BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FOR 1952
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 5,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 4 8 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 3 3 8 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 4 5 16 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 5 9 5 5 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 6 2 7 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 7 14 5 7 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 8 7 10 3 Jealousy (Jalousie)-Frankie Laine 9 6 23 1 Cold Cold Heart-Tony Bennett 10 13 15 6 Undecided-Ames Brothers & Les Brown 11 - 1 11 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 12 8 20 6 Down Yonder-Del Wood 13 11 29 1 Because Of You-Tony Bennett 14 12 18 4 (It's No) Sin-Four Aces 15 10 7 10 Charmaine-Mantovani Annunzio's long recording career began in 1928 16 20 2 16 Slow Poke-Helen O'Connell 17 - 2 17 Mother At Your Feet Is Kneeling-Bobby Wayne 18 - 2 17 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 19 - 9 14 Down Yonder-Joe "Fingers" Carr 20 17 11 10 Domino-Tony Martin BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 12,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 9 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 3 5 6 3 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 4 3 9 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 5 6 8 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 6 7 6 6 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 7 4 17 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 8 11 2 8 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 9 10 16 6 Undecided-Ames Brothers & Les Brown 10 8 11 3 Jealousy (Jalousie)-Frankie Laine 11 15 8 10 Charmaine-Mantovani 12 12 21 6 Down Yonder-Del Wood 13 14 19 4 (It's No) Sin-Four Aces 14 - 1 14 Garden In The Rain-Four Aces new version of Gene Austin's 1929 hit 15 - 1 15 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 16 13 30 1 Because Of You-Tony Bennett 17 9 24 1 Cold Cold Heart-Tony Bennett 18 18 3 18 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 19 - 1 19 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 20 19 10 14 Down Yonder-Joe "Fingers" Carr BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 19,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 3 7 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 2 10 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 4 4 10 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 5 6 7 5 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 6 5 9 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 7 7 18 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 7 19 2 7 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 9 8 3 8 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 10 11 9 10 Charmaine-Mantovani 10 15 2 10 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 12 10 12 3 Jealousy (Jalousie)-Frankie Laine 13 9 17 6 Undecided-Ames Brothers & Les Brown in 1939 this song was sung in a different way by Chick Webb & Ella 14 12 22 6 Down Yonder-Del Wood 15 13 20 4 (It's No) Sin-Four Aces 15 18 4 15 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 17 17 25 1 Cold Cold Heart-Tony Bennett 17 - 1 17 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 19 20 11 14 Down Yonder-Joe "Fingers" Carr 20 - 3 17 Mother At Your Feet Is Kneeling-Bobby Wayne BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 26,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 8 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 3 11 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 4 4 11 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 5 5 8 5 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 6 6 10 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 7 7 3 7 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 8 9 4 8 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 9 7 19 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 10 10 3 10 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 11 10 10 10 Charmaine-Mantovani 11 - 1 11 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 13 - 1 13 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson will spend an unprecedented 38 weeks on the various Billboard charts 14 15 5 14 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 15 13 18 6 Undecided-Ames Brothers & Les Brown 16 17 2 16 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 17 12 13 3 Jealousy (Jalousie)-Frankie Laine 17 - 1 17 A Kiss To Build A Dream On-Louis Armstrong 19 - 3 16 Slow Poke-Helen O'Connell 20 - 1 20 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads another old song (1927) brought back from the dead BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 2,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 9 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 5 9 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 4 3 12 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 5 4 12 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 6 7 4 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 7 8 5 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 8 10 4 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 9 6 11 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 10 13 2 10 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 11 - 1 11 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 12 16 3 12 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 13 14 6 13 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 14 11 2 11 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 15 11 11 10 Charmaine-Mantovani 16 9 20 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 17 - 23 6 Down Yonder-Del Wood 18 19 4 16 Slow Poke-Helen O'Connell 19 - 21 4 (It's No) Sin-Four Aces 20 15 19 6 Undecided-Ames Brothers & Les Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 9,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 10 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 4 13 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 4 3 10 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 5 5 13 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 6 6 5 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 7 10 3 7 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 8 14 3 8 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 9 7 6 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 10 9 12 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 11 8 5 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 12 11 2 11 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 13 13 7 13 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 14 - 1 14 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & The Eddie Wilcox Orchestra new entry: this was the original, but had not a prayer against #16 below 15 15 12 10 Charmaine-Mantovani 16 - 1 16 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 17 16 21 1 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard 18 - 1 18 Be My Life's Companion-Rosemary Clooney 19 12 4 12 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 20 18 5 16 Slow Poke-Helen O'Connell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 16,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 11 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 4 11 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 4 3 14 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 5 7 4 5 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 6 16 2 6 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 7 8 4 7 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 8 5 14 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 9 6 6 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 10 11 6 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 11 9 7 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 12 13 8 12 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 13 10 13 2 Shrimp Boats-Jo Stafford 14 12 3 11 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 15 - 1 15 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 