The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending JULY 4, 1953
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Where Is Your Heart)
    Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39944
  1  1  115
  2APRIL IN PORTUGAL
    Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2374
    [ Richard Hayman & Orchestra–Mercury 70114 ]
  2
 
  2
 
  2
 
15
 
  3I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5293
  3  3  3  9
  4RUBY
    Richard Hayman & Orchestra–Mercury 70115
    [ Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2457 ]
  4
 
  4
 
  4
 
13
 
  5(Terry’s Theme From) “LIMELIGHT”
    Frank Chacksfield & Orchestra–London 1342
  5  612  6
  6NO OTHER LOVE
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5317
  916  3
  7SAY YOU’RE MINE AGAIN
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5277
  6  5  511
  8ANNA
    Silvana Mangano–M-G-M 11457
  8  8  715
  9VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You)
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2486
1720  3
10I BELIEVE
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 39938
  7  7  621
11CRAZY MAN, CRAZY
    Bill Haley & Haley’s Comets–Essex 321
    [ Ralph Marterie & Orchestra–Mercury 70153 ]
13
 
11
 
11
 
  7
 
12ALLEZ-VOUS-EN
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2464
101229  5
13THE HO HO SONG
    Red Buttons–Columbia 39981
12  9  810
14I’D RATHER DIE YOUNG (Than Grow Old Without You)
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15085
141316  5
15PRETEND
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2346
1110  921
16HALF A PHOTOGRAPH
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2464
343024  5
17GAMBLER’S GUITAR
    Jim Lowe–Mercury 70163
36  2
18THE BREEZE (That’s Bringin’ My Honey Back To Me)
    Trudy Richards–Derby 823
211514  6
19CANDY LIPS
    Johnnie Ray & Doris Day–Columbia 40001
383340  5
20OH!
    Pee Wee Hunt & Orchestra–Capitol 2442
  1
21RETURN TO PARADISE
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2498
1823   1*
22JUST ANOTHER POLKA
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 40000
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5293
35
 
37
 
20
 
  8
 
23P.S. I LOVE YOU
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15085
392539  6
24RAMONA
    Gaylords–Mercury 70012
31271514
25GIGI
    Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2479
3732  3
26WITH THESE HANDS
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5365
  1
27ORGAN GRINDER’S SWING
    Four Aces–Decca 28691
324318  7
28HONEY IN THE HORN
    Four Aces–Decca 28691
2339  3
29SWEDISH RHAPSODY (Midsummer Vigil)
    Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39944
16191315
30SHANE (The Cry Of The Far-Away Hills)
    Paul Weston & Orchestra–Columbia 40014
    Richard Hayman & Orchestra–Mercury 70168

 

 

 
  1
 
31THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW
    Patti Page–Mercury 70070
19171023
32YOU YOU YOU
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5325
  1
33SHE LOVES ME
    Don Cornell–Coral 61011
40  2
34ALMOST ALWAYS
    Joni James–M-G-M 11470
292117  8
35NOW THAT I’M IN LOVE
    Patti Page–Mercury 70127
49453510
36THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
    Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70172
2036  3
37I AM IN LOVE
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2459
433834  6
38USKA DARA—A TURKISH TALE
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5284
262430  8
39JOHNNY (Is The Boy For Me)
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2486
  1
40CARAVAN
    Ralph Marterie & “Down Beat” Orchestra–Mercury 70097
22183716
41I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
    Vicki Young–Capitol 2478
  1
42BIG MAMOU
    Pete Hanley–Okeh 6956
33292110
43OO WHAT YOU DO TO ME
    Patti Page–Mercury 70127
463442  8
44MY FLAMING HEART
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2459
242823  6
45MY ONE AND ONLY HEART
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5277
274127  4
46SEVEN LONELY DAYS
    Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70095
15142618
47LET’S WALK THAT-A-WAY
    Johnnie Ray & Doris Day–Columbia 40001
4131  3
48YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART
    Joni James–M-G-M 11426
42223221
49THE NEARNESS OF YOU
    Bob Manning–Capitol 2383
484411
50LOVE ME, LOVE ME
    Bobby Wayne–Mercury 70148
25  2
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.

*This was the first week that Nat “King” Cole was listed for “Return To Paradise”; previous weeks’ chart positions were for the version by Percy Faith & Orchestra.
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