BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FOR 1953
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 3,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-Perry Como 2 4 16 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 3 3 12 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 4 5 15 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 5 6 5 5 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 6 9 6 6 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 7 7 9 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 8 9 4 8 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 9 11 2 9 Have You Heard-Joni James 9 - 12 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 11 - 1 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 12 14 5 12 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 12 18 20 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 14 15 7 11 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 14 17 22 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 16 16 2 16 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford 17 19 20 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 18 10 16 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 19 12 15 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 20 20 8 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 10,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-Perry Como 2 3 13 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 3 5 6 3 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 4 2 17 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 5 4 16 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 6 8 5 6 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 7 6 7 6 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 8 9 3 8 Have You Heard-Joni James 9 12 6 9 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 10 7 10 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 11 16 3 11 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford 12 14 8 11 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 13 11 2 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 14 9 13 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 15 19 16 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 16 - 1 16 Even Now-Eddie Fisher 17 12 21 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 18 - 1 18 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 19 14 23 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 20 - 1 20 Wishing Ring-Joni James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 17,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-Perry Como 2 2 14 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 3 3 7 3 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 4 7 8 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 5 4 18 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 6 6 6 6 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 7 10 11 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 8 5 17 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 9 8 4 8 Have You Heard-Joni James 10 9 7 9 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 11 12 9 11 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 12 16 2 12 Even Now-Eddie Fisher 13 - 1 13 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 14 - 17 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 15 13 3 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 16 18 2 16 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 17 - 1 17 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 18 14 14 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 19 11 4 11 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 - 1 19 Trying-Hilltoppers Billy Vaughn wrote it & sang in the group, Jimmy Sacca sang lead BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 24,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-Perry Como 2 3 8 2 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 2 15 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 4 6 7 4 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 5 5 19 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 6 4 9 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 7 9 5 7 Have You Heard-Joni James 8 7 12 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 9 10 8 9 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 10 8 18 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 11 - 1 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 12 12 3 12 Even Now-Eddie Fisher 13 13 2 13 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 14 17 2 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 14 19 5 11 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford 16 - 1 16 Side By Side-Kay Starr and newly definitive swinging version of the 1927 song 17 16 3 16 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 18 15 4 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 - 1 19 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 20 - 1 20 I Went To Your Wedding-Spike Jones & Sir Frederick Gas BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 31,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-Perry Como 2 2 9 2 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 3 16 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 4 4 8 4 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 5 7 6 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 6 6 10 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 7 9 9 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 8 8 13 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 9 - 1 9 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 10 5 20 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 11 19 2 11 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 12 13 3 12 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 13 16 2 13 Side By Side-Kay Starr 14 12 4 12 Even Now-Eddie Fisher 15 10 19 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 16 14 3 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 17 11 2 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 17 17 4 16 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 19 18 5 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 20 - 1 20 Pretend-Nat King Cole BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 7,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer 2 1 11 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 3 4 9 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 4 3 17 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 5 5 7 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 6 9 2 6 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 7 11 3 7 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 8 7 10 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 9 6 11 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 10 8 14 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 11 12 4 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 12 13 3 12 Side By Side-Kay Starr 13 17 3 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 14 16 4 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 15 17 5 15 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 16 - 1 16 Pretend-Ralph Marterie 17 10 21 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 18 - 1 18 Wild Horses-Perry Como 19 14 5 12 Even Now-Eddie Fisher 20 19 6 11 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 14,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer 2 2 12 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 3 3 10 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 4 6 3 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 5 5 8 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 6 7 4 6 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 7 4 18 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 8 12 4 8 Side By Side-Kay Starr 9 8 11 