JANUARY 1951
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JANUARY 1951
2 1 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY
1 2 THE THING - Phil Harris - RCA
12 3 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
17 4 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
3 5 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA
6 6 A BUSHEL AND A PECK - Perry Como And Betty Hutton - RCA
5 7 THINKING OF YOU - Don Cherry - DECCA
4 8 HARBOR LIGHTS - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA
- 9 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA
- 10 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
8 11 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - Gene Autry - COLUMBIA
- 12 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
10 13 NEVERTHELESS (I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - Mills Brothers - DECCA
- 14 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA
- 15 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA
- 16 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA
- 17 IF - Perry Como - RCA
11 18 THINKING OF YOU - Eddie Fisher - RCA
- 19 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - Gene Autry - COLUMBIA
- 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Vic Damone - MERCURY
C&W TOP 10 JANUARY 1951
4 1 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA
1 2 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA
9 3 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
3 4 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
2 5 MOANIN' THE BLUES - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 6 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
- 7 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - PATTI PAGE - MERCURY
10 8 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - GENE AUTRY - COLUMBIA
- 9 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
- 10 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - GENE AUTRY - COLUMBIA
R&B TOP 10 JANUARY 1951
1 1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC
3 2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
4 3 Bad, Bad Whiskey - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN
2 4 ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC
- 5 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY
5 6 Oh Babe! - LARRY DARNELL - REGAL
- 7 OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES - LLOYD GLENN - SWINGTIME
- 8 LEMONADE - LOUIS JORDAN AND HIS TYMPANY FIVE - DECCA
8 9 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME - FATS DOMINO - IMPERIAL
- 10 TELEPHONE BLUES - FLOYD DIXON - MODERN
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR FEBRUARY 1951
1 1 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY
3 2 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
4 3 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
17 4 IF - Perry Como - RCA
16 5 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA
10 6 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
9 7 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA
14 8 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA
2 9 THE THING - Phil Harris - RCA
12 10 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
15 11 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA
- 12 I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT - Mel Blanc - CAPITOL
- 13 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 14 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Jimmy Wakely - CAPITOL
5 15 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA
5 15 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA
- 16 THE ROVING KIND - Weavers - DECCA
8 17 HARBOR LIGHTS - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA
- 18 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM
6 19 A BUSHEL AND A PECK - Perry Como And Betty Hutton - RCA
20 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Vic Damone - MERCURY
C&W TOP 10 FEBRUARY 1951
3 1 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
6 2 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
2 3 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA
1 4 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA
4 5 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
5 6 MOANIN' THE BLUES - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
9 7 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
- 8 HOT ROD RACE - JIMMIE DOLAN - CAPITOL
- 9 HOT ROD RACE - TINY HILL - MERCURY
- 10 (REMEMBER ME) I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU - STUART HAMBLEN - COLUMBIA
R&B TOP 10 FEBRUARY 1951
1 1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC
2 2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
3 3 Bad, Bad Whiskey - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN
5 4 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY
4 5 ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC
- 6 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
- 7 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca
- 8 LITTLE RED ROOSTER - GRIFFIN BROTHERS/MARGIE DAY - DOT
10 9 TELEPHONE BLUES - FLOYD DIXON - MODERN
9 10 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME - FATS DOMINO - IMPERIAL
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR MARCH 1951
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4 1 IF - Perry Como - RCA
3 2 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
1 3 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY
2 4 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
18 5 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM
- 6 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
5 7 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA
13 8 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 9 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY
6 10 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
7 11 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA
- 12 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
12 13 I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT - Mel Blanc - CAPITOL
- 14 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
- 15 BRING BACK THE THRILL - Eddie Fisher - RCA
- 16 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM
- 17 A PENNY A KISS - Tony Martin And Dinah Shore - RCA
8 18 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA
10 19 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
11 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA
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C&W TOP 10 MARCH 1951
2 1 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
1 2 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
- 3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
4 4 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA
3 5 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 6 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
7 7 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
- 8 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA
5 9 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
- 10 MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
R&B TOP 10 MARCH 1951
6 1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
4 2 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY
- 3 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
1 4 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC
2 5 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
- 6 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC
7 7 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca
