Radio annual (1953)

Record Details:

Title:
Radio annual
Date:
1953
Publisher:
New York : Radio Daily Corp.
Volume:
Radio annual and television yearbook (1953)
Leaf #:
00055
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 28, 2023
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SONG HITS OF 1952 (January 1, 195S to January 1, 1953) The 35 song hits ivith the largest radio and television audiences listed heloiv in order of the total AC I points received in the AC I surveys during 1952. (Songs in stage or film productions are indicated. Songs currently active are marked ivith an asterisk. Songs ivhose activity began on the AC I surveys during the fall of 1951 are noted by the 1951 date,) NUMBER OF WEEKS TOTAL ONACI SONG TITLE AND PUBLISHER ACI POINTS SURVEY Any Time (Hill & Range) 33,960 33 *Wish You Were Here (Chappell) 27,732 26 Blue Tango (Mills) 26,904 35 *You Belong To Me (Ridgeway) 25,170 21 Cry (Mellow) 23,829 21 Be Anything (But Be Mine) (Shapiro-Bernstein) 23,600 24 Slow Poke (1951) (Ridgeway) 22,540 18 Please Mister Sun (Weiss-Barry) 22,063 22 Be My Life's Companion (E. H. Morris) 21,227 23 Walkin' My Baby Back Home (DeSylva-Brown & Henderson) 20,991 31 Kiss Of Fire (Duchess) 20,046 24 Wheel Of Fortune (Laurel Music) 19,496 21 Singin' In The Rain (Robbins) 17,009 27 I'm Yours (Algonquin) 16,379 24 Blacksmith Blues (Hill & Range) 16,012 21 Lover (Famous) 15,763 39 Tell Me Why (Signet) 15,648 18 *Somewhere Along The Way (United) 15,507 27 Undecided (1951) (Leeds) 14,948 20 Forgive Me (Advanced) 14,938 23 * Because You're Mine (Feist) 14,926 20 *Glow-Worm (E. B. Marks) 14,116 19 *Jambalaya (Acuff-Rose) 13,880 20 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart (Hill & Range) 13,772 19 I'll Walk Alone (Mayfair) 13,517 23 Zing A Little Zong (Burvan) 13,302 21 Half As Much (Acuff-Rose) 13,167 23 *l Went To Your Wedding (St. Louis) 13,164 19 Little White Cloud That Cried (Spier) 12,688 15 A Guy Is A Guy (Ludlow) 11,500 19 Am I In Love (Famous) 11,418 19 Down Yonder (1951) (La Salle) 11,396 17 Delicado (Remick) 1 1,337 21 I Could Write A Book (T. B. Harms) 1 1,046 20 I Hear A Rhapsody (Broadcast Music) 10,981 17 Copyright, 1953, Office of Research, Inc. 49