Every UK #1 Single of the 1950's Discussion Thread

"I'm Walking Behind You" by Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland
Gives me a feeling of Sadness!!!!! Lovely Strings tho.
3/5

 

This and the next six weeks of "I Believe's" run at the top are all-inclusive.

Week Ending 26 June 1953

06 - 04 - 01 - Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
13 - 01 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
07 - 03 - 03 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
06 - 05 - 04 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
10 - 02 - 05 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
05 - 07 - 06 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
07 - 08 - 07 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
08 - 10 - 08 - Jimmy Boyd And Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
09 - 06 - 09 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
10 - 11 - 10 - Guy Mitchell - PRETTY LITTLE BLACK-EYED SUSIE
05 - 12 - 11 - Winifred Atwell And Her Other Piano - CORONATION RAG
09 - 09 - 12 - Billy Cotton And His Band - IN A GOLDEN COACH (THERE'S A HEART OF GOLD)


Week Ending 03 July 1953

14 - 02 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
07 - 04 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
07 - 01 - 03 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
08 - 03 - 04 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
06 - 06 - 05 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
11 - 05 - 06 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
09 - 08 - 07 - Jimmy Boyd and Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
10 - 09 - 08 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
08 - 07 - 09 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
11 - 10 - 10 - Guy Mitchell - PRETTY LITTLE BLACK-EYED SUSIE
1 - NEW - 11 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
10 - 12 - 12 - Billy Cotton And His Band - IN A GOLDEN COACH (THERE'S A HEART OF GOLD)


Week Ending 10 July 1953

15 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
08 - 02 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
09 - 04 - 03 - Muriel Smith - Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
07 - 05 - 04 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
08 - 03 - 05 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
12 - 06 - 06 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
09 - 09 - 07 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
10 - 07 - 08 - Jimmy Boyd And Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
11 - 08 - 09 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
1 - NEW - 10 - Al Martino - RACHEL
02 - 11 - 11 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
1 - NEW - 12 - Vivian Blaine - A BUSHEL AND A PECK


Week Ending 17 July 1953

16 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
09 - 02 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
10 - 03 - 03 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
09 - 05 - 04 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
08 - 04 - 05 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
10 - 07 - 06 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
12 - 09 - 07 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
11 - 08 - 08 - Jimmy Boyd And Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
13 - 06 - 09 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
02 - 10 - 10 - Al Martino - RACHEL
03 - 11 - 11 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
1 - NEW - 12 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS


Week Ending 24 July 1953

17 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
09 - 05 - 02 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
10 - 02 - 03 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
10 - 04 - 04 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
11 - 06 - 05 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
11 - 03 - 06 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
12 - 08 - 07 - Jimmy Boyd and Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
14 - 09 - 08 - Nat 'King' Cole - PRETEND
13 - 07 - 09 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
04 - 11 - 10 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
1 - NEW - 11 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
03 - 10 - 12 - Al Martino - RACHEL


Week Ending 31 July 1953

18 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
11 - 03 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
11 - 04 - 03 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'm WALKING BEHIND YOU
12 - 06 - 04 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
10 - 02 - 05 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
12 - 05 - 06 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
15 - 08 - 07 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
02 - 11 - 08 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
05 - 10 - 08 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
14 - 09 - 09 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED
13 - 07 - 10 - Jimmy Boyd and Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
02 - RE - 11 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS
04 - 12 - 12 - Al Martino - RACHEL


Week Ending 07 August 1953

19 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
12 - 02 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
13 - 06 - 03 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
11 - 05 - 04 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
12 - 03 - 05 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
13 - 04 - 06 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
16 - 07 - 07 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
06 - 08 - 08 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
03 - 08 - 09 - Doris Day and Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
1 - NEW - 10 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN
07 - RE - 11 - Johnnie Ray - SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL
14 - 10 - 12 - Jimmy Boyd and Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
15 - 09 - 12 - Eddie Fisher - DOWNHEARTED

 

Thank Hugo Winterhalter for the strings.

 

Again, none of these grace my collection, but what 'newies' there were that came out on my side o' the pond . . .

(Also on 78 RPM.)

 

(Also saw 78 release, though no such label has turned up as yet.)

 

I'm walking behind you - great! I actually once bought the 45 for a relative who was born while it was at #1.