8 8 LITTLE RED ROOSTER - GRIFFIN BROTHERS/MARGIE DAY - DOT
- 9 DO SOMETHING FOR ME - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
3 10 BAD, BAD WHISKEY - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR APRIL 1951
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1 1 IF - Perry Como - RCA
- 2 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
6 3 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
2 4 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
9 5 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 6 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA
5 7 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM
8 8 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY
16 9 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM
12 10 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
14 11 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
4 12 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
3 13 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY
3 13 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 14 HOT CANARY - Florian Zabach - DECCA
- 15 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
- 16 SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson & His "pops" Concert Orchestra - DECCA
- 17 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters - DECCA
7 18 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA
- 19 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
15 20 BRING BACK THE THRILL - Eddie Fisher - RCA
C&W TOP 10 APRIL 1951
3 1 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
1 2 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
2 3 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
6 4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
4 5 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 6 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
5 7 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA
7 8 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA
- 9 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - JIMMY WAKELY - CAPITOL
- 10 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
R&B TOP 10 APRIL 51
1 1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
2 2 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY
5 3 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
3 4 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
6 5 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC
- 6 I'LL WAIT FOR YOU - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC
- 7 GEE BABY - JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA - SAVOY
- 8 TENNESSEE WALTZ BLUES - STICK MCGHEE & HIS BUDDIES - ATLANTIC
7 9 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca
- 10 TEARS, TEARS, TEARS - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR MAY 1951
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2 1 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
6 2 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA
15 3 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
5 4 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY
3 5 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
- 6 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
4 7 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
9 8 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM
1 9 IF - Perry Como - RCA
- 10 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
19 11 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
- 12 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES - Bing And Gary Crosby - DECCA
- 13 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
16 14 SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson & His "pops" Concert Orchestra - DECCA
- 15 OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
7 16 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM
- 17 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
10 18 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
8 19 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 20 I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES - Arthur Godfrey & Laurie Anders - COLUMBIA
C&W TOP 10 MAY 1951
1 1 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
6 2 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
2 3 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
4 4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
3 5 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
10 6 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
9 7 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - JIMMY WAKELY - CAPITOL
- 8 THE STRANGE LITTLE GIRL - COWBOY COPAS - KING
5 9 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 10 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
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R&B TOP 10 MAY 51
1 1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
4 2 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY
- 3 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN
- 4 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS
- 5 I WILL WAIT - FOUR BUDDIES - SAVOY
- 6 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM
5 7 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC
2 8 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY
- 9 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL
8 10 TENNESSEE WALTZ BLUES - STICK MCGHEE & HIS BUDDIES - ATLANTIC
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JUNE 1951
1 1 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
3 2 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
2 3 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA
10 4 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
6 5 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
11 6 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
13 7 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
5 8 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
4 9 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 10 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
17 11 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
- 12 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page - MERCURY
7 13 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
8 14 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM
15 15 OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
- 16 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
- 17 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & His Orchestra Featuring April St - RCA
- 18 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Dennis Day - RCA
20 19 I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES - Arthur Godfrey & Laurie Anders - COLUMBIA
- 20 UNLESS - Eddie Fisher - RCA
R&B TOP 10 JUNE 51
4 1 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS
- 2 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
9 3 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL
- 4 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
3 5 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN
6 6 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM
- 7 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA
- 8 HOW HIGH THE MOON - LES PAUL & MARY FORD - CAPITOL
1 9 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
- 10 GEE BABY - JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA - SAVOY
C&W TOP 10 JUNE 1951
6 1 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
2 2 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
1 3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
10 4 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
