Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1952

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]

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] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 1 "The Wild Side of Life" Hank Thompson Capitol
2 2 1 "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" Carl Smith Columbia
3 8 1 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Hank Williams M-G-M
4 9 1 "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" Kitty Wells Decca
5 5 1 "Slow Poke" Pee Wee King RCA Victor
6 13 2 "Indian Love Call" Slim Whitman Imperial
7 7 1 "Wonderin' Webb Pierce Decca
8 4 1 "(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There" Carl Smith Columbia
9 12 2 "Almost" George Morgan Columbia
10 6 1 "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
11 14 2 "Half as Much" Hank Willaims M-G-M
12 3 1 "Easy on the Eyes" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
13 10 2 "The Gold Rush Is Over" Hank Snow RCA Victor
14 11 1 "Are You Teasing Me" Carl Smith Columbia
15 21 1 "A Full Time Job" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
16 NR 3 "Missing in Action" Ernest Tubb Decca
17 15 3 "Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart" Hank Thompson Capitol
18 NR 5 "Too Old to Cut the Mustard" Red Foley, Ernest Tubb Decca
19 17 2 "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
20 24 1 "That Heart Belongs to Me" Webb Pierce Decca
21 29 2 "Lady's Man" Hank Snow RCA Victor
22 20 1 "Back Street Affair" Webb Pierce Decca
23 NR 2 "Mom and Dad's Waltz" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
24 16 4 "Bundle of Southern Sunshine" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
25 NR 5 "It's a Lovely, Lovely World" Carl Smith Columbia
26 NR 1 "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" Lefty Frizzell Columbia
27 28 2 "Wild Side of Life" Burl Ives Columbia
28 19 2 "Honky Tonk Blues" Hank Williams M-G-M
29 30 3 "Talk to Your Heart" Ray Price Columbia
30 18 5 "Silver and Gold" Pee Wee King RCA Victor
NR 22 3 "Alabama Jubilee" Red Foley Decca
NR 23 4 "Baby, We're Really in Love" Hank Williams M-G-M
NR 25 4 "Music Makin' Mama From Memphis" Hank Snow RCA Victor
NR 26 3 "I Went to Your Wedding" Hank Snow RCA Victor
NR 27 4 "Crazy Heart" Hank Williams M-G-M

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.