Top Songs of 1952
1 |
1012 |
Lloyd Price |
Lawdy Miss Clawdy |
New Orleans R&B,
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
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2 |
1062 |
Kitty Wells |
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels |
Country
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3 |
1233 |
Gene Kelly |
Singin' in the Rain |
Film Soundtrack,
Show Tunes,
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz |
4 |
1610 |
Little Walter |
Juke |
Chicago Blues
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5 |
1792 |
Hank Williams |
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive |
Honky Tonk
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6 |
2503 |
Jimmy Forrest |
Night Train |
Soul Jazz
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7 |
2569 |
John Cage |
4'33'' |
Indeterminacy
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8 |
2680 |
Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys |
The Wild Side of Life |
Honky Tonk
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9 |
2761 |
Gerry Mulligan |
Bernie's Tune |
Cool Jazz
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10 |
2777 |
Dinah Washington |
Mad About the Boy |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
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11 |
3164 |
Hank Williams |
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) |
Honky Tonk
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12 |
4435 |
The Clovers |
One Mint Julep |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
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13 |
4613 |
Jo Stafford |
You Belong to Me |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
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14 |
4626 |
Georges Brassens |
La Mauvaise réputation |
Chanson à texte
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15 |
4644 |
Georges Brassens |
Le gorille |
Chanson à texte
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16 |
6038 |
Stan Kenton |
City of Glass (Suite) |
Experimental Big Band,
Progressive Big Band
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17 |
6156 |
Kay Starr |
Wheel of Fortune |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
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18 |
6392 |
Hank Williams |
You Win Again |
Honky Tonk
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19 |
6706 |
Thelonious Monk |
Straight No Chaser |
Bebop
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20 |
7318 |
Little Walter |
Mean Old World |
Chicago Blues
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21 |
7514 |
Gerry Mulligan |
Line for Lyons |
Cool Jazz
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22 |
7640 |
Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter |
Petite Fleur |
Dixieland
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23 |
7708 |
Billy Ward & The Dominoes |
The Bells |
Blues,
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
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24 |
8255 |
Eddie Boyd |
Five Long Years |
Chicago Blues,
Piano Blues
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25 |
8299 |
Johnny Ace |
My Song |
Rhythm & Blues
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26 |
8694 |
King Pleasure |
Moody's Mood for Love |
Bebop,
Rhythm & Blues,
Vocal Jazz
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27 |
9580 |
The Dixie Hummingbirds |
I'll Live Again |
Traditional Black Gospel
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28 |
9610 |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra |
Delicado |
Easy Listening
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29 |
9878 |
Rosemary Clooney |
Tenderly |
Traditional Pop
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30 |
9953 |
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys |
In the Pines |
Bluegrass
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Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000: |
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The "5" Royales |
Baby, Don't Do It |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
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Joni James |
Why Don't You Believe Me? |
Traditional Pop
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Patti Page |
I Went to Your Wedding |
Traditional Pop
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Perry Como |
Wanted |
Traditional Pop
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Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys |
Are You Missing Me |
Bluegrass
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Vera Lynn & Chorus |
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart |
Standards
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Thelonious Monk |
Four in One |
Bebop
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Roy Rogers & Dale Evans |
Happy Trails |
Cowboy
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Rosemary Clooney |
Half As Much |
Standards
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Woody Guthrie |
John Henry |
American Folk Music
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Johnnie Ray |
Walkin' My Baby Back Home |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
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Willie Mabon |
I Don't Know |
Rhythm & Blues
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Stan Getz |
Stella by Starlight |
Bebop,
Cool Jazz
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Georgia Gibbs |
Kiss of Fire |
Pop,
Tango,
Vocal Jazz
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The Dominoes |
Have Mercy, Baby |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
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Teresa Brewer |
Till I Waltz Again with You |
Country
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Hank Snow |
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I |
Country
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Luis Mariano |
Mexico |
Operetta
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Thelonious Monk |
Criss-Cross |
Bebop
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Annie Ross |
Twisted |
Vocal Jazz
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Hank Williams |
Honky Tonk Blues |
Honky Tonk
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Billie Holiday |
Blue Moon |
Vocal Jazz
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Rosco Gordon |
No More Doggin' |
Jump-Blues,
Piano Blues,
Rhythm & Blues
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Fats Domino |
Goin' Home |
New Orleans R&B,
Rhythm & Blues
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