16 - 1 16 Come What May-Patti Page 17 19 5 12 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 18 14 2 14 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & The Eddie Wilcox Orchestra 19 - 1 19 The Three Bells-Les Compagnon de la Chanson 20 15 13 10 Charmaine-Mantovani BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 23,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 2 12 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 3 6 3 3 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 4 5 5 4 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 5 3 12 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 6 4 15 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 7 7 5 7 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 8 8 15 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 9 9 7 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 10 10 7 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 11 11 8 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 12 15 2 12 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 13 12 9 12 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 14 - 1 14 Wheel Of Fortune-Bobby Wayne 15 14 4 11 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 16 16 2 16 Come What May-Patti Page 17 - 1 17 Perfidia-Four Aces 18 - 2 17 A Kiss To Build A Dream On-Hugo Winterhalter & Johnny Parker 19 17 6 12 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 20 - 1 20 Wimoweh-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers new entry: #1 hit in 1961 as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by the Tokens BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 1,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 CRY-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 2 3 4 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 3 4 6 3 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 4 5 13 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 5 2 13 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 6 7 6 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 7 6 16 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 8 10 8 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 9 15 5 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 10 11 9 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 11 12 3 11 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 12 8 16 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 13 14 2 13 Wheel Of Fortune-Bobby Wayne 14 - 2 14 The Three Bells-Les Compagnon de la Chanson 15 9 8 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 16 17 2 16 Perfidia-Four Aces 17 13 10 12 Dance Me Loose-Arthur Godfrey & The Chordettes 18 16 3 16 Come What May-Patti Page 19 - 1 19 Tulips And Heather-Perry Como 19 - 1 19 Hambone-Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 8,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 1 16 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 3 3 7 3 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 4 4 14 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 5 5 14 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 6 6 7 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 7 11 4 7 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 8 8 9 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 8 10 10 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 10 7 17 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 11 9 6 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 12 16 3 12 Perfidia-Four Aces 13 15 9 6 Tiger Rag-Les Paul & Mary Ford 14 13 3 13 Wheel Of Fortune-Bobby Wayne 15 12 17 3 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart 16 19 2 16 Hambone-Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford 17 14 3 14 The Three Bells-Les Compagnon de la Chanson 17 19 2 17 Tulips And Heather-Perry Como 19 18 4 16 Come What May-Patti Page 20 - 7 12 Slow Poke-Arthur Godfrey 20 - 1 20 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 15,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 3 8 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 2 17 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 4 4 15 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 5 7 5 5 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 6 5 15 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 7 6 8 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 8 8 10 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 9 12 4 9 Perfidia-Four Aces 10 8 11 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 11 - 1 11 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 12 10 18 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 13 11 7 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 14 - 1 14 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 15 - 1 15 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher Gene Austin sold a lot of this one in 1927 16 19 5 16 Come What May-Patti Page 17 17 3 17 Tulips And Heather-Perry Como 18 17 4 14 The Three Bells-Les Compagnon de la Chanson 18 - 2 18 Wimoweh-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers 20 14 4 13 Wheel Of Fortune-Bobby Wayne BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 22,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 9 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 18 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 4 4 16 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 5 5 6 5 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 6 11 2 6 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 7 6 16 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 8 9 5 8 Perfidia-Four Aces 9 7 9 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 10 15 2 10 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 11 8 11 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 12 10 12 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 13 - 2 13 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 14 - 1 14 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 15 12 19 2 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 16 - 3 16 Hambone-Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford 17 13 8 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 18 14 2 14 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 19 16 6 16 Come What May-Patti Page 20 17 4 17 Tulips And Heather-Perry Como BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 29,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 10 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 5 7 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 3 19 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 5 4 17 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 6 6 3 6 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 7 7 17 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 8 10 3 8 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 9 8 6 8 Perfidia-Four Aces 10 13 3 10 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 11 18 3 11 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 11 19 7 11 Come What May-Patti Page 13 9 10 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 14 - 3 14 Wimoweh-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers 15 12 13 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 15 14 2 14 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 17 17 9 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 18 20 5 17 Tulips And Heather-Perry Como 19 11 12 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 20 - 5 13 Wheel Of Fortune-Bobby Wayne BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 5,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 11 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 8 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 4 20 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 5 5 18 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 6 6 4 6 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 7 8 4 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 8 10 4 8 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 8 13 11 