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 10 9 12 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 11 - 2 11 Pretend-Nat King Cole 12 10 15 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 13 11 5 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 14 18 2 14 Wild Horses-Perry Como 15 14 5 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 16 - 1 16 I Believe-Frankie Laine 17 13 4 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 17 - 1 17 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James the last Hank Williams song hit 19 15 6 15 Mister Tap-Toe-Doris Day 20 - 1 20 Say It With Your Heart-Bob Carroll BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 21,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer 2 2 13 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 3 6 5 3 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 4 3 11 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 5 5 9 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 6 4 4 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 7 11 3 7 Pretend-Nat King Cole 8 9 12 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 9 8 5 8 Side By Side-Kay Starr 10 16 2 10 I Believe-Frankie Laine 11 7 19 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 12 17 2 12 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 13 14 3 13 Wild Horses-Perry Como 14 13 6 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 15 12 16 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 16 10 13 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 17 15 6 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 18 17 5 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 19 - 1 19 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper new entry: pop cover of #1 country hit by the Carlisles 20 - 6 12 Even Now-Eddie Fisher -Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 28,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer 2 2 14 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 3 3 6 3 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 4 4 12 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 5 6 5 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 6 7 4 6 Pretend-Nat King Cole 7 9 6 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 8 8 13 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 9 5 10 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 10 10 3 10 I Believe-Frankie Laine 11 13 4 11 Wild Horses-Perry Como 12 12 3 12 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 13 11 20 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 14 17 7 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 15 14 7 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 16 16 14 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 17 19 2 17 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 18 15 17 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 19 18 6 11 Oh Happy Day-Four Knights 20 - 1 20 A Fool Such As I-Jo Stafford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 7,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer 2 3 7 2 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 3 2 15 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 4 10 4 4 I Believe-Frankie Laine 5 4 13 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 6 6 5 6 Pretend-Nat King Cole 7 5 6 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 8 12 4 8 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 9 9 11 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 10 11 5 10 Wild Horses-Perry Como 11 7 7 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 12 15 8 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 13 8 14 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 14 14 8 14 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 15 17 3 15 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 16 - 1 16 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 17 16 15 4 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 18 - 1 18 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 18 - 1 18 Pretend-Eileen Barton 20 - 1 20 Downhearted-Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 14,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 1 15 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 3 16 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 4 4 5 4 I Believe-Frankie Laine 5 5 14 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 6 6 6 6 Pretend-Nat King Cole 7 8 5 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 8 10 6 8 Wild Horses-Perry Como 9 11 8 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 10 9 12 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 11 16 2 11 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 12 7 7 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 13 14 9 13 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 14 12 9 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 15 20 2 15 Downhearted-Eddie Fisher 16 13 15 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 17 15 4 15 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 17 18 2 17 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 17 - 1 17 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 20 - 21 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 21,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 2 16 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 4 6 3 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 5 15 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 5 11 3 5 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 6 3 17 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 7 8 7 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 8 6 7 6 Pretend-Nat King Cole 9 7 6 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 10 9 9 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 11 12 8 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa 12 17 2 12 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 13 10 13 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 14 - 1 14 I'm Sitting On Top Of The World-Les Paul & Mary Ford 15 16 16 7 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 16 13 10 13 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 17 17 5 15 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 18 15 3 15 Downhearted-Eddie Fisher 19 14 10 11 Oh Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper 20 17 3 17 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 28,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 2 17 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 3 7 3 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 8 8 4 Pretend-Nat King Cole 5 4 16 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 6 5 4 5 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 7 6 18 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 7 9 7 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 9 10 10 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 10 7 8 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 11 12 3 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 12 16 11 12 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 13 13 14 5 Have You Heard-Joni James 14 14 2 14 I'm Sitting On Top Of The World-Les Paul & Mary Ford 15 20 4 15 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 16 17 6 15 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 17 - 1 17 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 18 - 1 18 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 19 - 1 19 I Believe-Jane Froman 20 11 9 4 Anywhere I Wander-Julius LaRosa BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 4,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 2 18 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 3 3 8 3 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 4 9 4 Pretend-Nat King Cole 5 6 5 5 