AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1952*
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No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-SOME ENCHANTED EVENING-EZIO PINZA;BING CROSBY-NOVEMBER 1118 2-AUF WIEDERSEHN-VERA LYNN;EDDY HOWARD-December 1086 3-A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON-LOUIS ARMSTRONG-March 1032 4-BECAUSE OF YOU-TONY BENNETT-February 1006 5-HERE IN MY HEART-AL MARTINO-October 902 6-LA RONDE DE L'AMOUR (LOVE'S ROUNDABOUT)-LOU PREAGER;ANTON WALBROOK-June 814 7-ANYTIME-EDDIE FISHER-August 812 8-DOWN YONDER-Champ Butler;Joe "Fingers" Carr-April 808 9-SLOW COACH (SLOW POKE)-Pee Wee King-May 798 10-COLD,COLD HEART-Tony Bennett-March 788 11-Cry-Johnnie Ray-June 784 12-Tell Me Why-Four Aces:Eddie Fisher-July 758 13-Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson;Hugo Winterhalter-November 750 14-I Get Ideas-Tony Martin;Peggy Lee-February 742 15-In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening-Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine-January 740 16-Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray;Nat "King" Cole-September 728 17-Ay-Round The Corner-The Weavers;Les Welch-August 710 18-Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell-September 692 19-Meet Mr. Callaghan-Les Paul;Henry Grove Trio-December 686 20-(It's No) Sin-Four Aces;Al Morgan-April 652 21-High Noon (Do Not Foresake Me)-Frankie Laine;Tex Ritter-November 648 22-Lady Love-Vaughn Monroe-November 636 23-Turn Back The Hands Of Time-Eddie Fisher-June 614 24-Longing For You-Lou Preager;Sammy Kaye-April 564 25-I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter-October 556 26-I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman;Louis Armstrong-September 554 27-Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford-May 548 28-Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray;Perry Como-August 544 29-(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To)Shanghai-Doris Day-March 544 30-The Gandy Dancer's Ball-Frankie Laine;The Weavers-October 526 31-Belle,Belle My Liberty Bell-Guy Mitchell-February 526 32-Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr;Bell Sisters-August 514 33-A Beggar In Love-Guy Mitchell-February 514 34-A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day;Ella Fitzgerald-August 510 35-The Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse;Elton Britt-September 504 36-Perfidia-Four Aces;Glenn Miller-August 504 37-My Resistance Is Low-Hoagy Carmichael-February 478 38-Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs;Louis Armstrong-September 438 39-There's No Boat Like A Rowboat-Perry Como & Fontane Sisters-January 436 40-Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole-December 426 41-Delicado-Percy Faith;Three Suns-November 422 42-The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray-July 422 43-Solitaire-Tony Bennett-May 416 44-I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile-Merv Griffin;Four Knights-August 398 45-Sugarbush-Frankie Laine & Doris Day-December 366 46-Tulips & Heather-Perry Como-July 336 47-Domino-Tony Martin-May 330 48-It's All In The Game-Louis Armstrong;Dinah Shore-August 316 49-Come On-A My House-Rosemary Clooney-January 314 50-Because Of Rain-Nat "King" Cole-April 292 51-Vanity-Don Cherry-May 282 52-That's The Chance You Take-Eddie Fisher-October 270 53-There's Always Room At Our House-Guy Mitchell-June 250 54-The Three Bells-Les Compagnons de la Chanson;June Valli-July 248 55-The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise-Les Paul & Mary Ford-October 246 56-Here Am I;Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray-August 244 57-Unforgettable-Nat King Cole-July 242 58-Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Peggy Lee-September 210 59-Bella Bimba-Patrice Munsel;Dean Martin-June 210 60-Mary Rose-Stanley Black & His Orchestra-April 204 61-Be My Life's Companion-Rosemary Clooney;Mills Brothers-July 200 62-Jealousy (Jalouise)-Frankie Laine-April 194 63-Morning Side Of The Mountain-Paul Weston & Norman Luboff Choir-February 158 64-Ivory Rag-Joe "Fingers" Carr-February 148 65-Charmaine-Mantovani;Gordon Jenkins-May 146 66-Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher;Peggy Lee-September 144 67-I Want To Be Near You( You're The One,The One)-Nellie Lutcher-March 120 68-Over A Bottle Of Wine-Tony Martin-May 116 69-Undecided-Ray Anthony;Ella Fitzgerald-April 106 70-Make Believe-Kathryn Garyson & Howard Keel-February 106 71-Calla Calla-Ronnie Gilbert-August 74 72-Sweetheart Of Yesterday-Guy Mitchell-May 74 73-Jubilee Rag-Winfred Atwell-November 72 74-Kisses Sweeter Than Wine-Weavers-April 72 75-Take My Heart-Al Martino;Vic Damone-December 68 76-Wunderbar-Jo Stafford & Gordon Mac Rae-April 68 77-You Don't Know What Lonesome Is-Perry Como & Sons Of The Pioneers-January 38 78-Wave To Me My Lady-Hugo Winterhalter-August 34 79-Dimples And Cherry Cheeks-Andrew Sisters & Kenny Gardner-June 34 80-I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise-Georges Guetary-May 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.