Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Honor Roll of Hits | Ref. |
January 6 | "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Jack Rael | "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Jack Rael | "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page with Orchestra conducted by Jack Rael | "Tennessee Waltz" | [4] |
January 13 | [5] |
January 20 | [6] |
January 27 | [7] |
February 3 | [8] |
February 10 | [9] |
February 17 | [10] |
February 24 | [11] |
March 3 | "If" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra | "If" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra | [12] |
March 10 | "Be My Love" Mario Lanza with orchestra conducted by Ray Sinatra and the Jeff Alexander Choir | "If" | [13] |
March 17 | "If" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra | [14] |
March 24 | [15] |
March 31 | "If" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra | [16] |
April 7 | [17] |
April 14 | "Mockin' Bird Hill" | [18] |
April 21 | "How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford | [19] |
April 28 | "How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford | [20] |
May 5 | "How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford | [21] |
May 12 | [22] |
May 19 | [23] |
May 26 | "How High the Moon" | [24] |
June 2 | [25] |
June 9 | [26] |
June 16 | [27] |
June 23 | "Too Young" Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra Conducted by Les Baxter | "Too Young" | [28] |
June 30 | "Too Young" Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra Conducted by Les Baxter | [29] |
July 7 | "Too Young" Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra Conducted by Les Baxter | [30] |
July 14 | [31] |
July 21 | [32] |
July 28 | "Come On-a My House" Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford, and Frank Caroll | "Come On-a My House" Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford, and Frank Caroll | [33] |
August 4 | "Come On-a My House" Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford, and Frank Caroll | [34] |
August 11 | "Come On-A My House" | [35] |
August 18 | [36] |
August 25 | [37] |
September 1 | [38] |
September 8 | "Because of You" Tony Bennett with Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith | "Because of You" | [39] |
September 15 | [40] |
September 22 | "Because of You" Tony Bennett with Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith | [41] |
September 29 | "Because of You" Tony Bennett with Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith | [42] |
October 6 | [43] |
October 13 | [44] |
October 20 | [45] |
October 27 | [46] |
November 3 | "Cold, Cold Heart" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his Orchestra | [47] |
November 10 | [48] |
November 17 | "(It's No) Sin" Eddy Howard and His Orchestra | "(It's No) Sin" | [49] |
November 24 | [50] |
December 1 | [51] |
December 8 | "Cold, Cold Heart" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his Orchestra | [52] |
December 15 | "(It's No) Sin" Eddy Howard and His Orchestra | [53] |
December 22 | [54] |
December 29 | "Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads | "(It's No) Sin" Eddy Howard and His Orchestra | [55] |