Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1951

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"Too Young" by Nat King Cole (pictured) with Les Baxter was the number one song of 1951. Nat King Cole 1952.JPG
"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. Les Paul and Mary Ford 1953 (cropped).jpg
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. Patti Page.JPG
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]

No.TitleArtist(s)
1"Too Young" Nat King Cole with Les Baxter
2"Because of You" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith
3"How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford
4"Come On-a My House" Rosemary Clooney
5"Be My Love" Mario Lanza with Ray Sinatra and Jeff Alexander
6"On Top of Old Smoky" The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson with Vic Schoen
7"Cold, Cold Heart" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith
8"If" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres
9"The Loveliest Night of the Year" Mario Lanza
10"Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page
11"Jezebel" Frankie Laine with Norman Luboff and Mitch Miller
12"I Get Ideas" Tony Martin with Henri René
13"Mockin' Bird Hill" Les Paul and Mary Ford
14"Mockin' Bird Hill" Patti Page
15"My Heart Cries for You" Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller
16"(It's No) Sin" Eddy Howard
17"Sound Off" Vaughn Monroe
18"Sweet Violets" Dinah Shore with Henri René
19"The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" Les Paul and Mary Ford
20"My Truly, Truly Fair" Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller
21"(It's No) Sin" The Four Aces
22"Aba Daba Honeymoon" Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter with Georgie Stoll
23"Rose, Rose, I Love You" Frankie Laine and Norman Luboff with Paul Weston
24"Down Yonder" Del Wood
25"I Apologize" Billy Eckstine
26"Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" Patti Page
27"You're Just in Love" Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres
28"Undecided" Ames Brothers with The Les Brown Orchestra
29"The Thing" Phil Harris with Walter Scharf
30"Because of You" Les Baxter

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References

  1. "Year's Top Pop Records according to Retail Sales" (PDF). The Billboard. 64 (1): 11. January 5, 1952.