Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Honor Roll of Hits | Ref. |
January 5 | "Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads | "Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads "(It's No) Sin" Eddy Howard and His Orchestra | "Slow Poke" Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys with Redd Stewart | "(It's No) Sin" | [4] |
January 12 | "Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads | "Slow Poke" | [5] |
January 19 | [6] |
January 26 | "Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads | "Cry" | [7] |
February 2 | [8] |
February 9 | [9] |
February 16 | [10] |
February 23 | [11] |
March 1 | [12] |
March 8 | [13] |
March 15 | "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr with Orchestra Conducted by Harold Mooney | "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr with Orchestra Conducted by Harold Mooney | "Wheel of Fortune"
| [14] |
March 22 | [15] |
March 29 | "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr with Orchestra Conducted by Harold Mooney | [16] |
April 5 | [17] |
April 12 | [18] |
April 19 | [19] |
April 26 | [20] |
May 3 | [21] |
May 10 | [22] |
May 17 | "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson "Pops" Concert Orchestra | "Kiss of Fire" Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser | "Blue Tango" | [23] |
May 24 | "A Guy Is a Guy" Doris Day with Paul Weston and his Orchestra | [24] |
May 31 | "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr with Orchestra Conducted by Harold Mooney | [25] |
June 7 | "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson "Pops" Concert Orchestra "Here in My Heart" Al Martino with Orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly | [26] |
June 14 | "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson "Pops" Concert Orchestra | "Kiss of Fire" Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser | "Kiss of Fire" | [27] |
June 21 | "Here in My Heart" Al Martino with Orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly | [28] |
June 28 | "Here in My Heart" Al Martino with Orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly | [29] |
July 5 | "Delicado" Percy Faith and His Orchestra with Stan Freeman | "Kiss of Fire" Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser | [30] |
July 12 | "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" Vera Lynn with Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces and Roland Shaw | "Here in My Heart" Al Martino with Orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly | [31] |
July 19 | [32] |
July 26 | "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" Vera Lynn with Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces and Roland Shaw | "Half as Much" Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith and His Orchestra | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" | [33] |
August 2 | [34] |
August 9 | "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" Vera Lynn with Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces and Roland Shaw | [35] |
August 16 | [36] |
August 23 | [37] |
August 30 | [38] |
September 6 | "Wish You Were Here" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | "Half as Much" Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith and His Orchestra | [39] |
September 13 | "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra | "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra | "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra | "You Belong to Me" | [40] |
September 20 | [41] |
September 27 | "I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael | [42] |
October 4 | [43] |
October 11 | [44] |
October 18 | "I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael | [45] |
October 25 | [46] |
November 1 | [47] |
November 8 | [48] |
November 15 | "I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael | [49] |
November 22 | "It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)" Johnny Standley with Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights | "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra | [50] |
November 29 | "It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)" Johnny Standley with Horace Heidt and His Magical Knights "Why Don't You Believe Me" Joni James with Orchestra conducted by Lew Douglas | [51] |
December 6 | "Why Don't You Believe Me" Joni James with Orchestra conducted by Lee Douglas | "The Glow-Worm" Mills Brothers and Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra | "Why Don't You Believe Me?" | [52] |
December 13 | "Why Don't You Believe Me" Joni James with Orchestra conducted by Lee Douglas | [53] |
December 20 | [54] |
December 27 | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Jimmy Boyd with The Norman Luboff Choir | "Why Don't You Believe Me" Joni James with Orchestra conducted by Lee Douglas | [55] |