TOP TUNES OF THE MONTH SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 1 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART (3) 2 ROOM FULL OF ROSES (2) 1 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART (1) 3 SOMEDAY (6) 2 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (5) 4 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (I) 3 SOMEDAY (3) 5 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (12) 4 JEALOUS HEART (6) 6 JEALOUS HEART (10) 5 SLIPPING AROUND (9) 7 MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE (9) 6 ROOM'FULL OF ROSES (2) JANUARY - cj 8 WHISPERING HOPE (17) 7 I CAN DREAM. CAN'T IT (17) 9 SLIPPING AROUND (—) 8 DON'T CRY JOE (16) 10 THE HUCKLE-BUCK (5) 9 WHISPERING HOPE (8) U 1 NEVER SEE MAGGIE ALONE (28) 10 MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE (7) 12 NOW THAT I HEED YOU (30) 11 HOP-SCOTCH POLKA (15) 1 A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (4) U FAR AHAY PLACES (96) 12 I NEVER SEE MAGGIE ALONE (11) Evelyn Knight w-std Perry Como a-hr 13 DANCE OF THE HOURS (19) (Oecca 24514) U LET'S TAKE AH OLD FASHIONED WALK (U) 13 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (4) (RCA Victor 20-3316) 15 HOP-SCOTCH POLKA (—) 14 NOW THAT I HEED YOU (12) 16 OOH'T CRY JOE (—) 15 JOHNSON RAG (—) 2 BUTTONS AND BOWS (1) 12 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (32) 17 I CAM DREAM. CAN'T IT (—) 16 A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY (—) Dinah Shore/Happy Valley Boys Brother Bones/Shadows 18 AGAIN (S) 17 CANADIAN CAPERS (—) (Columbia 38Z94) (Tempo 652) 19 MV BOLERO (15) 18 THE HUCKLE-BUCK (10) 20 CIRCUS (23) 19 IF I EVER LOVE AGAIN (—) 3 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (3) 13 I'VE GOT-MY LOVE TO KEEP ME (22) 20 I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS (—) Kay Kyser v-glw, hb WARM - Les Brown 21 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE (4) (Columbia 3B301) 22 GIVE ME YOUR HAND (—) 21 WHY WAS I BORN (—) (Columbia 38324) 23 RIDERS IN THE SKY (7) 22 DANCE OF THE HOURS (13) 23 MY BOLERO (19) 4 MY DARLING. MY DARLING (5) 14 BUTTONS AND BOWS (10) 24 RAGTIME COWBOY JOE (—) Jo Stafford/Gordon MacRae w-stl Dinning Sisters a-avd 25 THAT'S MY WEAKNESS HOW (—) 24 ENVY (—) 25 DIME A DOZEN (30) (Capitol 15270) (Capitol 15184) 26 Just One Way To Say I LOVE; YOU (26) 26 CIRCUS (20) 27 FOREVER AND EVER (13) 5 FAR AWAY PLACES (29) 15 LAVENDER BLUE (31) 28 HOMEWORK (24) 27 THE LAST MILE HOME (—) 28 I'LL NEVER SLIP AROUND AGAIN {— i Margaret WhlUng o-cch Dinah Shore e-hz 29 THE WEDDING OF LIL! MARLENE (—) (Capitol 15278) (Columbia 38299) 30 DIME A DOZEN {—) 29 THROUGH A LONG AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT (—) 30 TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE GOODBYE (—) 6 POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE (27) 16 MY DARLING MY DARLING (8) NOVEMBER DECEMBER Evelyn Knight w-std Doris Day/Buddy Clark 1 MULE TRAIN (—} (Deeca 24530) (Columbia 38353) 2 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (2) 1 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (20) 3 1 CAN DREAM, CAN'T I? (7)' 2 MULE TRAIN (1) 7 LAVENDER BLUE (13) 17 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (14) 4 DON'T CRY JOE (8) 3 I CAN DREAM, CAN'T p (3) Sammy Kaye v-Three Kaydcts Benny Goodman v-Al Hendrickson 5 SLIPPING AROUND (5) 4 SLIPPING AROUND (5) (RCA Victor 20-3100) (Capitol 15208) 6 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART (1) 5 A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY (8) 7 JEALOUS HEART {4} 6 