 | Vera Lynn | Forget Me Not | 1952 | UK 5 - Nov 1952 (6 weeks), UK 40s Sheet Music 5 - Oct 1952 (20 weeks), RYM 148 of 1952 |
| 96 | Eddie Fisher | Everything I Have is Yours | 1952 | UK 8 - Jan 1953 (5 weeks), US Billboard 23 - Jan 1952 (1 week), US CashBox 41 - Dec 1952 (5 weeks) |
| 97 | Bell Sisters | Bermuda | 1952 | US CashBox 6 - Jan 1952 (17 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Jan 1952 (16 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Jan 1952 (13 weeks) |
| 98 | Four Aces | Perfidia (Tonight) | 1952 | US Billboard 7 - Feb 1952 (16 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1952 (11 weeks), US CashBox 7 - Mar 1952 (22 weeks) |
| 99 | Eddie Fisher | Forgive Me | 1952 | US Billboard 7 - Mar 1952 (17 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Mar 1952 (15 weeks), US CashBox 7 - Mar 1952 (22 weeks) |
| 100 | The Weavers | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 1952 | US CashBox 13 - Feb 1952 (16 weeks), US Billboard 14 - Feb 1952 (11 weeks), US 1940s 14 - Mar 1952 (4 weeks), RYM 124 of 1952 |
Previous Comments (newest first)
19 Mar 2022
1952 /53
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I only know the first line of a song I once sang in high school can you help me find the title? I.m sitting by the window, watching the raindrops fall. thinking of you darling, hoping that you would call.
19 Sep 2020
1952 Song 80
Believe this should be Take me in your arms and HOLD ME - a song by CindyWalker
25 Mar 2020
#1 Hit for July 4, 1952
What was the number one hit song playing July 4th 1952?
3 Aug 2019
1952 song
Hi...I am looking for a song in 1952...I was born in May of that year...aftera song named Sherryee from a French crooner singer....but I could not find it...My aunt said it was she thinks 3 months before I was born....can you find it for me? +If you can...I just want to here the song...I have been looking off and on all my life...can't seem to find it...maybe my mom spelled it wrong and it was cherrie or Cherie instead. +Thank you, Sherryee Wetzel
We suspect Italian not French: "Cherie" from Nilla Pizzi (1953), or Georges Ulmer "Caroline Cherie" (1951).
23 Apr 2019
songs about Seven Falls and Garden of the Gods
21 Oct 2018
song hummingbird+
I am looking for a 1950s group who recorded this hummingbird song
Les Paul & Mary Ford, Frankie Laine, The Chordettes or BB King,
23 Jan 2018
High Noon
Frankie Laine's version seems to get the Oscar points and ends up much higherthan Tex Ritter's, although Tex Ritter sang in the movie.
In the early 1950s the song was the main thing, not the particular version, strictly you are correct but the Frankie Laine version is better known
13 Jan 2016
I'm looking for a singer who recorded "If I had the heart of a clown" in either 1948 or 1949 - any help?
The only song we have with that title was by Bobby Wayne and was a minor US hit in 1952
28 Dec 2014
René Carol - Rote Rosen, rote Lippen, roter Wein. Pos. 43
Dear tsort.info/music staff,
I'm writing you becauseI'm writing you because I may have noticed a slight inaccuracy. About the 43rd position, the artist name is presented as "Reno Carol" while it probably should be "René Carol".
This is, nonetheless, the first imprecision I ever found in your work. As a matter of fact, I'd like to take this opportuny to congratulate you for your impeccable work all these years. I'd just like to help your incredible activity with my little input. Thank you for your attention.
Cordially, Lorenzo Maccheroni
In fact it's not a mistake, the situation is explained in one of the FAQ's ("Why are there no letters with accents in the names?"). The issue is that different data sources treat accents in different ways, rather than try to fix all the resulting bad entries we've taken the decision to just force all the data to use the simplest approach.
We realise that this is bad, but we would claim its the least bad option.
19 Aug 2013
I am using this for research for a book I am writing. Thanks. P.S I am actually only 12 so I do not know what number which song was on.
Cheers.
Good luck with the book, tell us when its available
25 Mar 2013
Karen chandler
Hold me, thrill me, kiss me reached number 5+ in 1952. I was stationed at camp Pendleton and +this was our favorite song and we heard it all the time. Why is it not mentioned.
Thank you dear departed Karen Chandler and Semper fi
Karen Chandler's song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (1952) reached "US Billboard 5 - Oct 1952 (18 weeks), US CashBox 6 - Dec 1952 (21 weeks), US 1940s 7 - Nov 1952 (16 weeks)"
It was only a hit in the USA, and our calculation puts it just outside the top 100 for the year. This is a case that could be seen as an unfortunate side effect of the way we combine charts.
23 Dec 2012
Snow Bell(s)
As I recall in the winter of 51 or 52 there was an instrumental named Snow Bell or Snow Bells. Very pretty but I can't find any reference to it. Can you help me? Dennis
No idea
5 Sep 2012
Tony Williams
Tony Williams, who sang with the Platters, did at least one solo album but I have never been able to find any information on that or any of his singles. Any ideas?
