1951 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
TOO YOUNG (22)
Sid Lippman and Sylvia Dee
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (13)
(Traditional) originally known in 1916, revived in 1951
MOCKING BIRD HILL (18)
Vaughn Horton
IF (19)
Lyrics: Robert Hargreaves, Stanley J. Damerell; Music: Tolchard Evans
Originally written in 1934, revived in 1951
MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU (13)
Lyrics: Carl Sigman; Music: Percy Faith
SLOW POKE (16)
Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart and Chilton Price
(IT'S NO) SIN (17)
Lyrics: Chester R. Shull; Music George Hoven
BECAUSE OF YOU (23)
Lyrics: Arthur Hammerstein; Music: Dudley Wilkinson
Originally written in 1940, revived in the film: I Was an American Spy
SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI (16)
Irving Gordon
COLD COLD HEART (11)
Hank Williams
COME ON-A-MY HOUSE (10)
William Saroyan, Ross Bagdasarian
Popularized by Rosemary Clooney
ABA DABA HONEYMOON (09)
Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan
Originally written in 1914, revived in 1951
UNDECIDED (13)
Lyrics: Sid Robin; Music: Charlie Shavers
Originally written in 1939, revived in 1951
I GET IDEAS (15)
Lyrics: Dorcas Cochran; Music: Julio Cesar A. Sanders
Based on Argentine tango Adios Muchachos, written in 1932
DOWN YONDER (13)
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Originally written in 1921, revived in 1951
MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR (10)
Bob Merrill
THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR (23)
Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster; Music: Irving Aaronson
Featured in the musical film: The Great Caruso
Adapted from Juventino P. Rosa's Over the Waves from 1888
BE MY LOVE (19)
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn; Music: Nicholas Brodszky
Introduced in the musical film: Toast of New Orleans
THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
HOW HIGH THE MOON (10)
Lyrics: Nancy Hamilton; Music: Morgan Lewis
Originally written in 1940, revived in 1949 and 1951
WOULD I LOVE YOU (11)
Sidney Keith (Bob) Russell; Music: Harold Spina
AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN (05)
Joe Marsala and Sunny Skylar
SHANGHAI (14)
Lyrics: Bob Hilliard; Music: Milton DeLugg
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