1951

=**1951**=
 * __Number Ones: __**
 * Cry ** - Johnny Ray & the Four Lads [Okeh 4-6840] (Kohlman). Recorded earlier in the year by torch singer Ruth Casey [Cadilac]. Also by Georgia Gibbs, Eileen Barton, Four Knights; parody ‘Try’ by Stan Freberg
 * Because of You ** - Tony Bennett [Columbia 4-39362] (A. Hammerstein, D. Wilkinson) Written in 1940, used in the 1951 film //I Was an American Spy. //Also by Les Baxter, Gloria DeHaven & Guy Lombardo, Jan Peerce, Johnny Desmond, Tab Smith, Ray Barber
 * How High the Moon ** - Les Paul & Mary Ford [Capitol F1451] (Hamilton, Lewis) Featured in 1940 Broadway show //Two For the Show, //starring Betty Hutton; recorded by Benny Goodman, featuring Helen Forrest [Columbia 35391] and Mitchell Ayres, featuring Mary Ann Mercer [Bluebird 10609]. Also charted for Stan Kenton [‘48, Capitol 15117]
 * Sin ** - Eddy Howard [Mercury 5711-X45] (Haven, Shull) Also by the Four Aces, Savannah Churchill, the Four Knights, Sammy Kaye, Billy Williams
 * If **- Perry Como [RCA Victor 47-3997] (Damerell, Evans, Hargreave). Jo Stafford, Billy Eckstine, Dean Martin, Guy Lombardo, the Ink Spots, Jan Garber, Vic Damone.
 * Come On-a My House **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Rosemary Clooney [Columbia 4-39467] (Saroyan, Seville) Based on an Armenian folk tune, and used in William Saroyan’s 1950 off-Broadway play //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Son. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Recorded first by Kay Armen [‘50, Federal]. Also Kay Starr, Richard Hayes, novelty version by Mickey Katz; answer song ‘Where’s a Your House’ by Robert Q. Lewis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cold, Cold Heart - **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tony Bennett [Columbia 4-39449] (Williams). Country hit for Hank Williams [‘51, MGM K10904]. Also the Fontane Sisters, Eileen Wilson, Tony Fontane, R&B Dinah Washington.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Too Young **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Nat ‘King’ Cole [Capitol F1449] (Dee, Lippman). Toni Arden, Patti Andrews, Fran Allison, Richard Hayes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Be My Love **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Mario [RCA Victor 49-1353] (Brodzky, Cahn). From Lanza’s film //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Toast of New Orleans. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Also by Ray Anthony, Billy Eckstine
 * __<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%;">On Top of Old Smokey **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - The Weavers & Terry Gilkyson [Decca 9-27515] (Pete Seeger). Related to ‘The Little Mohee’ by Flora Noles [‘26, Okeh 45037], Buell Kazee [‘27, Brunswick 156], Bradley Kincaid [’29, Gennett 6856], ‘Little Maumee’ by Riley Puckett [‘28, Columbia 15277]. ’On Top of Old Smoky’ was recorded by George Reneau, solo [’25, Vocalion 15366] and with Lester McFarland, as the Collins Brothers [‘27, Paramount 3030], and by Bradley Kincaid [’29, Gennett 7053]. Also by Vaughn Monroe, Percy Faith with Burl Ives
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">My Heart Cries For You **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Guy Mitchell [Columbia 4-39067] (Faith, Sigman) An 18th century French song, ‘La chanson de Marie Antoinette’, copyrighted in 1927 (as ‘Marie Antoinette’s Song’) and recorded in 1938 by Lily Pons with Frank LaForge’s Orchestra [Victor]. Also by Dinah Shore, Vic Damone, Jimmy Wakely, Bill Farrell, Al Morgan, Evelyn Knight & Red Foley, Victor Young
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mockin’ Bird Hill **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Patti Page [Mercury 5595-X45] (Horton) .The Pinetoppers, a Pennsylvania country band with the song’s writer, recorded it first, vocals by the Beaver Valley Sweethearts aka the Marlin Sisters [Coral 9-64061], and also charted with it, as did Les Paul & Mary Ford, Russ Morgan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jezebel **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Frankie Laine [Columbia 4-39367] (Shanklin). Charles Aznavour translated it into French, where it was sung by Edith Piaf.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Les Paul & Mary Ford [Capitol F1748] (Lockhart, Seltz) Written in 1919 by the Canadians for their theater company the Pierrot Players. Recorded in 1922 by Isham Jones [Brunswick 2313], John Steele [Victor 18844], the Benson Orchestra [Victor 18980] and Theo Karle [Brunswick 13031]. Stan Freberg recorded a parody [‘52].