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 6 5 17 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 7 7 8 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 8 10 9 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 9 7 19 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 10 9 11 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 11 17 2 11 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 12 18 2 12 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 13 11 4 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 14 15 5 14 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 15 19 2 15 I Believe-Jane Froman 16 - 1 16 Ruby-Richard Hayman 17 - 1 17 Anna-Sylvano Mangano actually Flo Sandons, whose voice was dubbed for S.M. in movie "Anna" 18 14 3 14 I'm Sitting On Top Of The World-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 16 7 15 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper 20 12 12 12 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 11,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 3 9 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 3 4 10 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 4 5 6 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 5 2 19 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 6 6 18 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 7 11 3 7 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 8 7 9 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 9 8 10 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 10 12 3 10 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 11 13 5 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 12 10 12 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 13 14 6 13 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 13 16 2 13 Ruby-Richard Hayman 15 9 20 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 16 20 13 12 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 17 17 2 17 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 17 - 1 17 Can't I-Nat "King" Cole 19 - 1 19 Somebody Stole My Gal-Johnnie Ray 20 18 4 14 I'm Sitting On Top Of The World-Les Paul & Mary Ford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 18,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 2 10 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 3 3 11 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 4 7 4 4 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 5 4 7 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 6 6 19 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 7 8 10 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 8 5 20 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 9 13 3 9 Ruby-Richard Hayman 10 10 4 10 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 11 11 6 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 12 13 7 12 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 13 9 11 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 14 - 1 14 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 15 12 13 7 Side By Side-Kay Starr 16 - 1 16 Spinning A Web-Gaylords 17 16 14 12 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan 18 17 2 17 Can't I-Nat "King" Cole 19 19 2 19 Somebody Stole My Gal-Johnnie Ray 20 15 21 1 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 25,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 4 5 2 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 3 2 11 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 3 12 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 5 5 8 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 6 10 5 6 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 7 9 4 7 Ruby-Richard Hayman 8 8 21 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 9 7 11 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 10 6 20 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 11 12 8 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 12 - 3 12 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 13 11 7 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 14 14 2 14 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 15 - 1 15 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 16 - 1 16 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 17 13 12 7 Wild Horses-Perry Como 17 - 3 15 I Believe-Jane Froman 19 18 3 17 Can't I-Nat "King" Cole 20 19 3 19 Somebody Stole My Gal-Johnnie Ray original 1924 hit recording was by Ted Weems and the band BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 2,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page 2 2 6 2 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 3 3 12 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 4 13 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 5 6 6 5 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 6 7 5 6 Ruby-Richard Hayman 7 5 9 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 8 12 4 8 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 9 14 3 9 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 10 9 12 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 11 11 9 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 12 16 2 12 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 13 8 22 1 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 14 10 21 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 15 13 8 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 16 - 1 16 Strange Things Are Happening-Red Buttons 17 17 4 17 I Believe-Jane Froman 18 - 1 18 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher song features the soprano of Sally Sweetland 19 15 2 15 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 20 - 1 20 Is It Any Wonder?-Joni James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 9,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 1 15 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 3 3 13 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 4 5 7 4 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 5 4 14 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 6 6 6 6 Ruby-Richard Hayman 7 8 5 7 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 8 9 4 8 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 9 7 10 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 10 12 3 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 11 18 2 11 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 12 11 10 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 13 10 13 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 14 17 5 14 I Believe-Jane Froman 15 16 2 15 Strange Things Are Happening-Red Buttons 16 19 3 15 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 17 15 9 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie 18 - 1 18 Almost Always-Joni James 19 - 1 19 April In Portugal-Freddy Martin 20 14 22 3 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 16,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 16 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 3 4 8 3 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 4 3 14 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 5 5 15 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 6 6 7 6 Ruby-Richard Hayman 7 11 3 7 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 8 7 6 7 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 9 8 5 8 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 10 10 4 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 11 12 11 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 12 9 11 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 13 16 4 13 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 14 14 6 14 I Believe-Jane Froman 15 - 1 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets was this the first bona fide "Rock & Roll" hit by a white artist? 