The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending APRIL 14, 1951
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1IF
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
  1  2  213
  2BE MY LOVE
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 10-1561 / 49-1353 ]
  2  1  122
  3MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1373 ]
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5595 ]
  3
 
  7
 
10
 
  7
 
  4YOU’RE JUST IN LOVE
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3945 ]
  7  4  419
  5ABA DABA HONEYMOON
    [ Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter–M-G-M 30282 ]
  6  6  610
  6WOULD I LOVE YOU (Love You, Love You)
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5571 ]
  5  911  9
  7MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-3978 ]
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5563 ]
    [ Jimmy Wakely–Capitol 1328 ]
  4
 
 
 
  3
 
 
 
  3
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
  8BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39212 ]
  81216  6
  9BRING BACK THE THRILL
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4016 ]
  9111210
10SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39190 ]
    [ Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters–Decca 27477 ]
11
 
14
 
14
 
  5
 
11A PENNY A KISS
    [ Tony Martin & Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
12  8  913
12IT IS NO SECRET
    [ Bill Kenny & Song Spinners–Decca 27326 ]
16161314
13THE ROVING KIND
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39067 ]
    [ Weavers–Decca 27332 ]
13
 
10
 
  7
 
16
 
14THE TENNESSEE WALTZ
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5534 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27336 ]
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1316 ]
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39065 ]
10
 
 
 
  5
 
 
 
  5
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
15I APOLOGIZE
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10903 ]
171820  8
16ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4017 ]
151518  6
17SO LONG (It’s Been Good To Know Yuh)
    [ Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra & Weavers–Decca 27376 ]
1413  814
18MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU
    [ Frankie Laine–Mercury 5580 ]
    [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27404 ]
    [ Jan Peerce–RCA Victor 49-3274 ]
18
 
 
21
 
 
29
 
 
10
 
 
19OH, WHAT A FACE!
    [ Phil Harris–RCA Victor 47-4070 ]
292733  4
20LET ME IN
    [ Bobby Wayne–London 45973 ]
31  2
21ZING ZING—ZOOM ZOOM
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-3997 ]
22172412
22VESTI LA GIUBBA (On With The Play)
    [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3228 ]
303438  4
23ONCE UPON A NICKEL
    [ Ray Bolger & Ethel Merman–Decca 27506 ]
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Coral 60406 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
24ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
    [ Weavers & Terry Gilkyson–Decca 27515 ]
  1
25SHENANDOAH WALTZ
    [ Baron Elliot Octet–Decca 27488 ]
    [ Tommy Tucker & Orchestra–M-G-M 10897 ]
20
 
31
 

 
  3
 
26YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES
    [ Dean Martin–Capitol 1358 ]
214032  4
27I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT
    [ Mel Blanc–Capitol 1360 ]
27221911
28THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK
    [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 40201 ]
  1
29LULLABY OF BROADWAY
    [ Harry James & Orchestra with Doris Day–Columbia 39159 ]
32  2
30WHEN YOU RETURN
    [ Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 10896 ]
    [ Mindy Carson–RCA Victor 47-4018 ]
36
 
39
 
35
 
  6
 
31HOW HIGH THE MOON
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1451 ]
  1
32THE HOT CANARY
    [ Florian Zabach–Decca 27509 ]
  1
33MAMA
    [ Vic Damone–Mercury 5444 ]
    [ Phil Brito–M-G-M 10591 ]

 

 

 
  1
 
34JET
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1365 ]
192022  9
35THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE
    [ Tennessee Ernie–Capitol 1295 ]
34  2
36I STILL FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU
    [ Georgia Gibbs with Owen Bradley Sextet–Coral 60353 ]
38292511
37TOO YOUNG
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1449 ]
  1
38IN YOUR ARMS
    [ Dinah Shore & Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4019 ]
282328  9
39JOHN AND MARSHA
    [ Stan Freberg–Capitol 1356 ]
333627  9
40WAIT FOR ME
    [ Dinah Shore–RCA Victor 47-4015 ]
233230  9
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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