Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Honor Roll of Hits | Ref. |
January 2 | "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | "Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his Orchestra | "Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his Orchestra | "Rags to Riches" | [4] |
January 9 | "Oh, Mein Papa (Oh, My Papa)" | [5] |
January 16 | "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | [6] |
January 23 | [7] |
January 30 | "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | [8] |
February 6 | [9] |
February 13 | [10] |
February 20 | [11] |
February 27 | "Secret Love" Doris Day with Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf | [12] |
March 6 | "Secret Love" Doris Day with Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf | [13] |
March 13 | "Make Love to Me!" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra | "Make Love to Me!" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra | "Secret Love" | [14] |
March 20 | "Secret Love" Doris Day with Orchestra conducted by Ray Heindorf | [15] |
March 27 | "Make Love to Me!" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra | "Make Love to Me" | [16] |
April 3 | "Make Love to Me!" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & his Orchestra | [17] |
April 10 | "Wanted" Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | [18] |
April 17 | "Wanted" | [19] |
April 24 | "Wanted" Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | [20] |
May 1 | "Wanted" Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus | [21] |
May 8 | [22] |
May 15 | [23] |
May 22 | [24] |
May 29 | [25] |
June 5 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen with Orchestra Directed by Jack Pleis | [26] |
June 12 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen with Orchestra Directed by Jack Pleis | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | [27] |
June 19 | [28] |
June 26 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen with Orchestra Directed by Jack Pleis | [29] |
July 3 | [30] |
July 10 | [31] |
July 17 | [32] |
July 24 | "Three Coins in the Fountain" The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts with Chorus and Orchestra Directed by Jack Pleis | [33] |
July 31 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen with Orchestra Directed by Jack Pleis | [34] |
August 7 | "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts with David Carroll and His Orchestra | "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts with David Carroll and His Orchestra | [35] |
August 14 | "Sh-Boom" | [36] |
August 21 | "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts with David Carroll and His Orchestra | [37] |
August 28 | [38] |
September 4 | [39] |
September 11 | [40] |
September 18 | [41] |
September 25 | "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra | [42] |
October 2 | "Hey, There" | [43] |
October 9 | "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra | [44] |
October 16 | "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra | [45] |
October 23 | [46] |
October 30 | [47] |
November 6 | "This Ole House" Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra | [48] |
November 13 | "I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | "I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | "This Ole House" Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole and his Orchestra | [49] |
November 20 | "I Need You Now" | [50] |
November 27 | "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer | [51] |
December 4 | "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer | "I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | "Mr. Sandman" | [52] |
December 11 | [53] |
December 18 | "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer | [54] |
December 25 | [55] |