16 - 1 16 Song From Moulin Rouge-Mantovani 17 19 2 17 April In Portugal-Freddy Martin 18 13 14 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 19 15 3 15 Strange Things Are Happening-Red Buttons 19 17 10 11 Caravan-Ralph Marterie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 23,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 3 9 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 3 6 8 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 4 7 4 4 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 5 2 17 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 6 4 15 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 7 9 6 7 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 8 8 7 7 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 9 5 16 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 10 10 5 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 11 14 7 11 I Believe-Jane Froman 12 11 12 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 13 13 5 13 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 14 12 12 4 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd 15 17 3 15 April In Portugal-Freddy Martin 16 16 2 16 Song From Moulin Rouge-Mantovani 17 15 2 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets 18 18 15 7 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James 19 - 1 19 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield composed by Charlie Chaplin 20 - 1 20 Ruby-Les Baxter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 30,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 10 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 3 4 5 3 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 4 3 9 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 7 7 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 6 8 8 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 7 6 16 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 8 5 18 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 9 9 17 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 10 10 6 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 11 19 2 11 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 12 20 2 12 Ruby-Les Baxter 13 11 8 11 I Believe-Jane Froman 14 12 13 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 15 13 6 13 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 16 - 1 16 April In Portugal-Vic Damone 17 16 3 16 Song From Moulin Rouge-Mantovani 18 17 3 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets 19 - 1 19 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 20 - 1 20 Ruby-Victor Young BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 6,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 11 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 3 3 6 3 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 4 4 10 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 5 8 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 6 7 17 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 7 6 9 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 8 8 19 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 9 11 3 9 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 10 9 18 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 11 10 7 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 12 15 7 12 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 13 17 4 13 Song From Moulin Rouge-Mantovani 14 14 14 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 15 12 3 12 Ruby-Les Baxter 16 13 8 11 I Believe-Jane Froman 17 18 4 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets 18 - 1 18 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 19 16 2 16 April In Portugal-Vic Damone 20 19 2 19 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 13,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 3 7 2 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 2 12 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 4 4 11 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 5 9 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 6 6 18 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 7 7 10 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 8 9 4 8 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 9 15 4 9 Ruby-Les Baxter 10 10 19 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 11 16 9 11 I Believe-Jane Froman 12 12 8 12 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 13 8 20 1 The Doggie In The Window-Patti Page 14 - 1 14 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 15 - 1 15 No Other Love-Perry Como the melody taken from Richard Rodgers "Victory At Sea" TV score 16 11 8 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 17 20 3 17 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 18 14 15 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs 19 18 2 18 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 19 19 3 16 April In Portugal-Vic Damone BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 20,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 8 2 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 3 13 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 4 4 12 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 5 10 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 6 8 5 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 7 7 11 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 8 6 19 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 9 15 2 9 No Other Love-Perry Como 10 14 2 10 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 11 9 5 9 Ruby-Les Baxter 12 - 1 12 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers early (1934) Gordon Jenkins composition 13 10 20 3 Pretend-Nat King Cole 14 12 9 12 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 14 19 3 15 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 16 - 5 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets 17 - 5 13 Song From Moulin Rouge-Mantovani 18 - 1 18 You You You-Ames Brothers 19 16 9 10 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons 19 18 16 11 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 27,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 9 2 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 3 14 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 4 4 13 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 9 3 5 No Other Love-Perry Como 6 5 11 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 6 10 3 6 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 8 6 5 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 9 8 20 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 10 7 12 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 11 11 6 9 Ruby-Les Baxter 12 12 2 12 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 13 15 4 13 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 14 14 10 12 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 15 - 1 15 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 16 - 4 16 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 17 16 6 15 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley and his Comets 18 - 1 18 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper composed by DJ and singer ("Green Door") Jim Lowe 19 18 2 18 You You You-Ames Brothers 20 - 1 20 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt jazz number dating back to 1919 BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 4,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 10 2 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 3 15 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 4 4 14 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 5 5 4 5 No Other Love-Perry Como 6 6 4 6 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 7 8 6 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 8 12 3 8 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 9 10 13 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 10 19 3 10 You You You-Ames Brothers 11 9 