1954

=**1954**=
 * __Number Ones: __**
 * //Little Things Mean a Lot //**
 * Sh-Boom **- The Crew-Cuts [Mercury 70404-X45] (Edwards, Feaster, Feaster, Keyes, McRae) R&B doo-wop hit for the Chords [Cat 45-104]. There was a parody by Stan Freberg
 * //Wanted //**
 * Oh! My Pa-Pa ** - Eddie Fisher (Burkhard, Parsons, Turner) ’O Mein Papa’ from Swiss operetta //Der Schwarze Hecht, //and recorded by Lys Assia & Orkest Paul Burkhard [’49, Musikvertrieb AG]. French version ’O Mon Papa’ by Suzy Delair [’52]. Also charted for Eddie Calvert, Ray Anthony
 * Make Love to Me! ** - Jo Stafford [Columbia 4-40143] (Brunies, Copeland, Mares, Melrose, Norvas, Pollack, Roppolo, Stitzel) Based on ‘Tin Roof Blues’ by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings [‘23, Gennett 5105], also recorded by Ted Lewis [‘25, Columbia 439] and many others.
 * Mr. Sandman ** - Chordettes [Cadence 1247] (Ballard) Appeared first by Vaughn Monroe [RCA Victor 47-5767]. Charted for the Four Aces, Buddy Morrow
 * Hey There ** - Rosemary Clooney [Columbia 4-40266] (Alder, Ross) Sung by John Raitt in the musical //The Pajama Game. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Sammy Davis Jr.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Secret Love **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Doris Day [Columbia 4-40108] (Fain, Webster) Sung by Doris Day in the film //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Calamity Jane. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This Ole House **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Rosemary Clooney [Columbia 4-40266] (Hamblen) A country hit for Stuart Hamblen [RCA Victor 5739]
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Need You Now //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Three Coins in the Fountain **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Four Aces [Decca 9-29123] (Cahn, Styne) Film title sung by Frank Sinatra [Capitol F2816]
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Number Twos: __**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cross Over the Bridge //**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hernando’s Hideaway **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Archie Bleyer [Cadence 1241] (Adler, Ross) Sung by Carol Haney in the Broadway musical //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Pajama Game. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Based on the Uruguayan tango ‘La Cumparsita’, written by Gerardo Matos Rodriguez and recorded by Roberto Firpo [‘16, EMI/Odeon]; lyrics were added in 1924 by Pascual Contursi and Enrique Maroni, as ’Si Supieras’, recorded by Carlos Gardel. It has been recorded by Hal Kemp [’33, ‘La Cumparsita (The Masquerade) Brunswick 6609], Xavier Cugat, featuring Dinah Shore [‘39, Victor 26426] and Desi Arnaz [‘47, RCA Victor 20-2279]. Also charted for Guy Lombardo, Johnnie Ray
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Stranger in Paradise **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Tony Bennett [Columbia 4-40121] (Forrest, Wright) Sung by Doretta Morrow and Richard Kiley in the 1953 musical //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kismet. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Based on “Gliding Dance of the Maidens’ from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Polovetsian Dances //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">from //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Prince Igor //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[1890] by Alexander Borodin. Also charted for the Four Aces, Tony Martin
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- The Four Knights [Capitol F2654] (Pat Ballard). Subsequently a country fit for Johnnie and Jack as ‘(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely’ [RCA Victor 5681]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Young-at-Heart **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Frank Sinatra [Capitol F2703] (Leigh, Richards) Due to its popularity, it was featured as the title song of a Sinatra movie that appeared in late 1954.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Little Shoemaker **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - The Gaylords [Mercury 70403-X45] (Parsons, Revil, Turner) Based on a French song, ’Le petit cordonnier’ music by Rudi Revil, lyrics by Francis Lemarque, recorded by Lemarque [’54]. Also charted for Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Fisher.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hold My Hand **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Don Cornell [Coral 9-61206] (Lawrence, Myers) From the movie //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Susan Slept Here //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">starring Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Fives __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Skokiaan **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Ralph Marterie [Mercury 70432-X45] (Msarurgwa or Musarurwa, Glazer) The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia recorded this in ‘52 [Gallotone, one of Eric Gallo‘s labels], under the auspices of English/South African ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey (inventor of the kalimba). It as released on London 45-1491 as the Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Boys, and also charted for the Four Lads, Ray Anthony
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">If I Give My Heart to You - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Doris Day [Columbia 4-40300] (Brewster, Crane, Jacobs) Denise Lor, Connee Boswell
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Happy Wanderer **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Frank Weir [London 45-1448] (Moeller, Ridge, Siegesmund) German song ‘Fröhliche Wanderer’ sung by the children’s choir Schaumberger Märchensänger from Oberkirchen [‘53, Odeon]. Also charted for Henri René
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Papa Loves Mambo //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">In the Chapel in the Moonlight **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Kitty Kallen [Decca 9-29130] (Bill Hill) 1934 song made popular by Shep Fields [Bluebird 6640], Richard Himbert, featuring Stuart Allen [Victor 25441], Ruth Etting [Decca 1084], Mal Hallett featuring Jerry Perkins [Decca 1033]. Another ‘54 version was by the Four Knights.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">If You Love Me (Really Love Me) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Kay Starr [Capitol F2769] (Monnot, Parsons) 1950 Edith Piaf song ‘Hymne à l’amour’. Also by Vera Lynn
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The High and the Mighty **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Les Baxter [Capitol F2845] (Tiomkin, Washington) From the John Wayne film of the same name. In the film, it was whistled, and was based on the Georgia Tech fight song ’I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech’. Also by Victor Young, Leroy Holmes, Johnny Desmond
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Here **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Tony Martin [RCA Victor 47-5665] (Cochran, Grant) Adapted from the aria ‘Caro nome’ in Verdi’s //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Rigoletto //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[1851]. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Eddie Fisher [RCA Victor 47-5871] (Berlin) Sung by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in the 1954 film //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">White Christmas //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[Decca 29251]. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Top Tens __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Answer Me, My Love **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Man with the Banjo **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Understand Just How You Feel **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I’m a Fool to Care **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A Girl, a Girl **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jilted **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Gang That Sang ‘Heart of My Heart’ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shake, Rattle and Roll **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">They Were Doin’ the Mambo **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Man Upstairs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Till We Two Are One **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">From the Vine Came the Grape **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Darktown Strutters Ball **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Green Years **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Steam Heat **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crazy ‘Bout Ya Baby **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cinnamon Sinner **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mambo Italiano **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Woman **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What It Was, Was Football **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Smile **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Till Then **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Muskrat Ramble **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cara Mia **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What a Dream **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Whither Thou Goest **