DON'T CRY JOE (4) 8 FAR AWAY PLACES (38) IB GALWAY BAY (47) 8 A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY (16) 7 I YUST GO NUTS AT CHRISTMAS (—) Ring Crosby w-fcd Blng Crosby a-vy 9 WHISPERING HOPE (9) 8 THE OLD MASTER PAINTER (29) (Oecca 24532) (Decca 24295) 10 THERE'S NO TOMORROW {—) 9 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (2) 10 DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE (21) 9 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (6) 19 THE PUSSYCAT SONG (113) 11 I'LL NEVER SLIP AROUND AGAIN (28) 11 YINGLE BELLS (—) Freddy Martin v-Glenn Hughes.mme Patty Andrews/Bob Crosby 12 SOMEDAY (3) (RCA Victor 20-3123) (Oecca 24533) 13 JOHNSON RAG (IS) 12 WHITE CHRISTMAS ( —) 13 I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS (23) 14 HOP-SCOTCH POLKA (U) 10 SO TIRED (17) 20 A LITTLE BIRO TOLD ME 15 CANADIAN CAPERS (17) 14 THERE'S NO TOMORROW (10) (35) 15 WHISPERING HOPE (9) Russ Morgan V-K Blue Lu Barber 16 1 NEVER SEE MAGGIE ALONE (12) (Decca 24521) 17 ROOM FULL OF ROSES (G) 16 JEALOUS HEART (7) (Capitol 1530B) 18 ENVY (24) 17 BLUE CHRISTMAS (—) 19 WHY WAS I BORN (21) 18 JOHNSON RAG (13) 20 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (—) 19 ECHOES (—) 21 DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE (—) 20 CHARLEY MY BOY ( —) 22 TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE GOODBYE (30) 21 ENVY (18) 23 I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS (20) 22 AVE MARIA (—) 24 MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE (10) 23 BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BflO (—) 25 I WANNA GO HOME (—) 24 THE WEDDING SAMBA (—) 26 WAY BACK HOME (—) 25 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (2B) 27 IF I EVER LOVE AGAIN (19) 26 THE LORD'S PRAYER (—} 28 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (—) 27 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Is My,.) (—) 29 THE OLD MASTER PAINTER (—) 28 MERRY CHRISTMAS POLKA (—) 30 THE LAST MILE HOME (27) 29 CANADIAN CAPERS (15) 30 YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART (6) JANUARY H 0 T C HART JANUARY 55 SWEET SUE. JUST YOU (92) 71 TARA TALARA TALA (114) 21 UNTIL (12) Johnny Long Johnny Desmond Tommy Dorsey v-hp,c1s,tow 38 BUTTONS AND BOWS (25) (Signature 15243) (MGM 102B7) (RCA Victor 20-3061} Evelyn Knight a-rnkl (Oecca 24489) GG THE PUSSY CAT SONG (—) 72 DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS (—) 22 CUANTO LE GUSTA (19) Jo Stafford/Gordon MacRae a-stl Al Jolson/Mills Bros. Carmen Mfranda/Andrews Sisters a-vs 39 CONGRATULATIONS (xxx) (Capitol 15342) (Oecca 24534) (Oecca 24479) Oo Stafford a-pw (Capitol 15319) 57 DOWN BY THE STATION (96) 73 ROSETTA (xxx) 23 GLORIA (26) S11m Gelllard Frankle Lalne a-cf Kills Bros. 40 YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (30) (MGM 10309) (Mercury 5227) (Oecca 24509) Kay Starr (Capitol 15226) 58 MY DARLING, MY DARLING (34) 74 MY DARLING MY DARLING (98) 24 A LITTLE BIRD TOLO ME (20) Peter Llnd Hayes w-std Eve Young/Jack Lathrop Paula Watson 41 FAR AWAY PLACES (117) (Decca 24519) (RCA Victor 20-3187) (Supreme 1507) Dinah Shore (Colombia 383S6) 59 POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE (—) 75 BRUSH THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR (96) 25 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY (—} Blue Barren v-Ensemble EYES - Buddy Clark w-mod, sky Vaughn Monroe v-x, Moon Hen 42 CARELESS HANDS (—) (MGM 10346) (Columbia 38364) (RCA Victor 20-3319) Sammy Kayc v-Oon Cornell, tk (RCA Victor 20-3321) 59 THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES (—) 76 IT'S LIKE TAKING CANDY FROM A (xxx) 26 N'YOT N'YOW (The Pussycet Song) (9S) Guy Lombardo BABY - Tony Pastor v-x, Rosemary Clooney Perry Como w-Fontane Sisters 43 CAN'T SLEEP (106) (Decca 24531) (Columbia 38355) (RCA Victor 20-3288) Lorry Ralne a-rgc (Coast 8062) GO DEEP PURPLE (xxx) 77 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR PHONE (—) 27 DOWN BY THE STATION (—) Paul Weston CALL FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS - Beatrice Kay Tommy Oorsey v-dde,lap.snt 44 AGAIN (—) (Capitol 15294) (Columbia 38373) a-ma (RCA Victor 20-3317) Vera Lynn a-brc (London 310) 61 SAY IT ISN'T SO (106) 78 MORE BEERl (—) 28 CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER (—) Kay Kyser v-Campus K1ds Andrews Sisters a-vs Blue Barron v-Ensemble 45 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS (70) (Columbia 3B348) (Oecce 2454B) (HGH 10346) Olmmy Wekely (Capitol 15243) 62 HERE I'LL STAY (115) 79 WALKIN' WITH MY SHADOW (59) 29 TWELFTH STREET RAG (11) Buddy Clark a-ma Four Knights a-bky Pee Wee Hunt 46 DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS (39) (Columbia 38294) (Oecca 48014) (Capitol 16105) Sammy Kaye v-Don Cornell, tk, kch (RCA Victor 20-3100) 63 GALWAY BAY (55) 80 SO IN LOVE (—) 30 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (16) Anne Shelton a-roy, wrs Patt! Page Eddy Howard 47 SO TIRED (100) (London 287) (Mercury 5230) (Mercury 5210) Kay Starr (Capitol 15314) 64 DON'T GAMBLE WITH ROMANCE ( ) 81 HOW MANY TEARS MUST FALL ( ) 31 YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING '(15) Sandy Sims Tommy Dorsey v-Denny Dennis Blue Barron v-Clyde Burke 48 FOR EVER AND EVER (—) (Fine Arts 1001) (RCA Victor 20-3317) (MGM 10185) Grade Fields a-bof w-wrs (London 362) GS BE MINE (77) 82 FOOLISH QUESTIONS ( —) 32 BRUSH THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR (33) Anne Shelton a-roy, kyn Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith EYES - Evelyn Knight 49 MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (21) (London 239) (MGM 10333) (Oecca 24514) Gordon Jenkins v-Charles La Vere (Oecca 24403) GG THAT RED HEAD GAL (115) 83 HERE I'LL STAY (XKK) 33 POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE (—) Benny Strong Jo Stafford Sammy Kaye v-Three Koydets 50 A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (—} (Tower 1270) (Capitol 15319) (RCA Victor 20-3321) Jerry Wayne/Janette Davis (Columbia 383B6) 67 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU (108) 84 BUTTONS AND ROWS (18) 34 YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (28) Freddy Gardner/Peter Yorke Ork Betty Rhodes a-hz Ink Spots 51 CUANTO LE GUSTA (41) (Columbia 38346) (RCA Victor 20-3078) (Oecca 24507) Jack Smith w-Clark Sisters (Capitol 15280} GB LADY Of SPAIN (—) 85 BUTTONS AND BOWS (37) 35 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (23) Ray Noble v-Al Bowlly/Trlo Betty Garrett a-hm Art Lund a-jth 52 IN MY DREAMS (7?) (RCA Victor 20-3302) (MGM 10244) (MGH 10269) Vaughn Monroe v-x, Moon Maids (RCA Victor 20-3133) 69 I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (—) 86 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY (—) 36 BOUQUET OF ROSES (48) Freddy Gardner/Peter Yorke Ork John Laurenz Eddy Arnold 53 BUTTONS AND BOWS (63) (Columbia 3B346) (Mercury 5201) (RCA Victor 20-2806) Helen Q'Connell (Coast 8032) 70 THE PUSSY CAT SONG (—) 87 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (53) 37 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS (50) Joy Nichols/Bonny Lee a-sbu.