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Eddie Fisher (pictured) with Hugo Winterhalter had four songs on the year-end top 30. Johnnie Ray had four songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1952 by retail sales.
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1952 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100 , Billboard published multiple singles charts each week.
Issue DateBest Sellers In StoresMost Played By JockeysMost Played In JukeboxesJanuary 5"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads ..."Slow Poke" Pee Wee King and His Golden ...January 12"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Slow Poke" Pee Wee King and His Golden ...January 19"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Slow Poke" Pee Wee King and His Golden ...January 26"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads"Cry" Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads- "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson.
- "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr.
- "Cry" Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads.
- "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford with Paul Weston.
Elvis Presley had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (10 songs) in addition, Presley remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart between January 1950 until August 1958 (57 weeks).
Reached Number OneArtist (s)SingleRecord LabelJanuary 7, 1950ColumbiaJanuary 14, 1950DeccaFebruary 11, 1950CoralFebruary 18, 1950Decca- Cry – Johnnie Ray.
- You Belong to Me – Jo Stafford.
- Wheel of Fortune – Kay Starr – Kay Starr.
- Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart – Vera Lynn.
Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1952 by retail sales.