Effervescence Retro - August 23rd, 1952

Effervescence recognizes the chart positions of Billboard Magazine's (USA) Weekly Singles Charts for this week in history.

The original chart was presented as a Top 20, but it has been modified here using the prior week's Weekly Single Charts to expand the positions to a Top 40 for Effervescence continuity purposes.

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Number
1

Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
Vera Lynn
Peak
1 (for 8 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Up by 1

Half As Much
Rosemary Clooney
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Up by 1

Wish You Were Here
Eddie Fisher
Peak
3
Weeks
6
Number
4 Down by 2

Botch-A-Me
Rosemary Clooney featuring Stan Freeman
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
5 Up by 3

You Belong To Me
Jo Stafford
Peak
5
Weeks
3
Number
6

High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
Frankie Laine
Peak
6
Weeks
6
Number
7

Here In My Heart
Al Martino
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 4

Somewhere Along The Way
Nat King Cole
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Down by 4

Delicado
Percy Faith featuring Stan Freeman
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
10 Down by 1

Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Johnnie Ray
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
11 Down by 1

Maybe
Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
12 Up by 1

Vanessa
Hugo Winterhalter
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
13 Debut

Jambalaya
Jo Stafford
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Up by 2

Blue Tango
Leroy Anderson
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
15 Down by 4

Sugarbush
Doris Day & Frankie Laine
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 3

Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
Eddy Howard
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
17

Indian Love Call
Slim Whitman
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Debut

I Went To Your Wedding
Patti Page
Peak
18
Weeks
1
Number
19 Down by 5

Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Nat King Cole
Peak
12
Weeks
7
Number
20 Debut

You Belong To Me
Patti Page
Peak
20
Weeks
1
Number
21 Down by 6

I'm Yours
Eddie Fisher
Peak
5
Weeks
18
Number
22 Down by 4

Kiss Of Fire
Georgia Gibbs
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
23 Down by 3

Should I
The Four Aces
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
24 Down by 3

Lover
Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins
Peak
10
Weeks
13
Number
25 Down by 3

Rock Of Gibralter
Frankie Laine
Peak
20
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 3

Kiss Of Fire
Tony Martin
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
27 Down by 3

I'm Yours
Don Cornell
Peak
6
Weeks
18
Number
28 Down by 3

I'll Walk Alone
Jane Froman
Peak
14
Weeks
17
Number
29 Down by 3

Take My Heart
Al Martino
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 3

I'll Walk Alone
Don Cornell
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
31 Down by 3

Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Eddy Howard
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
32 Down by 3

Carioca
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
33 Down by 3

Smoke Rings
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
34 Down by 3

A Guy Is A Guy
Doris Day
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
35 Down by 3

Forgive Me
Eddie Fisher
Peak
7
Weeks
24
Number
36 Down by 3

Kiss Of Fire
Billy Eckstine
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
37 Down by 3

Here In My Heart
Tony Bennett
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
38 Down by 3

Wheel of Fortune
Kay Starr
From the album: The Fabulous Favorites!
Peak
1 (for 9 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
39 Down by 3

(There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner in) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Guy Mitchell
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
40 Down by 3

Blue Tango
Hugo Winterhalter
Peak
9
Weeks
23

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Blacksmith Blues
Ella Mae Morse
Peak
3
Weeks
27
Number
39 Dropout

Blue Tango
Guy Lombardo
Peak
16
Weeks
19
Number
40 Dropout

I'm Confessin'
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Peak
20
Weeks
14

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Date

August 23, 1952

Songs

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1 1 Vera Lynn – “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart” 1(×8) 11

3 2 Rosemary Clooney – “Half As Much” 2 13

4 3 Eddie Fisher – “Wish You Were Here” 3 6

2 4 Rosemary Clooney ft. Stan Freeman – “Botch-A-Me” 2 10

8 5 Jo Stafford – “You Belong To Me” 5 3

6 6 Frankie Laine – “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)” 6 6

7 7 Al Martino – “Here In My Heart” 1(×2) 16

12 8 Nat King Cole – “Somewhere Along The Way” 8 8

5 9 Percy Faith ft. Stan Freeman – “Delicado” 1(×1) 19

9 10 Johnnie Ray – “Walkin' My Baby Back Home” 6 14

10 11 Perry Como & Eddie Fisher – “Maybe” 8 12

13 12 Hugo Winterhalter – “Vanessa” 12 7

NE 13 Jo Stafford – “Jambalaya” 13 1

16 14 Leroy Anderson – “Blue Tango” 1(×5) 31

11 15 Doris Day & Frankie Laine – “Sugarbush” 10 7

19 16 Eddy Howard – “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart” 16 7

17 17 Slim Whitman – “Indian Love Call” 17 5

NE 18 Patti Page – “I Went To Your Wedding” 18 1

14 19 Nat King Cole – “Walkin' My Baby Back Home” 12 7

NE 20 Patti Page – “You Belong To Me” 20 1

15 21 Eddie Fisher – “I'm Yours” 5 18

18 22 Georgia Gibbs – “Kiss Of Fire” 2 20

20 23 The Four Aces – “Should I” 20 3

21 24 Peggy Lee & Gordon Jenkins – “Lover” 10 13

22 25 Frankie Laine – “Rock Of Gibralter” 20 4

23 26 Tony Martin – “Kiss Of Fire” 6 18

24 27 Don Cornell – “I'm Yours” 6 18

25 28 Jane Froman – “I'll Walk Alone” 14 17

26 29 Al Martino – “Take My Heart” 15 8

27 30 Don Cornell – “I'll Walk Alone” 7 24

28 31 Eddy Howard – “Be Anything (But Be Mine)” 14 21

29 32 Les Paul & Mary Ford – “Carioca” 18 15

30 33 Les Paul & Mary Ford – “Smoke Rings” 20 8

31 34 Doris Day – “A Guy Is A Guy” 4 24

32 35 Eddie Fisher – “Forgive Me” 7 24

33 36 Billy Eckstine – “Kiss Of Fire” 17 17

34 37 Tony Bennett – “Here In My Heart” 20 9

35 38 Kay Starr – “Wheel of Fortune” 1(×9) 29

36 39 Guy Mitchell – “(There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner in) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania” 6 25

37 40 Hugo Winterhalter – “Blue Tango” 9 23

DROPOUTS:

38 -- Ella Mae Morse – “Blacksmith Blues” 3 27

39 -- Guy Lombardo – “Blue Tango” 16 19

40 -- Les Paul & Mary Ford – “I'm Confessin'” 20 14

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