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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Billboard: Jukebox Hits, 1940-1957

Billboard’s Jukebox Hits:

1940-1957

Billboard magazine launched its jukebox hits chart on January 6, 1940. It only ran until July 20, 1940, but then resumed on November 6, 1943 and ran until June 17, 1957. It tracked which songs were played most in jukeboxes across the country. The chart ran until 1957. These were the biggest #1 songs on that chart. All songs which spent three weeks or more at #1 are listed here. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.


    13 weeks:

  1. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939)
  2. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
  3. Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (1947)
  4. The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (1946)
  5. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (1947)
    12 weeks:

  6. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
    11 weeks:

  7. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (1946)
  8. Guy Lombardo “The Third Man Theme” (1950)
    10 weeks:

  9. Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (1949)
  10. The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (1945)
  11. Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (1956)
  12. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Because of You” (1951)
  13. Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (1952)
  14. Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (1952)
    9 weeks:

  15. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956) /
  16. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
  17. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1957)
  18. Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (1948)
  19. Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (1951)
  20. Glenn Miller “Tuxedo Junction” (1940)
  21. Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (1945)
  22. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (1951)
  23. Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (1953)
  24. Andrews Sisters with Vic Shoen’s Orchestra “Shoo-Shoo Baby” (1943)
    8 weeks:

  25. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
  26. Bing Crosby with John Scottt Trotter’s Orchestra “Swinging on a Star” (1944)
  27. The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)
  28. Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
  29. Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (1945)
  30. Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1955)
  31. Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Wanted” (1954)
  32. Red Foley “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy” (1950)
  33. The Crew-Cuts “Sh-Boom” (1954)
  34. Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying” (1946)
  35. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Rags to Riches” (1953)
  36. Rosemary Clooney “Come on-a My House” (1951)
    7 weeks:

  37. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
  38. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
  39. Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (1955)
  40. Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (1947)
  41. The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (1954)
  42. Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window” (1953)
  43. Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (1954)
  44. Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters “A Little Bird Told Me” (1948)
  45. Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Till I Waltz Again with You” (1952)
  46. Les Brown with Doris Day “My Dreams Are Getting Bigger All the Time” (1945)
  47. Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams “The Old Lamplighter” (1946)
  48. Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “I'm Walking Behind You” (1953)
  49. Jo Stafford “Make Love to Me!” (1954)
  50. Ken Griffin “You Can’t Be True, Dear” (1948)
    6 weeks:

  51. Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
  52. Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1955)
  53. Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (1953)
  54. Harry James with Dick Haymes “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You” (1941)
  55. Eddy Howard “To Each His Own” (1946)
  56. Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners “Mule Train” (1949)
  57. Frankie Masters “Scatter-Brain” (1939)
  58. Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa)” (1953)
  59. Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood “Woody Woodpecker” (1948)
  60. Al Trace with Bob Vincent “You Call Everybody Darlin’” (1948)

  61. Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Rock and Roll Waltz” (1955)
  62. Georgia Gibbs “Kiss of Fire” (1952)
  63. The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “You You You” (1953)
  64. Russ Morgan & the Skylarks “Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon” (1949)
  65. Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Shoen’s Orchestra “There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin When the Yanks Go Marching In” (1944)
    5 weeks:

  66. Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (1950)
  67. Vaughn Monroe “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (1945)
  68. Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (1949)
  69. Art Mooney “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (1948)
  70. Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires “That Lucky Old Sun” (1949)

  71. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour’s Orchestra “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me” (1948)
  72. Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton “The Woodpecker Song” (1940)
  73. Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole “Hey There” (1954)
  74. THe Merry Macs “Mairzy Doats” (1944)
  75. Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra “If (They Made Me a King)” (1951)
  76. Tab Hunter “Young Love” (1956)
  77. Bing Crosby with Jon Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “San Fernando Valley” (1944)
    4 weeks:

  78. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
  79. Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (1951)
  80. Tex Williams “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)” (1947)

