List of number one hits in the US (1953)

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This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's 1953 US Best Sellers in Stores chart. There were nine number one singles and five number one that year Albums.

Singles

1952
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Period Where.
total
Interpreter Title
Author (s)
Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information)
December 27, 1952 - January 9, 1953
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Jimmy Boyd I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Tommie Connor
-
January 10, 1953 - February 13, 1953
5 weeks (total 5)
5 Perry Como & The Ramblers Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Slim Willet
-
February 14, 1953 - March 20, 1953
5 weeks (total 5)
5 Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis & His Orchestra Till I Waltz Again with You
Sidney Prosen
-
March 21, 1953 - May 15, 1953
8 weeks (8 in total)
8th Patti Page with Jack Rael & His Orchestra The Doggie in the Window
Bob Merrill
-
May 16, 1953 - July 24, 1953
10 weeks (total 10)
10 Percy Faith & His Orchestra feat. Felicia Sanders The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
Georges Auric , William Engvick
-
July 25, 1953 - August 7, 1953
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Eddie Fisher & Sally Sweetland with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra I'm Walking Behind You
Billy Reid
-
August 8, 1953 - October 9, 1953
9 weeks (9 in total)
9 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya con Dios (May God be with You)
Buddy Pepper, Inez James, Larry Russell
-
October 10, 1953 - November 6, 1953
4 weeks (4 in total)
4th Stan Freberg St. George and the Dragonet
Daws Butler , Stan Freberg , Walter Schumann
-
November 7, 1953 - November 20, 1953
2 weeks (total 11)
11 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya con Dios (May God be with You)
Buddy Pepper, Inez James, Larry Russell
-
November 21, 1953 - December 25, 1953
5 weeks (total 5)
5 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra Rags to Riches
Jerry Ross , Richard Adler
-

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Albums

33 ⅓

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Period Where.
total
Interpreter title Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
December 27, 1952 - February 13, 1953
7 weeks (8 in total)
8th Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Trio & Quartet 1937/38 Jazz Concert No. 2 -
February 14, 1953 - May 29, 1953
15 weeks (total of 15)
15th Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
May 30, 1953 - June 5, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
June 6, 1953 - June 12, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Mantovani & his Orchestra The Music of Victor Herbert -
June 13, 1953 - June 19, 1953
1 week (total 2)
2 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
June 20, 1953 - July 3, 1953
2 weeks (17 in total)
17th Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
July 4, 1953 - September 4, 1953
9 weeks (total 11)
11 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
September 5, 1953 - December 25, 1953
16 weeks (all in all -)
- no album charts - -

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45

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Period Where.
total
Interpreter title Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
December 27, 1952 - January 2, 1953
1 week (9 in total)
9 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra & Chorus I'm in the mood for love -
January 3, 1953 - January 9, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra & Chorus Christmas with Eddie Fisher -
January 10, 1953 - February 20, 1953
6 weeks (total of 15)
15th Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra & Chorus I'm in the mood for love -
February 21, 1952 - February 27, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Alfred Newman & the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra Stars and Stripes Forever - Recorded Directly from the Sound Track of the 20th Century-Fox Technicolor Musical -
February 28, 1953 - March 6, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
March 7, 1953 - March 13, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Alfred Newman & the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra Stars and Stripes Forever - Recorded Directly from the Sound Track of the 20th Century-Fox Technicolor Musical -
March 14, 1953 - April 3, 1953
3 weeks (4 in total)
4th Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
April 4, 1953 - April 17, 1953
2 weeks (total 2)
2 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
April 18, 1953 - April 24, 1953
1 week (total 1)
1 Arthur Godfrey & Various Artists Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show -
April 25, 1953 - May 29, 1953
5 weeks (9 in total)
9 Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
May 30, 1953 - June 5, 1953
1 week (total 3)
3 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
June 6, 1953 - June 12, 1953
1 week (total 10)
10 Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Sings Hans Christian Andersen -
June 13, 1953 - August 28, 1953
11 weeks (total 14)
14th Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only -
September 5, 1953 - December 25, 1953
16 weeks (all in all -)
- no album charts - -

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Annual hit parades

1952
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Singles position# Albums
The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra feat. Felicia Sanders
Georges Auric , William Engvick
1 ...
Vaya con Dios (May God be with You)
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Buddy Pepper, Inez James, Larry Russell
2 ...
The Doggie in the Window
Patti Page with Jack Rael & His Orchestra
Bob Merrill
3 ...
I'm Walking Behind You
Eddie Fisher & Sally Sweetland with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
Billy Reid
4th ...
You, You, You
The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
Lotar Olias , Robert Mellin
5 ...
Till I Waltz Again with You
Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis & His Orchestra
Sidney Prosen
6th ...
April in Portugal
Les Baxter & His Orchestra
Raul Ferrão
7th ...
No Other Love
Perry Como
Richard Rodgers , Oscar Hammerstein
8th ...
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Perry Como & The Ramblers
Slim Willet
9 ...
I Believe
Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman
10 ...

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Discogs (Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus)
  2. Discogs (Perry Como & The Ramblers - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes)
  3. Discogs (Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis & His Orchestra - Till I Waltz Again with You)
  4. Discogs (Patti Page with Jack Rael & His Orchestra - The Doggie in the Window)
  5. Discogs (Percy Faith & His Orchestra feat. Felicia Sanders - The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart))
  6. Discogs (Eddie Fisher & Sally Sweetland with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - I'm Walking Behind You)
  7. Discogs (Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (May God be With You))
  8. Discogs (Stan Freberg - St. George and the Dragonet)
  9. Discogs (Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Rags to Riches)
  10. Discogs (Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Trio & Quartet - 1937/1938 Jazz Concert No. 2)
  11. Discogs (Jackie Gleason - Music For Lovers Only)
  12. Discogs (Mantovani & his Orchestra - The Music of Victor Herbert)
  13. Discogs (Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter & his Orchestra & Chorus - Christmas with Eddie Fisher)
  14. Discogs (Alfred Newman & the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra - Stars and Stripes Forever - Recorded Directly from the Sound Track of the 20th Century-Fox Technicolor Musical)
  15. Discogs (Arthur Godfrey & Various Artists - Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show)

See also: Number one hits in 1953 in Australia , Germany and the United Kingdom .