Billboard Hits 1952

The Billboard Annual Music-Record Poll 1952
Published on: 27th December 1952 (special edition)

1952's Top Popular Records
* A Guy Is a Guy - Doris Day
   (Retail Sales - 17 Juke Box - 13)
* Anytime - Eddie Fisher
   (Retail Sales - 12 Juke Box - 6)
* Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
   (Retail Sales - 5 Juke Box - 12)
* Blacksmith Blues - Ella Mae Morse
   (Retail Sales - 14 Juke Box - 14)
* Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson
   (Retail Sales - 1 Juke Box - 8)
* Blue Tango - Guy Lombardo
   (Juke Box - 28)
* Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) - Rosemary Clooney
   (Retail Sales - 16 Juke Box - 29)
* Cry - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
   (Retail Sales - 3 Juke Box - 1)
* Delicado - Percy Faith
   (Retail Sales - 10 Juke Box - 26)
* Glow Worm - Mills Brothers
   (Retail Sales - 21 Juke Box - 23)
* Half as Much - Rosemary Clooney
   (Retail Sales - 6 Juke Box - 7)
* Here in My Heart - Al Martino
   (Retail Sales - 9 Juke Box - 15)
* High Noon - Frankie Laine
   (Retail Sales - 19)
* I Went to Your Wedding - Patti Page
   (Retail Sales - 8 Juke Box - 3)
* I'll Walk Alone - Don Cornell
   (Juke Box - 27)
* I'm Yours - Eddie Fisher
   (Retail Sales - 20 Juke Box - 19)
* I'm Yours - Don Cornell
   (Retail Sales - 26)
* It's in the Book - Johnny Standley
   (Retail Sales - 22)
* It's No Sin - Eddy Howard
   (Juke Box - 27)
* Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Jo Stafford
   (Retail Sales - 15 Juke Box - 17)
* Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs
   (Retail Sales - 11 Juke Box - 11)
* Maybe - Perry Como, Eddie Fisher
   (Juke Box - 22)
* Meet Mister Callaghan - Les Paul
   (Retail Sales - 25 Juke Box - 30)
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Guy Mitchell
   (Juke Box - 18)
* Please, Mr. Sun - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
   (Retail Sales - 30 Juke Box - 29)
* Shrimp Boat - Jo Stafford, Paul Weston
   (Juke Box - 25)
* Slow Poke - Pee Wee King
   (Retail Sales - 23 Juke Box - 10)
* Tell Me Why - The Four Aces
   (Retail Sales - 13 Juke Box - 4)
* Tell Me Why - Eddie Fisher
   (Retail Sales - 28)
* The Little White Cloud That Cried - Johnnie Ray
   (Retail Sales - 18 Juke Box - 9)
* Trying - The Hilltoppers
   (Retail Sales - 29)
* Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Johnnie Ray
   (Retail Sales - 24 Juke Box - 21)
* Wheel of Fortune - Kay Starr
   (Retail Sales - 2 Juke Box - 2)
* Wish You Were Here - Eddie Fisher
   (Retail Sales - 7 Juke Box - 16)
* You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford
   (Retail Sales - 4 Juke Box - 5)
* You Belong to Me - Patti Page
   (Juke Box - 24)


1952's Top C&W Records
* Alabama Jubilee - Red Foley
   (Juke Box - 22)
* Almost - George Morgan
   (Retail Sales - 9 Juke Box - 12)
* Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
   (Retail Sales - 26)
* Are You Teasing Me - Carl Smith
   (Retail Sales - 14 Juke Box - 11)
* Baby, We're Really in Love - Hank Williams
   (Juke Box - 22)
* Back Street Affair - Webb Pierce
   (Retail Sales - 22 Juke Box - 20)
* Bundle of Southern Sunshine - Eddy Arnold
   (Retail Sales - 24 Juke Box - 16)
* Crazy Heart - Hank Williams
   (Juke Box - 27)
* Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) - Lefty Frizzell
   (Retail Sales - 19 Juke Box - 17)
* Easy on the Eyes - Eddy Arnold
   (Retail Sales - 12 Juke Box - 3)
* Full Time Job - Eddy Arnold
   (Retail Sales - 15 Juke Box - 21)
* Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
   (Retail Sales - 10 Juke Box - 6)
* Gold Rush Is Over - Hank Snow
   (Retail Sales - 13 Juke Box - 10)
* Half as Much - Hank Willaims
   (Retail Sales - 11 Juke Box - 14)
* Honky Tonk Blues - Hank Williams
   (Retail Sales - 28 Juke Box - 19)
* I Went to Your Wedding - Hank Snow
   (Juke Box - 26)
* Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman
   (Retail Sales - 6 Juke Box - 13)
* It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
   (Retail Sales - 4 Juke Box - 9)
* It's a Lovely, Lovely World - Carl Smith
   (Retail Sales - 25)
* Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams
   (Retail Sales - 3 Juke Box - 8)
* Lady's Man - Hank Snow
   (Retail Sales - 21 Juke Box - 29)
* Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
   (Retail Sales - 2 Juke Box - 2)
* Missing in Action - Ernest Tubb
   (Retail Sales - 16)
* Mom and Dad's Waltz - Lefty Frizzell
   (Retail Sales - 23)
* Music Makin' Mama From Memphis - Hank Snow
   (Juke Box - 25)
* Silver and Gold - Pee Wee King
   (Retail Sales - 30 Juke Box - 18)
* Slow Poke - Pee Wee King
   (Retail Sales - 5 Juke Box - 5)
* Talk to Your Heart - Ray Price
   (Retail Sales - 29 Juke Box - 30)
* That Heart Belongs to Me - Webb Pierce
   (Retail Sales - 20 Juke Box - 24)
* Too Old to Cut the Mustard - Red Foley, Ernest Tubb
   (Retail Sales - 18)
* Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart - Hank Thompson
   (Retail Sales - 17 Juke Box - 15)
* Don't Just Stand There - Carl Smith
   (Retail Sales - 8 Juke Box - 4)
* Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson
   (Retail Sales - 1 Juke Box - 1)
* Wild Side of Life - Burl Ives
   (Retail Sales - 27 Juke Box - 28)
* Wonderin - Webb Pierce
   (Retail Sales - 7 Juke Box - 7)


