AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1951*
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-TENNESSEE WALTZ-PEE WEE KING-MAY 1198 2-IF-PERRY COMO;JO STAFFORD-July 1102 3-THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR-MARIO LANZA-November 1066 4-TOO YOUNG-NAT KING COLE;TONI ARDEN-October 1046 5-MY TRULY,TRULY FAIR-GUY MITCHELL-December 1004 6-SILVER DOLLAR-ART MOONEY & HIS ORCHESTRA & CHOIR-March 986 7-MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU-GUY MITCHELL-August 942 8-BONAPARTE'S RETREAT-Pee Wee King;Gene Krupa-May 940 9-UNLESS-Guy Mitchell;Eddie Fisher-December 916 10-ALL MY LOVE-Bing Crosby:Patti Page-April 888 11-Mockin' Bird Hill-Donald Peers;Les Paul & Mary Ford-September 886 12-Aba Daba Honeymoon-Debbie Reynolds & Carlton Carpenter-June 874 13-Bewitched-Gordon Jenkins;Doris Day-February 860 14-Sam's Song-Gary & Bing Crosby-March 848 15-Harbor Lights-Bing Crosby;Sammy Kaye-May 844 16-Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)-Paul Weston & Norman Luboff Choir-April 844 17-Rudolph,The Red Nosed Reindeer-Gene Autry;Bing Crosby-January 810 18-The Place Where I Worship-Rosemary Clooney & Guy Mitchell-October 788 19-Sweet Violets-Dinah Shore;Jane Turzy-December 778 20-Tennessee Waltz-Patti Page-May 756 21-On Top Of Old Smoky-Terry Gilkyson & Weavers-September 732 22-Oceana Roll-Jane Powell-September 720 23-Mister And Mississippi-Gene Autry;Patti Page-December 698 24-Sound Off-Vaughn Monroe-November 694 25-The Thing Phil Harris;Les Welch-March 692 26-Are You Lonesome Tonight-Al Jolson-May 668 27-So Long (It's Been Good To Know You)-Gordon Jenkins & Weavers-October 664 28-The House Of Singing Bamboo-Rosemary Clooney & Guy Mitchell-October 600 29-Sparrow In The Tree Top-Guy Mitchell-September 600 30-Be My Love-Mario Lanza/Billy Eckstine-July 588 31-I Apologise-Billy Eckstine-November 568 32-Rose,Rose I Love You-Frankie Laine;Hue Lee-July 568 33-The Roving Kind-Guy Mitchell-August 562 34-Orange Coloured Sky-Danny Kaye & Patty Andrews;Nat "King" Cole-June 544 35-Count Every Star-Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Choir-March 526 36-Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts-Sammy Kaye & Orchestra-December 516 37-Let's Do It Again-Donald Peers;Guy Lombardo-March 478 38-Christmas In Killarney-Percy Faith & Shillelagh Singers-December 440 39-Zing!Zing!Zoom!Zoom!-Perry Como-July 440 40-Get Out Those Old Records-Mary Martin And Her Son Larry-August 376 41-If I Had You On A Desert Island-Arthur Godfrey-May 366 42-M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I-Les Welch;Art Mooney-April 344 43-Beautiful Brown Eyes-Rosemary Clooney-August 302 44-I Cross My Fingers-Bing Crosby;Perry Como & Fontane Sisters-March 260 45-Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven-Andrews Sisters-July 216 46-A Load Of Hay-Doris Day-June 158 47-Cincinnati Dancing Pig-Pee Wee King;Gene Krupa-April 156 48-How High The Moon-Les Paul & Mary Ford-August 146 49-Jet-Nat "King" Cole-November 144 50-I Didn't Slip,I Wasn't Pushed,I Fell-Doris Day;Bing Crosby-March 116 51-Patricia-Perry Como;Russ Morgan-March 110 52-Jezebel-Frankie Laine-July 108 53-Can Anyone Explain(No! No! No!-Dinah Shore;Larry Green-June 80 54-Beloved,Be Faithful-Paul Weston;Donald Peers-July 76 55-The Chicken Song-George Trevare;Blue Baron-September 74 56-If I Were A Blackbird-Gloria De Haven & Song Spinners-September 72 57-A Marshmallow World-Bing Crosby;Vaughn Monroe-August 72 58-September Song-Stan Kenton-June 70 59-Once Upon A Nickel-Ethel Merman & Ray Bolger-November 68 60-Autumn Leaves-Bing Crosby;Mitch Miller-May 68 61-There's No Season On Love-Al Morgan-June 38 62-Shotgun Boogie-Tennessee Ernie Ford-November 36 63-Across The Wide Missouri-Terry Gilkyson & Weavers-September 36 64-I Taut I Taw A Puddy Cat-Danny Kaye;Les Welch-July 36 65-Tzena,Tzena,Tzena-Gordon Jenkins & Weavers-March 36 66-Sleigh Ride-Percy Faith-July 34 67-The Little White Duck-Burl Ives-September 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.