The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending FEBRUARY 18, 1950
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 24798 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–Columbia 38605 ]
  2
 
  2
 
  2
 
13
 
  2I CAN DREAM, CAN’T I?
    [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 24705 ]
  1  1  121
  3JOHNSON RAG
    [ Jack Teter Trio–London 501 / 30004 ]
    [ Jimmy Dorsey & Original “Dorseyland” Jazz Band–Columbia 38649 ]
    [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 24819 ]
  4
 
 
  4
 
 
11
 
 
16
 
 
  4CHATTANOOGIE SHOE SHINE BOY
    [ Red Foley–Decca 46205 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 24863 ]
  8
 
  9
 
37
 
  4
 
  5RAG MOP
    [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60140 ]
    [ Ralph Flanagan & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3688 / 47-3212 ]
    [ Lionel Hampton & Orchestra–Decca 24855 ]
    [ Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys–Bullet 696 ]
  7
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
33
 
 
 
  4
 
 
 
  6THERE’S NO TOMORROW
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 20-3582 / 47-3078 ]
  5  5  714
  7THE OLD MASTER PAINTER
    [ Dick Haymes–Decca 24801 ]
    [ Richard Hayes–Mercury 5342 ]
    [ Phil Harris & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3608 / 47-3114 ]
  3
 
 
  3
 
 
  3
 
 
11
 
 
  8A DREAMER’S HOLIDAY
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 20-3543 / 47-3036 ]
    [ Buddy Clark with Girl Friends–Columbia 38599 ]
  6
 
  6
 
  4
 
19
 
  9I SAID MY PAJAMAS (And Put On My Pray’rs)
    [ Tony Martin & Fran Warren–RCA Victor 20-3613 / 47-3119 ]
22  2
10MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!
    [ Teresa Brewer with Dixieland All Stars–London 604 / 30023 ]
29  2
11BAMBOO
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3627 / 47-3143 ]
1830  3
12THE WEDDING SAMBA
    [ Edmundo Ros & Orchestra–London 499 / 30017 ]
    [ Carmen Miranda & Andrews Sisters–Decca 24841 ]
  9
 
12
 
19
 
  5
 
13BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BOO (The Magic Song)
    [ Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae–Capitol 782 ]
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 20-3607 / 47-3113 ]
10
 
  7
 
10
 
  8
 
14DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 24872 ]
141139  4
15I’VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS
    [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3554 / 47-3047 ]
1114  816
16QUICKSILVER
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 24827 ]
1729  3
17SLIPPING AROUND
    [ Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 40224 ]
1310  619
18SITTING BY THE WINDOW
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10602 ]
1626  3
19IT ISN’T FAIR
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–
        RCA Victor 20-3609 / 47-3115 ]
39  2
20BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME
    [ Owen Bradley & Quintet–Coral 60107 ]
302435  4
21WITH MY EYES WIDE OPEN I’M DREAMING
    [ Patti Page Quartet–Mercury 5344 ]
253828  5
22MULE TRAIN
    [ Frankie Laine & Muleskinners–Mercury 5345 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 24798 ]
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3600 / 47-3106 ]
    [ Tennessee Ernie–Capitol 40258 ]
12
 
 
 
  8
 
 
 
  5
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
23THE CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5363 ]
  1
24DON’T CRY, JOE (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Decca 24720 ]
2017  920
25ECHOES
    [ Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae–Capitol 782 ]
151513  9
26MARTA (Rambling Rose Of The Wildwood)
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 20-3598 / 47-3104 ]
241814  9
27SORRY
    [ Frank Sinatra & Modernaires–Columbia 38662 ]
    [ Margaret Whiting–Capitol 776 ]
26
 
19
 
16
 
  7
 
28ENJOY YOURSELF (It’s Later Than You Think)
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 24825 ]
37  2
29CHARLEY MY BOY
    [ Andrews Sisters/Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 24812 ]
19161211
30HALF A HEART IS ALL YOU LEFT ME (When You Broke My Heart In Two)
    [ Al Morgan–London 571 / 30025 ]
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5349 ]
38
 

 

 
  2
 
31I WANNA GO HOME (With You)
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 20-3586 / 47-3082 ]
23282312
32A GAME OF BROKEN HEARTS
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 792 ]
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 38637 ]
40
 
32
 
36
 
  9
 
33A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 20-3607 / 47-3113 ]
35  2
34JEALOUS HEART
    [ Al Morgan–London 500 / 30001 ]
21211525
35WUNDERBAR
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 24927 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 768 ]
32
 
23
 
29
 
  9
 
36FAIRY TALES
    [ Paul Weston & Orchestra–Capitol 826 ]
3334  3
37BROKEN DOWN MERRY-GO-ROUND
    [ Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 800 ]
  1
38SCARLET RIBBONS (For Her Hair)
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 785 ]
342532  6
39ENVY
    [ Fran Warren–RCA Victor 20-3551 / 47-3044 ]
31333015
40SO THIS IS LOVE
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3606 / 47-3112 ]
272031  5
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with no indication of which version(s) were the biggest sellers. Artists listed above had the hit version(s) of each song, determined primarily by the rankings on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.
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