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 10 7 18 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 11 11 4 11 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 12 9 7 8 Perfidia-Four Aces 13 15 3 13 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 14 15 14 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 15 - 4 15 Hambone-Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford 16 17 10 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 17 11 8 11 Come What May-Patti Page 18 - 1 18 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 19 19 13 8 Bermuda-Bell Sisters 19 - 1 19 Whispering Winds-Patti Page BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 12,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 12 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 9 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 6 5 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 5 4 21 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 6 5 19 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 7 12 8 7 Perfidia-Four Aces 8 - 1 8 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs melody from the Argentine tango "El Choclo" 9 11 5 9 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 10 8 5 8 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 11 10 19 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 12 13 4 12 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 13 7 5 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 14 8 12 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 15 - 4 14 Wimoweh-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers 16 - 1 16 What's The Use-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 17 17 9 11 Come What May-Patti Page 18 16 11 9 (Here Am I) Broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 19 - 1 19 Blue Tango-Guy Lombardo 20 14 15 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 20 - 1 20 Try-Stan Freberg parody of Johnnie Ray's "Cry" BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 19,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 13 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 10 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 4 6 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 5 8 2 5 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 6 5 22 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 7 6 20 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 8 10 6 8 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 9 13 6 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 10 9 6 9 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 11 7 9 7 Perfidia-Four Aces 12 12 5 12 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 13 14 13 6 Please Mr.Sun-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 13 - 2 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 15 11 20 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 16 19 2 16 Blue Tango-Guy Lombardo 17 16 2 16 What's The Use-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 18 - 2 18 Whispering Winds-Patti Page 19 20 16 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 19 - 1 19 Delicado-Percy Faith BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 26,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 14 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 11 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 4 7 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 5 5 3 5 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 6 8 7 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 7 10 7 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 8 6 23 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 9 9 7 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 10 7 21 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 11 - 1 11 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 12 12 6 12 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 13 17 3 13 What's The Use-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 14 15 21 2 Tell Me Why-Four Aces 15 11 10 7 Perfidia-Four Aces 15 19 2 15 Delicado-Percy Faith 17 - 1 17 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 18 13 3 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 19 18 3 18 Whispering Winds-Patti Page 19 20 16 7 Tell Me Why-Eddie Fisher 19 - 1 19 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 3,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 WHEEL OF FORTUNE-Kay Starr 2 2 15 2 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 3 12 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 4 4 8 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 5 5 4 5 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 6 6 8 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 7 7 8 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 8 9 8 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 8 12 7 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 10 8 24 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 11 11 2 11 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 12 10 22 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 13 15 3 13 Delicado-Percy Faith 14 18 4 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 15 19 2 15 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 16 17 2 16 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 16 - 3 16 Blue Tango-Guy Lombardo 18 13 4 13 What's The Use-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads 19 - 1 19 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 20 - 1 20 Kiss Of Fire-Billy Eckstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 10,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 16 1 BLUE TANGO-Leroy Anderson 2 1 14 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 3 5 5 3 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 4 4 9 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 5 3 13 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 6 11 3 6 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 7 13 4 7 Delicado-Percy Faith 8 15 3 8 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 9 7 9 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 10 6 9 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 11 8 9 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 12 - 1 12 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 13 12 23 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 14 8 8 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 15 14 5 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 16 19 2 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 17 - 9 7 Perfidia-Four Aces 18 16 3 16 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 19 20 2 19 Kiss Of Fire-Billy Eckstine 20 10 25 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 17,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 17 1 BLUE TANGO-Leroy Anderson 2 2 15 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 3 3 6 3 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 4 12 2 4 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 5 4 10 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 6 7 5 6 Delicado-Percy Faith 7 5 14 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 8 6 4 6 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 9 8 4 8 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 10 9 10 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 11 11 10 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 12 10 10 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 13 14 9 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 14 15 6 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 15 18 4 15 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 16 16 3 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 17 19 3 17 Kiss Of Fire-Billy Eckstine 18 13 24 3 Any Time-Eddie Fisher 19 - 1 19 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford Les & Mary continue to bring back the oldies, this from 1934 20 - 1 20 I'm Confessin'-Les Paul & Mary Ford ....and this from 1930 BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 24,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 