21 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 12 16 5 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 13 18 2 13 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 14 6 12 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 15 11 7 9 Ruby-Les Baxter 16 - 1 16 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 17 13 5 13 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 18 15 2 18 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 19 14 11 12 April In Portugal-Richard Hayman 20 20 2 20 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 11,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 2 2 11 2 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 5 5 3 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 3 16 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 5 6 5 5 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 6 7 7 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 7 4 15 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 8 8 4 8 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 9 10 4 9 You You You-Ames Brothers 10 14 13 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 11 16 2 11 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 11 17 6 11 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 13 9 14 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 14 12 6 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 15 15 8 9 Ruby-Les Baxter 16 13 3 13 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 17 18 3 17 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 18 - 1 18 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn original version by the 17 year-old son of song's writer Artie Glenn 19 11 22 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine 20 - 1 20 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 18,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 12 1 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU-Eddie Fisher 2 1 17 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 3 3 6 3 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 5 6 4 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 5 4 17 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 6 8 5 6 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 7 7 16 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 8 6 8 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 9 9 5 9 You You You-Ames Brothers 10 11 7 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 11 11 3 11 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 12 16 4 12 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 13 17 4 13 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 14 13 15 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 15 14 7 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 16 20 2 16 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 17 10 14 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como 18 - 3 18 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 19 18 2 18 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 20 19 23 2 I Believe-Frankie Laine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 25,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU-Eddie Fisher 2 4 7 2 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 3 3 7 3 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 2 18 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 5 6 6 5 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 6 9 6 6 You You You-Ames Brothers 7 5 18 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 8 11 4 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 9 18 4 9 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 10 16 3 10 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 11 8 9 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 12 12 5 12 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 13 7 17 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 14 10 8 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 15 19 3 15 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 16 13 5 13 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 17 15 8 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 18 - 1 18 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 19 14 16 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano 20 17 15 5 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 1,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 1 14 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 3 8 3 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 5 7 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 5 4 19 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 6 6 7 6 You You You-Ames Brothers 7 9 5 7 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 8 7 19 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 9 10 4 9 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 10 12 6 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 11 8 5 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 12 15 4 12 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 13 11 10 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 14 14 9 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 15 17 9 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 16 13 18 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 17 16 6 13 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 18 18 2 18 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 19 - 1 19 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 20 19 17 6 Anna-Sylvano Mangano BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 8,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 15 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 3 3 9 3 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 6 8 4 You You You-Ames Brothers 5 4 8 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 6 5 20 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 7 7 6 7 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 8 9 5 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 9 11 6 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 10 10 7 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 11 8 20 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 12 12 5 12 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 13 18 3 13 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 14 14 10 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 15 13 11 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 16 15 10 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 17 17 7 13 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 18 19 2 18 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 19 16 19 3 Ruby-Richard Hayman 20 - 9 12 Ruby-Les Baxter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 15,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 3 10 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 3 2 15 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 4 4 9 4 You You You-Ames Brothers 5 5 9 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 6 7 7 6 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 7 6 21 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 8 8 6 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 9 13 4 9 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 10 9 7 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 10 10 8 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 12 12 6 12 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 13 18 3 13 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 14 11 21 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 14 17 8 14 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr 16 14 11 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 17 - 1 17 Butterflies-Patti Page 18 16 11 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers 19 15 12 6 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield 