A month by month look at the US and UK music scenes in 1951

JANUARY 1951

 

TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JANUARY 1951                                        

 

2 1 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 1 2 THE THING - Phil Harris - RCA           

12 3 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

17 4 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 3 5 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA           

 6 6 A BUSHEL AND A PECK - Perry Como And Betty Hutton - RCA           

 5 7 THINKING OF YOU - Don Cherry - DECCA           

 4 8 HARBOR LIGHTS - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA           

 - 9 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA           

 - 10 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 8 11 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - Gene Autry - COLUMBIA           

 - 12 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

10 13 NEVERTHELESS (I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU) - Mills Brothers - DECCA           

 - 14 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA           

 - 15 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA           

 - 16 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA           

 - 17 IF - Perry Como - RCA           

11 18 THINKING OF YOU - Eddie Fisher - RCA           

 - 19 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - Gene Autry - COLUMBIA           

 - 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Vic Damone - MERCURY   

 

 

 

C&W TOP 10 JANUARY 1951

 

4  1 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA

1   2 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA

9 3 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

3 4 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

2 5 MOANIN' THE BLUES - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

 -  6 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

-   7 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - PATTI PAGE - MERCURY

10 8 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - GENE AUTRY - COLUMBIA

- 9 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

-  10 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - GENE AUTRY - COLUMBIA

 

R&B TOP 10 JANUARY 1951

 

1  1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC                 

3  2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

4  3 Bad, Bad Whiskey - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN                 

2 4 ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC                

-  5 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY                   

5  6 Oh Babe! - LARRY DARNELL - REGAL                   

-  7 OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES - LLOYD GLENN - SWINGTIME               

-  8 LEMONADE - LOUIS JORDAN AND HIS TYMPANY FIVE - DECCA                   

8  9 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME - FATS DOMINO - IMPERIAL                

- 10 TELEPHONE BLUES - FLOYD DIXON - MODERN

 

 

 

 

TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR FEBRUARY 1951                                        

 

1 1 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 3 2 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 4 3 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

17 4 IF - Perry Como - RCA           

16 5 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA           

10 6 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 9 7 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA           

14 8 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA           

 2 9 THE THING - Phil Harris - RCA           

12 10 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

15 11 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA           

 - 12 I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT - Mel Blanc - CAPITOL           

 - 13 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY           

- 14 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Jimmy Wakely - CAPITOL           

 5 15 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA           

 5 15 HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye (swing And Sway With) - COLUMBIA           

- 16 THE ROVING KIND - Weavers - DECCA           

 8 17 HARBOR LIGHTS - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA           

 - 18 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM           

 6 19 A BUSHEL AND A PECK - Perry Como And Betty Hutton - RCA           

20 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Vic Damone - MERCURY           

 

 

C&W TOP 10 FEBRUARY 1951

 

3   1 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

6   2 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

2   3 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA

1   4 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA

4   5 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

5   6 MOANIN' THE BLUES - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

9   7 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

-  8 HOT ROD RACE - JIMMIE DOLAN - CAPITOL

-   9 HOT ROD RACE - TINY HILL - MERCURY

-  10 (REMEMBER ME) I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU - STUART HAMBLEN - COLUMBIA

 

R&B TOP 10 FEBRUARY 1951

 

1  1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC                

2  2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

3  3 Bad, Bad Whiskey - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN                 

5  4 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY                   

4  5 ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC                 

-   6 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN                 

-  7 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca                     

-  8 LITTLE RED ROOSTER - GRIFFIN BROTHERS/MARGIE DAY - DOT                     

10  9 TELEPHONE BLUES - FLOYD DIXON - MODERN                   

9  10 EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME - FATS DOMINO - IMPERIAL 

 

 


 

TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR MARCH 1951                                        

 

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 4 1 IF - Perry Como - RCA           

 3 2 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 1 3 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 2 4 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

18 5 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM           

 - 6 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 5 7 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA           

13 8 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 - 9 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 6 10 THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 7 11 SO LONG (IT'S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YUH) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra And The Weaver - DECCA           

 - 12 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

12 13 I TAUT I TAW A PUDDY TAT - Mel Blanc - CAPITOL           

 - 14 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA           

 - 15 BRING BACK THE THRILL - Eddie Fisher - RCA           

 - 16 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM           

 - 17 A PENNY A KISS - Tony Martin And Dinah Shore - RCA           

 8 18 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - DECCA           

10 19 TENNESSEE WALTZ - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

11 20 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Dinah Shore - RCA   

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  C&W TOP 10 MARCH 1951       

2  1 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

1  2 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

- 3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA

4  4 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA

3  5 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA

-  6 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

7  7 I LOVE YOU A THOUSAND TIMES - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