Regards, Alex (Queensland, Australia)
There are three different Tony Williams that were musicians at the same time. One was a jazz drummer who played with Miles Davis and others, he had albums in our charts from 1965 ("Life Time", "Spring" and "The Joy of Flying") and with a group called "The Tony Williams Lifetime" ("Emergency!" and "Turn It Over"). The second was an English guitar player with Stealer's Wheel and Jethro Tull. The third was, as you say, in The Platters.
We have one song entry for Tony Williams, the song "It's so easy to surrender (Un'anima tra le mani)" which was number 46 of 1962 in Italy.
We suspect (but don't know) that the song was by the Tony Williams you are after.
18 May 2012
New e mail
We're having a street party is there anyway we can get CD's of the 1952 charts?
The easiest thing would be to buy the ones you like best on Amazon or iTunes and write your own CD
10 May 2012
May 17, 1952
Can you tell me the United Kingdom No. 1 song on May 17, 1952. It was the date my brother was born.
Look at the Number Ones page (link in the text above)
30 Mar 2012
No1 record 1st April 1952 uk
I was born on this date could you tell me uk no 1
Now that the sheet music listing is included you can find it on the number ones page
21 Feb 2012
the alamo
can you tell me who where the offscreen chorus that sang the green leaves of summer, the back ground tune to the film alamo, no one out there seems to know?
thanks
ps been trying for years to get a answear
We would suggest that you look at IMDb.
We can't identify which film you mean, for example the film "The Last Command" was released in 1955 (and the music was sung by Gordon MacRae).
But we think you mean the 1960 film "The Alamo" which starred John Wayne. According to IMDb the song "Green Leaves of Summer" was sung by the "Students' Association Choir, University of Texas", while Amazon (which has multiple versions of the soundtrack available for mp3 download) credits it to either the Dimitri Tiomkin Orchestra or Brothers Four.
So we think the song in the film is by Brothers Four and has the following entries - Oscar in 1960 (film 'The Alamo') (Nominated), Norway 10 - Nov 1961 (1 week), Brazil 14 of 1960, US Billboard 65 - Oct 1960 (7 weeks)
17 Jul 2011
No sleeping lion
I'm pretty sure that the title of your #80 Weavers song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was actually "Wimoweh".
You are right, the Weavers did call their version "Wimoweh" but the original name (the 1939 South African version by the Evening Birds) was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". The Wikipedia page has an image of the most successful version by The Tokens which also uses this same name.
As we have mentioned elsewhere where alternate song titles or artist names are used (for example in different countries) we try and remain consistent rather than always reflecting the exact names used. There are plenty of places to find the exact title the Weavers used, we're more interested in comparing their worldwide success with that of The Tokens, Tight Fit and Robert John (and we think we're the best place to do that).
We'll add a note on to the song's page.
Thanks for the input
1 Jul 2011
Maybe you can help
My brothers and I remember a record Dad used to play that had a chorus that sounded like they were singing "Ka viva viva vit". We're all in our early 60's so the song was probably written or being played about the period of 5 years either side of 1950.
It was sung by a group, male and female in close harmony and had a bit of accordian in there and sounded a bit "Jo Stafford-ish". I can sing the tune all the way through but don't know the words and don't know the title. Do you have any idea what it could be called?
Here at the Turret we have no idea, maybe one of our users can help?
24 Aug 2010
Les Paul Song
According to several sources that I have come across, Les Paul's song Meet Mr. Callahan/Callaghan was a top 25 or better song, but I do not see it in your list. Do you have any information on this song?
Les Paul had most of his hits with his wife, Mary Ford, they are listed in the top 1000 artists.
As a solo artist he had 20 hits, the biggest being "Whispering" in 1951. "Meet Mr Callaghan" reached number 5 in the Billboard charts and had a run of 14 weeks starting in Aug 1952, it also was in the Cashbox and US 1940s charts.
However as a solo artist his overall position was 1484, well outside the top 1000 artists that we list here (in the 1.9.071 dataset).
1 Feb 2010
number one song on Jan.28,1952
What was the number one song on Jan.28,1952?
The first question is "where?", for example in Australia the number 1 song was "Because of You" by Tony Bennett.
We suspect that you meant what was the number 1 song in the US.
So the next question would be "according to who?", there were no official charts published in the early 1950s, the closest would be some occasional charts published by Billboard magazine. Billboard produced a variety of different charts starting in 1936 these were finally consolidated in 1958 into the "Hot 100" which has been published ever since (although the way they are calculated has changed of course).
In 1952 the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart is probably the most representative one. In that chart the number 1 record was:
"Cry" by Johnnie Ray
In our list the song is listed under 1951 where is says "US 1 for 11 weeks - Dec 1951" which means it was the Billboard "Stores" number 1 for 11 weeks starting in December 1951