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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]
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.
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).
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.
Considered one of the greatest rock songs, “Great Balls of Fire” was featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. Jerry Lee Lewis was on piano and vocals, and the song sold more than a million copies ...
US 1940s 1 – Dec 1951, US 1 for 11 weeks Dec 1951, US BB 2 of 1951, DDD 4 of 1951, RYM 5 of 1951, POP 6 of 1952, Italy 68 of 1955, Acclaimed 1084 2: Nat King Cole: Unforgettable: 1951: US: US BB 1 of 1952, POP 1 of 1952, RYM 4 of 1951, US 1940s 14 – Nov 1951, DDD 25 of 1951, Europe 63 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 78 of vocal, WXPN 500 3: Les ...
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 ...
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.