20 - 1 20 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles the first of many R&B groups named after birds BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 22,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 4 10 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 2 11 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 3 16 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 5 5 10 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 6 6 8 6 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 7 9 5 7 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 8 10 8 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 9 12 7 9 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 10 8 7 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 11 - 1 11 Dragnet-Ray Anthony Walter Schumann's famous theme from the nation's #2 TV show 12 7 22 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 13 13 4 13 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 14 10 9 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 15 - 1 15 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 20 2 16 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 17 - 1 17 A Dear John Letter-Pat O'Day & Al Rawley 18 14 22 2 April In Portugal-Les Baxter 19 16 12 10 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr 20 18 12 12 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 29,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 11 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 3 12 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 5 11 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 5 4 17 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 6 6 9 6 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 7 11 2 7 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 8 7 6 7 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 9 10 8 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 10 13 5 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 11 8 9 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 12 14 10 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 13 9 8 9 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 14 16 3 14 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 15 15 2 15 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 - 1 16 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine #1 country hit for Carl Smith 17 12 23 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 18 - 2 18 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky #1 country hit for six weeks 19 - 1 19 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 20 - 9 14 Allez-vous-en-Kay Starr BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 5,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 12 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 3 13 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 4 6 10 4 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 5 7 3 5 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 6 4 12 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 7 8 7 7 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 8 5 18 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 9 9 9 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 10 19 2 10 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 11 14 4 11 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 12 11 10 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 13 12 11 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 14 10 6 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 15 16 2 15 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 16 15 3 15 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 - 1 16 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 18 13 9 9 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 19 17 24 1 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders 20 18 3 18 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 12,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 13 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 4 11 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 4 5 4 4 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 5 3 14 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 6 6 13 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 7 7 8 7 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 8 16 2 8 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 9 10 3 9 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 10 8 19 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 11 15 3 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 12 9 10 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 13 16 4 13 My Love,My Love-Joni James 14 11 5 11 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 15 12 11 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 16 14 7 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 17 13 12 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 18 18 10 9 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 19 20 4 18 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky 20 - 1 20 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 19,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 14 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 3 12 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 4 4 5 4 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 5 5 15 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 6 7 9 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 7 9 4 7 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 8 6 14 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 9 8 3 8 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 10 13 5 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James 11 12 11 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 12 11 4 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 13 20 2 13 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 14 15 12 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 15 14 6 11 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 16 10 20 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 17 16 8 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 18 17 13 10 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper 19 18 11 9 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn 19 19 5 18 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky 19 - 1 19 I See The Moon-Mariners BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 26,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 2 15 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 3 4 6 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 4 3 13 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 5 7 5 5 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 6 9 4 6 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 7 5 16 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 8 - 1 8 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg Freberg's parody of the Dragnet radio & TV series 9 6 10 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 10 8 15 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 11 13 3 11 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 12 12 5 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 13 11 12 8 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt 14 14 13 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 15 10 6 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 17 9 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 17 16 21 1 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher 18 19 2 18 I See The Moon-Mariners 19 19 6 18 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky 20 - 1 20 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 18th Variation from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 3,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 