4 5 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 6 BLUEBIRD ISLAND - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA
- 7 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA
- 8 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA
3 9 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
- 10 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JULY 1951
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2 1 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
4 2 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
- 3 COME ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
1 4 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
6 5 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
10 6 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
3 7 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA
- 8 SWEET VIOLETS - Dinah Shore - RCA
*7 9 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
16 10 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
5 11 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
17 12 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & His Orchestra Featuring April St - RCA
- 13 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
12 14 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page - MERCURY
11 15 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA
18 16 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Dennis Day - RCA
- 17 JOSEPHINE - Les Paul - CAPITOL
- 18 (WHY DID I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO) SHANGHAI - Doris Day - COLUMBIA
9 19 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY
13 20 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA
JULY 1951
C&W TOP 10
*1 1 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
10 2 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
3 3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 4 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
8 5 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA
- 6 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL
2 7 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
- 8 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 9 I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 10 BLUEBIRD ISLAND - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA
JULY 1951
R&B TOP 10
2 1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
*4 2 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
1 3 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS
7 4 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA
3 5 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL
5 6 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN
- 7 I WILL WAIT - FOUR BUDDIES - SAVOY
6 8 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM
- 9 CHICA BOO - LLOYD GLENN - SWINGTIME
- 10 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
AUGUST 1951
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3 1 COME ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
1 2 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
8 3 SWEET VIOLETS - Dinah Shore - RCA
13 4 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
5 5 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
2 6 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
6 7 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
10 8 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
4 9 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
18 10 (WHY DID I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO) SHANGHAI - Doris Day - COLUMBIA
12 11 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & His Orchestra Featuring April St - RCA
- 12 COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
17 13 JOSEPHINE - Les Paul - CAPITOL
7 14 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA
- 15 DETOUR - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 16 BELLE, BELLE, MY LIBERTY BELLE - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
- 17 WHISPERING - Les Paul - CAPITOL
9 18 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
- 19 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
- 20 BECAUSE OF YOU - Les Baxter And His Orchestra - CAPITOL
C&W TOP 10
2 1 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
1 2 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
7 3 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
4 4 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
3 5 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 6 ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES) - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
5 7 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA
- 8 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 9 (THERE'LL BE) PEACE IN THE VALLEY - RED FOLEY - DECCA
- 10 SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
AUG 1951
R&B TOP 10
1 1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
2 2 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
4 3 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder - RCA
10 4 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
1 5 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS
- 6 BLOODSHOT EYES - WYNONIE HARRIS - KING
- 7 THE THRILL IS GONE - ROY HAWKINS - MODERN
- 8 "T" 99 BLUES - JIMMY NELSON - RPM
5 9 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL
- 10 BIG TOWN - ROY BROWN - DELUXE
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR SEPTEMBER 1951
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4 1 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
1 2 COME ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
18 3 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
5 4 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
8 5 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
12 6 COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
2 7 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
3 8 SWEET VIOLETS - Dinah Shore - RCA
17 9 WHISPERING - Les Paul - CAPITOL
19 10 BECAUSE OF YOU - Les Baxter And His Orchestra - CAPITOL
16 11 BELLE, BELLE, MY LIBERTY BELLE - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
7 12 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA
- 13 DOWN YONDER - Del Wood - TENNESSEE
15 14 DETOUR - Patti Page - MERCURY
6 15 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
10 16 (WHY DID I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO) SHANGHAI - Doris Day - COLUMBIA
- 17 SIN - Four Aces - VICTORIA
- 18 AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 19 BECAUSE - Mario Lanza - RCA
- 20 SIN - Eddy Howard - MERCURY
C&W TOP 10
6 1 ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES) - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
1 2 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
2 3 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
3 4 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
4 5 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
8 6 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
9 7 (THERE'LL BE) PEACE IN THE VALLEY - RED FOLEY - DECCA
- 8 MR. MOON - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
- 9 UNWANTED SIGN UPON YOUR HEART - HANK SNOW - RCA
5 10 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA
R&B 10
1 1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
2 2 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
4 3 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
- 4 GLORY OF LOVE - FIVE KEYS - ALADDIN
- 5 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA
- 6 CASTLE ROCK - JOHNNY HODGES & HIS ORCHESTRA - MERCURY
- 7 T-TOWN TWIST - ROY MILTON - SPECIALTY
