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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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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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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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Monday, February 12, 2007

100 years ago: Byron Harlan hit #1 with “My Gal Sal”

My Gal Sal

Byron G. Harlan

Writer(s): Paul Dresser (see lyrics here)

First Charted: February 5, 1907

Peak: 110 US, 3 GA (Click for codes to singles charts.)

Sales (in millions): 3.0 (sheet music)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Theodore Dreiser was a famous American novelist whose brother, Paul, struck out to create his own identity by changing his last name to Dresser. He had a theatre background and sang in medicine shows and with the Billy Rice Minstrels. RA He was “a gargantuan man” RA of nearly 300 pounds who “wrote gigantic songs.” RA He was known as an emotional person who shed tears when composing sentimental songs.

People of the era loved sentimental songs, but few have endured through the decades like this one. Part of the song’s success can be attributed to Dresser’s ability to avoid clichés and infuse his songs with originality. RA It is speculated that “My Gal Sal” is about a woman with whom Dresser had a long-term relationships. Her name was Annie Brace, but her professional name was Sallie Walker. She was the proprietor of the most prominent brothel in Evansville, Illinois. WK

However, it was his wife, Louise, who introduced the song in vaudeville. TY2 Dresser predicted the song would sell a million copies, but he didn’t live to see it happen. “My Gal Sal,” also known as “They Call Her Frivolous Sal,” TY2 was the last song he ever wrote RA and it was also his greatest hit. DJ He died in 1906 at age 48.

Byron G. Harlan made a hit recording of the song in 1907, taking it to #1 and making it one of the top ten songs of the decade. PM It would have been the top song of the year if not for Harlan’s “School Days,” which spent 11 weeks at the pinnacle. WHC The Columbia Stellar Quartet hit #11 with its 1921 version of the song. PM Ted Weems & His Orchestra revived it in 1924 and Claude Hopkins & His Orchestra did the same in 1934. DJ It was also featured in the 1927 movie The Jazz Singer and, in 1942, was used as the title for a biopic on Dresser. The song played throughout the film. DJ

Resources:

  • DJ David Jasen (2002). A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). Routledge: Taylor & Francis, Inc. Page 140.
  • RA Theodore Raph (1964). The Songs We Sang: A Treasury of American Popular Music. A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc.: New York. Page 311.
  • TY2 Don Tyler (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955. McFarland & Company, Inc.: Jefferson, North Carolina. Page 37-8.
  • PM Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954 (1986). Record Research, Inc: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 554 and 629.
  • WHC Joel Whitburn (1999). A Century of Pop Music. Record Research, Inc.: Menomonee Falls, WI. Page 14.

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Wednesday, December 31, 1986

Pop Memories: The Top 100 Songs, 1890-1954

Pop Memories:

Top 100 Songs, 1890-1954

Billboard magazine has long been the music chart industry leader with its flagship Hot 100 chart, which launched in 1958. Prior to that, Billboard did other charts, but the farther back one dips into recorded history, the more difficult it is to find music charts from Billboard or any other source. Pop Memories 1890-1954 taps multiple sources from the pre-rock era to create music charts.

This particular webpage takes the list from that book of the top 100 songs from 1890 to 1954, as determined first by the most weeks spent at #1, tne by total weeks on the chart.

Check other lists based on charts, sales, and airplay here.

17 weeks:

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

14 weeks:

2. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942)

13 weeks:

3. Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (1940)
4. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927)
5. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
6. Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (1943)
7. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
8. Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (1920)
9. The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (1946)
10. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (1947)

12 weeks:

11. The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (1942)
12. Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (1925)
13. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939)
14. Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (1952)
15. Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (1949)
16. Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)
17. Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (1928)

11 weeks:

18. Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (1953)
19. Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (1950)
20. Guy Lombardo “The Third Man Theme” (1950)

21. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (1951)
22. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (1946)
23. Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Whispering” (1920)
24. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers “Cheek to Cheek” (1935)
25. American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (1910)
26. Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (1909)
27. Al Jolson “April Showers” (1922)
28. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (1926)
29. Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (1907)
30. Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (1918)

31. Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (1905)
32. Len Spencer “The Arkansaw Traveler” (1902)

10 weeks:

33. Tony Bennett “Because of You” (1951)
34. Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (1937)
35. Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (1948)
36. Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (1952)
37. Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (1953)
38. Ted Lewis & His Band “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (1932)
39. Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (1947)
40. Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (1952)

41. Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (1930)
42. The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (1945)
43. Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (1945)
44. Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938)
45. Nick Lucas “Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me” (1929)
46. Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail” (1942)
47. Leo Reisman’s Orchestra with Fred Astaire “Night and Day” (1932)
48. Arthur Collins with Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
49. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (1941)
50. Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904)

51. Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (1950)
52. Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (1936)
53. Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)
54. George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (1898)
55. Bryon G. Harlan “My Gal Sal” (1907)
56. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897)
57. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893)
58. George W. Johnson “The Laughing Song” (1891)
59. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (1895)

9 weeks:

60. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
61. Bing Crosby with John Scottt Trotter’s Orchestra “Swinging on a Star” (1944)
62. Kitty Kallen “Little Things Mean a Lot” (1954)
63. Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941)
64. Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (1951)
65. George Olsen with Joe Morrison “The Last Round-Up” (1933)
66. The Andrews Sisters “Shoo-Shoo Baby” (1943)
67. Peggy Lee “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me” (1948)
68. Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw’s Orchestra “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” (1952)
69. The Crew-Cuts “Sh-Boom” (1954)
70. Bing Crosby “Only Forever” (1940)

71. Glenn Miller “Tuxedo Junction” (1940)
72. American Quartet “Over There” (1917)
73. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying” (1946)
74. Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920)
75. Bryon G. Harlan “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” (1906)
76. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)
77. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
78. Henry Burr “Beautiful Ohio” (1919)
79. Harry MacDonough with Elise Stevenson (as Miss Walton) “Shine on, Harvest Moon” (1909)
80. Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis” (1904)

81. Billy Murray “Harrigan” (1907)
82. Bert Williams “Nobody” (1906)
83. Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “Deep Purple” (1939)
84. Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1893)
85. Dan Quinn “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895)

8 weeks:

86. Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama” (1943)
87. Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
88. The Ames Brothers “You, You, You” (1953)
89. Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (1950)
90. The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)

91. Tony Bennett “Rags to Riches” (1953)
92. Freddy Martin & Jack Fina “Piano Concerto in B Flat” (1941)
93. Perry Como “If (They Made Me King)” (1951)
94. Eddy Howard “To Each His Own” (1946)
95. Eddy Howard “Sin (It’s No Sin)” (1951)
96. Perry Como “Wanted” (1954)
97. Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires “That Lucky Old Sun” (1949)
98. Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
99. Dinah Shore “The Gypsy” (1946)
100. Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window” (1953)

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