8 2 1 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET-Stan Freberg 2 1 17 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 3 2 16 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 4 4 14 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 5 5 6 5 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 6 3 7 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 7 6 5 6 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 8 9 11 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 9 7 17 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 10 10 16 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 11 11 4 11 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 12 - 1 12 Little Blue Riding Hood-Stan Freberg flipside of "St. George" is another Dragnet parody 13 - 7 11 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 14 - 1 14 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 15 15 7 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 19 7 16 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky 17 12 6 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 17 18 3 17 I See The Moon-Mariners 19 16 10 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 19 20 2 19 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 10,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET-Stan Freberg 2 2 18 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 3 3 17 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 4 4 15 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 5 5 7 5 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 6 7 6 6 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa it was on 10/19/1953 that Julie was (publicly) fired from the Godfrey show 7 6 8 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 8 9 18 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 9 11 5 9 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 10 8 12 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 11 10 17 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 12 12 2 12 Little Blue Riding Hood-Stan Freberg 13 17 7 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 14 15 8 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James 15 19 11 10 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen 16 13 8 11 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles 17 17 4 17 I See The Moon-Mariners 18 - 1 18 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 19 - 14 8 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher 20 19 3 19 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 20 - 1 20 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 17,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET-Stan Freberg 2 2 19 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 3 3 18 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 4 5 8 4 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 5 6 7 5 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 6 4 16 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 7 9 6 7 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 8 7 9 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 9 10 13 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 10 8 19 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 10 18 2 10 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 12 12 3 12 Little Blue Riding Hood-Stan Freberg 13 - 2 13 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 14 11 18 4 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers 15 14 9 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James 16 13 8 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 17 20 4 17 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 18 17 5 17 I See The Moon-Mariners 19 - 1 19 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 20 20 2 20 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 24,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET-Stan Freberg 2 2 20 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 3 3 19 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 4 4 9 4 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 5 5 8 5 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 6 7 7 6 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 7 6 17 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 8 13 3 8 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 9 8 10 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 10 10 3 10 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 11 9 14 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 12 10 20 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 13 19 2 13 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 14 17 5 14 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 15 18 6 15 I See The Moon-Mariners 16 12 4 12 Little Blue Riding Hood-Stan Freberg 17 20 3 17 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir 18 16 9 11 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine 19 - 1 19 The Velvet Glove-Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter 19 - 1 19 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 31,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 21 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 1 6 1 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg 3 3 20 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 4 4 10 4 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 5 6 8 5 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 6 5 9 5 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 7 7 18 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 8 10 4 8 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 9 8 4 8 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 10 11 15 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 11 13 3 11 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 12 12 21 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 12 - 1 12 You Alone-Perry Como 14 15 7 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 15 9 11 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 16 19 2 16 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers 17 14 6 14 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 18 17 4 17 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir 18 19 2 18 The Velvet Glove-Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter 20 - 10 10 My Love,My Love-Joni James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 7,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 22 1 VAYA CON DIOS-Les Paul & Mary Ford 2 6 10 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 3 4 11 3 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 4 5 9 4 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 5 3 21 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 6 2 7 1 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg 7 7 19 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 8 9 5 8 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 9 8 5 8 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 10 12 2 10 You Alone-Perry Como 11 - 1 11 Love Walked In-Hilltoppers revival of one of the top songs of 1938 12 16 3 12 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers 13 11 4 11 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 14 - 1 14 That's Amore-Dean Martin 15 10 16 6 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli 16 18 5 16 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir 17 14 8 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 18 15 12 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 19 12 22 2 No Other Love-Perry Como 20 - 1 20 Rachmaninoff:The Eighteenth Variation-William Kapell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 14,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 4 10 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 3 12 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 3 1 23 