  81. Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart” (1952)
  82. Gogi Grant “The Wayward Wind” (1956)
  83. Dean Martin “Memories Are Made of This” (1955)
  84. Perry Como & the Ramblers with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (1952)
  85. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Sierra Sue” (1940)
  86. Joan Weber “Let Me Go, Lover!” (1954)
  87. Pat Boone “I Almost Lost My Mind” (1956)
  88. Sammy Kaye with Troy Alamo “Harbor Lights” (1950)
    3 weeks:

  89. Blue Barron & His Orchestra “Crusing Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon” (1949)
  90. The Four Aces “Love is a Many Splendored Thing” (1955)
  91. Vic Damone “You’re Breaking My Heart” (1949)
  92. Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (1955)
  93. Bing Crosby “Now Is the Hour (Māori Farewell Song)” (1948)
  94. The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” (1949)
  95. Frank Sinatra “Five Minutes More” (1946)
  96. Margaret Whiting with Jimmy Wakely “Slipping Around” (1949)
  97. Russ Morgan & the Skylarks “Forever and Ever” (1949)
  98. Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (1950)
  99. Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys “Slow Poke” (1951)
  100. Joni James with Lew Douglas’ Orchestra “Why Don’t You Believe Me” (1952)

  101. Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Half As Much” (1952)
  102. The Mills Brothers with Hal McIntyre “The Glow-Worm” (1952)
  103. The Three Suns “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)
  104. Freddy Martin with Stuart Wade “Managua, Nicaragua” (1947)
  105. Jim Lowe “The Green Door” (1956)
  106. Rosemary Clooney “This Ole House” (1954)
  107. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Cold Cold Heart” (1951)
  108. The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn’s Orchestra “Hearts of Stone” (1954)
  109. Georgia Gibbs “Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower)” (1955)

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First posted 9/7/2021.

Monday, September 6, 2021

Billboard: Disc Jockey Hits, 1944-1958

Billboard’s Disc Jockey Hits:

1944-1958

Billboard magazine started its disc jockey hits chart in 1944. It tracked which songs were played the most on radio stations across the country. The chart ran until 1958 when it was merged with data from the best sellers and jukebox hits into the Billboard Hot 100. These, however, were the biggest #1 songs on the Disc Jockey Hits chart. All songs which spent three weeks or more at #1 are listed here. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.


    17 weeks:

  1. Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (1947)


    12 weeks:

  2. Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (1949)
  3. Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (1952)
    11 weeks:

  4. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (1947)
    10 weeks:

  5. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (1951)
  6. The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (1954)
  7. Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (1950)
    9 weeks:

  8. Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (1951)
  9. Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (1945)
  10. Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (1956)
  11. Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (1953)
  12. Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (1952)
  13. The Crew-Cuts “Sh-Boom” (1954)
  14. Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying” (1946)
    8 weeks:

  15. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
  16. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
  17. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
  18. Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (1950)
  19. Nat “King” Cole with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra “Nature Boy” (1948)
  20. Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (1947)

  21. Tonny Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Because of You” (1951)
  22. Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (1954)
  23. Eddy Howard “To Each His Own” (1946)
  24. Gogi Grant “Thw Wayward Wind” (1956)
  25. Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra “If (They Made Me a King)” (1951)
  26. Eddy Howard “Sin (It’s No Sin)” (1951)
  27. The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “You You You” (1953)
  28. Rosemary Clooney “Come on-a My House” (1951)
  29. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (1946)
  30. Dinah Shore “The Gypsy” (1946)
    7 weeks:

  31. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
  32. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1957)
  33. Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
  34. Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (1957)
  35. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
  36. Russ Morgan & the Skylarks “Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon” (1949)

  37. Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires “That Lucky Old Sun” (1949)
  38. Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window” (1953)
  39. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour’s Orchestra “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me” (1948)
  40. Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “Wanted” (1954)
  41. Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa)” (1953)
  42. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Rags to Riches” (1953)
  43. Georgia Gibbs “Kiss of Fire” (1952)
    6 weeks:

