The Top Thirty
Music of 1954
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Hernando's Hideaway (instrumental) Archie Bleyer |
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Hey There Rosemary Clooney |
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I need You Now Eddie Fisher |
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Little Things Mean A Lot Kitty Kallan |
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Make Love to Me! Jo Stafford |
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Mr. Sandman The Chordettes |
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Secret Love Doris Day |
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Sh-Boom Crew-Cuts |
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This Ole House Rosemary Clooney |
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Three Coins In the Fountain The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts |
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Wanted Perry Como |
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| These Songs were Number "2" on the Charts | |||
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Cross Over the Bridge Patti Page |
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Hearts Of Stone Fontane Sisters |
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Hold My Hand Don Cornell |
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I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) The Four Knights |
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The Little Shoemaker The Gaylords |
Melody of Love (instrumental) Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra | |
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Shake, Rattle and Roll Joe Turner |
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Stranger In Paradise Tony Bennett |
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Teach Me Tonight The DeCastro Sisters Frank Sinatra |
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That's All Right Elvis Presley |
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Young-At-Heart Frank Sinatra |
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| These Songs were Number "3" on the Charts | |||
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If I Give My Heart To You Doris Day |
Skokiaan (instrumental) Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra | |
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That's All I Want from You Jaye P. Morgan |
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| These Songs were Number "4" on the Charts | |||
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The Happy Wanderer Frank Weir |
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The High and the Mighty Les Baxter & His Orchestra |
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If You Love Me (Really Love Me) Kay Starr |
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In the Chapel in the Moonlight Kitty Kallen |
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Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como |
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| These Songs were Number "5" on the Charts | |||
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Count Your Blessings Eddie Fisher |
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Here Tony Martin |
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Sh-Boom The Chords |
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| These Songs were Number "6" on the Charts | |||
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A Girl, A Girl (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella) Eddie Fisher |
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Answer Me, My Love Nat "King" Cole | |
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The High and the Mighty (instrumental) Victor Young & His Orchestra |
I Understand (Just How You Feel) The Four Tunes |
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I'm a Fool to Care Les Paul & Mary Ford |
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Jilted Teresa Brewer |
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Make Yourself Comfortable Sarah Vaughan |
The Man with the Banjo The Ames Brothers |
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(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More The DeJohn Sisters |
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| These Songs were Number "7" on the Charts | |||
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A Girl, A Girl Georgie Shaw |
At the Darktown Strutters Ball (Italian Style) Lou Monte | ||
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From the Vine Came the Grape The Gaylords Mercury |
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Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight The McGuire Sisters |
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The Man Upstairs Kay Starr |
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Shake, Rattle and Roll Bill Haley & His Comets |
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Skokiaan (South African Song) The Four Lads |
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Tony Bennett |
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They Were Doin' the Mambo Vaughn Monroe |
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'Till We Two Are One Georgie Shaw | |
| These Songs were Number "8" on the Charts | |||
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Cinnamon Sinner Tony Bennett |
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Crazy 'Bout Ya Baby The Crew-Cuts |
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The Green Years Eddie Fisher |
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(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays Perry Como |
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I Understand (Just How You Feel) June Valli |
Steam Heat Patti Page |
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| These Songs were Number "9" on the Charts | |||
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What It Was, Was Football (Parts I & II) Andy Griffith |
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| These Songs were Number "10" on the Charts | |||
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Cara Mia David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra |
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Mambo Italiano Rosemary Clooney |
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Muskrat Ramble The McGuire Sisters |
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Smile Nat "King" Cole |
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Stranger In Paradise Tony Martin |
Till Then The Hilltoppers |
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What A Dream Patti Page |
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Whither Thou Goest Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| These Songs were Number "11" on the Charts | |||
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I Really Don't Want to Know Les Paul & Mary Ford |
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It's A Woman's World The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts |
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| These Songs were Number "12" on the Charts | |||
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Changing Partners Dinah Shore |
Joey Betty Madigan |
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Poor Butterfly The Hilltoppers |
Thank You for Calling Jo Stafford | |
| These Songs were Number "13" on the Charts | |||
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Cuddle Me Ronnie Gaylord |
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I Cried Patti Page |
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Oop-Shoop The Crew-Cuts |
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| These Songs were Number "14" on the Charts | |||
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Anema E Core (With All My Heart and Soul) Eddie Fisher |
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Gee The Crows |
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Hajji Baba (Persian Lament) Nat "King" Cole |
Isle of Capri The Gaylords |
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Mood Indigo (instrumental) The Norman Petty Trio |
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Some Day Frankie Laine | |
