The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MAY 1, 1954
TW	TITLE | Artist–Label		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	WANTED     Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647		1	1	1	10
2	I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)     Four Knights–Capitol 2654		2	5	5	12
3	MAKE LOVE TO ME!     Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143		4	2	2	14
4	YOUNG-AT-HEART     Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703		3	3	4	13
5	CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE     Patti Page–Mercury 70302		6	6	6	11
6	SECRET LOVE     Doris Day–Columbia 40108		5	4	3	23
7	HERE     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665		9	9	10	7
8	THE MAN WITH THE BANJO     Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644		10	11	13	9
9	A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675		8	7	11	6
10	ANSWER ME, MY LOVE     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687		7	8	7	15
11	JILTED     Teresa Brewer–Coral 61152		11	14	19	5
12	LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT     Kitty Kallen–Decca 29037		18	25	—	3
13	THE MAN UPSTAIRS     Kay Starr–Capitol 2769		14	21	22	4
14	POOR BUTTERFLY     Hilltoppers–Dot 15156		15	19	47	5
15	THE HAPPY WANDERER     Frank Weir & Orchestra–London 1448     Henri Rene’s Musette–RCA Victor 47-5715		23	—	—	2
16	THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169		12	12	15	9
17	STRANGER IN PARADISE     Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121     Four Aces–Decca 28927     Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535		19	10	8	24 21 15
18	ISLE OF CAPRI     Gaylords–Mercury 70350		—	—	—	1
19	ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675		16	15	12	7
20	IT HAPPENS TO BE ME     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754		32	34	43	5
21	FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE     Gaylords–Mercury 70296     Hilltoppers–Dot 15127		13	13	9	14 13
22	CUDDLE ME     Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285		20	17	24	12
23	SUCH A NIGHT     Johnnie Ray–Columbia 40200     Bunny Paul–Essex 352		26	35	18	6
24	ALONE TOO LONG     Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754		21	—	—	2
25	MELANCHOLY ME     Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304     Smith Brothers–“X” 0003		33	20	30	8
26	SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL     Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610		28	31	16	14
27	MY SIN     Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70339		27	—	—	2
28	DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME     Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2787		—	—	—	1
29	THE KID’S LAST FIGHT     Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178		17	27	20	7
30	SOUTH     Les Paul–Capitol 2735		30	18	27	8
31	IF YOU LOVE ME (Really Love Me)     Kay Starr–Capitol 2769     Vera Lynn–London 1412		29	36	—	3
32	I SPEAK TO THE STARS     Doris Day–Columbia 40210		31	22	45	4
33	SOMEWHERE THERE IS SOMEONE     Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5691		40	—	—	2
34	GOIN’ LIKE WILD FIRE     Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine–Columbia 40198		38	—	—	2
35	LOST IN LOVELINESS     Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 11694     Doris Day–Columbia 40168		—	50	35	8
36	OH, THAT’LL BE JOYFUL     Four Lads–Columbia 40220     Bobby Wayne & Gene Baylos–Mercury 70346		—	—	—	1
37	WRAPPED UP IN A DREAM     Hilltoppers–Dot 15156		—	—	—	1
38	AMOR     Four Aces–Decca 29036		—	38	39	8
39	DREAM, DREAM, DREAM     Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-5677     Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 40185		22	—	—	2   1
40	ANGELA MIA     Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104     Ralph Flanagan & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5676		50	33	26	8   1
41	DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style)     Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5611		44	42	23	13
42	OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa)     Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5552     Eddie Calvert–Essex 336		25	26	14	23
43	GEE     Crows–Rama 5		24	28	32	12
44	I SHOULD CARE     Jeff Chandler–Decca 29004		39	24	—	3
45	TRUE LOVE GOES ON AND ON     Burl Ives–Decca 29088		—	—	—	1
46	GIMME A LITTLE KISS     Three Suns–RCA Victor 47-5711		—	—	—	1
47	HAVE A HEART     Julius LaRosa–Cadence 1237		—	44	34	4
48	FACE TO FACE     Gordon MacRae–Capitol 2760		42	—	—	2
49	TILL THEN     Hilltoppers–Dot 15132		37	16	17	16
50	BEER BARREL POLKA     Liberace–Columbia 40217		47	—	—	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.

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