Cheer up with the flipside!

 

Speaking of which, Jo Stafford had her own version of "Just Another Polka." One reason I got it was the US catalogue number - Columbia (4-)40000.



The UK ish of Fisher's "I'm Walking Behind You," meanwhile, had as its flip "Hold Me." Good thing we (mostly) only handle A sides, innit?

 

Didn't know that, that's the pressing I really should have bought then. Oh, well.

 

#10 of 1953 (#11 in total) - "The Song From The Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" by Mantovani And His Orchestra
(#1 for 1 week - 14 August 1953)

The UK single:

The US single (as "The Moulin Rouge Theme (Where Is Your Heart)"):

Wikipedia entry - had also reached #16 in US Billboard (where the biggest selling version was by Percy Faith And His Orchestra Featuring Felicia Sanders, which was #1 for 10 weeks and the Number One song of 1953 in the States).​

 

And here, for equal time, is Faith's version which, I.I.N.M., didn't chart in Britain:


(This, I have. In both speeds.)

B.T.W., in the film, none other than Muriel Smith (of UK "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" fame) dubbed Zsa Zsa Gabor's singing voice.

 

Now for this plus the last three weeks of Frankie Laine's big hit at the top spot:

Week Ending 14 August 1953

12 - 04 - 01 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
20 - 01 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
13 - 02 - 03 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
13 - 05 - 04 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
14 - 03 - 05 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
07 - 08 - 06 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
14 - 06 - 07 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
17 - 07 - 08 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
1 - NEW - 09 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
04 - 09 - 10 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
15 - 12 - 11 - Jimmy Boyd And Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY
02 - 10 - 12 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN

Week Ending 21 August 1953

21 - 02 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
13 - 01 - 02 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
15 - 05 - 03 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
15 - 07 - 04 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
14 - 03 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
08 - 06 - 06 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
14 - 04 - 07 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
18 - 08 - 08 - Nat "King" Cole - PRETEND
1 - NEW - 09 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
05 - 10 - 09 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
03 - RE - 10 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS
02 - 09 - 11 - Nat 'King' Cole - CAN'T I
03 - 12 - 12 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN


Week Ending 28 August 1953

22 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
15 - 05 - 02 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
14 - 02 - 03 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
06 - 09 - 04 - Doris Day and Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
15 - 07 - 05 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
04 - 10 - 06 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS
09 - 06 - 07 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
1 - NEW - 08 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
16 - 04 - 09 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
16 - 03 - 10 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
03 - 11 - 11 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
02 - 09 - 12 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")


Week Ending 04 September 1953

23 - 01 - 01 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
15 - 03 - 02 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
16 - 02 - 03 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
07 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day and Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
02 - 08 - 05 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
16 - 05 - 06 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
17 - 10 - 07 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
04 - RE - 07 - June Hutton and Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN
03 - 12 - 08 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
05 - 06 - 09 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS
10 - 07 - 10 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
17 - 09 - 11 - Muriel Smith - HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
1 - NEW - 12 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW

 

Once more, none of these I have, but as to those 'newies' that had U.S. release:

 

(This would have also been on 78 RPM, but as yet no U.S. 78 label - or even export from Britain - has turned up.)

 

It should also be noted that in US Cash Box, Faith's and Mantovani's versions were both listed at #1 (along with other renditions on other labels), as in those days that publication combined all versions into one master entry, unlike Billboard listing each version individually. I suppose it's fortunate for all of us that Percy Dickins modeled the NME charts after Billboard's and not Cash Box'.

 

Where is your heart
I knew the Percy Faith / Felicia Sanders version, but not the Mantovani one. Much prefer the one with vocals. The song is wonderful, love it.

You can say that again. I guess that kind of listing says something about the attitude towards artists at the time.

 

I have heard Seven Lonely Days by Dorothy Collins on cd of 50s Divas. I think I prefer the Patsy Cline version (just listened to Giselle Mackenzie. She was Canadian.

 

I love that song! The original version by Georgia Gibbs is great too. I've heard many country artists do it but often they make it too fast.