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 4 2 11 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 5 5 22 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 6 6 8 1 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg 7 8 6 7 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 8 9 6 8 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 9 7 20 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 10 14 2 10 That's Amore-Dean Martin 11 10 3 10 You Alone-Perry Como 12 12 4 12 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers 12 13 5 11 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 14 - 7 14 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad 15 16 6 15 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir 16 11 2 11 Love Walked In-Hilltoppers 17 18 13 3 Dragnet-Ray Anthony 18 17 9 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 19 - 1 19 Pa-Paya Mama-Perry Como 20 - 1 20 Marie-Four Tunes BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 21,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 2 13 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 3 3 24 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 4 4 12 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 5 5 23 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 6 7 7 6 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 7 8 7 7 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 8 9 21 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 9 10 3 9 That's Amore-Dean Martin 10 6 9 1 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg 11 12 6 11 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 12 11 4 10 You Alone-Perry Como 13 - 1 13 Changing Partners-Patti Page million-seller with almost exact arrangement as her "Tennessee Waltz" 14 12 5 12 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers 15 15 7 15 In The Mission Of St. Augustine-Sammy Kaye & Jeffrey Clay Choir 16 18 10 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 17 16 3 11 Love Walked In-Hilltoppers 18 - 3 18 The Velvet Glove-Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter 19 - 2 19 Rachmaninoff:The Eighteenth Variation-William Kapell classical pianist died 10/29/53..same piece as #20 below 20 14 8 14 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 28,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 2 14 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 3 3 25 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 4 5 24 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 5 4 13 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 6 6 8 6 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 7 9 4 7 That's Amore-Dean Martin 8 7 8 7 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 9 13 2 9 Changing Partners-Patti Page 10 8 22 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 10 11 7 10 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 12 14 6 12 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers 13 12 5 10 You Alone-Perry Como 14 10 10 1 St. George And The Dragonet-Stan Freberg 15 17 3 11 Love Walked In-Hilltoppers 16 - 1 16 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt 17 16 11 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 18 - 1 18 Heart Of My Heart-Don Cornell,Johnny Desmond & Alan Dale 19 - 1 19 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces from "Kismet," based on Borodin's Polovetsian Dances 20 - 1 20 Oh Mein Papa-Eddie Calvert 20 - 1 20 Heart Of My Heart-Four Aces based on decades-old barbershop quartet song BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 5,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 2 15 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 3 7 5 3 That's Amore-Dean Martin 4 6 9 4 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 5 3 26 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 6 5 14 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 7 4 25 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 8 9 3 8 Changing Partners-Patti Page 9 20 2 9 Oh Mein Papa-Eddie Calvert 10 16 2 10 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt 11 8 9 7 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 12 10 8 10 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 13 13 6 10 You Alone-Perry Como 14 - 1 14 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 15 19 2 15 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 16 - 1 16 Changing Partners-Kay Starr 16 10 23 3 Oh!-Pee Wee Hunt 18 17 12 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 19 - 1 19 Oh My Papa-Eddie Fisher 20 20 2 20 Heart Of My Heart-Four Aces BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 12,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 3 6 2 That's Amore-Dean Martin 3 19 2 3 Oh My Papa-Eddie Fisher 4 2 16 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 5 4 10 4 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 6 8 4 6 Changing Partners-Patti Page 7 10 3 7 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt 8 14 2 8 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 9 7 26 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 10 9 3 9 Oh Mein Papa-Eddie Calvert 11 5 27 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 12 6 15 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 13 15 3 13 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 14 11 10 7 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 15 16 2 15 Changing Partners-Kay Starr 16 13 7 10 You Alone-Perry Como 17 12 9 10 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 18 - 1 18 Christmas Dragnet-Stan Freberg 19 20 3 18 Heart Of My Heart-Four Aces 20 18 13 14 I See The Moon-Mariners BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 19,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett 2 3 3 2 Oh My Papa-Eddie Fisher 3 2 7 2 That's Amore-Dean Martin 4 5 11 4 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 5 6 5 5 Changing Partners-Patti Page 6 8 3 6 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 7 4 17 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 8 7 4 7 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt 9 10 4 9 Oh Mein Papa-Eddie Calvert 10 12 16 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 11 13 4 11 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 12 9 27 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 13 18 2 13 Christmas Dragnet-Stan Freberg 14 11 28 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 15 15 3 15 Changing Partners-Kay Starr 16 19 4 16 Heart Of My Heart-Four Aces 17 14 11 7 Many Times-Eddie Fisher 18 16 8 10 You Alone-Perry Como 19 17 10 10 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads 20 20 14 14 I See The Moon-Mariners 20 - 7 12 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 26,1953 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 OH MY PAPA-Eddie Fisher 2 1 16 1 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett 3 3 8 2 That's Amore-Dean Martin 4 8 5 4 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt 5 4 12 4 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer 6 5 6 5 Changing Partners-Patti Page 7 6 4 6 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 8 7 18 2 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield 9 9 5 9 Oh Mein Papa-Eddie Calvert 10 11 5 10 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 11 10 17 2 Eh Cumpari-Julius LaRosa 12 14 29 1 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford 13 12 28 2 You You You-Ames Brothers 14 15 4 14 Changing Partners-Kay Starr 15 13 3 13 Christmas Dragnet-Stan Freberg 16 16 5 16 Heart Of My Heart-Four Aces 17 - 1 17 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 18 18 9 10 You Alone-Perry Como 18 - 2 18 Heart Of My Heart-Don Cornell,Johnny Desmond & Alan Dale 20 19 11 10 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads
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