- 8 SMOOTH SAILING - ELLA FITZGERALD - DECCA
8 9 "T" 99 BLUES - JIMMY NELSON - RPM
6 10 BLOODSHOT EYES - WYNONIE HARRIS - KING
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR OCTOBER 1951
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1 1 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
6 2 COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
5 3 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
3 4 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
17 5 SIN - Four Aces - VICTORIA
20 6 SIN - Eddy Howard - MERCURY
4 7 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
13 8 DOWN YONDER - Del Wood - TENNESSEE
10 9 BECAUSE OF YOU - Les Baxter And His Orchestra - CAPITOL
- 10 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Eddie Fisher - RCA
9 11 WHISPERING - Les Paul - CAPITOL
2 12 COME ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA
18 13 AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 14 UNDECIDED - Ames Brothers And Les Brown And His Band Of R - CORAL
7 15 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
8 16 SWEET VIOLETS - Dinah Shore - RCA
- 17 (WHEN WE ARE DANCING) I GET IDEAS - Louis Armstrong - DECCA
- 18 (IT'S NO) SIN - Savannah Churchill - RCA
14 19 DETOUR - Patti Page - MERCURY
- 20 JUST ONE MORE CHANCE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
C&W TOP 10
1 1 ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES) - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
4 2 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
2 3 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
6 4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
3 5 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
9 6 UNWANTED SIGN UPON YOUR HEART - HANK SNOW - RCA
- 7 SLOW POKE - PEE WEE KING - RCA
5 8 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
8 9 MR. MOON - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
- 10 HEART STRINGS - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
R&B 10
1 1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
4 2 GLORY OF LOVE - FIVE KEYS - ALADDIN
3 3 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
2 4 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
5 5 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA
8 6 SMOOTH SAILING - ELLA FITZGERALD - DECCA
- 7 FOOL FOOL FOOL - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
- 8 I'M IN THE MOOD - JOHN LEE HOOKER - VEE JAY
- 9 I GOT LOADED - PEPPERMINT HARRIS - ALADDIN
9 10 "T" 99 BLUES - JIMMY NELSON - RPM
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR NOVEMBER 1951
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2 1 COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
1 2 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
6 3 SIN - Eddy Howard - MERCURY
3 4 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
5 5 SIN - Four Aces - VICTORIA
14 6 UNDECIDED - Ames Brothers And Les Brown And His Band Of R - CORAL
8 7 DOWN YONDER - Del Wood - TENNESSEE
18 8 (IT'S NO) SIN - Savannah Churchill - RCA
4 9 THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
10 10 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Eddie Fisher - RCA
- 11 JEALOUSY (JALOUSIE) - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
- 12 DOMINO - Tony Martin - RCA
13 13 AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN - Patti Page - MERCURY
20 14 JUST ONE MORE CHANCE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
- 15 DOWN YONDER - Joe 'Fingers' Carr - CAPITOL
9 16 BECAUSE OF YOU - Les Baxter And His Orchestra - CAPITOL
7 17 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA
17 18 (WHEN WE ARE DANCING) I GET IDEAS - Louis Armstrong - DECCA
11 19 WHISPERING - Les Paul - CAPITOL
- 20 SLOW POKE - Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys - RCA
TOP 10 C&W NOV. 1951
1 1 ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES) - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
7 2 SLOW POKE - PEE WEE KING - RCA
4 3 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
= 4 SOMEBODY'S BEEN BEATIN' MY TIME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
10 5 HEART STRINGS - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
2 6 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
3 7 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
- 8 TRAVELLIN' BLUES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
- 9 CRAZY HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 10 LET OLD MOTHER NATURE HAVE HER WAY - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
R&B TOP 10 NOVEMBER 1951
7 1 FOOL FOOL FOOL - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
2 2 GLORY OF LOVE - FIVE KEYS - ALADDIN
3 3 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
8 4 I'M IN THE MOOD - JOHN LEE HOOKER - VEE JAY
1 5 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
- 6 SEVEN LONG DAYS - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
9 7 I GOT LOADED - PEPPERMINT HARRIS - ALADDIN
- 8 FLAMINGO - EARL BOSTIC - KING
- 9 BECAUSE OF YOU - TAB SMITH HIS FABULOUS ALTO & ORCHESTRA - UNITED
5 10 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA
TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR DECEMBER 1951
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3 1 SIN - Eddy Howard - MERCURY
1 2 COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
11 3 JEALOUSY (JALOUSIE) - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA
2 4 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA
- 5 THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED - Johnnie Ray - OKEH
6 6 UNDECIDED - Ames Brothers And Les Brown And His Band Of R - CORAL
5 7 SIN - Four Aces - VICTORIA
- 8 SHRIMP BOATS - Jo Stafford - COLUMBIA
- 9 CRY - Johnnie Ray - OKEH
7 10 DOWN YONDER - Del Wood - TENNESSEE
20 11 SLOW POKE - Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys - RCA
12 12 DOMINO - Tony Martin - RCA
- 13 CHARMAINE - Mantovani And His Orchestra - LONDON
8 14 (IT'S NO) SIN - Savannah Churchill - RCA
4 15 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA
- 16 ANY TIME - Eddie Fisher - RCA
10 17 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Eddie Fisher - RCA
- 18 TELL ME WHY - Four Aces - DECCA
- 19 UNFORGETTABLE - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL
14 20 JUST ONE MORE CHANCE - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL
R&B DEC 1951
1 1 FOOL FOOL FOOL - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC
4 2 I'M IN THE MOOD - JOHN LEE HOOKER - VEE JAY
7 3 I GOT LOADED - PEPPERMINT HARRIS - ALADDIN
9 4 BECAUSE OF YOU - TAB SMITH HIS FABULOUS ALTO & ORCHESTRA - UNITED
8 5 FLAMINGO - EARL BOSTIC - KING
- 6 WEEPIN' AND CRYIN' - GRIFFIN BROTHERS - DOT
3 7 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC
- 8 COLD, COLD HEART - DINAH WASHINGTON - MERCURY
6 9 SEVEN LONG DAYS - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN
5 10 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL
C&W DEC 51
2 1 SLOW POKE - PEE WEE KING - RCA
10 2 LET OLD MOTHER NATURE HAVE HER WAY - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA
1 3 ALWAYS LATE (WITH YOUR KISSES) - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA
3 4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
4 5 SOMEBODY'S BEEN BEATIN' MY TIME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
- 6 MUSIC MAKIN' MAMA FROM MEMPHIS - HANK SNOW - RCA
5 7 HEART STRINGS - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA
9 8 CRAZY HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
6 9 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM
- 10 ALABAMA JUBILEE - RED FOLEY - DECCA