The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles | ||||||
Week ending FEBRUARY 20, 1954 | ||||||
TW | TITLE | ArtistLabel | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
1 | OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa) Eddie FisherRCA Victor 47-5552 Eddie CalvertEssex 336 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
2 | THATS AMORE Dean MartinCapitol 2589 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
3 | STRANGER IN PARADISE Tony BennettColumbia 40121 Four AcesDecca 28927 Tony MartinRCA Victor 47-5535 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 11 5 | |
4 | CHANGING PARTNERS Patti PageMercury 70260 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
5 | SECRET LOVE Doris DayColumbia 40108 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | |
6 | FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE GaylordsMercury 70296 HilltoppersDot 15127 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 4 3 | |
7 | THE GANG THAT SANG HEART OF MY HEART Four AcesDecca 28927 Don Cornell, Alan Dale & Johnny DesmondCoral 61076 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
8 | TILL THEN HilltoppersDot 15132 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 6 | |
9 | RAGS TO RICHES Tony BennettColumbia 40048 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |
10 | WOMAN (Uh-Huh) Jose FerrerColumbia 40144 Johnny DesmondCoral 61069 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 11 | |
11 | DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style) Lou MonteRCA Victor 47-5611 | 15 | 46 | | 3 | |
12 | THE JONES BOY Mills BrothersDecca 28945 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
13 | TILL WE TWO ARE ONE Georgie ShawDecca 28937 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 6 | |
14 | RICOCHET (Rick-O-Shay) Teresa BrewerCoral 61043 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 21 | |
15 | SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL Eartha KittRCA Victor 47-5610 Georgia GibbsMercury 70298 | 16 | 26 | 41 | 4 | |
16 | THE CREEP Three SunsRCA Victor 47-5553 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 8 | |
17 | MAKE LOVE TO ME! Jo StaffordColumbia 40143 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 4 | |
18 | YOUNG-AT-HEART Frank SinatraCapitol 2703 | 25 | 49 | | 3 | |
19 | ANSWER ME, MY LOVE Nat King ColeCapitol 2687 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 5 | |
20 | BELL BOTTOM BLUES Teresa BrewerCoral 61066 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 5 | |
21 | I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You) Four KnightsCapitol 2654 | 20 | | | 2 | |
22 | MAN (Uh-Huh) Rosemary ClooneyColumbia 40144 | 26 | 39 | | 3 | |
23 | LOVIN SPREE Eartha KittRCA Victor 47-5610 | 21 | 37 | 42 | 4 | |
24 | YOURE MY EVERYTHING Joni JamesM-G-M 30829 | | 31 | 33 | 3 | |
25 | CABBAGES AND KINGS Charlie ApplewhiteDecca 29001 | 31 | 43 | 39 | 5 | |
26 | HOLD ME Don CornellCoral 61125 | | | | 1 | |
27 | HARMONY BROWN Four LadsColumbia 40140 | 37 | 32 | 29 | 4 | |
28 | YALL COME Bing CrosbyDecca 28969 | 28 | | | 2 | |
29 | EBB TIDE Frank Chacksfield & OrchestraLondon 1358 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
30 | CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE Patti PageMercury 70302 | | | | 1 | |
31 | THE STRINGS OF MY HEART GaylordsMercury 70258 | 18 | 17 | 26 | 9 | |
32 | THE BIG BELL AND THE LITTLE BELL Julius LaRosaCadence 1235 | | | | 1 | |
33 | OUR HEARTBREAKING WALTZ Teresa BrewerCoral 61066 | 41 | 30 | 30 | 6 | |
34 | MARIE Four TunesJubilee 5128 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 13 | |
35 | GRANADA Frankie LaineColumbia 40136 Monty Kelly & OrchestraEssex 341 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 9 | |
36 | WHY Nat King ColeCapitol 2687 | 40 | 28 | 34 | 4 | |
37 | YOU ALONE (Solo Tu) Perry ComoRCA Victor 47-5447 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 20 | |
38 | ISTANBUL (Not Constantinople) Four LadsColumbia 40082 | 38 | 14 | 15 | 20 | |
39 | WHAT IT WAS, WAS FOOTBALL (pts. 1 & 2) Deacon Andy GriffithCapitol 2693 | 29 | 29 | 37 | 6 | |
40 | CUDDLE ME Ronnie GaylordMercury 70285 | 34 | | | 2 | |
41 | BIMBO Eddy Howard & OrchestraMercury 70272 | 23 | 36 | 38 | 9 | |
42 | SHE WAS FIVE AND HE WAS TEN Mills BrothersDecca 28945 | 39 | 48 | 44 | 10 | |
43 | TIME WILL TELL HilltoppersDot 15127 | | 38 | | 2 | |
44 | EH, CUMPARI Julius LaRosaCadence 1232 | 47 | 34 | 27 | 25 | |
45 | TURN AROUND BOY Lew Douglas & OrchestraM-G-M 11654 | | | | 1 | |
46 | GEE CrowsRama 5 | 42 | | | 2 | |
47 | TO BE ALONE HilltoppersDot 15105 | 46 | 21 | 23 | 19 | |
48 | MY BABY ROCKS ME Rosemary ClooneyColumbia 40142 | 44 | | | 2 | |
49 | CLING TO ME Johnny Desmond, Eileen Barton & McGuire SistersCoral 61126 | | | | 1 | |
50 | DO-DO-DO-DO-DO-DO DO IT AGAIN Four TunesJubilee 5135 | | | | 1 |
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with a star next to the artist(s) who had the hit version(s). Just those designated artists are listed above. Additional artists listed below a title in brackets also had hit versions on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart. |
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