Date | Artist / Song Title | Writer(s) | Label | Weeks at No.1 | |
1 | 15 November 1952 |
Here In My Heart AL MARTINO with Orchestra directed by MONTY KELLY |
words & music by PAT GENARO, LOU LEVINSON and BILL BORRELLI |
UK Release: August 1952![]() Capitol Records CL 13779 |
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These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.
First Week | Artist | Title | Number of Weeks |
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15 March 1952 | KAY STARR | "Wheel of Fortune" | 9 |
17 May 1952 | LEROY ANDERSON | "Blue Tango" | 5 |
21 June 1952 | AL MARTINO | "Here In My Heart" | 2 |
5 July 1952 | PERCY FAITH & his Orchestra | "Delicado" | 1 |
12 July 1952 | VERA LYNN | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" | 9 |
13 September 1952 | JO STAFFORD | "You Belong to Me" | 5 |
18 October 1952 | PATTI PAGE | "I Went to Your Wedding" | 5 |
22 November 1952 | JOHNNY STANDLEY | "It's In The Book" | 1 |
29 November 1952 | JONI JAMES | "Why Don't You Believe Me?" | 4 |
27 December 1952 | JIMMY BOYD | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | 2 |
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.
# | Artist | Title | Chart Entries |
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1 | PERCY FAITH | Delicado | US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952 US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952 Peel list 1 of 1951 US BB 18 of 1952 POP 18 of 1952 Italy 26 of 1952 RYM 127 of 1952 |
2 | JO STAFFORD | You Belong to Me | UK 1 – Nov 1952 US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952 US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952 US BB 4 of 1952 POP 4 of 1952 RYM 145 of 1952 |
3 | AL MARTINO | Here In My Heart | UK 1 – Nov 1952 US 1940s 1 – May 1952 US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952 US BB 20 of 1952 POP 20 of 1952 RYM 22 of 1952 |
4 | KAY STARR | Wheel of Fortune | US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952 US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952 Peel list 3 of 1952 US BB 8 of 1952 POP 8 of 1952 DDD 35 of 1952 Acclaimed 2343 |
5 | FRANKIE LAINE | High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) | Oscar in 1952 US BB 3 of 1952 POP 3 of 1952 US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952 UK 7 – Nov 1952 RYM 34 of 1952 Italy 48 of 1952 |
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