The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MAY 17, 1952
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1BLUE TANGO
    [ Leroy Anderson & “Pops” Concert Orchestra–Decca 27875 ]
    [ Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4518 ]
  2
 
  1
 
  1
 
18
 
  2WHEEL OF FORTUNE
    [ Kay Starr–Capitol 1964 ]
  1  2  213
  3A GUY IS A GUY
    [ Doris Day–Columbia 39673 ]
  4  4  6  8
  4THE BLACKSMITH BLUES
    [ Ella Mae Morse–Capitol 1922 ]
  3  3  314
  5KISS OF FIRE
    [ Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 5823 ]
    [ Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-4671 ]
  6
 
14
 

 
  3
 
  6I’M YOURS
    [ Don Cornell–Coral 60690 ]
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4680 ]
23
 

 

 
  2
 
  7FORGIVE ME
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4574 ]
101210  8
  8ANY TIME
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4359 ]
  5  5  422
  9I’LL WALK ALONE
    [ Don Cornell–Coral 60659 ]
    [ Jane Froman–Capitol 2044 ]
  7
 
  8
 
11
 
  8
 
10WHAT’S THE USE?
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39698 ]
142115  5
11BE ANYTHING (BUT BE MINE)
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5815 ]
  8  916  6
12PERFIDIA
    [ Four Aces–Decca 27987 ]
  9  7  812
13PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
    [ Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39663 ]
12101310
14CRY
    [ Johnnie Ray & Four Lads–Okeh 6840 ]
11  6  524
15TELL ME WHY
    [ Four Aces–Decca 27860 ]
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4444 ]
13
 
11
 
  7
 
23
 
16PLEASE, MR. SUN
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39636 ]
1613  916
17AY-ROUND THE CORNER (Bee-hind The Bush)
    [ Jo Stafford–Columbia 39653 ]
20171810
18SHEIK OF ARABY
    [ Ames Brothers–Coral 60680 ]
263936  4
19DELICADO
    [ Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39708 ]
1524  3
20WIMOWEH
    [ Weavers & Gordon Jenkins–Decca 27928 ]
18231914
21WHISPERING WINDS
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5816 ]
221937  6
22MY HERO
    [ Four Aces–Decca 28073 ]
333844  5
23HERE AM I—BROKEN HEARTED
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39636 ]
24162916
24LADY LOVE
    [ Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-4611 ]
342824  4
25AT LAST
    [ Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 1912 ]
28292010
26FESTIVAL
    [ Johnny Desmond–Coral 60670 ]
    [ DeMarco Sisters–M-G-M 11204 ]
    [ Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39708 ]
27
 
 
40
 
 
45
 
 
  6
 
 
27TENDERLY
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39648 ]
36454612
28I HEAR A RHAPSODY
    [ Frank Sinatra–Columbia 39652 ]
463032  9
29DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
    [ Mantovani & Orchestra–London 1175 ]
293128  9
30THAT’S THE CHANCE YOU TAKE
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4574 ]
252026  7
31GENTLY JOHNNY
    [ Doris Day & Guy Mitchell–Columbia 39714 ]
43  2
32BE MY LIFE’S COMPANION
    [ Mills Brothers–Decca 27889 ]
38271219
33SLEEPLESS
    [ Tony Bennett–Columbia 39695 ]
303342  5
34TWO LITTLE KISSES
    [ Four Aces–Flash 103 ]
41  2
35THE THREE BELLS (Les Trois Cloches) (The Jimmy Brown Song)
    [ Les Compagnons De La Chanson–Columbia 39657 ]
37263925
36COME WHAT MAY
    [ Patti Page–Mercury 5772 ]
47252715
37HAMBONE
    [ Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford–Columbia 39672 ]
17151410
38TULIPS AND HEATHER
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4453 ]
19222515
39HALF AS MUCH
    [ Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 39710 ]
  1
40THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED
    [ Johnnie Ray & Four Lads–Okeh 6840 ]
31342324
41THE GANDY DANCERS’ BALL
    [ Frankie Laine–Columbia 39665 ]
211822  9
42STOLEN LOVE
    [ Eddy Howard–Mercury 5771 / Mercury 5784 ]
39444013
43HONEST AND TRULY
    [ Ink Spots–Decca 27996 ]
    [ Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians–Decca 27995 ]
35
 
32
 
41
 
  7
 
44JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ (Will Go A Long Way)
    [ Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-4680 ]
  1
45MOUNTAINS IN THE MOONLIGHT
    [ Johnnie Ray–Columbia 39698 ]
4542  3
46WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO TAKE TO ME
    [ Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2069 ]
42  2
47NOODLIN’ RAG
    [ Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-4542 ]
44413410
48TIGER RAG
    [ Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 1920 ]
40373817
49BERMUDA
    [ Bell Sisters–RCA Victor 47-4422 ]
32351717
50TRY
    [ Stan Freberg–Capitol 2029 ]
493621  5
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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