The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MARCH 10, 1951
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1BE MY LOVE
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 10-1561 / 49-1353 ]
  1  2  317
  2IF
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
  2  3  2  8
  3YOU’RE JUST IN LOVE
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3945 ]
  4  5  514
  4MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-3978 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5563 ]
    [ Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1328 ]
  3
 
 
 
  1
 
 
 
  1
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
  5THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5534 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27336 ]
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1316 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39065 ]
  5
 
 
 
  4
 
 
 
  4
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
  6THE ROVING KIND
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Weavers–Decca 27332 ]
  6
 
  8
 
  6
 
11
 
  7SO LONG (It’s Been Good To Know Yuh)
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra & Weavers–Decca 27376 ]
  7  714  9
  8WOULD I LOVE YOU (Love You, Love You)
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
131831  4
  9A PENNY A KISS
    [ Tony Martin & Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
  81312  8
10MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1373 ]
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5595 ]
21
 

 

 
  2
 
11BRING BACK THE THRILL
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4016 ]
161620  5
12I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT
    [ Mel Blanc–Capitol 1360 ]
202324  6
13A BUSHEL AND A PECK
    [ Perry Como & Betty Hutton–RCA Victor 47-3930 ]
    [ Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1234 ]
  9
 
  9
 
15
 
20
 
14ZING ZING—ZOOM ZOOM
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
111016  7
15HARBOR LIGHTS
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 38963 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27208 ]
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 1190 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27219 ]
10
 
 
 
  6
 
 
 
  8
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
16ABA DABA HONEYMOON
    [ Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter–M-G-M 30282 ]
121427  5
17I STILL FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU
    [ Georgia Gibbs with Owen Bradley Sextet–Coral 60353 ]
282213  6
18NEVERTHELESS (I’m In Love With You)
    [ Paul Weston & Orchestra–Columbia 38982 ]
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 27253 ]
    [ Ralph Flanagan & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-3904 ]
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 1190 ]
17
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
  9
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
19IT IS NO SECRET
    [ Bill Kenny & Song Spinners–Decca 27326 ]
181911  9
20THE THING
    [ Phil Harris–RCA Victor 47-3968 ]
1512  715
21MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5580 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27404 ]
    [ Jan Peerce–RCA Victor 49-3274 ]
19
 
 
17
 
 
17
 
 
  5
 
 
22TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5572 ]
263329  5
23JOHN AND MARSHA
    [ Stan Freberg–Capitol 1356 ]
233725  4
24TO THINK YOU’VE CHOSEN ME
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5517 ]
27151816
25THE CHICKEN SONG (I Ain’t Gonna Take It Settin’ Down)
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27393 ]
2526  4
26HOT ROD RACE
    [ Tiny Hill & Orchestra–Mercury 5547 ]
    [ Red Foley–Decca 46286 ]
14
 
21
 
38
 
  7
 
27SENTIMENTAL MUSIC
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27483 ]
22
 
31
 

 
  3
 
28I APOLOGIZE
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10903 ]
3430  3
29WAIT FOR ME
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4015 ]
2940  4
30BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39212 ]
  1
31JET
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1365 ]
302623  4
32IN YOUR ARMS
    [ Dinah Shore & Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
242732  4
33ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4017 ]
  1
34NOBODY’S CHASING ME
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-3978 ]
32243410
35USE YOUR IMAGINATION
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27351 ]
353222  9
36PETER COTTONTAIL
    [ Gene Autry–Columbia 38750 ]
  8
37ONE FINGER MELODY
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 39014 ]
313821  5
38WHEN YOU RETURN
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10896 ]
    [ Mindy Carson–RCA Victor 47-4018 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
39BOUTONNIERE
    [ Mindy Carson–RCA Victor 47-4018 ]
3334  3
40VELVET LIPS
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27393 ]
39  2
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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