  44. Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (1955)
  45. Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1955)
  46. Jo Mercer with the Pied Pipers “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (1945)
  47. Vaughn Monroe “There! I’ve Said It Again” (1945)
  48. Nat “King” Cole “I Love You for Sentimental Reasons” (1946)
  49. The Four Aces “Love is a Many Splendored Thing” (1955)
  50. Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart” (1952)

  51. Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners “Mule Train” (1949)
  52. Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters “A Little Bird Told Me” (1948)
  53. Dean Martin “Memories Are Made of This” (1955)
  54. Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Till I Waltz Again with You” (1952)
  55. Pat Boone “April Love” (1957)
  56. Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood “Woody Woodpecker” (1948)
  57. Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro’s Orchestra “I Can’t Begin to Tell You” (1945)
  58. Joni James “Why Don’t You Believe Me” (1952)
  59. Tab Hunter “Young Love” (1956)
  60. Buddy Clark with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)
    5 weeks:

  61. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
  62. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
  63. Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” (1956)
  64. Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (1948)
  65. Vaughn Monroe “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (1945)
  66. Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1955)
  67. The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkin’s Orchestra “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” (1949)
  68. Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow” (1948)
  69. Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” (1957)
  70. Les Baxter “The Poor People of Paris” (1956)
  71. Doris Day with Buddy Clark and George Siravo’s Orchestra “Love Somebody” (1948)
  72. Patti Page with Harry Geller’s Orchestra “All My Love (Bolero)” (1950)
  73. Phil Harris with Walter Scharf’s Orchestra “The Thing” (1950)
    4 weeks:

  74. Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
  75. THe Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
  76. Doris Day “Secret Love” (1954)
  77. Art Mooney “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (1948)
  78. Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (1951)
  79. Vic Damone “You’re Breaking My Heart” (1949)
  80. Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole “Hey There” (1954)

  81. Frank Sinatra “Five Minutes More” (1946)
  82. Sheb Wooley “The Purple People Eater” (1958)
  83. Joan Weber “Let Me Go, Lover!” (1954)
  84. Laurie London “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (1957)
  85. Perry Como with Henri Rene’s Orchestra “No Other Love” (1953)
  86. Jimmie Rodgers “Honeycomb” (1957)
  87. The McGuire Sisters “Sugartime” (1957)
    3 weeks:

  88. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
  89. Danny & The Juniors “At the Hop” (1957)
  90. Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (1953)
  91. Elvis Presley “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” (1957)

  92. The Platters “My Prayer (Avant de Mourir)” (1956)
  93. Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (1955)
  94. Perry Como & the Ramblers with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (1952)
  95. Spike Jones & His City Slickers with George Rock “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” (1948)
  96. Al Martino “Here in My Heart” (1952)
  97. Les Brown with Doris Day “My Dreams Are Getting Bigger All the Time” (1945)
  98. Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “I'm Walking Behind You” (1953)
  99. Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra “Moonglow and Theme from ‘Picnic’” (1956)
  100. Jo Stafford “Make Love to Me!” (1954)

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First posted 9/6/2021.

Billboard: Best Sellers, 1940-1958

Billboard’s Best Sellers:

1940-1958

Billboard magazine started its best seller chart in 1940. It tracked the songs which sold the most according to surveys of stores which sold music. The chart ran until 1958 when it was merged, along with charts of the biggest DJ hits and jukebox hits, into the Billboard Hot 100.

These, however, were the biggest #1 songs on the Billboard Best Sellers chart from 1940 to 1958. All songs which spent four weeks or more at #1 are listed here. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.