18 1 BLUE TANGO-Leroy Anderson 2 3 7 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 3 4 3 3 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 4 2 16 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 5 6 6 5 Delicado-Percy Faith 6 5 11 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 7 8 5 6 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 8 9 5 8 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 9 10 11 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 10 7 15 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 11 15 5 11 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 12 11 11 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 13 12 11 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 14 13 10 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 14 - 1 14 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray Johnnie puts his own spin on this 1930 Harry Richman tune 16 16 4 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 17 14 7 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 18 - 4 16 Blue Tango-Guy Lombardo after 25 years of hit-making, Guy's final showing in the sales Top 20 19 - 2 19 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 20 - 2 20 I'm Confessin'-Les Paul & Mary Ford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 31,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 19 1 BLUE TANGO-Leroy Anderson 2 3 4 2 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 3 2 8 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 4 5 7 4 Delicado-Percy Faith 5 4 17 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 5 7 6 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 7 6 12 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 8 8 6 8 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 9 9 12 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 10 10 16 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 11 14 2 11 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 12 12 12 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 13 11 6 11 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 14 13 12 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 15 14 11 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 16 17 8 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 17 16 5 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 17 19 3 17 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 17 - 1 17 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney pop cover of country hit sung by (but not written by) Hank Williams 17 - 1 17 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins Peggy sang this arrangement in the 1953 movie "The Jazz Singer" BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 7,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 20 1 BLUE TANGO-Leroy Anderson 2 2 5 2 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 3 3 9 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 4 4 8 4 Delicado-Percy Faith 5 8 7 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 6 5 7 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 7 7 13 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 8 5 18 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 9 9 13 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 10 13 7 10 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 11 11 3 11 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 12 14 13 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 13 10 17 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 14 12 13 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 15 15 12 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 16 17 2 16 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 17 17 6 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 18 17 4 17 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 17 2 17 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 20 16 9 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 20 - 1 20 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 2 big RCA Victor stars do an old Ink Spots tune BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 14,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 HERE IN MY HEART-Al Martino Al's biggest hit, then relative obscurity until a 1963 comeback 2 1 21 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 3 4 9 3 Delicado-Percy Faith 4 3 10 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 5 5 8 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 6 10 8 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 7 6 8 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 8 7 14 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 9 11 4 9 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 10 20 2 10 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 11 19 3 11 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 12 - 1 12 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn backed by a chorus of Service personnel, her biggest US hit 13 8 19 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 14 16 3 14 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 15 9 14 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 16 17 7 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 17 15 13 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter 18 12 14 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 19 13 18 3 Blacksmith Blues-Ella Mae Morse 20 14 14 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 21,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HERE IN MY HEART-Al Martino 2 3 10 2 Delicado-Percy Faith 3 2 22 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 4 4 11 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 5 12 2 5 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 6 5 9 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 7 6 9 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 8 9 5 8 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 9 7 9 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 10 8 15 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 11 14 4 11 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 12 11 4 11 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 13 10 3 10 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 14 13 20 1 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr 15 15 15 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 16 - 1 16 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney harpsichordist Stan Freeman featured on this (and on #2 above) 17 18 15 6 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-Guy Mitchell 18 - 5 17 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 16 8 16 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 20 17 14 8 Blue Tango-Hugo Winterhalter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 28,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 11 1 DELICADO-Percy Faith 2 1 8 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 3 5 3 3 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 4 4 12 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 5 3 23 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 6 6 10 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 7 12 5 7 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 8 8 6 8 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 9 7 10 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 10 13 4 10 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 11 9 10 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 12 16 2 12 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 13 11 5 11 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 14 19 9 14 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 15 15 16 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 16 10 16 4 A Guy Is A Guy-Doris Day 17 - 15 7 Forgive Me-Eddie Fisher 18 18 6 17 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 18 - 4 17 Kiss Of Fire-Billy Eckstine 20 - 1 20 Here In My Heart-Tony Bennett BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 5,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn