BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) HONOR ROLL OF HITS (BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES OF 1953
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 VAYA CON DIOS-LES PAUL & MARY FORD-AUGUST 1774 2 YOU YOU YOU-AMES BROTHERS-October 1664 3 I BELIEVE-FRANKIE LAINE-April 1520 4 SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE-PERCY FAITH & FELICIA SANDERS-May 1448 5 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU-EDDIE FISHER-July 1312 6 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-TERESA BREWER-February 1268 7 EBB TIDE-FRANK CHACKSFIELD-December 1224 8 DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW-Patti Page-March 1220 9 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett-November 1210 10 APRIL IN PORTUGAL-Les Baxter-May 1192 11 Pretend-Nat 'king' Cole-April 1188 12 No Other Love-Perry Como-August 1122 13 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como-January 1108 14 Oh-Pee Wee Hunt-October 1098 15 Changing Partners-Patti Page-December 1044 16 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli-September 994 17 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford-January 988 18 Ruby-Richard Hayman-May 936 19 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords-March 916 20 Your Cheating Heart-Joni James-March 874 21 P.s. I Love You-Hilltoppers-July 864 22 Ricochet-Teresa Brewer-December 862 23 Seven Lonely Days-Georgia Gibbs-April 760 24 Eh, Cumpari-Julius La Rosa-November 752 25 Side By Side-Kay Starr-April 692 26 Many Times-Eddie Fisher-November 684 27 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard-February 676 28 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como-June 660 29 Anna-Silvano Mangano-June 620 30 Dragnet-Ray Anthony-September 606 31 Have You Heard-Joni James-January 542 32 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher-August 540 33 Terry's Theme (From 'limelight')-Frank Chacksfield-July 480 34 C'est Si Bon-Eartha Kitt-September 480 35 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd-April 446 36 Wild Horses-Perry Como-March 442 37 Hold Me,thrill Me,kiss Me-Karen Chandler-February 442 38 Gambler's Guitar-Rusty Draper-August 438 39 You Alone-Perry Como-November 432 40 St.george & Dragonet-Stan Freberg-October 380 41 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-Four Lads-December 376 42 I See The Moon-Mariners-November 346 43 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine-September 342 44 Half A Photograph-Kay Starr-July 328 45 Caravan-Ralph Marterie-April 326 46 Anywhere I Wander-Julius La Rosa-February 316 47 My Love,my Love-Joni James-September 290 48 In Thw Mission Of St.augustine-Sammy Kaye-November 276 49 Just Another Polka-Eddie Fisher-July 270 50 My Baby's Coming Hime-Les Paul & Mary Ford-January 266 51 Hot Toddy-Ralph Flanagan-April 242 52 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley & Comets-May 224 53 Downhearted-Eddie Fisher-April 222 54 Even Now-Eddie Fisher-January 218 55 Gomen Nasai-R.bowers-April 214 56 The Ho Ho Song-Red Buttons-May 212 57 Butterflies-Patti Page-August 200 58 Love Walked In-Hilltoppers-November 186 59 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford-January 164 60 My One And Only Heart-Perry Como-June 162 61 Almost Always-Joni James-May 154 62 To Be Alone-Hilltoppers-November 154 63 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt-December 146 64 A Dear John Letter-Pat O'day-September 138 65 A Fool Such As I-Jo Stafford-February 132 66 Somebody Stole My Gal-Johnnie Ray-May 126 67 I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World-Les Paul & Mary Ford-April 112 68 Allez-vous-Kay Starr-July 106 69 Pa-paya-mama-Perry Como-December 102 70 Eternally-Vic Damone-September 102 71 I'd Rather Die Young-Hilltoppers-August 90 72 Mister Tap Toe-Doris Day-February 86 73 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer-Gene Autry-December 82 74 Little Blue Riding Hood-Stan Freberg-October 78 75 Big Mamou-P.hanley-May 72 76 The Story Of Three Loves-Jerry Murad & Richard Hayman-October 72 77 Breeze-breeze-T.richards-June 72 78 Say It With Your Heart-Bob Carroll-February 70 79 No Help Wanted-Rusty Draper-April 58 80 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Jimmy Boyd-December 48 81 Christmas Dragnet-Stan Freberg-December 46 82 White Christmas-Bing Crosby-December 34 83 In The Mission Of St.augustine-Sammy Kaye-December 30 84 A Dear John Letter-Jean Shepard-August 22 85 Say Si Si-Mills Brothers-June 22 86 Dancin' With Someone-Teresa Brewer-May 22