The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending JULY 8, 1950
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1BEWITCHED
    [ Bill Snyder & Orchestra–Tower 1473 ]
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Decca 24983 ]
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 38698 ]
    [ Larry Green & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-3726 ]
    [ Jan August & Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats–Mercury 5399 ]
  2
 
 
 
 
  2
 
 
 
 
  2
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
  2THE THIRD MAN THEME
    [ Anton Karas–London 536 / 30005 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 24839 ]
  1
 
  1
 
  1
 
19
 
  3I WANNA BE LOVED
    [ Andrews Sisters–Decca 27007 ]
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10716 ]
  6
 
  8
 
10
 
  9
 
  4SENTIMENTAL ME
    [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60173 ]
    [ Russ Morgan & Orchestra–Decca 24904 ]
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 923 ]
  5
 
 
  4
 
 
  4
 
 
15
 
 
  5MY FOOLISH HEART
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Decca 24830 ]
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10623 ]
    [ Mindy Carson–RCA Victor 20-3681 / 47-3204 ]
  3
 
 
  3
 
 
  3
 
 
19
 
 
  6HOOP-DEE-DOO
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3747 ]
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 980 ]
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 38771 ]
  4
 
 
  5
 
 
  5
 
 
10
 
 
  7THE OLD PIANO ROLL BLUES
    [ Hoagy Carmichael & Cass Daley–Decca 24977 ]
    [ Lawrence (Piano Roll) Cook–Abbey 15003 ]
  7
 
  7
 
  7
 
12
 
  8MONA LISA
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1010 ]
    [ Victor Young & Orchestra & Don Cherry–Decca 27048 ]
    [ Art Lund–M-G-M 10689 ]
10
 
 
16
 
 
23
 
 
  5
 
 
  9ROSES
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-3754 ]
  8  9  9  8
10IT ISN’T FAIR
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–
        RCA Victor 20-3609 / 47-3115 ]
  9  6  622
11COUNT EVERY STAR
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 20-3697 / 47-3221 ]
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 979 ]
    [ Dick Haymes & Artie Shaw–Decca 27042 ]
11
 
 
14
 
 
13
 
 
11
 
 
12STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5421 ]
122116  7
13PLAY A SIMPLE MELODY
    [ Jo Stafford–Capitol 1039 ]
1837  3
14WANDERIN’
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–
        RCA Victor 20-3680 / 47-3203 ]
16121115
15BONAPARTE’S RETREAT
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 936 ]
    [ Gene Krupa & Chicago Jazz–RCA Victor 47-3766 ]
14
 
24
 
26
 
  4
 
16BLIND DATE
    [ Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope–Capitol 1042 ]
2140  3
17MISSISSIPPI
    [ Red Foley–Decca 46241 ]
291932  4
18DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 24872 ]
    [ Dick Todd–Rainbow 80088 ]
15
 
10
 
12
 
24
 
19BUFFALO BILLY
    [ Roberta Quinlan, Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats &
        Jan August–Mercury 5420 ]
131531  4
20I CROSS MY FINGERS
    [ Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 38786 ]
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3846 ]
33
 
26
 
36
 
  5
 
21STARS ARE THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
    [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60209 ]
363119  5
22VALENCIA
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-3755 ]
172317  9
23I DIDN’T SLIP—I WASN’T PUSHED—I FELL
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 38818 ]
32  2
24I STILL GET A THRILL
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-3799 ]
    [ Dick Haymes–Decca 27008 ]
20
 
39
 

 
  3
 
25I DON’T CARE IF THE SUN DON’T SHINE
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5396 ]
311828  7
26DEARIE
    [ Ray Bolger & Ethel Merman–Decca 24873 ]
    [ Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae–Capitol 858 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 24899 ]
25
 
 
11
 
 
15
 
 
18
 
 
27ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
    [ Blue Barron & Orchestra–M-G-M 10628 ]
28302212
28RAIN
    [ Frank Petty Trio–M-G-M 10669 ]
24131413
29TZENA TZENA TZENA
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra & Weavers–Decca 27077 ]
    [ Mitch Miller & Orchestra–Columbia 38885 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5454 ]

 
 

 
 

 
 
  1
 
 
30IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMIN’ (I’d’ve Baked A Cake)
    [ Eileen Barton–National 9103 ]
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Coral 60169 ]
22
 
20
 
  8
 
18
 
31DEDICATED TO YOU
    [ Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10690 ]
302837  4
32THANKS, MISTER FLORIST
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-3773 ]
192240  4
33THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 38825 ]
    [ Owen Bradley & Quintet–Coral 60294 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
34HOME COOKIN’
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27019 ]
  1
35VAGABOND SHOES
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5429 ]
  1
36AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 38809 ]
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5433 ]
35
 
27
 
35
 
  6
 
37NOLA
    [ Les Paul–Capitol 1014 ]
  1
38SOMETIME
    [ Mariners–Columbia 38781 ]
34  3
39ON THE OUTGOING TIDE
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3747 ]
233420  8
40LA VIE EN ROSE
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-3819 ]
    [ Victor Young & Orchestra–Decca 24816 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27111 ]
39
 
 
17
 
 
27
 
 
  6
 
 
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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