-  8 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA

5  9 IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY I'VE GOT THE TIME - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

- 10 MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

 

 

 R&B TOP 10 MARCH 1951       

6 1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN                 

4  2 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY                   

- 3 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

1  4 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC                

2  5 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY                

-  6 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC                

7  7 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca                     

8  8 LITTLE RED ROOSTER - GRIFFIN BROTHERS/MARGIE DAY - DOT                      

-  9 DO SOMETHING FOR ME - DOMINOES - FEDERAL                 

3  10 BAD, BAD WHISKEY - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN                 

 

 

     

 

 

TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR APRIL 1951                                         

 

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 1 1 IF - Perry Como - RCA           

 - 2 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 6 3 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 2 4 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 9 5 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 - 6 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA           

 5 7 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM           

 8 8 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY           

16 9 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM           

12 10 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

14 11 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA           

 4 12 MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 3 13 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 3 13 THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 - 14 HOT CANARY - Florian Zabach - DECCA           

 - 15 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL           

 - 16 SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson & His "pops" Concert Orchestra - DECCA           

 - 17 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Bing Crosby And The Andrews Sisters - DECCA           

 7 18 YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - Perry Como - RCA           

 - 19 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA        

15 20 BRING BACK THE THRILL - Eddie Fisher - RCA     

 

 C&W TOP 10 APRIL 1951

 

3  1 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA

1  2 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

2  3 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

6  4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

4  5 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA

- 6 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

5  7 I'M MOVING ON - HANK SNOW - RCA

 7 8 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA

 - 9 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - JIMMY WAKELY - CAPITOL

 - 10  I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

 

 

 

R&B TOP 10 APRIL 51

 

1 1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN                 

2  2 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY                   

5  3 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

3  4 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

6 5 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC                

 - 6 I'LL WAIT FOR YOU - RUTH BROWN - ATLANTIC                

-  7 GEE BABY - JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA - SAVOY                   

-  8 TENNESSEE WALTZ BLUES - STICK MCGHEE & HIS BUDDIES - ATLANTIC                

7  9 RED'S BOOGIE - PIANO RED - rca                     

- 10 TEARS, TEARS, TEARS - AMOS MILBURN - ALADDIN                 

 

 

TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR MAY 1951                                        

 

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2 1 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL            

 6 2 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA           

15 3 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL           

 5 4 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 3 5 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL            

 - 6 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

 4 7 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 9 8 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM           

 1 9 IF - Perry Como - RCA           

 - 10 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

19 11 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 - 12 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES - Bing And Gary Crosby - DECCA           

 - 13 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

16 14 SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson & His "pops" Concert Orchestra - DECCA           

 - 15 OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

 7 16 ABA DABA HONEYMOON - Carleton Carpenter & Debbie Reynolds - MGM            

 - 17 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

10 18 SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

 8 19 WOULD I LOVE YOU (LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU) - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 - 20 I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES - Arthur Godfrey & Laurie Anders - COLUMBIA           

 

      

 

 C&W TOP 10 MAY 1951

1  1 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA

6  2 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

2  3 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

4  4 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

3  5 THE SHOT GUN BOOGIE - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

10  6 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

9  7 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES - JIMMY WAKELY - CAPITOL

-  8 THE STRANGE LITTLE GIRL - COWBOY COPAS - KING

5 9 THE GOLDEN ROCKET - HANK SNOW - RCA

- 10 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

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R&B TOP 10 MAY 51

 

1  1 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN                 

4  2 LOST LOVE - PERCY MAYFIELD - SPECIALTY               

-  3 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN              

- 4 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS                   

-  5 I WILL WAIT - FOUR BUDDIES - SAVOY                   

- 6 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM                     

 5 7 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY FROM ME - Joe Morris And His Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate - ATLANTIC                

2 8 ROCKIN' BLUES - JOHNNY OTIS - SAVOY                   

- 9 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL                 

8 10 TENNESSEE WALTZ BLUES - STICK MCGHEE & HIS BUDDIES - ATLANTIC                

   

 

 


TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JUNE 1951                                         

 

1 1 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 3 2 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL           

