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In 1951, the following four charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
Too Young" by Nat King Cole (pictured) with Les Baxter was the number one song of 1951. Les Paul and Mary Ford had three songs on the year-end top 30. Patti Page had three songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1951 by retail sales. [1]
These are the songs that reached number one on the Top 40 Best Sellers chart (expanded to the Top 50 as of October 13) in 1951 as published by Cash Box magazine. Artists were not specified in the charts of this period so songs may represent more than one version. The artist who most popularized each song is listed.
Pee Wee King ended the year at number one on all three charts.. In 1951 Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most-Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records, Best-Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records and Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951. ... Six Songs for women's voices and harp: 1951-06-[8–17] Aldeburgh, UK
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
Jimmy Nelson (pictured in 1996) reached number one in 1951 with "T'99 Blues" but would never achieve another charting song in his career.. In 1951, Billboard magazine published Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records, two charts covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American ...
Two albums recorded by Mario Lanza (pictured in 1949) topped the charts in 1951. His soundtrack to the film The Great Caruso topped the 33 1/3 and 45 rpm chart for ten weeks each from June to August. His christmas record Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs reached number one on both charts in late December.