Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1953

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Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1953 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 Williams died on January 1, 1953, but still dominated the 1953 country and western charts. He had five songs on the year-end charts, and "Kaw-Liga" and "Your Cheating Heart" were the year's No. 1 and No. 2 selling country records. In addition, Jack Cardwell's "The Death of Hank Williams" ranked No. 19 on the year-end chart. [1]

On the juke box chart, "Mexican Joe" by newcomer Jim Reeves was the No. 1 most-played record of 1953. [1]

Retail
year-end [1] 		Juke box
year-end [1] 		Peak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
131"Kaw-Liga" Hank Williams M-G-M
221"Your Cheating Heart"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
341"No Help Wanted The Carlisles Mercury
471"A Dear John Letter" Jean Shepard, Ferlin Husky Capitol
561"Hey Joe" Carl Smith Columbia
611"Mexican Joe" Jim Reeves Abbott
7101"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" The Davis Sisters RCA Victor
891"It's Been So Long" Webb Pierce Decca
981"Take These Chains from My Heart"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
10143"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I Hank SnowRCA Victor
11181"Eddy's Song"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
12254"Last Waltz"Webb PierceDecca
1351"Rub-A-Dub-Dub" Hank Thompson Capitol
14171"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
15155"Bumming Around" T. Texas Tyler Decca
16262"(How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window" Homer & Jethro RCA Victor
17204"Crying in the Chapel" Rex Allen Decca
18151"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"Hank WilliamsM-G-M
19NR3"The Death of Hank Williams" Jack Cardwell M-G-M
20211"Caribbean" Mitchell Torok Abbott
21NR"Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star
22NR2"Trademark"Carl SmithColumbia
23NR1"There Stands the Glass"Webb PierceDecca
24NR4"This Orchid Means Goodbye"Carl SmithColumbia
25273"Spanish Fire Ball"Hank SnowRCA Victor
26NR"I'll Go Alone"Webb PierceDecca
27NR"Tennessee Wig Walk" Bonnie Lou King
28NR4"Free Home Demonstration"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
29NR"Seven Lonely Days"Bonnie LouKing
3011"Back Street Affair"Webb PierceDecca
NR12"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Skeets McDonald Capitol
NR13"I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" Goldie Hill Decca
NR19"Keep It a Secret" Slim Whitman Imperial
NR22"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Slim Willet 4 Star
NR23"I Couldn't Keep From Crying" Marty Robbins Columbia
NR24"Crying in the Chapel" Darrell Glenn Valley
NR28"Midnight" Red Foley Decca
NR29"That's Me Without You"Webb PierceDecca
NR304"Gal Who Invented Kissing"Hank SnowRCA Victor

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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 5 "1953's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 19, 1953. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.
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