The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending SEPTEMBER 13, 1952
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART
    [ Vera Lynn–London 1227 ]
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5871 ]
  1
 
  1
 
  1
 
12
 
  2YOU BELONG TO ME
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39811 ]
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5899 ]
  3
 
15
 
10
 
  6
 
  3BOTCH-A-ME (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39767 ]
  5  3  512
  4WISH YOU WERE HERE
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4830 ]
  4  613  8
  5HALF AS MUCH
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39710 ]
  2  2  218
  6HIGH NOON (Do Not Forsake Me)
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39770 ]
  9  8  9  9
  7DELICADO
    [ Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39708 ]
  7  4  420
  8HERE IN MY HEART
    [ Al Martino–BBS 101 ]
  6  5  317
  9SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2069 ]
13161117
10JAMBALAYA
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39838 ]
19  2
11WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39750 ]
    [ Nat “King” Cole & Billy May & Orchestra–Capitol 2130 ]
  8
 
10
 
  7
 
14
 
12MEET MISTER CALLAGHAN
    [ Les Paul–Capitol 2193 ]
    [ Harry Grove Trio–London 1248 ]
38
 
48
 

 
  3
 
13SUGARBUSH
    [ Doris Day & Frankie Laine–Columbia 39693 ]
16131513
14I’M YOURS
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4680 ]
    [ Don Cornell–Coral 60690 ]
11
 
  7
 
  8
 
19
 
15VANESSA
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4691 ]
10  91914
16LUNA ROSSA (Blushing Moon)
    [ Alan Dean–M-G-M 11269 ]
172223  7
17BLUE TANGO
    [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 27875 ]
14111435
18MAYBE
    [ Perry Como & Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4744 ]
12121213
19TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD
    [ Marlene Dietrich & Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39812 ]
2720  3
20SHOULD I
    [ Four Aces–Decca 28323 ]
262716  5
21ROCK OF GIBRALTAR
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39770 ]
252428  9
22TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2193 ]
483548  6
23INDIAN LOVE CALL
    [ Slim Whitman–Imperial 8156 ]
2131  3
24KISS OF FIRE
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 5823 ]
1514  620
25I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5899 ]
33  2
26STRANGE SENSATION
    [ June Valli–RCA Victor 47-4759 ]
281925  5
27I LAUGHED AT LOVE
    [ Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-4789 ]
5042  3
28LOVER
    [ Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra–Decca 28215 ]
24171814
29STRING ALONG
    [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60804 ]
4734  3
30MY LOVE AND DEVOTION
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4877 ]
  1
31HAVE A GOOD TIME
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39764 ]
202633  6
32SMOKE RINGS
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2123 ]
282111
33ONCE IN AWHILE
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5867 ]
42363111
34HESITATION
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4851 ]
35  2
35SO MADLY IN LOVE
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 5874 ]
324024  8
36JAMAICAN RHUMBA
    [ Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39790 ]
312335  4
37ALL OF ME
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39788 ]
184620  7
38TAKE MY HEART
    [ Al Martino–Capitol 2122 ]
44182611
39FEET UP (Pat Him On The Po-Po)
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39822 ]
3629  3
40IT’S A BLUE WORLD
    [ Four Freshmen–Capitol 2152 ]
  1
41ADIOS
    [ Gisele MacKenzie–Capitol 2156 ]
  1
42SWEETHEART’S HOLIDAY
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4877 ]
  1
43KAY’S LAMENT
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 2151 ]
233217  5
44I’LL WALK ALONE
    [ Don Cornell–Coral 60659 ]
    [ Jane Froman–Capitol 2044 ]
40
 
21
 
27
 
25
 
45ONE MINT JULEP
    [ Buddy Morrow & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4868 ]
  1
46THE HAND OF FATE
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4830 ]
343030  4
47FOOL, FOOL, FOOL
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 2151 ]
293722  6
48A SINNER AM I
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39788 ]
3339  6
49BE ANYTHING (But Be Mine)
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5815 ]
39253223
50LONELY WINE
    [ Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2106 ]
41424113
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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