first single by a UK recording act to reach #1 on the Billboard Singles Chart 2 1 12 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 3 2 9 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 4 4 13 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 5 6 11 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 6 5 24 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 7 8 7 7 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 8 7 6 7 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 9 10 5 9 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 10 13 6 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 11 12 3 11 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 12 9 11 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 13 11 11 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 14 14 10 14 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 15 15 17 7 I'll Walk Alone-Don Cornell 16 - 1 16 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 17 - 1 17 Take My Heart-Al Martino 18 - 10 13 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Eddy Howard 19 18 7 17 Carioca-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 - 1 19 Smoke Rings-Les Paul & Mary Ford song best-known as theme of the Casa Loma Orchestra (Glen Gray) BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 12,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 3 10 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 3 4 14 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 4 2 13 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 5 8 7 5 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 6 6 25 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 7 11 4 7 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 8 5 12 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 9 7 8 7 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 10 9 6 9 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 11 12 12 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 12 10 7 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 13 16 2 13 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 14 14 11 14 I'll Walk Alone-Jane Froman 15 17 2 15 Take My Heart-Al Martino 16 - 1 16 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter song named for model/actress Vanessa Brown 17 13 12 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 18 - 1 18 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 19 - 1 19 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 20 - 1 20 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 19,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 4 14 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 3 2 11 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 4 5 8 4 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 5 7 5 5 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 6 3 15 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 7 9 9 7 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 8 6 26 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 9 8 13 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 10 10 7 9 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 11 13 3 11 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 12 12 8 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 13 - 1 13 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher prototypical Winterhalter arrangement of title song from 1952 musical 14 11 13 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 15 20 2 15 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 16 17 13 5 I'm Yours-Don Cornell 17 19 2 17 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 18 16 2 16 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 18 18 2 18 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 20 - 1 20 High Noon-Frankie Laine 1952's Oscar winning song, sung in the movie by Tex Ritter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 26,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 5 6 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 3 4 9 3 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 4 2 15 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 5 3 12 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 6 7 10 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 7 8 27 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 8 6 16 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 9 10 8 9 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 10 9 14 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 11 13 2 11 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 12 15 3 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 13 11 4 11 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 14 17 3 14 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 15 18 3 15 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 16 12 9 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 17 14 14 6 Kiss Of Fire-Tony Martin 18 20 2 18 High Noon-Frankie Laine 19 - 1 19 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman rare country crossover is one of the least typically "pop" hits of 1952 20 18 3 18 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 2,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 2 7 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 3 3 10 3 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 4 5 13 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 5 4 16 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 6 11 3 6 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 7 6 11 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 8 9 9 8 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 9 13 5 9 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 10 8 17 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 11 7 28 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 12 18 3 12 High Noon-Frankie Laine 13 10 15 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 14 14 4 14 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 15 15 4 15 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 16 16 10 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 17 12 4 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 18 20 4 18 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 19 19 2 19 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 20 - 1 20 Rock Of Gibralter-Frankie Laine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 9,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 3 11 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 3 2 8 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 4 6 4 4 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 5 4 14 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 6 5 17 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 7 7 12 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 8 12 4 8 High Noon-Frankie Laine 9 8 10 8 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 10 14 5 10 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 11 11 29 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 12 - 1 12 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 13 9 6 9 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 14 15 5 14 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 15 13 16 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 16 18 5 16 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 17 10 18 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 18 16 11 10 Lover-Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins 19 17 5 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 20 - 1 20 Should I-Four Aces swinging arrangement of 1930 song hit BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 16,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 3 9 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 3 2 12 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 4 4 5 4 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 5 6 18 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 6 8 5 6 High Noon-Frankie Laine 7 5 15 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 8 12 2 8 