 

#11 of 1953 (#12 in total) - "Look At That Girl" by Guy Mitchell
(#1 for 6 weeks - 11 September-16 October 1953)

The UK single:

The US single (to date, no 78 label has turned up):

Wikipedia entry

 

Week Ending 11 September 1953

03 - 05 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
24 - 01 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
17 - 03 - 03 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
08 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
16 - 02 - 05 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
17 - 06 - 06 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU
18 - 07 - 07 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
11 - 10 - 08 - Ted Heath And His Music - HOT TODDY
05 - 07 - 09 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN
02 - 12 - 10 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
04 - 08 - 11 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
06 - 09 - 11 - Gisele MacKenzie - SEVEN LONELY DAYS
05 - RE - 12 - Al Martino - RACHEL
16 - RE - 12 - Jimmy Boyd And Frankie Laine - TELL ME A STORY


Week Ending 18 September 1953

04 - 01 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
25 - 02 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
17 - 05 - 03 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
09 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
18 - 03 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
06 - 09 - 06 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN
03 - 10 - 07 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
1 - NEW - 08 - Nat "King" Cole - MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME
19 - 07 - 09 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
1 - NEW - 09 - Dean Martin - KISS
05 - 11 - 10 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
04 - RE - 11 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
18 - 06 - 12 - Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU


Week Ending 25 September 1953

05 - 01 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
26 - 02 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
18 - 03 - 03 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
10 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
19 - 05 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
05 - 11 - 06 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
04 - 07 - 07 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
20 - 09 - 08 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
02 - 08 - 09 - Nat "King" Cole - MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME
07 - 06 - 10 - June Hutton And Axel Stordahl With The Boys Next Door - SAY YOU'RE MINE AGAIN
06 - 10 - 11 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
1 - NEW - 12 - Winifred Atwell And Her Piano - FLIRTATION WALTZ


Week Ending 02 October 1953

06 - 01 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
05 - 07 - 02 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
27 - 02 - 03 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
11 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
20 - 05 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
19 - 03 - 06 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
02 - RE - 07 - Dean Martin - KISS
21 - 08 - 08 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
1 - NEW - 09 - David Whitfield - THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
06 - 06 - 10 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
07 - 11 - 11 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
03 - 09 - 12 - Nat "King" Cole - MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME


Week Ending 09 October 1953

07 - 01 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
28 - 03 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
06 - 02 - 03 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
12 - 04 - 04 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
21 - 05 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
07 - 10 - 06 - Nat "King" Cole - CAN'T I
20 - 06 - 07 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
03 - 07 - 08 - Dean Martin - KISS
04 - 12 - 09 - Nat "King" Cole - MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME
02 - RE - 10 - Winifred Atwell And Her Piano - FLIRTATION WALTZ
22 - 08 - 11 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
08 - 11 - 12 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")


Week Ending 16 October 1953

08 - 01 - 01 - Guy Mitchell - LOOK AT THAT GIRL
29 - 02 - 02 - Frankie Laine - I BELIEVE
1 - NEW - 03 - Frankie Laine - HEY JOE!
07 - 03 - 04 - Frankie Laine - WHERE THE WINDS BLOW
22 - 05 - 05 - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra - TERRY'S THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT"
21 - 07 - 06 - Mantovani And His Orchestra - THE SONG FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE (WHERE IS YOUR HEART)
05 - 09 - 07 - Nat "King" Cole - MOTHER NATURE AND FATHER TIME
13 - 04 - 08 - Doris Day And Johnnie Ray - LET'S WALK THAT-A-WAY
23 - 11 - 09 - Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra - THE THEME FROM THE FILM "LIMELIGHT"
04 - 08 - 10 - Dean Martin - KISS
09 - 12 - 11 - Jimmy Young - ETERNALLY (THE THEME FROM "LIMELIGHT")
1 - NEW - 12 - David Whitfield - ANSWER ME

 

Once more, nothing from this I'd have, so the 'newies' . . . what few saw U.S. or Canadian release:

(Yet to see a 45 label of this.)

 

Look at that girl
Cool and swinging. Nice guitar solo. Would be exciting to see a singer like this perform live.

 

I also like the hand-clapping.

(I found myself actually able to name a fair number of the faces featured in the video. Somebody had fun putting that together.)

 

B Bryant. Of course that's Boudleaux who with his wife Felice was responsible for writing many of the Everlys' early hits.