156 Winning Song Titles

Radio Station WQEW-AM, 1560 on the dial, a New York City station, recently held a listener’s contest to determine the songs that were most popular with it’s listeners. Here are ”The 156 Winners on Radio Station WQEW-AM, 1650KC, Contest.”

1. I Can’t Get Started Bunny Berigan 2. Stardust Nat King Cole 3. Stardust Artie Shaw 4. Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw 5. Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller 6. Green Eyes J. Dorsey/B., Eberly/H. O’Connell 7. In the Mood Glenn Miller 8. Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman 9. My Way Frank Sinatra 10. You Belong to Me Jo Stafford 11. I’ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra 12. Because of You Tony Bennett 13. Unforgettable Nat King Cole 14. I Left My Heart in San Francisco Tony Bennett 15. Theme from: New York, New York Frank Sinatra 16. When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New Jimmy Roselli 17. Over the Rainbow Judy Garland 18. Tangerine J. Dorsey/B. Eberly/H. O’Connell 19. Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 20. Night and Day Frank Sinatra 21. I’ll Never Smile Again T. Dorsey/Pied Pipers/F Sinatra 22. I Understand Jimmy Dorsey 23. Summer Wind Frank Sinatra 24. White Christmas Bing Crosby 25. On the Sunny Side of the Street T Dorsey/Sentimentalists 26. A String of Pearls Glenn Miller 27. All the Things You Are Artie Shaw/Helen Forest 28. Mona Lisa Nat King Cole 29. Mala Femmena Jimmy Roselli 30. Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler 31. As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson 32. Yours J. Dorsey/B. Eberly/H. O’Connell 33. It’s Magic Doris Day 34. My Foolish Heart Billy Eckstine 35. People Barbra Streisand 36. Wind Beneath My Wings Perry Como 37. The Way We Were Barbara Streisand 38. Amapola J. Dorsey/B. Eberly/H. O’Connell 39. Deep Purple Larry Clinton/Bea Wain 40. Here in My Heart AI Martino 41. I Wanna Be Around Tony Bennett 42. It Might As Well Be Spring Dick Haymes 43. The Man That Got Away Judy Garland

156 Winning Song Titles – 1/4 44. The More I See You Dick Haymes 45. Till The End of Time Perry Como 46. True Love Bing Crosby/Grace Kelly 47. Twelfth Of Never Johnny Mathis 48. Unforgettable Nat/Natalie Cole 49. Too Young Nat King Cole 50. An Affair to Remember Vic Damone 51. Always Bobby Darin 52. And I Love You So Perry Como 53. April in Paris Count Basie 54. Cherokee Charlie Barnet 55. Don’t Dream of Anybody but Me Bobby Darin 56. Long Ago (And Far Away) Jo Stafford 57. More Steve Lawrence 58. On the Street Where You Live Vic Damone 59. Secret Love Doris Day 60. Tenderly Rosemary Clooney 61. What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 62. And the Angels Sing Benny Goodman/Martha Tilton 63. Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin 64. Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra 65. Hello Dolly Louis Armstrong 66 I’m a Fool to Want You Frank Sinatra 67. If He Walked Into My Life Eydie Gorme 68. It’s Impossible Perry Como 69 Marie Tommy Dorsey 70. Moonglow Morris Stoloff 71. Moonlight in Vermont Margaret Whiting 72. More Andy Williams 73. Opus No.1 Tommy Dorsey 74. Sentimental Journey Les Brown/Doris Day 75. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters 76. Snowfall Claude Thornhill Orch. 77. Stormy Weather Lena Horne 78. Tennessee Waltz Patti Page 79. A-Tisket, A-Tasket Chick Webb Orch/Ella Fitzgerald 80. Because Perry Como 81. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Ella Fitzgerald 82. The Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr. 83. Cry Johnnie Ray 84. Don’t You Know Della Reese 85. Fever Peggy Lee 86. Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles 87. I’ll Be Seeing You T Dorsey/The Pied Pipers/f. Sinatra 88. I Have Dreamed Frank Sinatra 89. If Ever I Would Leave You Robert Goulet 90. Memory Barbra Streisand 91. Misty Johnny Mathis 92. No Other Love Jo Stafford 93. Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra 94. Thanks for the Memory Bob Hope/Shirley Ross 95. Why Don’t You Believe Me Joni James

156 Winning Song Titles – 2/4 96. You Made Me love You Harry James 97. Young at Heart Frank Sinatra 98. At last Nat King Cole 99. All the Way Frank Sinatra 100. Blue Moon Mel Tormé 101. Body And Soul Billy Eckstine 102. Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra 103. Crazy Patsy Cline 104. Dream The Pied Pipers 105. Evergreen Barbra Streisand 106. Frenesi Artie Shaw 107. How Do You Keep the Music Playing? Tony Bennett 108. Memories of You Benny Goodman 109. Moon River Henry Mancini 110. Paper Doll Mills Brothers 111. Sleepy Lagoon Harry James 112. Someone to Watch Over Me Jack Jones 113. The Best of Times Perry Como 114. The Rose Bette Midler 115. There Must Be a Way Jimmy Roselli 116. This Ole House Rosemary Clooney 117. Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr 118. Birth of the Blues Sammy Davis, Jr. 119. All or Nothing at All Harry James/Frank Sinatra 120. Autumn Leaves Roger Williams 121. Boulevard of Broken Dreams Tony Bennett 122. Chatanooga Choo-Choo Glenn Miller 123. Come On-A My House Rosemary Clooney 124. Come Rain or Come Shine Judy Garland 125. Hawaiian Wedding Song Andy Williams 126. I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You Tommy Dorsey 127. I’m Yours Don Cornell 128. I Apologize Billy Eckstine 129. If Perry Como 130. If My Friends Could See Me Now Sammy Davis, Jr. 131. It Had to Be You Harry Connick, Jr. 132. Jalousie Frankie Laine 133. Little White Lies Dick Haymes 134. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Four Aces 135. Manana Peggy Lee 136. Unchained Melody Al Hibbler 137. Moonlight Becomes You Bing Crosby 138. If I Loved You Perry Como 139. Theme from New York, New York Liza Minnelli 140. Not While I’m Around Perry Como 141. Old Cape Cod Patti Page 142. Once In Love with Amy Ray Bolger 143. Once Upon a Time Jack Jones 144. Pennies from Heaven Bing Crosby 145. Prisoner of Love Perry Como 146. Rags to Riches Tony Bennett 147. September Song Walter Huston

156 Winning Song Titles – 3/4 148. Spanish Eyes AI Martino 149. Stranger on the Shore Acker Bilk 150. The Very Thought of You Natalie Cole 151. There! I’ve Said It Again Vaughn Monroe 152. Wind Beneath My Wings Shirley Bassey 153. How Did She look Arthur Prysock 154. I Won’t Send Roses Michael Feinstein 155. You’ll Never Know Dick Haymes 156. A Thousand Thoughts of You Nat King Cole

© 1994–1997 Murray L. Pfeffer.

156 Winning Song Titles – 4/4