1950-1954 selected standards and hits

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1950 selected standards, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954

1954 standards:

Misty
Fly Me to the Moon
Smile

1953 standards:

Here’s That Rainy Day
Ebb Tide
Secret Love
Cry Me a River

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1952 standards:

My One and Only Love
When I Fall in Love
You Belong to Me
That’s All
Lullaby of Birdland

1951 standards:

Non Dimenticar
I’m a Fool to Want You
It’s All in the Game
A Weaver of Dreams

1950 standards:

I’ve Never Been in Love Before
The End of a Love Affair

The following holiday season standards were also published in 1950:

• Sleigh Ride (w. Mitchell Parish, m. Leroy Anderson) – music published in 1948, lyrics added 1950
• Silver Bells (w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans)
• Frosty the Snowman (w.m. Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins)

Two or more recordings of each are included in my initial survey of Christmas and Holiday Songs.

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Billboard year-end top 20 singles:

• Top 20 singles, Billboard – 1950 (closed for repair)
• Top 20 singles, Billboard – 1951
• Top 20 singles, Billboard – 1952

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Selected other standards and hits, 1950-1954:

Inchworm (aka “The Inch Worm”) – words and music by Frank Loesser

The song was introduced by Danny Kaye and a chorus of children in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.

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Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) — 1950

See also:

• Some early R&B vocal harmony group cross-over hits of the 1950s (recordings of 1953-1955)

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