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 9 7 13 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 10 9 11 8 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 11 10 6 10 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 12 13 7 9 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 13 14 6 13 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 14 19 6 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 15 15 17 5 I'm Yours-Eddie Fisher 16 11 30 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 16 - 3 16 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 18 17 19 2 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs 19 16 6 16 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 20 20 2 20 Should I-Four Aces BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 23,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 3 13 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 3 4 6 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 2 10 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 5 8 3 5 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 6 6 6 6 High Noon-Frankie Laine 7 7 16 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 8 12 8 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 9 5 19 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 10 9 14 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 11 10 12 8 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 12 13 7 12 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 13 - 1 13 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford yet another pop cover of a #1 Hank Williams country hit 14 16 31 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson 15 11 7 10 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 16 19 7 16 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Eddy Howard 17 16 4 16 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 17 - 1 17 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 19 14 7 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 20 - 1 20 You Belong To Me-Patti Page BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 30,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART-Vera Lynn 2 5 4 2 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 3 3 7 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 2 14 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 5 6 7 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 6 4 11 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 7 17 2 7 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 8 13 2 8 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 9 10 15 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 10 8 9 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 11 9 20 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 11 - 1 11 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 13 15 8 10 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine 14 17 5 14 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 15 7 17 1 Here In My Heart-Al Martino 16 11 13 8 Maybe-Perry Como & Eddie Fisher 17 12 8 12 Vanessa-Hugo Winterhalter 17 19 8 12 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Nat "King" Cole 19 - 1 19 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio 20 14 32 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 6,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 YOU BELONG TO ME-Jo Stafford 2 1 13 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 3 3 8 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 7 3 4 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 5 4 15 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 6 5 8 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 7 6 12 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 8 8 3 8 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 9 11 2 9 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 10 14 6 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 11 10 10 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 12 - 2 12 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 13 - 1 13 Trying-Hilltoppers 14 19 2 14 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio 15 - 1 15 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza title song from one of Mario's popular movies 16 9 16 6 Walkin' My Baby Back Home-Johnnie Ray 16 11 21 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 18 - 1 18 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 19 - 1 19 Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me-Les Paul & Mary Ford song was previously a 1950 country music hit by Eddy Arnold 20 13 9 10 Sugarbush-Doris Day & Frankie Laine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 13,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 YOU BELONG TO ME-Jo Stafford 2 4 4 2 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 3 3 9 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 2 14 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 5 5 16 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 6 8 4 6 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 7 6 9 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 8 9 3 8 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 9 7 13 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 10 12 3 10 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 11 10 7 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 12 14 3 12 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio 12 18 2 12 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 14 13 2 13 Trying-Hilltoppers 15 11 11 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 16 - 1 16 High Noon-Tex Ritter 17 15 2 15 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 18 16 22 1 Delicado-Percy Faith 18 - 1 18 Walkin' To Missouri-Sammy Kaye & Tony Russo 20 - 33 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 20,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 YOU BELONG TO ME-Jo Stafford 2 2 5 2 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 3 3 10 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 6 5 4 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 5 7 10 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 6 4 15 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 7 5 17 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 8 8 4 8 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 9 10 13 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 10 14 3 10 Trying-Hilltoppers 11 12 4 11 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio 12 9 14 2 Botch-A-Me-Rosemary Clooney 13 11 11 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 14 11 8 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 15 12 3 12 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 16 16 2 16 High Noon-Tex Ritter 17 - 1 17 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers Johnny Mercer's clever updated lyrics to deadly 1902 song 18 18 2 18 Walkin' To Missouri-Sammy Kaye & Tony Russo 18 - 1 18 You'll Never Get Away-Teresa Brewer & Don Cornell 20 20 34 1 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 27,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 YOU BELONG TO ME-Jo Stafford 2 2 6 2 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 3 3 11 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 4 6 4 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 5 5 11 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 6 8 5 6 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 7 7 18 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 8 6 16 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 9 10 4 9 Trying-Hilltoppers 10 9 14 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 11 17 2 11 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 12 13 12 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 13 14 9 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 14 - 1 14 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher first popular version of the standard was in 1931 by Ray Noble's orchestra 15 16 3 15 High Noon-Tex Ritter 16 11 5 11 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio 