List of the best-selling singles in the USA (1954)
The list of the best-selling singles in the USA in 1954 was determined by Billboard (magazine) according to the best sellers in stores charts (sales charts).
The data was supplemented from other sources with information on composers / lyricists, title of the B-side and US catalog number.
rank | Interpreter | Title & composer | Label & catalog number |
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1 | Kitty Kallen | "Little Things Mean A Lot" (Edith Liederman & Carl Stutz) - B-Side: "I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore" | Decca 29037 |
2 | Perry Como | "Wanted" (Jack Fulton & Lois Steele) - B-Side: "Look Out The Window" | Victor 20-5647 |
3 | Rosemary Clooney | "Hey, There" ( Richard Adler & Jerry Ross ) - B-Side: "This Ole House" | Columbia 40266 |
4th | The crew cuts | " Sh-Boom " (James Keys, Claude Fessler, Floyd McRae & James Edwards) - B-Side: "I Spoke Too Soon" | Mercury 70404 |
5 | Jo Stafford | "Make Love To Me" (Bill Norvas, Allan Coperland, Paul Mares and others) - B-side: "Adi- Adios Amigo" | Columbia 40143 |
6th | Eddie Fisher | " Oh My Papa " (John Turner, Geoffrey Parson & Paul Burkhard ) - B-Side: "Until You Said Goodbye" | Victor 20-5552 |
7th | The Four Knights | "I Get So Lonely" (Pat Ballard) - B-Side: "I Couldn't StayAway From You" | Capitol 2654 |
8th | The Four Aces | "Three Coins In The Fountain" (June Styn & Sammy Cahn) - B-Side: "Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)" | Decca |
9 | Doris Day | "Secret Love" (Sammy Faith & Paul Francis Webster) - B-Side: "Deadwood Stage" | Columbia 40108 |
10 | Archie Bleyer Orchestra | " Hernando's Hideaway " (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross) - B-Side: "S'il Vous Plait" | Cadence 1241 |
11 | Frank Sinatra | "Young At Heart" (Johnny Richards & Carolyn Leigh) - B-Side: "Take A Chance" | Capitol 2703 |
12 | Rosemary Clooney | "This Ole House" ( Stuart Hamblen ) - B-Side: "Hey, There" | Columbia 40266 |
13 | Eddie Fisher | "I Need You Now" (Jimmy Crane & Al Jacobs) - B-Side: "Heaven Was Never Like This" | Victor 5330 |
14th | Patti Page | "Cross Over The Bridge" (Benny Benjamin & George Weiss) - B-Side: "My Restless Lover" | Mercury 70302 |
15th | The Gaylords | "Little Shoemaker" (Rudy Revil, Geoffrey Parsons & John Turner) - B-Side: "Mecque, Mecque" | Mercury 70403 |
16 | Dean Martin | " That's Amore " ( Jack Brooks & Harry Warren ) - B-Side: "You're The Right One" | Capitol 2589 |
17th | Frank Weir | "Happy Wanderer" (Antonia Ridge & Friedrich Moller) - B-Side: "From Your Lips" | London 1448 |
18th | Nat King Cole | "Answer Me, My Love" ( Carl Sigman & Gerhard Winkler ) - B-Side: "Why" | Capitol 2687 |
19th | Tony Bennett | "Stranger In Paradise" (Robert Wright & George Forrest) - B-Side: "Why Does It Have To Be Me?" | Columbia 40121 |
20th | Doris Day | "If I Give My Heart To You" (Jimmy Crane, Jimmy Baxter & Al Jacobs) - B-Side: "Anyone Can Fall In Love" | Columbia 40300 |