1953 in music
Events
Albums released
Biggest hit singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1953.
#
Artist
Title
Year
Country
Chart Entries
1
Dean Martin
That's Amore
1953
US BB 1 of 1953, POP 1 of 1953, UK 2 - Jan 1954, US 1940s 2 - Nov 1953, RYM 2 of 1953, Scrobulate 47 of Italian, DDD 73 of 1953, Party 101 of 2007
2
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
1953
US 1940s 1 - Jun 1953, US 1 for 11 weeks Aug 1953, Italy 2 of 1954, US BB 3 of 1953, POP 3 of 1953, UK 7 - Nov 1953, RYM 24 of 1953, Europe 97 of the 1950s
3
Perry Como
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
1953
UK 1 - Jan 1953, US 1940s 1 - Dec 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Jan 1953, US BB 20 of 1953, POP 20 of 1953, RYM 31 of 1953
4
Eddie Fisher
I'm Walking Behind You
1953
UK 1 - May 1953, US 1940s 1 - May 1953, US 1 for 2 weeks Jul 1953, US BB 16 of 1953, POP 23 of 1953, RYM 119 of 1953
5
Hank Williams
Your Cheatin' Heart
1953
RYM 1 of 1953, DDD 2 of 1953, US BB 4 of 1953, POP 4 of 1953, RIAA 34, Scrobulate 87 of country, Rolling Stone 213, Acclaimed 286
US No. 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine 's charts in 1953.
Top hits on record
Top R&B and Country hits on record
Published popular music
"And This Is My Beloved " w. & m. adapted Robert Wright & George Forrest
"Angel Eyes " w. Earl Brent m. Matt Dennis
"Anna " w.(Eng) William Engvick (Ital) F. Giordano m. R. Vatro
"Answer Me, My Love " w. (Eng) Carl Sigman (Ger) & m. Gerhard Winkler & Fred Ravich
"Baubles, Bangles And Beads " w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest . Introduced by Doretta Morrow in the musical Kismet
"Bell Bottom Blues " w. Hal David m. Leon Carr
"Bimbo " w.m. Rodney Morris
"Black Hills Of Dakota " w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain . Introduced by Doris Day in the film Calamity Jane .
"The Boy Friend " w.m. Sandy Wilson .
"Can-Can " w.m. Cole Porter
"Caribbean " w.m. Mitchell Torok
"C'est Magnifique " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson in the musical Can-Can
"Changing Partners " w. Joe Darion m. Larry Coleman
"Chicka Boom " w.m. Bob Merrill
"Crying In the Chapel " w.m. Artie Glenn
"Cry Me a River " w.m. Arthur Hamilton
"Dragnet " w.m. Walter Schumann
"Ebb Tide " w. Carl Sigman m. Robert Maxwell
"Eh, Cumpari! " trad Ital w. m. adapt. Julius LaRosa & Archie Bleyer
"Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night " Campbell
"Fate " w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest from music by Alexander Borodin Adapted from Symphony No. 2 in B Minor.
"From Here to Eternity " w. Robert Wells m. Fred Karger
"Gambler's Guitar " w.m. Jim Lowe
"Gee! " w.m. Viola Watkins, Daniel Norton & William Davis
"Giddy Up A Ding Dong " w.m. Freddie Bell , Pep Lattanzi
"Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite " James Hudson, Calvin Carter
"Half a Photograph " w. Bob Russell m. Hal Stanley
"The Happy Wanderer " w.(Ger) Florenz Siegesmund & Edith Möller (Eng) Antonia Ridge m. Friedrich Wilhelm Möller
"Here's That Rainy Day " w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen . Introduced by John Raitt in the musical Carnival In Flanders .
