Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1953

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]

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] Title Artist(s) Label
1 3 1 "Kaw-Liga" Hank Williams M-G-M
2 2 1 "Your Cheating Heart" Hank Williams M-G-M
3 4 1 "No Help Wanted The Carlisles Mercury
4 7 1 "A Dear John Letter" Jean Shepard, Ferlin Husky Capitol
5 6 1 "Hey Joe" Carl Smith Columbia
6 1 1 "Mexican Joe" Jim Reeves Abbott
7 10 1 "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" The Davis Sisters RCA Victor
8 9 1 "It's Been So Long" Webb Pierce Decca
9 8 1 "Take These Chains from My Heart" Hank Williams M-G-M
10 14 3 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I Hank Snow RCA Victor
11 18 1 "Eddy's Song" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
12 25 4 "Last Waltz" Webb Pierce Decca
13 5 1 "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" Hank Thompson Capitol
14 17 1 "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" Hank Williams M-G-M
15 15 5 "Bumming Around" T. Texas Tyler Decca
16 26 2 "(How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window" Homer & Jethro RCA Victor
17 20 4 "Crying in the Chapel" Rex Allen Decca
18 15 1 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Hank Williams M-G-M
19 NR 3 "The Death of Hank Williams" Jack Cardwell M-G-M
20 21 1 "Caribbean" Mitchell Torok Abbott
21 NR "Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star
22 NR 2 "Trademark" Carl Smith Columbia
23 NR 1 "There Stands the Glass" Webb Pierce Decca
24 NR 4 "This Orchid Means Goodbye" Carl Smith Columbia
25 27 3 "Spanish Fire Ball" Hank Snow RCA Victor
26 NR "I'll Go Alone" Webb Pierce Decca
27 NR "Tennessee Wig Walk" Bonnie Lou King
28 NR 4 "Free Home Demonstration" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
29 NR "Seven Lonely Days" Bonnie Lou King
30 11 "Back Street Affair" Webb Pierce Decca
NR 12 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Skeets McDonald Capitol
NR 13 "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" Goldie Hill Decca
NR 19 "Keep It a Secret" Slim Whitman Imperial
NR 22 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Slim Willet 4 Star
NR 23 "I Couldn't Keep From Crying" Marty Robbins Columbia
NR 24 "Crying in the Chapel" Darrell Glenn Valley
NR 28 "Midnight" Red Foley Decca
NR 29 "That's Me Without You" Webb Pierce Decca
NR 30 4 "Gal Who Invented Kissing" Hank Snow RCA Victor

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 e "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.