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Overview of the events of 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
"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
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 29 - Geddy Lee , Rush
July 31 - Hugh MacDowell , Electric Light Orchestra
August 1 - Robert Cray , singer
August 8 - Mona Shinn
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 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
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
date unknown