The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending APRIL 17, 1954
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	WANTED     Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647		1	4	3	8
2	MAKE LOVE TO ME!     Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143		2	2	2	12
3	YOUNG-AT-HEART     Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703		4	5	5	11
4	SECRET LOVE     Doris Day–Columbia 40108		3	1	1	21
5	I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)     Four Knights–Capitol 2654		5	3	6	10
6	CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE     Patti Page–Mercury 70302		6	6	8	9
7	A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675		11	10	16	4
8	ANSWER ME, MY LOVE     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687		7	7	10	13
9	HERE     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665		10	14	21	5
10	STRANGER IN PARADISE     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121     Four Aces–Decca 28927     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535		8	9	4	22 19 13
11	THE MAN WITH THE BANJO     Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644		13	16	26	7
12	THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169		15	17	18	7
13	FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE     Gaylords–Mercury 70296     Hilltoppers–Dot 15127		9	8	7	12 11
14	JILTED     Teresa Brewer–Coral 61152		19	30	—	3
15	ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675		12	12	29	5
16	TILL THEN     Hilltoppers–Dot 15132		17	15	15	14
17	CUDDLE ME     Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285		24	28	24	10
18	SOUTH     Les Paul–Capitol 2735		27	29	19	6
19	POOR BUTTERFLY     Hilltoppers–Dot 15156		47	50	—	3
20	MELANCHOLY ME     Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304     Smith Brothers–“X” 0003		30	32	22	6
21	THE MAN UPSTAIRS     Kay Starr–Capitol 2769		22	—	—	2
22	I SPEAK TO THE STARS     Doris Day–Columbia 40210		45	—	—	2
23	AM I IN LOVE     Joni James–M-G-M 11696		36	31	37	4
24	I SHOULD CARE     Jeff Chandler–Decca 29004		—	—	—	1
25	LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT     Kitty Kallen–Decca 29037		—	—	—	1
26	OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5552     Eddie Calvert–Essex 336		14	11	9	21
27	THE KID’S LAST FIGHT     Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178		20	25	33	5
28	GEE     Crows–Rama 5		32	22	36	10
29	SO LONG     Four Aces–Decca 29036		29	—	32	4
30	HEY BROTHER, POUR THE WINE     Dean Martin–Capitol 2749		—	41	—	2
31	SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL     Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610		16	13	23	12
32	TILL WE TWO ARE ONE     Georgie Shaw–Decca 28937		25	21	13	14
33	ANGELA MIA     Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104		26	23	31	6
34	IT HAPPENS TO BE ME     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754		43	37	—	3
35	SUCH A NIGHT     Johnnie Ray–Columbia 40200     Bunny Paul–Essex 352		18	26	28	4
36	IF YOU LOVE ME (Really Love Me)     Kay Starr–Capitol 2769     Vera Lynn–London 1412		—	—	—	1
37	CRAZY MIXED-UP SONG     Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy–Essex 353		—	49	—	2
38	AMOR     Four Aces–Decca 29036		39	24	20	7
39	LATIN LADY     Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5655		—	—	—	1
40	CHANGING PARTNERS     Patti Page–Mercury 70260		31	19	11	22
41	THAT’S AMORE     Dean Martin–Capitol 2589		33	20	14	24
42	DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style)     Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5611		23	18	12	11
43	TWO PURPLE SHADOWS     Jerry Vale–Columbia 40131		49	36	49	8
44	HAVE A HEART     Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1237		34	38	—	3
45	I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW     Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2735		38	33	43	4
46	MAYBE NEXT TIME     Joni James–M-G-M 11696		40	34	47	5
47	BELL BOTTOM BLUES     Teresa Brewer–Coral 61066		28	43	27	13
48	THE GANG THAT SANG “HEART OF MY HEART”     Four Aces–Decca 28927     Don Cornell, Alan Dale & Johnny Desmond–Coral 61076		37	27	17	23
49	HEIDELBERG     Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5655		21	—	44	3
50	LOST IN LOVELINESS     Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 11694     Doris Day–Columbia 40168		35	40	25	7

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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