    13 weeks:

  1. Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (1940)
  2. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
    12 weeks:

  3. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)
  4. Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (1947)
  5. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (1947)
    11 weeks:

  6. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956) /
  7. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
  8. Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (1949)
  9. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (1951)
  10. Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (1953)
  11. Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (1950)
    10 weeks:

  12. Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (1948)
  13. The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (1946)
  14. Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (1945)
  15. Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (1947)
  16. Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (1953)
  17. Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1955)
    9 weeks:

  18. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
  19. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
  20. Bing Crosby with John Scottt Trotter’s Orchestra “Swinging on a Star” (1944)
  21. Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (1951)
  22. Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (1956)
  23. Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (1954)
  24. Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour’s Orchestra “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me” (1948)
  25. Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (1952)
  26. Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart” (1952)
  27. Bing Corsby “Only Forever” (1940)
    8 weeks:

  28. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
  29. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” / “I Was the One” (1956)
  30. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1957)
  31. Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
  32. The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (1945)
  33. Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
  34. Tonny Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Because of You” (1951)
  35. Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires “That Lucky Old Sun” (1949)
  36. Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window” (1953)
  37. Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestar “Wanted” (1954)
  38. Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra “O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa)” (1953) Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying” (1946)
    7 weeks:

  39. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
  40. Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (1955)
  41. Nat “King” Cole with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra “Nature Boy” (1948)
  42. Jo Mercer with the Pied Pipers “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (1945)
  43. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
  44. Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen “Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)” (1944)
  45. Elvis Presley “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” (1957)
  46. Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters “A Little Bird Told Me” (1948)
  47. The Crew-Cuts “Sh-Boom” (1954)
  48. Les Brown with Doris Day “My Dreams Are Getting Bigger All the Time” (1945)
  49. Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams “The Old Lamplighter” (1946)
  50. Russ Morgan & the Skylarks “Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon” (1949)
    6 weeks:

  51. Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1955)
  52. The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (1954)
  53. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (1946)
  54. Tex Williams “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)” (1947)
  55. Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners “Mule Train” (1949)
  56. Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole “Hey There” (1954)
  57. Gogi Grant “Thw Wayward Wind” (1956)
  58. Sheb Wooley “The Purple People Eater” (1958)
  59. Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood “Woody Woodpecker” (1948)
  60. Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra “If (They Made Me a King)” (1951)

  61. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Rags to Riches” (1953)
  62. Rosemary Clooney “Come on-a My House” (1951)
  63. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Cold Cold Heart” (1951)
    5 weeks:

  64. Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” / “Any Way You Want Me” (1956)
  65. Danny & The Juniors “At the Hop” (1957)
  66. Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (1950)
  67. Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (1952)
  68. Vaughn Monroe “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (1945)
  69. Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (1949)
  70. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (1958)

  71. The Champs “Tequila” (1958)
  72. Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (1957)
  73. Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (1951)
  74. Shep Fields with Hal Derwin “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” (1939)
  75. Eddy Howard “To Each His Own” (1946)
  76. Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (1955)
  77. The Mills Brothers “You Always Hurt the One You Love” (1944)
  78. Dean Martin “Memories Are Made of This” (1955)
  79. Perry Como & the Ramblers with Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (1952)
  80. Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird “My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)” (1943)

  81. Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Till I Waltz Again with You” (1952)
  82. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I Love You” (1944)
  83. Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (1954)
  84. Elvis Presley “Don’t” (1958)
  85. Tab Hunter “Young Love” (1956)
  86. Leroy Anderson & His “Pops” Concert Orchestra “Blue Tango” (1951)
    4 weeks:

  87. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
  88. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (1944)
  89. The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)
  90. Roger Williams “Autumn Leaves” (1955)

  91. Harry James with Dick Haymes “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You” (1941)
  92. Vic Damone “You’re Breaking My Heart” (1949)
  93. The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkin’s Orchestra “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” (1949)
  94. Dinah Shore “I’ll Walk Alone” (1944)
  95. Red Foley “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy” (1950)
  96. Teresa Brewer with the Dixieland All Stars “Music! Music! Music!” (1950)
  97. Les Baxter “The Poor People of Paris” (1956)
  98. Joni James with Lew Douglas’ Orchestra “Why Don’t You Believe Me” (1952)
  99. Phil Harris with Walter Scharf’s Orchestra “The Thing” (1950)
  100. Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra “Lisbon Antigua” (1955)
  101. Stan Freberg with Daws Butler & June Foray “St. George and the Dragonet” (1953)

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First posted 9/6/2021.