1952's Top R&B Records
* 3 O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
   (Retail Sales - 9 Juke Box - 9)
* Best Wishes - Roy Milton
   (Retail Sales - 22 Juke Box - 29)
* Booted - Rosco Gordon
   (Retail Sales - 14 Juke Box - 18)
* Call Operator 210 - Floyd Dixon
   (Retail Sales - 17)
* Cry - Johnnie Ray
   (Retail Sales - 19 Juke Box - 17)
* Daddy, Daddy - Ruth Brown
   (Retail Sales - 25 Juke Box - 25)
* Easy, Easy, Baby - Varetta Dillard
   (Retail Sales - 27)
* Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
   (Retail Sales - 15 Juke Box - 6)
* Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours - Ruth Brown
   (Retail Sales - 3 Juke Box - 3)
* Flamingo - Earl Bostic
   (Retail Sales - 18)
* Fool, Fool, Fool - The Clovers
   (Retail Sales - 30 Juke Box - 30)
* Goin' Home - Fats Domino
   (Retail Sales - 4 Juke Box - 10)
* Got You on My Mind - Big John Greer
   (Juke Box - 11)
* Have Mercy Baby - Billy Ward and his Dominoes
   (Retail Sales - 2 Juke Box - 2)
* Heavenly Father - Edna McGriff
   (Retail Sales - 16 Juke Box - 28)
* Hey, Miss Fannie - The Clovers
   (Juke Box - 26)
* I'll Drown in My Dears - Sonny Thompson
   (Retail Sales - 23)
* I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks - Marie Adams
   (Retail Sales - 28 Juke Box - 22)
* Juke - Little Walter
   (Retail Sales - 10 Juke Box - 1)
* Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
   (Retail Sales - 1 Juke Box - 4)
* Mary Jo - The Four Blazers
   (Retail Sales - 13 Juke Box - 14)
* Middle of the Night - The Clovers
   (Retail Sales - 21)
* Moody's Mood for Love - King Pleasure
   (Retail Sales - 20 Juke Box - 15)
* My Song - Johnny Ace
   (Retail Sales - 6 Juke Box - 7)
* Night Train - Jimmy Forest
   (Retail Sales - 5 Juke Box - 5)
* No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
   (Retail Sales - 11 Juke Box - 13)
* One Mint Julep - The Clovers
   (Retail Sales - 7 Juke Box - 12)
* Oooh, Oooh, Oooh - Lloyd Price
   (Juke Box - 21)
* Port of Rico - Illinois Jacquet
   (Juke Box - 27)
* Rock Me All Night Long - The Ravens
   (Juke Box - 22)
* So Tired - Roy Milton
   (Retail Sales - 26 Juke Box - 20)
* Sweet Sixteen - Big Joe Turner
   (Juke Box - 19)
* That's What You're Doing to Me - The Dominoes
   (Retail Sales - 29)
* Ting-A-Ling - The Clovers
   (Retail Sales - 8 Juke Box - 16)
* Weepin' and Cryin' - Griffin Brothers
   (Juke Box - 24)
* Wheel of Fortune - Sunny Gale
   (Retail Sales - 24)
* You Know I Love You - B.B. King
   (Retail Sales - 12 Juke Box - 7)


Favorite Male Vocalists of the Year 1952
1. Perry Como 2. Eddie Fisher 3. Bing Crosby 4. Nat (King) Cole 5. Frank Sinatra

Favorite Female Vocalists of the Year 1952
1. Jo Stafford 2. Doris Day 3. Rosemary Clooney 4. Patti Page 5. Dinah Shore

Favorite Country & Western Artists 1952
1. Hank Williams 2. Eddy Arnold 3. Red Foley 4. Carl Smith 5. Hank Snow

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