No.Song-Artist-Peak Month
1-THE HARRY LIME (THIRD MAN) THEME-ANTON KARAS;ROBERTO INGLEZ-SEPTEMBER 1734
2-QUICKSILVER-BING CROSBY & ANDREWS SISTERS-October 1574
3-FOREVER AND EVER-PERRY COMO;RUSS MORGAN-March 1506
4-MY FOOLISH HEART-GORDON JENKINS-August 1312
5-I TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT YOU-DONALD PEERS-June 1268
6-HOLLYWOOD SQUARE DANCE-SAMMY KAYE & LAURA LESLIE-November 1196
7-YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART-VIC DAMONE;Buddy Clark-May 1136
8-MONA LISA-Nat "King" Cole;Dennis Day-November 1118
9-LAVENDER BLUE (DILLY DILLY)-Burl Ives;Dinah Shore-January 1086
10-GOODNIGHT IRENE-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers-December 1036
11-Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy-Bing Crosby;Phil Harris-October 994
12-"A" You're Adorable-Perry Como & Fontane Sisters-February 970
13-Everywhere You Go-Bing Crosby & Evelyn Knight-January 896
14-Music! Music! Music!-Teresa Brewer;Donald Peers-July 886
15-Play A Simple Melody-Bing & Gary Crosby-December 846
16-Bamboo-Vaughn Monroe-September 844
17-The Old Piano Rolls Blues-Eddie Cantor & Lisa Kirk;Les Welch-November 836
18-The River Seine-Doris Day;Guy Lombardo-December 814
19-I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore-Gordon Jenkins;Perry Como-March 802
20-Dearie-Guy Lombardo;Donald Peers-October 782
21-Slipping Around-Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting;Floyd Tillman-July 770
22-I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts-Freddy Martin;Sammy Kaye-May 708
23-The Four Winds And The Seven Seas-Bing Crosby;Sammy Kaye-April 708
24-Hop Scotch Polka-Guy Lombardo;Art Mooney-May 700
25-Dear Hearts And Gentle People-Bing Crosby;Joe Loss-July 698
26-We'll Build A Bungalow-Larry Green;Bobby Limb Band-November 680
27-Red Roses For A Blue Lady-Vaughn Monroe;Guy Lombardo-February 668
28-If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake-Donald Peers-August 636
29-Hoop De Do-Perry Como & Fontane Sisters;Russ Morgan-October 598
30-A Dreamer's Holiday-Perry Como;Buddy Clark-July 588
31-Put Your Shoes On Lucy-Russ Morgan-May 584
32-That Lucky Old Sun-Frankie Laine;Vaughn Monroe-May 584
33-Room Full Of Roses-Sammy Kaye-January 570
34-The Cry Of The Wild Goose-Frankie Laine;Art Mooney-December 552
35-Twenty Four Hours Of Sunshine-Donald Peers;Eddy Duchin-June 550
36-Mule Train-Frankie Laine;Vaughn Monroe-May 510
37-A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)-Joy Nichols & Benny Lee-March 394
38-The Wedding Of Lili Marlene-Joe Loss & Howard Jones-February 376
39-Underneath The Linden Tree-Andrews Sisters;Lou Preager-February 366
40-The Echo Told Me A Lie-Primo Scala & His Banjo & Accordeon Band-April 334
41-Love Is A Beautiful Thing-Frankie Carle & Sunrise Serenaders-March 332
42-The Old Master Painter-Dick Haymes;Phil Harris-October 314
43-Lover's Gold-Dinah Shore;Les Welch & Larry Stellar-May 298
44-Go To Sleep,Go To Sleep-Arthur Godfrey & Mary Martin-August 296
45-Five Foot Two,Eyes Of Blue-Guy Lombardo-May 296
46-Thank You-Danny Kaye-January 276
47-Wedding Samba-Roberto Inglez;Carmen Miranda & Andrews Sisters-July 266
48-The Last Mile Home-Bing Crosby;Sammy Kaye-April 224
49-Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)-Donald Peers-September 200
50-The French Can-Can Polka-Ethel Smith-December 196
51-Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)-Bing Crosby;Irene Woods-September 152
52-Wilhelmina-Danny Kaye;Freddy Martin-September 130
53-There's Yes!Yes!In Your Eyes-Tony Pastor & His Orchestra-May 118
54-Oh,You Sweet One-Donald Peers;Andrews Sisters-October 110
55-I'll Never Slip Around Again-Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely;Doris Day-November 106
56-I Said My Pajamas And Put My Prayers On-Tony Martin & Fred Warren-August 82
57-A Rosewood Spinet-Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell;Dinah Shore-February 82
58-Rolling 'Round The World-Donald Peers-May 72
59-The Goanna Song-The Four Guardsmen-January 72
60-Streets Of Laredo-Ray Noble & Ken Carson;Dennis Day-January 72
61-Need You-Bob Crosby-January 72
62-A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes-Perry Como;Irene Woods-October 34
63-God's Country-Al Jolson;Phil Harris-September 34
64-She Wore A Yellow Ribbon-Ralph Flanagan;Andrews Sisters-July 34
65-Maybe It's Because-Bob Crosby & Marion Morgan;Claude Thornhill-June 34
* The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The
Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.
