The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending OCTOBER 3, 1953
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1YOU YOU YOU
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5325
  2  3  414
  2CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
    June Valli–RCA Victor 47-5368
    Orioles–Jubilee 5122
    Rex Allen–Decca 28758
    Darrell Glenn–Valley 105
  1
 
 
 
  1
 
 
 
  2
 
 
 
12
  8
  7
12
  3VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You)
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2486
  3  2  116
  4DRAGNET
    Ray Anthony & Orchestra–Capitol 2562
  4  5  9  8
  5OH!
    Pee Wee Hunt & Orchestra–Capitol 2442
  8  8  714
  6NO OTHER LOVE
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5317
  5  4  316
  7EBB TIDE
    Frank Chacksfield & Orchestra–London 1358
  9  7  8  8
  8EH, CUMPARI
    Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1232
  72130  5
  9P.S. I LOVE YOU
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15085
  6  6  519
10HEY JOE!
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 40036
10161310
11THE STORY OF THREE LOVES
    Jerry Murad–Mercury 70202
151822  5
12MANY TIMES
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5453
32  2
13I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5293
1210  622
14A DEAR JOHN LETTER
    Jean Shepard–Capitol 2502
    Pat O’Day–M-G-M 11566
14
 
11
 
19
 
  3
  7
15MY LOVE, MY LOVE
    Joni James–M-G-M 11543
161314  9
16I SEE THE MOON
    Mariners–Columbia 40047
192021  5
17C’EST SI BON (It’s So Good)
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5358
11121112
18RAGS TO RICHES
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40048
26  2
19WITH THESE HANDS
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5365
13  91014
20GAMBLER’S GUITAR
    Rusty Draper–Mercury 70167
18151211
21I LOVE PARIS
    Les Baxter & Orchestra–Capitol 2479
17252511
22RICOCHET (Rick-O-Shay)
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 61043
  1
23TILL THEY’VE ALL GONE HOME
    Joan Regan–London 1353
    Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1232
41
 
43
 
35
 
  5
 
24ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONET
    Stan Freberg–Capitol 2596
  1
25THE VELVET GLOVE
    Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter–RCA Victor 47-5405
20  2
26LOVE ME AGAIN
    Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-5424
  1
27YOU’RE FOOLING SOMEONE
    Joni James–M-G-M 11543
354238  8
28DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME
    Three Suns–RCA Victor 47-5347
252929  5
29LITTLE BLUE RIDING HOOD
    Stan Freberg–Capitol 2596
  1
30I WANT TO BE EVIL
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5442
  1
31THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Where Is Your Heart)
    Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 39944
45191828
32(Terry’s Theme From) “LIMELIGHT”
    Frank Chacksfield & Orchestra–London 1342
29272619
33TROPICANA
    Monty Kelly & Orchestra–Essex 325
22171512
34FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2560
243343  5
35RELAX
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5414
274740  6
36ALLEZ-VOUS-EN
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2464
21141718
37IN THE MISSION OF ST. AUGUSTINE
    Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 40061
  1
38ELAINE
    Henri Rene & Hugo Winterhalter–RCA Victor 47-5405
  1
39CARIBBEAN
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5414
3028  2
40GOD BLESS US ALL
    Brucie Weil–Barbour 451
    Jimmy Boyd–Columbia 40049
    Spike Jones & City Slickers–RCA Victor 47-5413
23
 
 
35
 
 
24
 
 
  8
  7
  6
41THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
    Monty Kelly & Orchestra–Essex 328
  1
42MY LOVE, MY LIFE, MY HAPPINESS
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5404
33  2
43CHICKA BOOM
    Guy Mitchell–Columbia 40035
402316  9
44A FOOL WAS I
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2540
434946  8
45I’D RATHER DIE YOUNG (Than Grow Old Without You)
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15085
47302718
46PROUD NEW FATHER
    Johnny Standley–Capitol 2569
3132  3
47TONIGHT, LOVE
    Bill Darnel–Decca 28706
2850  5
48LIGHTHOUSE
    Rusty Draper–Mercury 70188
342620  8
49NO STONE UNTURNED
    June Hutton–Capitol 2549
425047  5
50BUTTERFLIES
    Patti Page–Mercury 70183
37242811
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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