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" 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.
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. Title Artist(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

See also

References

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