AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1954*

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No.Song-Artist-Peak Month
 1-PRETEND-NAT "KING" COLE-JANUARY                                                               1126 
 2-HAPPY WANDERER-FRANK WEIR;OBENIKIRCHEN CHILDREN'S CHOIR-August                    1080
 3-LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT-KITTY KALLEN-November                                    1072 
 4-SECRET LOVE-DORIS DAY-November                                                    1016
 5-ANSWER ME MY LOVE-NAT "KING" COLE-June                                            1014
 6-ANSWER ME,LORD ABOVE-FRANKIE LAINE-June                                           1014
 7-SH-BOOM-CREW CUTS-December                                                         966
 8-CRYING IN THE CHAPEL-Rex Allen-January                                             930
 9-EBB TIDE-Frank Chacksfield-April                                                   914
10-YOUNG AT HEART-Frank Sinatra-July                                                  900  
11-That's Amore-Dean Martin-April                                                     862
12-Oh!My Pa Pa (O Mein Papa)-Eddie Fisher;Eddie Calvert-May                           860
13-Cara Mia-Dave Whitfield-December                                                   856
14-Face To Face-Gordon MacRae-October                                                 824
15-Sway-Dean Martin-November                                                          812
16-Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett-February                                               802
17-I See The Moon-Stargazers-July                                                     802
18-A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky-January                             796
19-The Man With A Banjo-Ames Brothers-August                                          772
20-Three Coins In A Fountain-Four Aces:Frank Sinatra-September                        766
21-(The Gang That Sang)Heart Of My Hearts-Alan Dale,Johnny Desmond & Don Cornell-May  746
22-Changing Partners-Patti Page;Kay Starr-April                                       746
23-Istanbul-Four Lads-February                                                        730
24-You,You,You-Ames Brothers-February                                                 726
25-Theme From "Story Of Three Loves"-Jack Pleis-April                                 684
26-Bimbo-Pee Wee King;Jim Reeves-July                                                 674
27-Many Times-Eddie Fisher;Ross Higgins-March                                         640
28-Wanted-Perry Como-July                                                             634
29-The Little Shoemaker-Gaylords;Frank Weir-October                                   624
30-P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers;Brigadiers-January                                     620
31-Friends & Neighbours-Billy Cotton Band;Donald Peers-November                       602
32-Ricochet-Teresa Brewer-April                                                       584 
33-Sippin' Soda-Guy Mitchell-February                                                 558
34-Down By The Riverside-Bing Crosby;Four Lads-May                                    538
35-River Of No Return-Tennessee Ernie Ford;Marilyn Monroe-October                     536
36-From The Vine Came The Grape-The Gaylords-July                                     528
37-Bell Bottom Blues-Teresa Brewer-June                                               500 
38-In The Chapel In The Moonlight-Kitty Kallen-December                               472    
39 Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea Four Lads October             472
40-The Jones Boy-Mills Brothers-May                                                   458
41-Such A Night-Johnnie Ray-October                                                   446
42-I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas-Gayla Peevey-January                           414
43-I Understand-Sandy Stewart-October                                                 408
44-Never Never Land-Frank Weir & Maureen Childs-October                               388
45 Make Love To Me-Jo Stafford-July                                                   366
46-Here-Tony Martin-September                                                         364
47-Eh,Cumpari-Julius La Rosa-February                                                 336
48-Basin Street Blues-Louis Armstrong & All Stars-July                                334
49-I Get So Lonely Four Knights-August                                                320
50-Dragnet-Ray Anthony-January                                                        302
51-A Girl,A Girl-Eddie Fisher-September                                               278
52-A Purple Cow-Doris Day-February                                                    272
53-Queen Of Ev'ryone's Heart-Vera Lynn-March                                          214
54 Granada-Frankie Laine-April                                                        150 
55-Let's Do It-Eartha Kitt-June                                                       146 
56-Open Up Your Heart-Bing Crosby-May                                                 144
57-Cross Over The Bridge-Patti Page-August                                            130
58-Half A Photograph-Kay Starr-January                                                114
59-Till We Are One-Georgie Shaw;Eddy Howard-July                                       84
60-If You Love Me (Really Love Me)-Kay Starr;Vera Lynn-September                       70
61-Hey Joe-Frankie Laine-January                                                       68
62-Moonlight Serenade-Glenn Miller-August              (1939)                          34
63-Tennessee Wig Walk-Bonnie Lou-May                                                   34
64-Chick-A-Boom-Guy Mitchell-April                                                     34
* The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The 
Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.