"Hold My Hand " w.m. Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers
"I Believe " w.m. Ervin Drake , Jimmy Shirl , Irvin Graham & Al Stillman
"(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely " w.m. Pat Ballard
"I Love Paris " w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can
"I Really Don't Want To Know " w. Howard Barnes m. Don Robertson
"I'm Walking Behind You " w.m. Billy Reid
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople) " w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Nat Simon
"It's All Right With Me " w.m. Cole Porter
"It's Love" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Leonard Bernstein . Introduced by George Gaynes in the musical Wonderful Town . Performed in the 1955 London production by Dennis Bowen .
"Just Walkin' In The Rain " w.m. Johnny Bragg & Robert S. Riley
"Little Things Mean a Lot " w.m. Carl Stutz & Edith Lindeman
"Look at That Girl " w.m. Bob Merrill
"Make Love to Me " w. Alan Copeland & Bill Norvas Music from "Tin Roof Blues" 1923.
"The Man That Got Away " w. Ira Gershwin m. Harold Arlen
"The Man With The Banjo " w. (Eng) Robert Mellin m. Fritz Schulz Reichel
"Marriage Type Love " w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Arthur Maxwell and Helena Scott in the musical Me And Juliet .
"Matilda, Matilda! " w.m. Harry Thomas
"Melancholy Serenade " m. Jackie Gleason
"Mexican Joe " w.m. Mitchell Torok
"Money Burns a Hole In My Pocket " w. Bob Hilliard m. Jule Styne . Introduced by Dean Martin in the 1954 film Living It Up .
"Money Honey " w.m. Jesse Stone
"No Other Love " w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Isabel Bigley and Bill Hayes in the musical Me And Juliet .
"Non Dimenticar " w.(Eng) Shelley Dobbins (Ital) Michele Galdieri m. P. G. Redi
"Not Since Nineveh " w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest From Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances".
"Oh! My Pa-Pa " w. John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons m. Paul Burkhard
"The Olive Tree " w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest from music by Alexander Borodin
"Rags to Riches " w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
"Ricochet " w.m. Larry Coleman , Joe Darion & Norman Gimbel
"Rock Around the Clock " w.m. Jimmy De Knight & Max C. Freedman
"Santa Baby " w.m. Joan Javits, Phil Springer & Tony Springer
"Satin Doll " w.m. Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington
"Secret Love " w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain . Introduced by Doris Day in the film Calamity Jane
"Seven Lonely Days " w.m. Alden Shuman, Earl Shuman & Marshal Brown
"Shake a Hand " w.m. Joe Morris
"Sippin' Soda " adapt. P. Campbell
"The Song From "Moulin Rouge" " (aka "Where Is Your Heart") w. (Eng) William Engvick (Fr) Jacques Larue m. Georges Auric
"Stranger in Paradise " w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest . Introduced by Doretta Morrow and Richard Kiley in the musical Kismet .
"Such a Night " w.m. Lincoln Chase
"Sway " ("Quien Será ") w. (Eng) Norman Gimbel (Sp) Pablo Beltrán Ruiz m. Pablo Beltran Ruiz
"Teach Me Tonight " w. Sammy Cahn m. Gene De Paul
"Tell Me a Story " w.m. Terry Gilkyson
"Tell Us Where the Good Times Are " w.m. Bob Merrill
"That's Amore " w. Jack Brooks m. Harry Warren
"Vaya Con Dios " w.m. Larry Russell , Inez James & Buddy Pepper
"Wanted " w.m. Jack Fulton & Lois Steele
"When Love Goes Wrong " w. Harold Adamson m. Hoagy Carmichael from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
"You Won't Forget Me " w. Kermit Goell m. Fred Spielman Introduced by India Adams dubbing for Joan Crawford in the film Torch Song
"You, You, You " w.(Eng) Robert Mellin (Ger) Walter Rothenberg m. Lotar Olias
"Young at Heart " w. Carolyn Leigh m. Johnny Richards
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis starring Debbie Reynolds , Bobby Van , Barbara Ruick and Bob Fosse
The Band Wagon
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Calamity Jane starring Doris Day and Howard Keel
The Desert Song
The Farmer Takes a Wife starring Betty Grable , Dale Robertson , John Carroll , Thelma Ritter and Eddie Foy Jr.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
I Love Melvin starring Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor
The Jazz Singer
Kiss Me Kate starring Howard Keel , Kathryn Grayson , Ann Miller , Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore
Lili
Peter Pan animated feature
Singin' in the Rain starring Gene Kelly , Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
So This Is Love released July 15 starring Kathryn Grayson as Grace Moore .
