The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MARCH 15, 1952
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	CRY     [ Johnnie Ray & Four Lads–Okeh 6840 ]		1	1	1	15
2	TELL ME WHY     [ Four Aces–Decca 27860 ]     [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4444 ]		2	2	2	14
3	ANY TIME     [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4359 ]		5	4	5	13
4	BLUE TANGO     [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 27875 ]     [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4518 ]		10	13	14	9
5	SLOW POKE     [ Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys–RCA Victor 48-0489 ]     [ Arthur Godfrey–Columbia 39632 ]     [ Helen O’Connell–Capitol 1837 ]		3	3	3	19
6	THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED     [ Johnnie Ray & Four Lads–Okeh 6840 ]		4	5	4	15
7	WHEEL OF FORTUNE     [ Kay Starr–Capitol 1964 ]     [ Bobby Wayne–Mercury 5779 ]     [ Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale–Derby 787 ]		7	12	26	4
8	PLEASE, MR. SUN     [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39636 ]		9	6	9	7
9	BERMUDA     [ Bell Sisters–RCA Victor 47-4422 ]		6	11	12	8
10	TIGER RAG     [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1920 ]		8	10	10	8
11	DANCE ME LOOSE     [ Arthur Godfrey–Columbia 39632 ]		13	7	8	11
12	SHRIMP BOATS     [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39581 ]		12	9	6	18
13	CHARMAINE     [ Mantovani & Orchestra–London 1020 ]		14	8	7	18
14	TULIPS AND HEATHER     [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4453 ]		21	28	19	6
15	HERE AM I—BROKEN HEARTED     [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39636 ]		15	16	27	7
16	THE THREE BELLS (Les Trois Cloches) (The Jimmy Brown Song)     [ Les Compagnons De La Chanson–Columbia 39657 ]		25	22	47	16
17	BE MY LIFE’S COMPANION     [ Mills Brothers–Decca 27889 ]     [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39631 ]		19	19	17	10
18	THE BLACKSMITH BLUES     [ Ella Mae Morse–Capitol 1922 ]		26	31	45	5
19	WIMOWEH     [ Weavers & Gordon Jenkins–Decca 27928 ]		24	26	39	5
20	I WANNA LOVE YOU     [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60617 ]		18	23	23	7
21	STOLEN LOVE     [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5771 / Mercury 5784 ]		27	25	28	4
22	PERFIDIA     [ Four Aces–Decca 27987 ]		29	41	—	3
23	TENDERLY     [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39648 ]		31	29	—	3
24	UNDECIDED     [ Ames Brothers & Les Brown & Band Of Renown–Coral 60566 ]		17	17	15	23
25	A GARDEN IN THE RAIN     [ Four Aces–Decca 27860 ]		38	32	20	10
26	COME WHAT MAY     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5772 ]		20	30	25	6
27	SIN     [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5711 ]     [ Four Aces–Victoria 101 ]		11	14	11	25
28	AT LAST, AT LAST     [ Bing Crosby–Decca 27934 ]     [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4477 ]		23	20	32	4
29	RETREAT (CRIES MY HEART)     [ Patti Page–Mercury 5772 ]		28	24	31	7
30	AT LAST     [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 1912 ]		—	—	—	1
31	A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON     [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4455 ]     [ Louis Armstrong–Decca 27720 ]		32	15	18	21
32	DOWN YONDER     [ Del Wood–Tennessee 775 ]     [ Joe “Fingers” Carr–Capitol 1777 ]     [ Champ Butler–Columbia 39533 ]		16	18	13	26
33	UNFORGETTABLE     [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1808 ]		40	21	22	19
34	I’LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE     [ Georges Guetary–M-G-M 30400 ]		—	—	42	3
35	CHINATOWN MY CHINATOWN     [ Bobby Maxwell & Swinging Harps–Mercury 5773 ]		30	40	—	3
36	SILVER AND GOLD     [ Pee Wee King & Band–RCA Victor 47-4458 ]		42	—	—	2
37	BABY DOLL     [ Doris Day–Columbia 39637 ]		48	34	40	5
38	HAMBONE     [ Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford–Columbia 39672 ]		—	—	—	1
39	WIMMIN’     [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39639 ]		34	43	34	6
40	BABALU     [ Xavier Cugat & Orchestra & Richard Hayes–Mercury 5780 ]		49	46	—	3
41	SILLY DREAMER     [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39635 ]		22	33	24	6
42	JEALOUSY (Jalousie)     [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39585 ]		41	36	16	18
43	TEMPTATION     [ Mario Lanza–RCA Victor 49-3738 ]		50	42	38	4
44	WISHIN’     [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5784 ]		—	—	—	1
45	PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA     [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39663 ]		—	—	—	1
46	AY-ROUND THE CORNER (Bee-hind The Bush)     [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39653 ]		—	—	—	1
47	SINCE MY LOVE HAS GONE     [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39635 ]		33	27	50	6
48	NOODLIN’ RAG     [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4542 ]		—	—	—	1
49	SNOWFLAKES     [ Evelyn Knight & Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–         Decca 27892 ]		46	47	41	11
50	YOU WEREN’T THERE     [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 1968 ]		35	—	—	2

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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