PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1953*
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https://playback.fm/year/1953 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 VAYA CON DIOS (MAY GOD BE WITH YOU)-LES PAUL & MARY FORD-SEPTEMBER 2 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES-PERRY COMO-January 3 THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)-PERCY FAITH & FELICIA SANDERS-June 4 HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?-PATTI PAGE-April 5 I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU-EDDIE FISHER-August 6 THAT'S AMORE-DEAN MARTIN-December 7 I BELIEVE-FRANKIE LAINE-April 8 RAGS TO RICHES-Tony Bennett-November 9 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU-Teresa Brewer-February 10 PRETEND-Nat "King" Cole-April 11 You You You-The Ames Brothers-September 12 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Frank Chacksfield-June 13 Oh,Mein Papa (O Mein Papa)-Eddie Calvert-December 14 Ebb Tide-Frank Chacksfield-November 15 Answer Me,Lord Above-Frankie Laine-November 16 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & The Orioles-September 17 St.George & Dragonet-Stan Freberg-November 18 Your Cheatin' Heart-Hank Williams-August 19 Dragnet-Ray Anthony-September 20 Tell Me A Story-Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd-April 21 Eh,Cumpari-Julius La Rosa-November 22 No Other Love-Perry Como-September 23 Anna (The Baion)-Silvana Mangano-June 24 April In Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)-Les Baxter-June 25 Hey Joe-Frankie Laine-November 26 Answer Me-David Whitfield-October 27 Ruby-Richard Hayman-May 28 Oh-Pee Wee Hunt-November 29 Money Honey-Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters-January 30 Crying In The Chapel-June Valli-October 31 Blowing Wild-Frankie Laine-December 32 Broken Wings-Stargazers-April 33 How Much Is That Doggie In The Window-Lita Roza-April 34 Changing Partners-Patti Page-December 35 The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)-Mantovoni-May 36 Santa Baby-Eartha Kitt-December 37 Oh,Happy Day-Lawrence Welk & Larry Hooper-March 38 Broken Wings-Art And Dotty Todd-February 39 Side By Side-Kay Starr-March 40 I've Got The World On A String-Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle Orchestra-July 41 Changing Partners-Kay Starr-December 42 Poppa Piccolino-Diana Decker-December 43 I'm Walking Behind You-Frank Sinatra & Axel Stordahl Orchestra-June 44 C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)-Eartha Kitt-August 45 Downhearted-Eddie Fisher-February 46 She Wears Red Feathers-Guy Mitchell,Mitch Miller Orchestra & Chorus-January 47 Mes Mains-Gilbert Becaud 48 Ruby-Les Baxter & His Orchestra-June 49 Gee-Crows-December 50 Es Hangt Ein Pferdehalfter An Der Wand-Kilima Hawaiians-July 51 Keine Angst Vor Grossen Tieren-Michael Jary-July 52 Risque-Linda Batista-July 53 Eternamente (Arlecchinata) (Limelight)-Nilla Pizzi-July 54 Crazy Man Crazy-Bill Haley & His Comets-May 55 Swedish Rhapsody-Mantovani-November 56 Tipitina-Professor Longhair-July 57 In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart Of Gold)-Billy Cotton & His Band-May 58 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus-Beverley Sisters-December 59 Istanbul(Not Constantinople)-Four Lads-December 60 Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)-Teresa Brewer-December 61 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton-April 62 P.S. I Love You-Hilltoppers-August 63 In A Golden Coach (There's A Heart Of Gold)-Dicie Valentine-June 64 Look At That Girl-Guy Mitchell-September 65 Broken Wings-Dickie Valentine-August 66 From The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Hearts"-Four Aces-Decca-December 67 Your Cheatin' Heart-Joni James & Lew Douglas Orchestra-April 68 Can't I-"Nat King Cole" & Billy May Orchestra-April 69 Have You Heard?-Joni James-March 70 Say You're Mine Again-Perry Como-June 71 Crying In The Chapel-Darrell Glenn-August 72 Blue Gardenia-Nat King Cole-July 73 Where The Winds Blow-Frankie Laine-September 74 Crying In The Chapel-Rex Allen-September 75 Somebody Stole My Gal-Johnnie Ray-April 76 Johnny (Is The Boy For Me)-Les Paul & Mary Ford-July 77 From Here To Eternity-Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle Orchestra-October 78 South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)-Frank Sinatra-December 79 Mama,He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown-February 80 Joao Valentao-Dorival Caymmi-July 81 El Negro Zumbon (Anna)-Flo Sandon's-July 82 With These Hands-Eddie Fisher-October 83 Let's Have A Party-Winifred Atwell-December 84 Chicka Boom-Guy Mitchell-July 85 Marie-The Four Tunes-December 86 Kiss-Dean Martin-October 87 Let's Walk That-A-Way-Doris Day & Johnnie Ray-November 88 Wonderful Copenhagen-Danny Kaye-July 89 Cloud Lucky Seven-Guy Mitchell-December 90 Hi Lili,Hi Lo-Dinah Shore-May 91 Sleep-Earl Bostic-January 92 I Went to Your Wedding-Sammy Kaye-April 93 You're Just In Love-Ethel Merman & Dick Haynes-July 94 Lady Of Spain-Winifred Atwell;Les Paul-March 95 I Believe-Jane Froman-May 96 Terry's Theme (from "Limelight")-Ron Goodwin Orchestra-June 97 April In Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)-Richard Hayman-June 98 April In Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade)-Vic Damone & David Carroll Orchestra-May 99 Anywhere I Wander-Julius La Rosa-March 100 Bye Bye Blues-Les Paul & Mary Ford-January *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).