17 - 1 17 Because You're Mine-Nat "King" Cole 18 15 4 12 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 19 - 1 19 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 20 - 1 20 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 4,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 YOU BELONG TO ME-Jo Stafford 2 2 7 2 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 3 3 12 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 4 4 7 4 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 5 6 6 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 6 5 12 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 6 7 19 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 8 9 5 8 Trying-Hilltoppers 9 10 15 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 10 11 3 10 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 11 14 2 11 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 12 15 4 12 High Noon-Tex Ritter 13 8 17 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 13 19 2 13 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 15 12 13 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 16 13 10 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 17 20 2 17 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 18 18 5 12 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 19 - 3 15 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 20 16 6 11 Meet Mister Callaghan-Harry Grove Trio BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 11,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING-Patti Page 2 1 10 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 3 4 8 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 4 3 13 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 5 5 7 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 6 6 20 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 7 13 3 7 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 8 6 13 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 9 10 4 9 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 10 8 6 8 Trying-Hilltoppers 11 9 16 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 12 13 18 1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart-Vera Lynn 13 11 3 11 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 14 17 3 14 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 15 12 5 12 High Noon-Tex Ritter 15 15 14 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 17 16 11 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 18 19 4 15 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 19 18 6 12 You Belong To Me-Dean Martin 20 - 1 20 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 18,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING-Patti Page 2 2 11 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 3 3 9 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 4 4 14 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 5 7 4 5 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 6 9 5 6 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 7 5 8 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 8 10 7 8 Trying-Hilltoppers 9 8 14 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 10 11 17 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 11 6 21 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 12 14 4 12 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 13 13 4 11 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 14 18 5 14 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 15 15 15 8 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole 16 20 2 16 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 17 - 1 17 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 18 - 1 18 Yours-Vera Lynn 19 15 6 12 High Noon-Tex Ritter 19 17 12 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 25,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING-Patti Page 2 2 12 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 3 5 5 3 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 4 6 6 4 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 5 3 10 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 6 4 15 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 7 8 8 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 8 7 9 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 9 17 2 9 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 10 12 5 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 11 9 15 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 12 11 22 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 13 14 6 13 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 14 18 2 14 Yours-Vera Lynn 15 16 3 15 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 16 10 18 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 17 13 5 11 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 18 - 1 18 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 19 - 1 19 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler Karen recorded as Eve Young when singing with Benny Goodman in the 40s 19 - 1 19 I-Don Cornell shortest-titled hit in history (well, a tie), based on Drigo's "Serenade" BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 1,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING-Patti Page 2 2 13 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 3 3 6 3 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 4 4 7 4 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 5 5 11 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 6 6 16 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 7 9 3 7 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 8 7 9 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 9 8 10 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 10 16 19 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 11 13 7 11 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 12 14 3 12 Yours-Vera Lynn 13 10 6 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 14 15 4 14 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 15 17 6 11 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 16 11 16 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 16 12 23 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 18 - 1 18 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul 19 18 2 18 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 20 19 2 19 I-Don Cornell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 8,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING-Patti Page 2 4 8 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 3 2 14 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 4 3 7 3 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 5 7 4 5 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 6 5 12 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 7 6 17 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 8 11 8 8 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 9 8 10 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 10 15 7 10 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 11 14 5 11 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 12 12 4 12 Yours-Vera Lynn 13 13 7 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 14 10 20 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 15 16 24 2 Half As Much-Rosemary Clooney 16 19 3 16 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 17 18 2 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul 18 16 17 5 High Noon-Frankie Laine 19 9 11 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 20 - 1 20 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 15,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 4 8 1 IT'S IN THE BOOK-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 2 2 9 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 3 1 13 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 4 5 5 4 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 5 3 15 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 6 6 13 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 7 8 9 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 8 9 11 