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Themed Music Lists

Music -1952

Below are just some of the top songs from the year in which I was born

The British pop charts were officially born on November 14th when I was just over one month old. They were a top 12 and compiled by the New Musical Express. At the time it was an advertising tool with the paper's advertising manager telephoning round 20 major record stores and aggregating their sales figures. As a result Here in My Heart by Al Martino stayed at number one from the first chart and stayed there for 18 weeks - well into the new year. In America the Billboard Charts had been going slightly longer and listed the following records as number ones in 1952.

 

DATE Weeks Song Artist
Dec 21st, 1951 11 Cry Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads
March 15th 9 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
May 17th 5 Blue Tango Leroy Anderson
June 21st 2 Here in My Heart Al Martino
July 5th 1 Delicado Percy Faith and his Orchestra
July 12th 9 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn
September 13th 5 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
October 18th 6 I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page
November 22nd 1 It's In the Book Johnny Standley
November 29th 4 Why Don't You Believe Me Joni James
December 27th 2 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd

Among the singles issued in 1952 were the following

You'll Never Be Mine Guy Mitchell
You Belong to Me Jo Stafford
Wish You Were Here Eddie Fisher
Winter Wonderland Perry Como
Why Don't You Blieve Me Joni James
When You're in Love Frankie Laine
When I Fall in Love Doris Day
Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr
Walkin' My Baby Back Home Johnnie Ray
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Tonight You Belong to Me Frankie Laine
Till I Waltz Again With You Teresa Brewer
Tiger Rag Les Paul and Mary Ford
Tenderly Rosemary Clooney
Temptation Mario Lanza
Tell Me Why Eddie Fisher
Sugarbush Doris Day and Frankie Laine
Somewhere Along the Way Nat King Cole
So Madly In Love Georgia Gibbs
Slow Poke Arthur Godfrey
A Sinner Am I Johnny Ray
Settin' the Woods on Fire Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford
Rock of Gibralter Frankie Laine
Ramblin' Man Frankie Laine
Please Mr Sun Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Guy Mitchell
My Favourite Song Georgia Gibbs
Maybe Perry Como and Eddie Fisher
Lover Peggy Lee
Lady of Spain Eddie Fisher
A Kiss to Build A Dream On Louis Armstrong
Kiss of Fire Georgia Gibbs
I'm Yours Eddie Fisher
I'm Just a Poor Bachelor Frankie Laine
I'm Confessin Les Paul and Mary Ford
I'll Walk Alone Don Cornell
I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Karen Chandler
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Frankie Laine
Here in My Heart Al Martino
Heart and Soul The Four Aces
Half as Much Rosemary Clooney
A Guy is a Guy Doris Day
The Glow Worm The Mills Brothers
Delicado Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Day of Jubilo Guy Mitchell
Comes A-Long A-Love Kay Starr
Christmas Roses Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford
Botch A Me (Ba Ba Baciami Piccina) Rosemary Clooney
Be My Life's Companion The Mills Brothers
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn
Anytime Eddie Fisher
All of Me Johnny Ray
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) Hank Williams
Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lloyd Price
Midnight Special Weavers
Night Train Jimmy Forrest
Wimoweh Weavers
Worry, Worry, Worry Joe Houston
It Wasn't God who Made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells

Albums Released in 1952 included the following

As You Desire me Jo Stafford
Christmas with Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher Sings Eddie Fisher
Favourite Spirituals The Ames Brothers
Harmony Encores The Chordettes
Home on the Range The Ames Brothers
Johnnie Ray Johnnie Ray
Mr Rhythm Sings Frankie Laine
Song Favourites by Frankie Laine Frankie Laine

 

 

 

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