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shrimp Boats **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Jo Stafford [Columbia 4-39581] (Howard, Weston) Dolores Gray with Camarata; novelty version ‘Herring Boats’ by Mickey Katz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Undecided **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Ames Brothers & Les Brown (Robin, Shavers) 1939 song by the jazz sextet John Kirby & his Onyx Club Boys [Decca 2216], Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb [Decca 2323] and the Benny Goodman Orchestra [Victor 26134]. Also by Ray Anthony, Guy Lombardo
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">My Truly, Truly Fair **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Guy Mitchell [Columbia 4-39415] (Merrill) Also by Vic Damone, Freddy Martin, Ray Anthony
 * __<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%;">I Get Ideas **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- Tony Martin [RCA Victor 47-4141] (Cochran, Sanders). From the Argentine tango ‘Adios Muchachos’ (Julio Cesar Sanders, Cesar Vedani), recorded by Agustin Magalia [‘27, Victor], Carlos Gardel [‘28] and Ignacio Corsini [‘28]. An English version ‘I’ll Keep You In My Heart Always’ was recorded by Geraldo [‘31] and Victor Sylvester [‘31]. Under the 1951 title it was also recorded by Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sweet Violets **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Dinah Shore [RCA Victor 47-4174] (Coben, Grean) Written (Joseph K. Emmett) for the 1882 show //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fritz Among the Gypsies, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">it was first recorded by the Bernie Schultz Crescent Orchestra [‘27, Gennett 6216]. Also by Billy Murray [‘29], the Gene Kandor Orchestra [‘31], the Sweet Violet Boys (aka the Prairie Ramblers) [‘35, Vocalion/Okeh 03256] and the Callahan Brothers [‘36, ARC 6-07-51]. 1951 versions also by Jane Turzy, Doris Drew
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Loveliest Night of the Year **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Mario Lanza [RCA Victor 49-3300] (Aaronson, Webster) The tune is the 1988 ‘Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)’, published in New Orleans by its Mexican writer. Ann Blyth sung the song in the film //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Great Caruso //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">, also starring Lanza.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jealousy (Jalousie) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Frankie Laine [Columbia 4-39585] (Bloom, Gade) 1925 Danish tune introduced as a silent movie accompaniment, also called ‘Tango Tzigane‘. Recorded by Leo Reisman [’32, Victor 22928], the Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler [’38, Victor 12160], Harry James [‘47, Columbia 37218]. The vocal version was first recorded by Vera Lynn [‘40]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Vaughn Monroe [RCA Victor 47-4113] (Duckworth). Song based on a military cadence originated by Private Williams Duckworth in WW II (by 1944).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Aba Daba Honeymoon **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter [MGM K30282] (Donovan, Fields) 1914 song recorded by Collins & Harlan [Victor 17620], performed on stage by Sophie Tucker and several others. This version is from the film //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Two Weeks with Love. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Also by Richard Hayes & Kitty Kallen, Freddy Martin, Cliff Steward, Hoagy Carmichael & Cass Daley
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Rose, Rose, I Love You **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Frankie Laine [Columbia 4-39367] (Langdon, Thomas) Also by Buddy Morrow, Gordon Jenkins
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Roving Kind **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Guy Mitchell [Columbia 4-39067] (Cavanaugh, Stanton) From the English folk song ‘The Pirate Ship’. Also by the Weavers, Rex Allen
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Patti Page [Mercury 5571-X45] (Russell, Spina) Harry James with Doris Day, Helen O’Connell, Tony Martin
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Down Yonder **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Del Wood [Tennessee 775] (Gilbert). 1921 song, added to the 1918 show //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sinbad, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">by Al Jolson, and the 1920 show //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tip Top, //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">by the Six Brown Brothers. Recorded by Ernest Hare & Billy Jones [Brunswick 2101], the Peerless Quartet [Victor 18775], the Happy Six [Columbia A-3423], and later by Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers [‘34, Bluebird 5562]. Also by Joe ‘Fingers’ Carr, Freddy Martin, Eddie Smith & the Chief, Champ Butler, Lawrence (Piano Roll) Cook, Frank Petty Trio
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">So Long (It’s Been Good to Know Yuh) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers [Decca 9-27376] (Guthrie). Woodie Guthrie song [’40, LOC, and ‘44 for Asch]. Guthrie wrote the tune for the chorus, but borrowed the tune for the verses from ‘Billy the Kid’, written in 1927 and recorded by Vernon Dalhart. Also Paul Weston, Ralph Marterie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">And So To Sleep Again **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Patti Page [Mercury 5706-X45] (Marsala, Skylar) April Stevens with Henri René, Dick Haymes, Paul Weston
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">You’re Just in Love **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Perry Como [RCA Victor 47-3945] (Berlin) From the Broadway musical //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Call Me Madam //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">starring Ethel Merman. Also by Guy Mitchell & Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore & Russell Nype, Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Detour **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Patti Page [Mercury 5682-X45] (Westmoreland) 1946 country hit for Spade Cooley, Wesley Tuttle, Elton Britt, and Foy Willing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Just One More Chance **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> - Les Paul & Mary Ford [Capitol F1825] (Coslow, Johnston) Recorded in 1931 by Bing Crosby [Brunswick 6120], Abe Lyman featuring Phil Neely [Brunswick 6125], Gus Arnheim with Donald Novis [Victor 22758], Ruth Etting [Perfect 12219], Ben Selvin with Dick Robertson [Columbia 2487], and performed on stage and radio by Russ Columbo.
 * __<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%;">I’m In Love Again **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Apologize **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">While You Danced, Danced, Danced **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Whispering **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">(Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Old Soldiers Never Die **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mister and Mississippi **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sparrow in the Tree Top **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Turn Back the Hands of Time **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Castle Rock **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">A Penny a Kiss **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Domino **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Out in the Cold Again **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Hey, Good Lookin’ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Charmaine **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Yuh Huh? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jingle Bells **