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 9 12 5 9 Yours-Vera Lynn 10 7 18 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 11 10 8 10 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 12 11 6 11 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 13 20 2 13 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 14 14 21 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 15 13 8 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 16 16 4 16 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 17 - 3 17 I-Don Cornell 18 17 3 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul 19 19 12 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul 20 - 1 20 Blue Violins-Hugo Winterhalter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 22,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 4 6 1 WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME-Joni James 1 1 9 1 IT'S IN THE BOOK-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 3 2 10 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 4 3 14 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 5 5 16 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 6 6 14 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 7 7 10 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 8 12 7 8 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 9 8 12 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 10 9 6 9 Yours-Vera Lynn 11 13 3 11 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 12 10 19 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 13 11 9 10 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 14 14 22 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 15 16 5 15 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 15 17 4 15 I-Don Cornell 17 15 9 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 18 18 4 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul 18 - 1 18 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 20 19 13 5 Meet Mister Callaghan-Les Paul BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 29,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME-Joni James 2 1 10 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 3 3 11 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 4 4 15 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 5 5 17 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 6 11 4 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 7 8 8 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 8 6 15 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 9 13 10 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 10 7 11 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 11 - 1 11 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 12 9 13 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 13 - 1 13 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Jimmy Boyd 14 17 10 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 15 14 23 9 You Belong To Me-Patti Page 16 12 20 3 Wish You Were Here-Eddie Fisher 17 10 7 9 Yours-Vera Lynn 18 18 2 18 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 19 15 6 15 Heart And Soul-Four Aces 19 - 1 19 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 6,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME-Joni James 2 2 11 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 3 3 12 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 4 11 2 4 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 5 4 16 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 6 13 2 6 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Jimmy Boyd 7 5 18 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 8 6 5 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 9 7 9 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 10 10 12 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 11 8 16 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 12 12 14 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 13 19 2 13 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 14 9 11 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 15 14 11 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher 16 - 2 16 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 17 18 3 17 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 18 - 1 18 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 19 17 8 9 Yours-Vera Lynn 20 - 5 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 13,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME-Joni James 2 6 3 2 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Jimmy Boyd 3 3 13 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 4 4 3 4 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 5 2 12 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 6 8 6 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 7 13 3 7 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 8 9 10 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 9 10 13 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 10 11 17 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 11 18 2 11 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 12 7 19 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 13 5 17 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 14 - 1 14 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Spike Jones & George Rock 15 14 12 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 16 17 4 16 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 17 20 6 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul 18 12 15 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 19 - 1 19 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 20 15 12 10 Outside Of Heaven-Eddie Fisher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 20,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS-Jimmy Boyd 2 1 10 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 3 4 4 3 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 4 3 14 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 5 5 13 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 6 6 7 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 7 14 2 7 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Spike Jones & George Rock 8 9 14 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 9 7 4 7 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 10 11 3 10 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 11 16 5 11 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 12 13 18 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 13 15 13 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 14 19 2 14 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 15 8 11 7 Takes Two To Tango-Pearl Bailey 16 12 20 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 17 10 18 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 18 - 1 18 My Baby's Coming Home-Les Paul & Mary Ford 19 18 16 7 Trying-Hilltoppers 20 - 3 16 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 27,1952 "Best Selling Popular Retail Records" TW LW Wks. Peak Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS-Jimmy Boyd 2 3 5 2 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como 3 2 11 1 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James 4 4 15 2 The Glow-Worm-Mills Brothers 5 5 14 1 It's In The Book-Johnny Standley & Horace Heidt 6 10 4 6 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer 7 6 8 6 Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford 8 14 3 8 Tell Me You're Mine-Gaylords 9 9 5 7 Oh Happy Day-Don Howard 10 8 15 7 Because You're Mine-Mario Lanza 11 - 1 11 Have You Heard-Joni James 12 13 14 9 Lady Of Spain-Eddie Fisher 13 7 3 7 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Spike Jones & George Rock 14 20 4 14 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me-Karen Chandler 15 11 6 11 Why Don't You Believe Me-Patti Page 16 - 1 16 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford 17 16 21 1 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford 18 12 19 1 I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page 19 17 19 3 Jambalaya-Jo Stafford 20 - 7 17 Lady Of Spain-Les Paul