The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending APRIL 17, 1954
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1WANTED
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647
  1  4  3  8
  2MAKE LOVE TO ME!
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143
  2  2  212
  3YOUNG-AT-HEART
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703
  4  5  511
  4SECRET LOVE
    Doris Day–Columbia 40108
  3  1  121
  5I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)
    Four Knights–Capitol 2654
  5  3  610
  6CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE
    Patti Page–Mercury 70302
  6  6  8  9
  7A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
111016  4
  8ANSWER ME, MY LOVE
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687
  7  71013
  9HERE
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665
101421  5
10STRANGER IN PARADISE
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121
    Four Aces–Decca 28927
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535
  8
 
 
  9
 
 
  4
 
 
22
19
13
11THE MAN WITH THE BANJO
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644
131626  7
12THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169
151718  7
13FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE
    Gaylords–Mercury 70296
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15127
  9
 
  8
 
  7
 
12
11
14JILTED
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 61152
1930  3
15ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
121229  5
16TILL THEN
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15132
17151514
17CUDDLE ME
    Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285
24282410
18SOUTH
    Les Paul–Capitol 2735
272919  6
19POOR BUTTERFLY
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15156
4750  3
20MELANCHOLY ME
    Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304
    Smith Brothers–“X” 0003
30
 
32
 
22
 
  6
 
21THE MAN UPSTAIRS
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
22  2
22I SPEAK TO THE STARS
    Doris Day–Columbia 40210
45  2
23AM I IN LOVE
    Joni James–M-G-M 11696
363137  4
24I SHOULD CARE
    Jeff Chandler–Decca 29004
  1
25LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
    Kitty Kallen–Decca 29037
  1
26OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5552
    Eddie Calvert–Essex 336
14
 
11
 
  9
 
21
 
27THE KID’S LAST FIGHT
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178
202533  5
28GEE
    Crows–Rama 5
32223610
29SO LONG
    Four Aces–Decca 29036
2932  4
30HEY BROTHER, POUR THE WINE
    Dean Martin–Capitol 2749
41  2
31SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610
16132312
32TILL WE TWO ARE ONE
    Georgie Shaw–Decca 28937
25211314
33ANGELA MIA
    Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104
262331  6
34IT HAPPENS TO BE ME
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754
4337  3
35SUCH A NIGHT
    Johnnie Ray–Columbia 40200
    Bunny Paul–Essex 352
18
 
26
 
28
 
  4
 
36IF YOU LOVE ME (Really Love Me)
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
    Vera Lynn–London 1412

 

 

 
  1
 
37CRAZY MIXED-UP SONG
    Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy–Essex 353
49  2
38AMOR
    Four Aces–Decca 29036
392420  7
39LATIN LADY
    Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5655
  1
40CHANGING PARTNERS
    Patti Page–Mercury 70260
31191122
41THAT’S AMORE
    Dean Martin–Capitol 2589
33201424
42DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style)
    Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5611
23181211
43TWO PURPLE SHADOWS
    Jerry Vale–Columbia 40131
493649  8
44HAVE A HEART
    Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1237
3438  3
45I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2735
383343  4
46MAYBE NEXT TIME
    Joni James–M-G-M 11696
403447  5
47BELL BOTTOM BLUES
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 61066
28432713
48THE GANG THAT SANG “HEART OF MY HEART”
    Four Aces–Decca 28927
    Don Cornell, Alan Dale & Johnny Desmond–Coral 61076
37
 
27
 
17
 
23
 
49HEIDELBERG
    Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5655
2144  3
50LOST IN LOVELINESS
    Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 11694
    Doris Day–Columbia 40168
35
 
40
 
25
 
  7
 
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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