The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MARCH 31, 1951
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1BE MY LOVE
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 10-1561 / 49-1353 ]
  1  1  120
  2IF
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
  2  2  211
  3MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-3978 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5563 ]
    [ Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1328 ]
  3
 
 
 
  4
 
 
 
  4
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
  4YOU’RE JUST IN LOVE
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3945 ]
  4  3  317
  5THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5534 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27336 ]
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1316 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39065 ]
  5
 
 
 
  5
 
 
 
  5
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
  6ABA DABA HONEYMOON
    [ Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter–M-G-M 30282 ]
  61116  8
  7MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1373 ]
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5595 ]
10
 
10
 
10
 
  5
 
  8A PENNY A KISS
    [ Tony Martin & Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
  9  9  911
  9WOULD I LOVE YOU (Love You, Love You)
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
11  6  8  7
10THE ROVING KIND
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Weavers–Decca 27332 ]
  7
 
  7
 
  6
 
14
 
11BRING BACK THE THRILL
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4016 ]
121411  8
12BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39212 ]
162730  4
13SO LONG (It’s Been Good To Know Yuh)
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra & Weavers–Decca 27376 ]
  8  8  712
14SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39190 ]
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 27477 ]
14
 
23
 

 
  3
 
15ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4017 ]
183733  4
16IT IS NO SECRET
    [ Bill Kenny & Song Spinners–Decca 27326 ]
13131912
17ZING ZING—ZOOM ZOOM
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
24191410
18I APOLOGIZE
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10903 ]
202128  6
19THE CHICKEN SONG (I Ain’t Gonna Take It Settin’ Down)
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27393 ]
171625  7
20JET
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1365 ]
222231  7
21MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5580 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27404 ]
    [ Jan Peerce–RCA Victor 49-3274 ]
29
 
 
25
 
 
21
 
 
  8
 
 
22I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT
    [ Mel Blanc–Capitol 1360 ]
191812  9
23IN YOUR ARMS
    [ Dinah Shore & Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
283632  7
24SENTIMENTAL MUSIC
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27483 ]
21
 
17
 
27
 
  6
 
25LONESOME GAL
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4060 ]
  1
26A BUSHEL AND A PECK
    [ Perry Como & Betty Hutton–RCA Victor 47-3930 ]
    [ Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1234 ]
23
 
24
 
13
 
23
 
27OH, WHAT A FACE!
    [ Phil Harris–RCA Victor 47-4070 ]
33  2
28HARBOR LIGHTS
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 38963 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27208 ]
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 1190 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27219 ]
15
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
28
 
 
 
29I STILL FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU
    [ Georgia Gibbs with Owen Bradley Sextet–Coral 60353 ]
252017  9
30ALWAYS YOU
    [ Bobby Wayne–London 45973 ]
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1401 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
31SHENANDOAH WALTZ
    [ Baron Elliot Octet–Decca 27488 ]
    [ Tommy Tucker & Orchestra–M-G-M 10897 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
32WAIT FOR ME
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4015 ]
303529  7
33HOT ROD RACE
    [ Tiny Hill & Orchestra–Mercury 5547 ]
    [ Red Foley–Decca 46286 ]
26
 
32
 
26
 
10
 
34VESTI LA GIUBBA (On With The Play)
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3228 ]
38  2
35NEVERTHELESS (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 ]
34
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
36JOHN AND MARSHA
    [ Stan Freberg–Capitol 1356 ]
273123  7
37TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5572 ]
402622  8
38PETER COTTONTAIL
    [ Gene Autry–Columbia 38750 ]
36383611
39WHEN YOU RETURN
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10896 ]
    [ Mindy Carson–RCA Victor 47-4018 ]
35
 
39
 
38
 
  4
 
40YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES
    [ Dean Martin–Capitol 1358 ]
32  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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