The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MAY 12, 1951
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1373 ]
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5595 ]
  1
 
  1
 
  1
 
11
 
  2ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
    [ Weavers & Terry Gilkyson–Decca 27515 ]
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4114 ]
  4
 
  5
 
11
 
  5
 
  3HOW HIGH THE MOON
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1451 ]
  51313  5
  4BE MY LOVE
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 10-1561 / 49-1353 ]
  3  2  226
  5IF
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
  2  3  317
  6WOULD I LOVE YOU (Love You, Love You)
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
  6  6  613
  7BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39212 ]
  9  7  510
  8TOO YOUNG
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1449 ]
1421  4
  9I APOLOGIZE
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10903 ]
  8181212
10THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK
    [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 40201 ]
  71619  5
11ABA DABA HONEYMOON
    [ Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter–M-G-M 30282 ]
10  4  414
12SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39190 ]
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 27477 ]
12
 
10
 
  8
 
  9
 
13SOUND OFF (The Duckworth Chant)
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4113 ]
21  2
14WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES
    [ Bing & Gary Crosby–Decca 27577 ]
31  2
15BRING BACK THE THRILL
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4016 ]
1311  914
16ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4017 ]
27202310
17IT IS NO SECRET
    [ Bill Kenny & Song Spinners–Decca 27326 ]
17151518
18THE HOT CANARY
    [ Florian Zabach–Decca 27509 ]
112221  5
19MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-3978 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5563 ]
    [ Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1328 ]
20
 
 
 
  8
 
 
 
  7
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
20WE KISSED IN A SHADOW
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 39294 ]
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4112 ]
29
 
31
 

 
  3
 
21THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3300 ]
161727  4
22NEVER BEEN KISSED
    [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4099 ]
393932  4
23SHENANDOAH WALTZ
    [ Baron Elliot Octet–Decca 27488 ]
    [ Tommy Tucker & Orchestra–M-G-M 10897 ]
25
 
28
 
25
 
  7
 
24METRO POLKA
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5581 ]
262337  4
25YOU’RE JUST IN LOVE
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3945 ]
15  91023
26SEPTEMBER SONG
    [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 1480 ]
38  2
27UNLESS
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4120 ]
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39331 ]
30
 

 

 
  2
 
28ALWAYS YOU
    [ Bobby Wayne–London 45973 ]
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1401 ]
37
 
27
 
24
 
  5
 
29EVER TRUE EVER MORE
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5579 ]
  1
30MOONLIGHT BAY
    [ Bing & Gary Crosby–Decca 27577 ]
  1
31KENTUCKY WALTZ
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39333 ]
33  2
32THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE
    [ Tennessee Ernie–Capitol 1295 ]
352620  6
33THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5534 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27336 ]
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1316 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39065 ]
23
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
34DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN’ HEARTS
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5579 ]
  1
35JEZEBEL
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39367 ]
  1
36LET ME IN
    [ Bobby Wayne–London 45973 ]
192533  6
37ONCE UPON A NICKEL
    [ Ray Bolger & Ethel Merman–Decca 27506 ]
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Coral 60406 ]
34
 
34
 
22
 
  5
 
38A PENNY A KISS
    [ Tony Martin & Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
18141817
39THE ROVING KIND
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Weavers–Decca 27332 ]
24
 
19
 
17
 
20
 
40MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5580 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27404 ]
    [ Jan Peerce–RCA Victor 49-3274 ]
32
 
 
29
 
 
29
 
 
14
 
 
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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