The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending MAY 8, 1954
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1WANTED
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647
  1  1  111
  2YOUNG-AT-HEART
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703
  4  3  314
  3I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)
    Four Knights–Capitol 2654
  2  2  513
  4MAKE LOVE TO ME!
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143
  3  4  215
  5CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE
    Patti Page–Mercury 70302
  5  6  612
  6A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
  9  8  7  7
  7LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
    Kitty Kallen–Decca 29037
121825  4
  8ANSWER ME, MY LOVE
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687
10  7  816
  9HERE
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665
  7  9  9  8
10SECRET LOVE
    Doris Day–Columbia 40108
  6  5  424
11THE MAN WITH THE BANJO
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644
  8101110
12JILTED
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 61152
111114  6
13THE MAN UPSTAIRS
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
131421  5
14THE HAPPY WANDERER
    Frank Weir & Orchestra–London 1448
    Henri Rene’s Musette–RCA Victor 47-5715
15
 
23
 

 
  3
 
15CUDDLE ME
    Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285
22201713
16ISLE OF CAPRI
    Gaylords–Mercury 70350
18  2
17IF YOU LOVE ME (Really Love Me)
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
    Vera Lynn–London 1412
31
 
29
 
36
 
  4
 
18POOR BUTTERFLY
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15156
141519  6
19THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169
16121210
20ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
191615  8
21I SPEAK TO THE STARS
    Doris Day–Columbia 40210
323122  5
22I SHOULD CARE
    Jeff Chandler–Decca 29004
443924  4
23IT HAPPENS TO BE ME
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754
203234  6
24FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE
    Gaylords–Mercury 70296
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15127
21
 
13
 
13
 
15
14
25UNTIL YESTERDAY (Non E La Pioggia)
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40213
  1
26SOUTH
    Les Paul–Capitol 2735
303018  9
27ANGELA MIA
    Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104
    Ralph Flanagan & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5676
40
 
50
 
33
 
  9
  2
28ALONE TOO LONG
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754
2421  3
29LOST IN LOVELINESS
    Billy Eckstine–M-G-M 11694
    Doris Day–Columbia 40168
35
 

 
50
 
  9
 
30SOMEWHERE THERE IS SOMEONE
    Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5691
3340  3
31TRUE LOVE GOES ON AND ON
    Burl Ives–Decca 29088
45  2
32DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2787
28  2
33GEE
    Crows–Rama 5
43242813
34YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
    Roy Hamilton–Epic 9015
  3
35MELANCHOLY ME
    Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304
    Smith Brothers–“X” 0003
25
 
33
 
20
 
  9
 
36SUCH A NIGHT
    Johnnie Ray–Columbia 40200
    Bunny Paul–Essex 352
23
 
26
 
35
 
  7
 
37THE KID’S LAST FIGHT
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178
291727  8
38MY SIN
    Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70339
2727  3
39I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2787
  1
40WRAPPED UP IN A DREAM
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15156
37  2
41LOVE I YOU
    Gaylords–Mercury 70350
  1
42CRAZY ’BOUT YA BABY
    Crew-Cuts–Mercury 70341
  1
43I WAS MEANT FOR YOU
    Four Knights–Capitol 2782
  1
44PRETTY AS A RAINBOW
    Harry Belafonte–RCA Victor 47-5722
  1
45THE ZOO
    Johnny Desmond–Coral 61153
  1
46STRANGER IN PARADISE
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121
    Four Aces–Decca 28927
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535
17
 
 
19
 
 
10
 
 
25
22
16
47SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610
26283115
48DREAM, DREAM, DREAM
    Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-5677
    Percy Faith & Orchestra–Columbia 40185
39
 
22
 

 
  3
  2
49AMOR
    Four Aces–Decca 29036
3838  9
50BEER BARREL POLKA
    Liberace–Columbia 40217
5047  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.
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