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That's What I Like Don, Dick & Jimmy |
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| These Songs were Number "15" on the Charts | |||
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Hit and Run Affair Perry Como |
(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin' The Cheers |
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My Friend Eddie Fisher |
Point Of Order Stan Freberg & Daws Butler |
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Sway Dean Martin |
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| These Songs were Number "16" on the Charts | |||
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The Honeymoon's Over "Tennessee" Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton |
I Speak to the Stars Doris Day | ||
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It Happens To Be Me Nat "King" Cole |
Melancholy Me Eddy Howard & His Orchestra |
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Off Shore Richard Hayman |
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Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell Eartha Kitt |
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Tell Me, Tell Me June Valli |
With All My Heart and Soul Jose Ferrer | ||
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Woman (Uh-Huh) Jose Ferrer |
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| These Songs were Number "17" on the Charts | |||
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Bell Bottom Blues Teresa Brewer |
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Don't Worry 'bout Me Frank Sinatra |
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Dream The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts |
Fortune in Dreams Kay Starr |
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Grenada Frankie Laine |
If I Didn't Care The Hilltoppers | |
| These Songs were Number "18" on the Charts | |||
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Gilly Gill The Four Lads |
Happy Days and Lonely Nights The Fontane Sisters | ||
| These Songs were Number "19" on the Charts | |||
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Make Her Mine Nat "King" Cole |
Mandolino (instrumental) Les Paul & Mary Ford | ||
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Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) (instrumental) David Whitfield |
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Such a Night Johnnie Ray | |
| These Songs were Number "20" on the Charts | |||
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The Kid's Last Fight Frankie Laine |
Lovin' Spree Eartha Kitt |
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Runaround The Three Chuckles |
Sadie Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues) (instrumental) Richard Hayman |
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Two Purple Shadows Jerry Vale |
Y'all Come Bing Crosby |
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| These Songs were Number "21" on the Charts | |||
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Always You Betty Madigan |
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I Could Have Told You Frank Sinatra | |
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The Gal That Got Away Frank Sinatra |
My Restless Lover Patti Page | |
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Rain, Rain, Rain Frankie Laine & The Four Lads |
Somewhere There Is Someone Lou Monte | |
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St. Louis Blues Mambo (instrumental) Richard Maltby & His Orchestra |
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There Never Was A Night So Beautiful Perry Como |
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| These Songs were Number "22" on the Charts | |||
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Am I a Toy or a Treasure? Kay Starr |
The Magic Tango Hugo Winterhalter |
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Skinnie Minnie (Fish Tail) Teresa Brewer |
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The Things I Didn't Do Perry Como |
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'till We Two Are One Eddy Howard & His Orchestra |
You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me The Mills Brothers |
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Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up that Old Gang of Mine) The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts |
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| These Songs were Number "23" on the Charts | |||
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Half As Lovely Frank Sinatra |
I Want You All to Myself Kitty Kallen |
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Love I You (You I Love) The Gaylords |
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Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket Dean Martin |
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Our Heartbreaking Waltz Teresa Brewer |
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Things That I Used to Do Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones |
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Yours (Quireme Mucho) Dick Contino |
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| These Songs were Number "24" on the Charts | |||
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I Spoke Too Soon Crew-Cuts |
Look Out The Window (And See How I'm Standing In The Rain) Perry Como | ||
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The Mama Doll Song Patti Page |
Moonlight and Roses (instrumental) The Three Suns | ||
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You're Just In Love Rosemary Clooney |
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| These Songs were Number "25" on the Charts | |||
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Christmas Alphabet The McGuire Sisters |
The Creep (instrumental) Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra |
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How Blue ? The Mills Brothers |
Song Of The Barefoot Contessa Hugo Winterhalter |
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Time Waits for No One The Hilltoppers |
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You'd Be Surprised Johnnie Ray |
| These Songs were Number "26" on the Charts | |||
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A Carnival in Venice The Mills Brothers |
To Ev'ry Girl - To Ev'ry Boy Johnnie Ray |
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| These Songs were Number "27" on the Charts | |||
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She Was Five and He Was Ten The Mills Brothers |
Stardust Mambo (instrumental) Richard Maltby & His Orchestra | ||
| These Songs were Number "28" on the Charts | |||
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Land of Dreams (instrumental) Hugo Winterhalter |
The Lonesome Polecat The McGuire Sisters |
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Mecque, Mecque The Gaylords |
Pass the Jam, Sam Dinah Shore | |
| These Songs were Number "29" on the Charts | |||
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I Live Each Day Jerry Vale |
On the Alamo (instrumental) The Norman Petty Trio |
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Someone Else's Love Song Georgie Shaw |
Unforgettable Dick Hyman |
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We'll Meet Again Vera Lynn |
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| These Songs were Number "30" on the Charts | |||
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Happy Christmas, Little Friend Rosemary Clooney |
The Heat's On Rita Hayworth & Jose Ferrer |
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I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango Patti Page |
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I Hear You Knocking Vera Lynn | |
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Indiscretion Jo Stafford |
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It Worries Me Frank Sinatra | |
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Italian Hucklebuck Lou Monte |
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River of No Return Marilyn Monroe | |
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Veni-Vidi-Vici (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered) The Gaylords | ||
Updated 27 Jan 2007