1950
Hits Of The Year
1.
Goodnight Irene---Gordon
Jenkins & The Weavers
2. Mona
Lisa---Nat King Cole
3. Third
Man Theme---Anton Karas
4. Sam's
Song---Gary & Bing Crosby
5. Simple
Melody---Gary & Bing Crosby
6. Music,
Music, Music---Teresa Brewer
7. Third
Man Theme---Guy Lombardo
8. Chattanoogie
Shoe Shine Boy---Red Foley
9. Harbor
Lights---Sammy Kaye
10. It Isn't
Fair---Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell
11. If I
Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake---Eileen Barton
12. Bonaparte's
Retreat---Kay Starr
13. Tzena,
Tzena, Tzena---Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
14. There's
No Tomorrow---Tony Martin
15. The
Thing---Phil Harris
16. Sentimental
Me---Ames Brothers
17. I Wanna
Be Loved---Andrews Sisters & Gordon Jenkins
18. Tennessee
Waltz---Patti Page
19. I Can
Dream, Can't I---Andrews Sisters & Gordon Jenkins
20. I'll
Never Be Free---Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr
21. All
My Love---Patti Page
22. My Foolish
Heart---Gordon Jenkins
23. Rag
Mop---Ames Brothers
24. Bewitched---Bill
Snyder
25. Hoop
Dee Do---Perry Como
26. Bewitched---Gordon
Jenkins
27. Can
Anyone Explain?---Ames Brothers
28. My Foolish
Heart---Billy Eckstine
29. Dear
Hearts And Gentle People---Bing Crosby
30. Cry
Of The Wild Goose---Frankie Laine
1951
Hits Of The Year
1. Too
Young---Nat King Cole
2. Because
Of You---Tony Bennett
3. How
High The Moon---Les Paul & Mary Ford
4. Come
On-a My House---Rosemary Clooney
5. Be
My Love---Mario Lanza
6. On
Top Of Old Smoky---Weavers
7. Cold,
Cold Heart---Tony Bennett
8. If---Perry
Como
9. Loveliest
Night Of The Year---Mario Lanza
10. Tennessee
Waltz---Patti Page
11. Jezebel---Frankie
Laine
12. I
Get Ideas---Tony Martin
13. Mockin'
Bird Hill---Les Paul & Mary Ford
14. Mockin'
Bird Hill---Patti Page
15. My
Heart Cries For You---Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller
16. (It's
No) Sin---Eddy Howard
17. Sound
Off---Vaughn Monroe
18. Sweet
Violets---Dinah Shore
19. The
World Is Waiting For The Sunrise---Les Paul & Mary Ford
20. My
Truly, Truly Fair---Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller
21. (It's
No) Sin---Four Aces & Al Alberta
22. Aba
Daba Honeymoon---Debbie Reynolds & Carlton Carpenter
23. Rose,
Rose I Love You---Frankie Laine
24. Down
Yonder---Del Wood
25. I
Apologize---Billy Eckstine
26. Would
I Love You---Patti Page
27. You're
Just In Love---Perry Como
28. Undecided---Ames
Brothers & Les Brown
29. The
Thing---Phil Harris
30. Because
Of You---Les Baxter
1952
Hits Of The Year
1. Blue
Tango---Leroy Anderson
2. Wheel
Of Fortune---Kay Starr
3. Cry---Johnnie
Ray
4. You Belong
To Me---Jo Stafford
5. Auf Wiederseh'n,
Sweetheart---Vera Lynn
6. Half
As Much---Rosemary Clooney
7. Wish
You Were Here---Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter
8. I Went
To Your Wedding---Patti Page
9. Here
In My Heart---Al Martino
10. Delicado---Percy
Faith
11. Kiss
Of Fire---Georgia Gibbs
12. Any
Time---Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter
13. Tell
Me Why---Four Aces
14. Blacksmith
Blues---Ella Mae Morse
15. Jambalaya---Jo
Stafford
16. Botch-a-me---Rosemary
Clooney
17. A Guy
Is A Guy---Doris Day
18. The
Little White Cloud That Cried---Johnnie Ray
19. High
Noon---Frankie Laine
20. I'm
Yours---Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter
21. Glow
Worm---Mills Brothers
22. It's
In The Book---Johnny Standley
23. Slow
Poke---Pee Wee King
24. Walkin'
My Baby Back Home---Johnnie Ray
25. Meet
Mr. Callaghan---Les Paul
26. I'm
Yours---Don Cornell
27. I'll
Walk Alone---Don Cornell
28. Tell
Me Why---Eddie Fisher & Hugo Winterhalter
