The CASH BOX Best Selling Singles
Week ending APRIL 24, 1954
TWTITLE | Artist–Label LW2WK3WKWKS
  1WANTED
    Perry Como–RCA Victor 47-5647
  1  1  4  9
  2I GET SO LONELY (When I Dream About You)
    Four Knights–Capitol 2654
  5  5  311
  3YOUNG-AT-HEART
    Frank Sinatra–Capitol 2703
  3  4  512
  4MAKE LOVE TO ME!
    Jo Stafford–Columbia 40143
  2  2  213
  5SECRET LOVE
    Doris Day–Columbia 40108
  4  3  122
  6CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE
    Patti Page–Mercury 70302
  6  6  610
  7ANSWER ME, MY LOVE
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2687
  8  7  714
  8A GIRL, A GIRL (Zoom-Ba Di Alli Nella)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
  71110  5
  9HERE
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5665
  91014  6
10THE MAN WITH THE BANJO
    Ames Brothers–RCA Victor 47-5644
111316  8
11JILTED
    Teresa Brewer–Coral 61152
141930  4
12THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40169
121517  8
13FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE
    Gaylords–Mercury 70296
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15127
13
 
  9
 
  8
 
13
12
14THE MAN UPSTAIRS
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
2122  3
15POOR BUTTERFLY
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15156
194750  4
16ANEMA E CORE (With All My Heart And Soul)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5675
151212  6
17THE KID’S LAST FIGHT
    Frankie Laine–Columbia 40178
272025  6
18LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT
    Kitty Kallen–Decca 29037
25  2
19STRANGER IN PARADISE
    Tony Bennett–Columbia 40121
    Four Aces–Decca 28927
    Tony Martin–RCA Victor 47-5535
10
 
 
  8
 
 
  9
 
 
23
20
14
20CUDDLE ME
    Ronnie Gaylord–Mercury 70285
17242811
21ALONE TOO LONG
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754
  1
22DREAM, DREAM, DREAM
    Sunny Gale–RCA Victor 47-5677
  1
23THE HAPPY WANDERER
    Frank Weir & Orchestra–London 1448
    Henri Rene’s Musette–RCA Victor 47-5715

 

 

 
  1
 
24GEE
    Crows–Rama 5
28322211
25OH! MY PA-PA (Oh, Mein Papa)
    Eddie Fisher–RCA Victor 47-5552
    Eddie Calvert–Essex 336
26
 
14
 
11
 
22
 
26SUCH A NIGHT
    Johnnie Ray–Columbia 40200
    Bunny Paul–Essex 352
35
 
18
 
26
 
  5
 
27MY SIN
    Georgia Gibbs–Mercury 70339
  1
28SOMEBODY BAD STOLE DE WEDDING BELL
    Eartha Kitt–RCA Victor 47-5610
31161313
29IF YOU LOVE ME (Really Love Me)
    Kay Starr–Capitol 2769
    Vera Lynn–London 1412
36
 

 

 
  2
 
30SOUTH
    Les Paul–Capitol 2735
182729  7
31I SPEAK TO THE STARS
    Doris Day–Columbia 40210
2245  3
32IT HAPPENS TO BE ME
    Nat “King” Cole–Capitol 2754
344337  4
33MELANCHOLY ME
    Eddy Howard–Mercury 70304
    Smith Brothers–“X” 0003
20
 
30
 
32
 
  7
 
34HEY BROTHER, POUR THE WINE
    Dean Martin–Capitol 2749
3041  3
35CHANGING PARTNERS
    Patti Page–Mercury 70260
40311923
36AM I IN LOVE
    Joni James–M-G-M 11696
233631  5
37TILL THEN
    Hilltoppers–Dot 15132
16171515
38GOIN’ LIKE WILD FIRE
    Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine–Columbia 40198
  1
39I SHOULD CARE
    Jeff Chandler–Decca 29004
24  2
40SOMEWHERE THERE IS SOMEONE
    Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5691
  1
41SO LONG
    Four Aces–Decca 29036
2929  5
42FACE TO FACE
    Gordon MacRae–Capitol 2760
  1
43TILL WE TWO ARE ONE
    Georgie Shaw–Decca 28937
32252115
44DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL (Italian Style)
    Lou Monte–RCA Victor 47-5611
42231812
45I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW
    Les Paul & Mary Ford–Capitol 2735
453833  5
46BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA
    Ralph Marterie & Orchestra–Mercury 70328
  1
47BEER BARREL POLKA
    Liberace–Columbia 40217
  1
48SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
    Four Freshmen–Capitol 2745
4639  3
49LATIN LADY
    Hugo Winterhalter & Orchestra–RCA Victor 47-5655
39  2
50ANGELA MIA
    Don, Dick & Jimmy–Crown 104
332623  7
NOTE: On the original chart, Cash Box listed the artist and label for every version in current release under each title, with a star next to the artist(s) who had the hit version(s). Just those designated artists are listed above. Additional artists listed below a title in brackets also had hit versions on the concurrent Billboard Best Sellers chart.
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