 2 3 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA           

10 4 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

 6 5 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

11 6 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA           

13 7 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

 5 8 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 4 9 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 - 10 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA           

17 11 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

 - 12 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page - MERCURY           

 7 13 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

 8 14 I APOLOGISE - Billy Eckstine - MGM           

15 15 OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

 - 16 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA           

- 17 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & His Orchestra Featuring April St - RCA           

 - 18 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Dennis Day - RCA           

20 19 I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES - Arthur Godfrey & Laurie Anders - COLUMBIA           

 - 20 UNLESS - Eddie Fisher - RCA 

 

R&B TOP 10 JUNE 51

 

4  1 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS                   

- 2 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL                 

9  3 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL                 

-  4 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC                

3  5 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN              

6  6 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM                     

 - 7 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA                     

 - 8 HOW HIGH THE MOON - LES PAUL & MARY FORD - CAPITOL                 

 1 9 BLACK NIGHT - CHARLES BROWN - ALADDIN                 

- 10 GEE BABY - JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA - SAVOY               

 

C&W TOP 10 JUNE 1951

 

6  1 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

2  2 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

1  3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA

10  4 HOWLIN' AT THE MOON - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

4  5 COLD, COLD HEART - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

-  6 BLUEBIRD ISLAND - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA

 - 7 POISON LOVE - JOHNNIE & JACK - RCA

 - 8 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA

3  9 THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

- 10 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

   

 

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TOP 20 US SINGLES FOR JULY 1951                                        

 

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 2 1 TOO YOUNG - Nat 'king' Cole - CAPITOL           

 4 2 JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

 - 3 COME ON-A MY HOUSE - Rosemary Clooney - COLUMBIA           

 1 4 HOW HIGH THE MOON - Les Paul & Mary Ford - CAPITOL           

 6 5 THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza - RCA           

10 6 MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR - Guy Mitchell - COLUMBIA            

 3 7 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers And Terry Gilkyson - DECCA           

- 8 SWEET VIOLETS - Dinah Shore - RCA           

 *7 9 ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine - COLUMBIA           

16 10 I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin - RCA           

 5 11 SOUND OFF (THE DUCKWORTH CHANT) - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

17 12 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Henri Rene & His Orchestra Featuring April St - RCA           

 - 13 BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett - COLUMBIA           

12 14 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page - MERCURY           

11 15 ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra - RCA           

18 16 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Dennis Day - RCA           

 - 17 JOSEPHINE - Les Paul - CAPITOL           

- 18 (WHY DID I TELL YOU I WAS GOING TO) SHANGHAI - Doris Day - COLUMBIA           

 9 19 MOCKIN' BIRD HILL - Patti Page - MERCURY           

13 20 BE MY LOVE - Mario Lanza - RCA           

JULY 1951

 

C&W TOP 10

 

 *1  1 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - LEFTY FRIZZELL - COLUMBIA

 10 2 I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

 3  3 RHUMBA BOOGIE - HANK SNOW - RCA

-   4 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE - CARL SMITH - COLUMBIA

 8  5 DOWN THE TRAIL OF ACHIN' HEARTS - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA

 -  6 MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD - CAPITOL

2   7 KENTUCKY WALTZ - EDDY ARNOLD - RCA

-   8 HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

 -  9 I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) - HANK WILLIAMS - MGM

-   10 BLUEBIRD ISLAND - HANK SNOW & ANITA CARTER - RCA

 

 

JULY 1951 

R&B TOP 10

 

2  1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN - DOMINOES - FEDERAL                 

*4   2 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU - CLOVERS - ATLANTIC                

 1  3 ROCKET "88" - JACKIE BRENSTON - CHESS                   

7  4 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU - Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra - RCA                     

3   5 TOO YOUNG - NAT 'KING' COLE - CAPITOL                 

5   6 TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS - JAMES WAYNES - SITTIN' IN               

 -  7 I WILL WAIT - FOUR BUDDIES - SAVOY                   

 6  8 I APOLOGISE - BILLY ECKSTINE - MGM                     

-   9 CHICA BOO - LLOYD GLENN - SWINGTIME               

-  10 CHAINS OF LOVE - JOE TURNER - ATLANTIC    

 

 

IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT WOUD BE BETTER IF THESE CHARTS WERE EXACTLY 60 YEARS OLD, & SO (UNLESS MORE OF YOU WANT THESE TO CONTINUE AS 59 YEARS OLD) I WILL RESUME THIS IN AUGUST 2011.