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British Number Ones of
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British Number One Hit Singles

  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 CL 13779
Capitol Records
CL 13779
9
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US No. 1 Hit Singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

First Week Artist Title Number of Weeks
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

Biggest Hit Singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.

# Artist Title Chart Entries
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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