Regional Hits of 1953

Other Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

The standard page for 1953 lists the biggest hit songs across the World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

There are few European charts available from before 1960, so the data on this page is dominated by the North American charts.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya Con Dios (may God Be With You) Moves 0 Moves 0 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya Con Dios (may God Be With You) Moves -4 Moves -10 Frankie Laine I Believe 1
2 Tony Bennett Rags to Riches Moves -2 Moves -9 Dean Martin That's Amore Moves -34 Moves -16 Frankie Laine Answer Me, Lord Above 2
3 Patti Page How Much is That Doggy in the Window? Moves -3 Moves -4 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You Moves -8 Moves -14 Frank Chacksfield Terry's Theme From 'Limelight' 3
4 Teresa Brewer Till I Waltz Again With You Moves -5 Moves 2 Tony Bennett Rags to Riches Moves -177 Moves -33 Frankie Laine Blowing Wild 4
5 Stan Freberg St George & the Dragonette Moves -9 Moves -7 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise Moves -9 Moves 4 Les Paul & Mary Ford Vaya Con Dios (may God Be With You) 5
6 Percy Faith The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) Moves -1 Moves 3 Patti Page How Much is That Doggy in the Window? Moves -68 Moves -66 Mantovani Swedish Rhapsody 6
7 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You Moves 4 Moves 1 Percy Faith The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) Moves -119 Moves -6 Nat King Cole Pretend 7
8 Perry Como Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Moves 0 Moves 0 Perry Como Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Moves -172 Moves -21 Mantovani The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) 8
9 The Orioles Crying in the Chapel Moves -3 Moves 5 Teresa Brewer Till I Waltz Again With You Moves -173 Moves -68 Eddie Calvert O mein Papa 9
10 The Ames Brothers You You You Moves -5 Moves -3 Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart Moves -173 Moves -45 Guy Mitchell Look At That Girl 10
11 Dean Martin That's Amore Moves 9 Moves -4 Frankie Laine I Believe Moves 10 Moves 8 Eddie Fisher I'm Walking Behind You 11
12 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise Moves 7 Moves 3 The Orioles Crying in the Chapel Moves -25 Moves -29 Guy Mitchell She Wears Red Feathers 12
13 Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart Moves 3 Moves -14 Nat King Cole Pretend Moves 6 Moves -43 David Whitfield Answer Me 13
14 Perry Como No Other Love Moves -11 Moves 9 Stan Freberg St George & the Dragonette Moves -170 Moves 9 Tony Bennett Stranger in Paradise 14
15 Frankie Laine I Believe Moves 4 Moves 5 The Ames Brothers You You You Moves -163 Moves -117 Gilbert Becaud Mes mains 15
16 Julius Larosa Eh, cumpari Moves -5 Moves -3 Frank Chacksfield Ebb Tide Moves -19 Moves -118 Guy Mitchell Cloud Lucky Seven 16
17 Frank Sinatra I've Got the World On a String Moves -5 Moves -27 Frank Chacksfield Terry's Theme From 'Limelight' Moves 14 Moves -58 Frankie Laine Where The Winds Blow 17
18 Ray Anthony Dragnet Moves -2 Moves -100 Frankie Laine Answer Me, Lord Above Moves 16 Moves -60 Winifred Atwell Let's Have a Party 18
19 Frank Chacksfield Ebb Tide Moves 3 Moves -13 Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine Tell Me a Story Moves -15 Moves -4 Frankie Laine Hey Joe 19
20 Les Baxter & His Orchestra April In Portugal (The Whisp'ring Serenade) Moves -12 Moves 2 Ray Anthony Dragnet Moves -43 Moves -59 The Stargazers Broken Wings 20

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