1954 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  SECRET LOVE                                   (16)
      Paul Francis Webster lyric;  Sammy Fain, music.
  THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN                   (13)
      lyric by Sammy Cahn,  music by Jule Stein
  IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU                     (12)
      Al Jacobs,  Milton Gabler, Jimmie Crane
  LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT                      (17)
      lyric, Edith L. Calisch;  music, Carl Stutz
  MISTER SANDMAN                                (18)
      Pat Ballard
  HEY THERE                                     (17)
      Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
      Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Pajama Game
  WANTED                                        (17)
      Lois Steele and Jack Fulton
  LET ME GO, LOVER                              (11)
      Jenny Lou Carson, with special lyrics by Al Hill
  YOUNG AT HEART                                (18)
      Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music: Johnny Richards
      Introduced in the musical film: Young at Heart
  HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY                           (14)
      Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
      Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Pajama Game
  I NEED YOU NOW                                (13)
      Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs
  TEACH ME TONIGHT                              (10)
      Lyrics: Sammy Cahn; Music: Gene De Paul


SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY                       (13)
      Lyrics: Ned Washington; Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
      Introduced in the non-musical film: High and the Mighty
  ANSWER ME, MY LOVE                            (09)
      Lyrics: Carl Sigman; Music: Gerhard Winkler
  THE NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY LANE                (10)
      Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
  COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF SHEEP         (13)
      Irving Berlin
      Introduced in the musical film: White Christmas
  HEARTS OF STONE                               (08)
      Lyrics: Eddy Ray; Music: Rudy Jackson
  MAKE LOVE TO ME                               (14)
      Originally called the "Tin Roof Blues".
      Composer-lyricist-publisher Walter Melrose wrote the original
      lyric. The music was written by the five musicians of the 'New
      Orleans Rhythm Kings' - George Brunies, Paul Joseph Mares,
      Melville J. Stitzel, Leon Rappolo, and Ben Pollack.  Bill Norvas
      and Allan Copeland added the new lyric in 1954.
  OH MY PAPA                                    (12)
      Lyrics:  Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner; Music: Paul Burkhard


THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER                          (12)
      Geoffrey Parsons, Rudi Revil, Nathan Korb and James John T. Phillips
  CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE                         (09)
      George David Weiss and Bennie Benjamin
  GANG THAT SANG HEART OF MY HEART              (09)
      Ben Ryan
  SH-BOOM                                       (12)
      Written by a Rock and Roll Quintet called The Chords:
      Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, James Edwards, James Keyes
      and Floyd McRae.