The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending SEPTEMBER 1, 1951
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1SWEET VIOLETS
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4174 ]
  4  4  4  9
  2BECAUSE OF YOU
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39362 ]
    [ Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 1493 ]
  1
 
  5
 
  8
 
13
 
  3COME ON-A MY HOUSE
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39467 ]
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 1710 ]
  2
 
  1
 
  1
 
  8
 
  4TOO YOUNG
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1449 ]
  3  2  220
  5THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3300 ]
  6  6  620
  6MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39415 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5646 ]
  7
 
  7
 
  5
 
13
 
  7JEZEBEL
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39367 ]
  5  3  317
  8I GET IDEAS
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4141 ]
  8  81313
  9I’M IN LOVE AGAIN
    [ Henri Rene & Orchestra featuring April Stevens–
        RCA Victor 47-4148 ]
10111112
10(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) SHANGHAI
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 39423 ]
    [ Billy Williams Quartet–M-G-M 10998 ]
  9
 
10
 
15
 
  9
 
11BELLE, BELLE, MY LIBERTY BELLE
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39512 ]
30  2
12COLD, COLD HEART
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39449 ]
112539  4
13THE MORNINGSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
    [ Tommy Edwards–M-G-M 10989 ]
    [ Paul Weston & Orchestra–Columbia 39424 ]
20
 
14
 
12
 
  6
 
14HOW HIGH THE MOON
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1451 ]
1213  721
15JOSEPHINE
    [ Les Paul–Capitol 1592 ]
161718  8
16MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5645 ]
    [ Dennis Day–RCA Victor 47-4140 ]
13
 
12
 
10
 
14
 
17VANITY
    [ Don Cherry–Decca 27618 ]
141619  8
18ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39367 ]
21151416
19LONGING FOR YOU
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5655 ]
    [ Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 39499 ]
19
 
30
 
40
 
  4
 
20KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE
    [ Weavers–Decca 27670 ]
2734  3
21WHILE YOU DANCED, DANCED, DANCED
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 5681 ]
  1
22DETOUR
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5682 ]
152337  4
23THE GIRL IN THE WOOD
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39489 ]
  1
24LAURA
    [ Stan Kenton & Orchestra–Capitol 1704 ]
251835  4
25I WON’T CRY ANYMORE
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39362 ]
183130  7
26ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
    [ Weavers & Terry Gilkyson–Decca 27515 ]
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4114 ]
24
 
  9
 
  9
 
21
 
27GOOD MORNING MISTER ECHO
    [ Jane Turzy Trio–Decca 27622 ]
172016  9
28WHISPERING
    [ Les Paul–Capitol 1748 ]
  1
29IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING
    [ Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman–Decca 27678 ]
262222  4
30BECAUSE
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3207 ]
222823  8
31THEM THERE EYES
    [ Champ Butler–Columbia 39434 ]
  1
32LONELY LITTLE ROBIN
    [ Pinetoppers–Coral 60508 ]
36263210
33WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
    [ Weavers–Decca 27670 ]
392438  4
34I’LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART (’Til I Can Hold You In My Arms)
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4191 ]
232921  5
35GO GO GO GO
    [ Richard Hayes–Mercury 5671 ]
  1
36CARA CARA, BELLA BELLA
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4203 ]
4033  3
37GIMME A LITTLE KISS, WILL YA HUH?
    [ April Stevens with Henri Rene & Orchestra–
        RCA Victor 47-4208 ]
  1
38WHAT IS A BOY
    [ Jan Peerce–RCA Victor 49-3425 ]
    [ Arthur Godfrey–Columbia 39487 ]
29
 
37
 
28
 
10
 
39I LOVE THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE
    [ Four Knights–Capitol 1587 ]
  1
40DO YOU REALLY LOVE ME
    [ Gordon MacRae–Capitol 1471 ]
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4169 ]

 

 

 
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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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