Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1952

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Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1952 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and juke box plays. [1]

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Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life" spent 15 weeks at No. 1 and was the No. 1 record of 1952 based on both retail sales and juke box plays. Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which was an answer song to "The Wild Side of Life, ranked No. 4 on the retail sales chart.

Hank Williams, led all artists with five records included on the year-end charts. His record of "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" was No. 3 on the year-end retail sales chart while "Half as Much" ranked No. 11 on the same chart.

Carl Smith had four records on the year-end charts. His recording of "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" ranked No. 2 based on both retail sales and juke box plays.

Lefty Frizzell also had four records on the year-end charts, including the year's No. 6 juke box record, "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)".

Columbia Records led the other labels with 11 records on the year-end charts, followed by RCA Victor with nine, and Decca with seven. [1]

Retail
year-end [1] 		Juke box
year-end [1] 		Peak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
111"The Wild Side of Life" Hank Thompson Capitol
221"Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" Carl Smith Columbia
381"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Hank Williams M-G-M
491"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Kitty Wells Decca
551"Slow Poke" Pee Wee King RCA Victor
6132"Indian Love Call" Slim Whitman Imperial
771"Wonderin' Webb Pierce Decca
841"(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There"Carl SmithColumbia
9122"Almost"George MorganColumbia
1061"Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
11142"Half as Much"Hank WillaimsM-G-M
1231"Easy on the Eyes" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
13102"The Gold Rush Is Over" Hank Snow RCA Victor
14111"Are You Teasing Me"Carl SmithColumbia
15211"A Full Time Job"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
16NR3"Missing in Action"Ernest TubbDecca
17153"Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart"Hank ThompsonCapitol
18NR5"Too Old to Cut the Mustard"Red Foley, Ernest TubbDecca
19172"Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)"Lefty FrizzellColumbia
20241"That Heart Belongs to Me" Webb Pierce Decca
21292"Lady's Man" Hank Snow RCA Victor
22201"Back Street Affair"Webb PierceDecca
23NR2"Mom and Dad's Waltz"Lefty FrizzellColumbia
24164"Bundle of Southern Sunshine"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
25NR5"It's a Lovely, Lovely World"Carl SmithColumbia
26NR1"Always Late (With Your Kisses)"Lefty FrizzellColumbia
27282"Wild Side of Life" Burl Ives Columbia
28192"Honky Tonk Blues"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
29303"Talk to Your Heart" Ray Price Columbia
30185"Silver and Gold"Pee Wee KingRCA Victor
NR223"Alabama Jubilee"Red FoleyDecca
NR234"Baby, We're Really in Love"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
NR254"Music Makin' Mama From Memphis"Hank SnowRCA Victor
NR263"I Went to Your Wedding"Hank SnowRCA Victor
NR274"Crazy Heart"Hank WilliamsM-G-M

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Notes

  1. ↑ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1952's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 27, 1952. p. 19.
  2. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.
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