The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MARCH 20, 1954
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	SECRET LOVE     Doris Day–Columbia 40108		1	1	3	17
2	MAKE LOVE TO ME!     Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143		4	4	8	8
3	STRANGER IN PARADISE     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121     Four Aces–Decca 28927     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535		2	3	1	18 15   9
4	FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE     Gaylords–Mercury 70296     Hilltoppers–Dot 15127		3	6	5	8   7
5	OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5552     Eddie Calvert–Essex 336		6	2	2	17
6	WANTED     Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647		14	16	21	4
7	YOUNG-AT-HEART     Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703		15	11	11	7
8	I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)     Four Knights–Capitol 2654		7	15	20	6
9	CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE     Patti Page–Mercury 70302		11	19	23	5
10	DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style)     Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5611		9	9	12	7
11	CHANGING PARTNERS     Patti Page–Mercury 70260		8	7	6	18
12	THAT’S AMORE     Dean Martin–Capitol 2589		5	5	4	20
13	ANSWER ME, MY LOVE     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687		16	14	16	9
14	THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169		18	20	—	3
15	THE GANG THAT SANG “HEART OF MY HEART”     Four Aces–Decca 28927     Don Cornell, Alan Dale & Johnny Desmond–Coral 61076		12	8	9	19
16	TILL WE TWO ARE ONE     Georgie Shaw–Decca 28937		10	12	13	10
17	TILL THEN     Hilltoppers–Dot 15132		13	10	7	10
18	SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL     Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610     Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70298		19	24	15	8
19	SOUTH     Les Paul–Capitol 2735		29	—	—	2
20	SO LONG     Four Aces–Decca 29036		—	—	—	1
21	WOMAN (Uh-Huh)     Jose Ferrer–Columbia 40144     Johnny Desmond–Coral 61069		17	13	10	7 15
22	HERE     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665		—	—	—	1
23	THE MAN WITH THE BANJO     Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644		21	29	—	3
24	THE JONES BOY     Mills Brothers–Decca 28945		22	21	14	15
25	BELL BOTTOM BLUES     Teresa Brewer–Coral 61066		31	18	22	9
26	LOVIN’ SPREE     Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610     Eddie Hill–RCA Victor 47-5642		36	30	17	8   3
27	ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675		—	—	—	1
28	MAN, MAN, IS FOR THE WOMAN MADE     Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644		37	25	35	4
29	CUDDLE ME     Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285		24	33	25	6
30	MAN (Uh-Huh)     Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 40144		25	26	27	7
31	GEE     Crows–Rama 5		20	28	29	6
32	MELANCHOLY ME     Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304     Smith Brothers–“X” 0003		38	—	—	2
33	MAYBE NEXT TIME     Joni James–M-G-M 11696		—	—	—	1
34	HOLD ’EM JOE     Harry Belafonte–RCA Victor 47-5617		42	45	41	4
35	AMOR     Four Aces–Decca 29036		48	40	—	3
36	FANCY PANTS     David Carroll & Orchestra–Mercury 70292		35	50	—	3
37	THE KID’S LAST FIGHT     Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178		—	—	—	1
[38]	LOST IN LOVELINESS     Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 11694     Doris Day–Columbia 40168		47	36	—	3
39	BELLA BELLA DONNA     Sammy Kaye & “Swing And Sway” Orchestra–Columbia 40151		—	—	39	2
40	HOLD ME     Don Cornell–Coral 61125		40	27	43	5
41	MY RESTLESS LOVER     Patti Page–Mercury 70302		46	34	28	5
42	MY BABY ROCKS ME     Rosemary Clooney–Columbia 40142		43	43	46	6
43	THE CREEP     Three Suns–RCA Victor 47-5553		23	23	24	12
44	I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EYES     Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1235		28	31	31	5
45	Y’ALL COME     Bing Crosby–Decca 28969		45	32	33	6
46	RICOCHET (Rick-O-Shay)     Teresa Brewer–Coral 61043		26	17	18	25
47	PINE TREE, PINE OVER ME     Johnny Desmond, Eileen Barton & McGuire Sisters–Coral 61126		27	—	—	2
48	TWO PURPLE SHADOWS     Jerry Vale–Columbia 40131		30	41	26	4
49	ANGELA MIA     Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104		32	—	—	2
50	CRYSTAL BALL     Johnston Brothers–London 1423		50	35	—	3

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. SPECIAL NOTE: Position #38 was omitted from the original chart for this week. The title listed above in that position is an estimate, based on its positions on the previous and following weeks’ charts.

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