The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending DECEMBER 27, 1952
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1WHY DON’T YOU BELIEVE ME
    Joni James–M-G-M 11333
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 70025 ]
  1
 
  1
 
  5
 
10
 
  2DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5064
  5  724  4
  3IT’S IN THE BOOK (pts. 1 & 2)
    Johnny Standley–Capitol 2249
  3  3  311
  4THE GLOW-WORM
    Mills Brothers–Decca 28384
  2  2  113
  5TRYING
    Hill Toppers–Dot 15018
11  8  615
  6I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING
    Patti Page–Mercury 5899
  4  4  217
  7TAKES TWO TO TANGO
    Pearl Bailey–Coral 60817
  8101212
  8KEEP IT A SECRET
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 39891
121315  6
  9BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE
    Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3914
1512  815
10I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
    Jimmy Boyd–Columbia 39871
    [ Spike Jones & City Slickers–RCA Victor 47-5067 ]
  6
 
16
 

 
  3
 
11LADY OF SPAIN
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4953
    [ Les Paul–Capitol 2265 ]
  9
 
  6
 
  9
 
12
 
12JAMBALAYA
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 39838
14  9  717
13YOURS
    Vera Lynn–London 1261
101111  8
14YOU BELONG TO ME
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 39811
  7  5  421
15I
    Don Cornell–Coral 60860
161710  7
16OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4953
17211411
17OH HAPPY DAY
    Don Howard–Essex 311
1319  3
18HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
    Karen Chandler–Coral 60831
262531  4
19TELL ME YOU’RE MINE
    Gaylords–Mercury 70030
  1
20YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
    Rosemary Clooney & Harry James–Columbia 39905
  1
21HEART AND SOUL
    Four Aces–Decca 28390
221418  8
22THE THREE BELLS (Les Trois Cloches) (The Jimmy Brown Song)
    Les Compagnons De La Chanson–Columbia 39657
372929
23HAVE YOU HEARD
    Joni James–M-G-M 11390
  1
24BLUES IN ADVANCE
    Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4926
25232611
25A FULL TIME JOB
    Doris Day & Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39898
2734  3
26SLEIGH RIDE
    Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 28429
28  2
27TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 60873
1831  3
28WISH YOU WERE HERE
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4830
19151323
29BLUE VIOLINS
    Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4997
232021  7
30I’M JUST A POOR BACHELOR
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 39903
  1
31APRIL IN PARIS
    Sauter-Finegan Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4927
354023  7
32CONQUEST
    Patti Page–Mercury 70025
212234  4
33MY FAVORITE SONG
    Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 5912
20241710
34BE FAIR
    Don Cornell–Coral 60860
383220  7
35MY BABY’S COMING HOME
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2265
2427  3
36MUST I CRY AGAIN
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15034
29  2
37COMES A-LONG A-LOVE
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2213
40352512
38MEET MISTER CALLAGHAN
    Les Paul–Capitol 2193
30181618
39HIGH NOON (Do Not Forsake Me)
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 39770
34301924
40SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2069
50463532
41VERADERO
    Camarata & Orchestra–Decca 28376
33  2
42SLEEPY TIME GAL
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5008
322845  5
43THE RUBY AND THE PEARL
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2230
39453211
44TO KNOW YOU (Is To Love You)
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4959
433738  9
45EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4841
4441  3
46STRING ALONG
    Ames Brothers–Coral 60804
45433018
47WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI
    Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 39769
31263913
48TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 39903
36  2
49MA SAYS, PA SAYS
    Doris Day & Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39898
4138  3
50FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS
    Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39837
42332815
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with a star next to the artist(s) who had the hit version(s). Just those designated artists are listed above. Additional artists listed below a title in brackets also had hit versions on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.
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