29. Trying---Hilltoppers
30. Please,
Mr. Sun---Johnnie Ray
1953
Hits Of The Year
1. Song
From Moulin Rouge---Percy Faith
2. Vaya
Con Dios---Les Paul & Mary Ford
3. Doggie
In The Window---Patti Page
4. I'm Walking
Behind You---Eddie Fisher
5. You,
You, You---Ames Brothers
6. Till
I Waltz Again With You---Teresa Brewer
7. April
In Portugal---Les Baxter
8. No Other
Love---Perry Como
9. Don't
Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes---Perry Como
10. I Believe---Frankie
Laine
11. Oh---Pee
Wee Hunt
12. Ebb
Tide---Frank Chacksfield
13. Pretend---Nat
King Cole
14. Ruby---Richard
Hayman
15. St.
George And The Dragonet---Stan Freberg
16. P.S.:
I Love You---Hilltoppers
17. Tell
Me You're Mine---Gaylords
18. Eh Cumpari---Julius
La Rosa
19. Rags
To Riches---Tony Bennett
20. Anna---Silvano
Mangano
21. Say
You're Mine Again---Perry Como
22. Dragnet---Ray
Anthony
23. Tell
Me A Story---Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd
24. Crying
In The Chapel---June Valli
25. Why
Don't You Believe Me---Joni James
26. Your
Cheating Heart---Joni James
27. Limelight
(Terry's Theme)---Frank Chacksfield
28. With
These Hands---Eddie Fisher
29. C'est
Si Bon---Eartha Kitt
30. Have
You Heard?---Joni James
1954
Hits Of The Year
1. Little
Things Mean A Lot---Kitty Kallen
2. Wanted---Perry
Como
3. Hey There---Rosemary
Clooney
4. Sh-Boom---Crew
Cuts
5. Make
Love To Me---Jo Stafford
6. Oh! My
Pa-pa---Eddie Fisher
7. I Get
So Lonely---Four Knights
8. Three
Coins In The Fountain---Four Aces
9. Secret
Love---Doris Day
10. Hernando's
Hideaway---Archie Bleyer
11. Young
At Heart---Frank Sinatra
12. This
Ole House---Rosemary Clooney
13. I Need
You Now---Eddie Fisher
14. Cross
Over The Bridge---Patti Page
15. The
Little Shoemaker---Gaylords
16. That's
Amore---Dean Martin
17. The
Happy Wanderer---Frank Weir
18. Answer
Me My Love---Nat King Cole
19. Stranger
In Paradise---Tony Bennett
20. If I
Give My Heart To You---Doris Day
21. If You
Love Me (Really Love Me)---Kay Starr
22. Skokiaan---Ralph
Marterie
23. Hold
My Hand---Don Cornell
24. Changing
Partners---Patti Page
25. Papa
Loves Mambo---Perry Como
26. Shake,
Rattle And Roll---Bill Haley & His Comets
27. Rags
To Riches---Tony Bennett
28. In The
Chapel In The Moonlight---Kitty Kallen
29. Stranger
In Paradise---Four Aces
30. Here---Tony
Martin
TRIVIA of the 50's
The answers to the questions below can be discovered
in the charts from 1950 to 1954... Have fun...
- Who Invented the overdub, the technique of recording one piece of music
or voice over top of another without erasing the original? His name appears
on the charts above. He invented it using his guitar.
- Which artist listed above was partially deaf but was very successful with
his very unique song styling's? He was partially deaf since childhood and
began wearing a hearing aid at age 14. In 1951 singer LaVern Baker and her
manager Al Green helped him with his music. He signed a contract with Okeh
records that year.
- Pete Seeger helped form a group in 1947 that went on to have many hits
in the early 50's. What was that group?
- Born _____ Mary Ann von Kappelhoff on April 3, 1924 in Evanston, Ohio
is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious
blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses
of the 1950s and 1960s. She is well represented on the Hits of the year
charts of the early 50's. What is her stage name?
- Princess Leia, the darling of Star Wars was played by the daughter of
a very successful early 50's singer. Who is he?
- San Francisco got it's most famous song through the song stylings of this
artist who had many hits in the early 50's and still sings today.