The Stooge released February 4 starring Martin and Lewis .
Three Sailors and a Girl starring Jane Powell , Gordon MacRae and Gene Nelson
Torch Song released October 23 starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding
Births
January 6 - Malcolm Young , AC/DC
January 10 - Pat Benatar , singer
January 15 - Boris Blank , Yello
January 23 - Robin Zander , Cheap Trick
January 26 - Lucinda Williams
January 29
February 3 - Joëlle (+ 1982 )
February 18 - Robin Bachman , drummer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive
February 20 - Riccardo Chailly , conductor
March 3 - Robyn Hitchcock
March 23 - Chaka Khan , singer
March 31
May 8
May 15 - Mike Oldfield , composer
May 16 - Richard Page , Mr. Mister
May 17 - George Johnson, The Brothers Johnson
June 12 - Rocky Burnette
June 19 - Larry Dunn , Earth Wind & Fire
June 20
June 29 - Colin Hay , Men at Work
July 6 - Nanci Griffith , singer
July 21 - Eric Bazilian , The Hooters
July 29 - Geddy Lee , Rush
July 31 - Hugh MacDowell , Electric Light Orchestra
August 1 - Robert Cray , singer
August 16 - J.T. Taylor , Kool & the Gang
August 17 - Kevin Rowland , Dexy's Midnight Runners
August 24 - Ron Holloway tenor saxophonist
August 27 - Alex Lifeson , Rush
August 29 - Rick Downey , Blue Öyster Cult
September 2 - John Zorn , composer
September 7 - Benmont Tench , keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and others
September 11 - Tommy Shaw , Styx
September 27 - Greg Ham , Men at Work
October 7 - Tico Torres , Bon Jovi
October 10 - Midge Ure , singer and songwriter
October 14 - Kazumi Watanabe , jazz performer
October 15 - Tito Jackson , The Jackson 5
October 16 - Tony Carey , Rainbow
October 21 - Charlotte Caffey , The Go-Go's
October 26 - Keith Strickland , The B-52's
October 31 - Johnny Clegg
November 11 - Andy Partridge , XTC
November 13
November 22 - Urmas Alender , singer, Ruja , Propeller and others
Deaths
January 1 - Hank Williams , country musician
January 18 - Arthur Wood , composer
February 2 - Gustav Strube , conductor and composer
March 5
March 19 - Irène Bordoni , singer and actress
March 29 - Arthur Fields , singer and songwriter
April 23 - Peter De Rose , US composer
April 29 - Kiki , The Queen of Montparnasse
April 30 - Lily Brayton , musical theatre star
May 15 - Mabel Love , dancer
May 16 - Django Reinhardt , jazz guitarist
May 30 - Dooley Wilson , actor, singer and pianist
June 10 - Grzegorz Fitelberg , conductor, violinist and composer
June 25 - Jules Van Nuffel , musicologist and composer
July 5 - Titta Ruffo , operatic baritone
August 14 - Friedrich Schorr , operatic bass-baritone
August 29 - Darrell Fancourt , bass-baritone
September 1 - Jacques Thibaud , violinist
September 21 - Roger Quilter , composer
October 3 - Arnold Bax , composer
October 8 - Kathleen Ferrier , English contralto
October 18 - Marguerite d'Alvarez , operatic contralto
October 27 - Eduard Künneke , composer
November 18 - Ruth Crawford-Seeger , composer
November 21 - Larry Shields , jazz musician
November 26 - Ivor Atkins , organist and choirmaster
December 5
December 11 - Albert Coates , conductor and composer
December 29 - Violet MacMillan , Broadway star
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