The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MAY 26, 1951
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL     [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1373 ]     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5595 ]		2	1	1	13
2	HOW HIGH THE MOON     [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1451 ]		3	3	5	7
3	ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY     [ Weavers & Terry Gilkyson–Decca 27515 ]     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4114 ]		1	2	4	7
4	TOO YOUNG     [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1449 ]		7	8	14	6
5	THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK     [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 40201 ]		11	10	7	7
6	BE MY LOVE     [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 10-1561 / 49-1353 ]		5	4	3	28
7	IF     [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]		4	5	2	19
8	WOULD I LOVE YOU (Love You, Love You)     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]		6	6	6	15
9	I APOLOGIZE     [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10903 ]		10	9	8	14
10	SOUND OFF (The Duckworth Chant)     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4113 ]		14	13	21	4
11	THE HOT CANARY     [ Florian Zabach–Decca 27509 ]		13	18	11	7
12	JEZEBEL     [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39367 ]		16	35	—	3
13	WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES     [ Bing & Gary Crosby–Decca 27577 ]		19	14	31	4
14	SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP     [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39190 ]     [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 27477 ]		12	12	12	11
15	BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES     [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39212 ]		8	7	9	12
16	UNLESS     [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4120 ]     [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39331 ]		17	27	30	4
17	OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE     [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4146 ]		29	—	—	2
18	ABA DABA HONEYMOON     [ Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter–M-G-M 30282 ]		9	11	10	16
19	THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR     [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3300 ]		20	21	16	6
20	ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU     [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39367 ]		28	—	—	2
21	IT IS NO SECRET     [ Bill Kenny & Song Spinners–Decca 27326 ]		30	17	17	20
22	SEPTEMBER SONG     [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 1480 ]		18	26	38	4
23	NEVER BEEN KISSED     [ Freddy Martin & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4099 ]		21	22	39	6
24	I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES     [ Arthur Godfrey & Laurie Anders–Columbia 39404 ]		—	—	—	1
25	DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN’ HEARTS     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5579 ]		15	34	—	3
26	ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI     [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4017 ]		22	16	27	12
27	WE KISSED IN A SHADOW     [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 39294 ]     [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4112 ]		26	20	29	5
28	BRING BACK THE THRILL     [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4016 ]		25	15	13	16
29	EVER TRUE EVER MORE     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5579 ]		32	29	—	3
30	HELLO, YOUNG LOVERS     [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4112 ]     [ Margaret Whiting–Capitol 1491 ]		27	—	—	2
31	I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAY GOODNIGHT     [ Dean Martin–Capitol 1342 ]		—	—	36	3
32	METRO POLKA     [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5581 ]		23	24	26	6
33	THE STRANGE LITTLE GIRL     [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5630 ]		—	—	—	1
34	I’LL NEVER KNOW WHY     [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4087 ]		—	—	—	1
35	A PENNY A KISS     [ Tony Martin & Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]		33	38	18	19
36	SHENANDOAH WALTZ     [ Baron Elliot Octet–Decca 27488 ]     [ Tommy Tucker & Orchestra–M-G-M 10897 ]		36	23	25	9
37	THE TENNESSEE WALTZ     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5534 ]     [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27336 ]     [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1316 ]     [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39065 ]		39	33	23	27
38	KENTUCKY WALTZ     [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39333 ]		24	31	33	4
39	MOONLIGHT BAY     [ Bing & Gary Crosby–Decca 27577 ]		38	30	—	3
40	ONCE UPON A NICKEL     [ Ray Bolger & Ethel Merman–Decca 27506 ]     [ Georgia Gibbs–Coral 60406 ]		35	37	34	7

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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