Music from 1952 -1956 (Source - "The Mortonian Weekly" & Internet)


(Where Is Your Heart) Percy Faith 1953
(You've Got) The Magic Touch The Platters 5/19 1956 
99 Years,
A Blossom Fell Nat King Cole 7/09 1955
A Bushel And A Peck  Perry Como and Betty Hutton 1950 
A Guy Is A Guy Doris Day 1952
A Present for Bob, DeJohn-Sisters
A Tear Fell Teresa Brewer 5/12 1956
A Woman in Love, For Aces
Aba Daba Honeymoon  Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter  1951
Addio Amore, Vera Lynn
Ain't That A Shame (mid) Fats Domino 1955
Ain't That A Shame Pat Boone 9/17 1955
Al Hibbler, Roy Hamilton, and June Valli  7/09 1955
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth Spike Jones 1950
All My Love (Bolero) Patti Page 1950
Allegheny Moon Patti Page 8/18 1956
Amukiriki,Less Paul & Mary ford
Anytime Eddie Fisher 1952
April In Portugal  Les Baxter  1953
April In Portugal  Vic Damone  1953
Are You Satisfied?,
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart  Vera Lynn and Chorus 1952    
Autumn Leaves Roger Williams 10/29 1955
Baby Baby Baby  Teresa Brewer 1953    
Ballad of Davey Crockett  Bill Hayes 1955 
Band of Gold Don Cherry 1/07 1956
Be Bop A Lula (mid) Gene Vincent 6/09 1956
Be My Love Mario Lanza 1951
Be a Lover,
Beautiful Brown Eyes  Rosemary Clooney 1951
Beautiful Girls of Vienna,
Because of You Tony Bennett 1951
Belle of Barcelona,
Bewitched  Doris Day 1950
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo  Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters 1950
Black Denim Trousers The Cheers 10/29  1955    
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 5/19 1956
Blue Tango Leroy Anderson  1952  
Blues In the Night Rosemary Clooney  1952
Bonnie Blue Gal,
Born to Be With You Chordettes 7/14 1956 
Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)  Rosemary Clooney 1952 
Canadian Sunset Hugo Winterhalter and Eddie Heywod 10/13 1956 
Caravan  Ralph Marterie  1953   
Carmen Boogie,
Chain Gang,
Changing Partners  Patti Page 1953
Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy  Red Foley  1950
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Perez Prado 7/09 1955
Chow Mein,
Church Bells May Ring,
Come On-a My House Rosemary Clooney 1951
Come What May  Patti Page 1952
Crazy Otto,
Crazy, Man, Crazy  Bill Haley & His Comets 1953    
Cross Over the Bridge Patti Page 1954
Cry (mid) Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads 1951
Crying In the Chapel  The Orioles 1953 
Daddy's Little Girl  Mills Brothers  1950
Dance With Me Henry Georgia Gibbs 1955
Davy Crockett,
Delicado Percy Faith 1952
Detour  Patti Page 1951
Did Ya Hear What I Say,
Dog-Faced Soldier,
Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog Elvis Presley 8/18 1956
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Perry Como 1953
Dragnet  Ray Anthony & His Orchestra 1953 
Dungaree Doll,
Earth Angel (mid) The Penguins 1955
Ebb Tide Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra 1953
Everybody's Got a Home But Me,
Feet Up (Pat Him On the Po-Po)  Guy Mitchell 1952 
Flamenco Love,
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) Pat Boone 10/20 1956 
From the Vine Came the Grape  The Gaylords 1954
Glow Worm Mills Brothers 1952 
Go On with the Wedding,
Goodnight Irene  Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra and The Weavers 1950 
Goodnight My Love  Jesse Belvins (R&B)  1956     
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight The McGuire Sisters 1954 
Great Pretender The Platters 2/18 1956
Half As Much  Rosemary Clooney  1952
Happy Days are Here Again,
Harbor Lights (mid) Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra 1950 
Hard to Get  Gisele MacKenzie 8/13 1955
Have Mercy Baby Billy Ward & His Dominoes  1951
He Al Hibbler 12/31 1955
Heart And Soul The Four Aces  1952
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley  4/21 1956
Hearts of Stone The Fontane Sisters 1955       
Here  Tony Martin 1954 
Here in My Heart Al Martino 1952
Hernando's Hideaway  Archie Bleyer 1954
Hey There Rosemary Clooney 1954
Hey! Mr. Banjo,
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)  Frankie Laine 1952
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me  Karen Chandler 1952   
Hold My Hand Don Cornell 1954    
Honey Babe,
Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) Bill Doggett 10/06 1956
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) Perry Como 5/05 1956
Hot Fire Dance,
How High the Moon Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951
How Important Can It Be,
I Almost Lost My Mind Pat Boone 7/28 1956
I Believe (mid) Frankie Laine 1953 
I Can Dream, Can't I? Andrews Sisters 1950
I Could Have Danced All Night,
I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)  The Four Knights 1954    
I Hear You Knocking Gale Storm 12/10  1955
I Kissed Her in the Pizza Parlor,
I Need You Now Eddie Fisher 1954
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd 1952   
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat Mel Blanc 1951    
I Understand (Just How You Feel)  The Four Tunes 1954   
I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 6/09 1956
I Wanna Be Loved Andrews Sisters 1950
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Elvis Presley 7/28 1956 
I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page 1952
I'll Be Home Pat Boone 4/07 1956
I'll Know,
I'm Just Wild About Georgie,
I'm Walking Behind You Eddie Fisher 1953 
I'm a Fool to Care Les Paul & Mary Ford 1954
I'm in Love Again Fats Domino 7/14 1956
I've Got the World On A String  Frank Sinatra 1953
I've Grown Accustomed to His Face,
If I Give My Heart To You Doris Day 1954 
If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked You A Cake Eileen Barton 1950
If Perry Como 1951
If You Love Me (Really Love Me)  Kay Starr 1954
In the Chapel in the Moonlight  Kitty Kallen 1954
In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember) The Five Satins ?  1956 
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)  The Four Lads 1953 
It's Beginning To Look Like Chistmas  Perry Como with the Fontane Sisters 1951 
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie,
It's in the Book (Part 1 & Part2) Johnny Standley 1952
Ivory Tower Cathy Carr 6/16 1956     
Jilted  Teresa Brewer 1954
Johnny Has Gone,
Julida Polka,
Just Walking in the Rain Johnnie Ray 10/27 1956
Just a Man,
Kiss of Fire Georgia Gibbs 1952   
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Weavers  1951
Kokomo,
Kwella, Kwella,
Learnin' The Blues Frank Sinatra 7/09 1955
Let Me Be Your Honey, Honey,
Let Me Go Lover Joan Weber 1955       
Lisbon Antigua Nelson Riddle 2/25 1956
Little Blue Riding Hood Stan Freberg 1953
Little Things Mean A Lot Kitty Kallen 1954
Long Tall Sally Little Richard ?  1956
Louisiana Blues Muddy Waters 1951
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing The Four Aces 10/08 1955
Love Me Tender (mid) Elvis Presley 11/03 1956
Love and Marriage Frank Sinatra 11/26  1955
Make Love to Me! Jo Stafford 1954
Make Yourself Comfortable Sarah Vaughan 1954 
Mambo Italiano Rosemary Clooney 1954
Man with the Golden Arm,
Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 1955
Maybe  Perry Como and Eddie Fisher 1952
Maybellene Chuck Berry 9/10 1955
Melody of Love  Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra 1954
Memories Are Made of This Dean Martin 1/07 1956
Memories Are Made of This Gail Storm 1/14 1956
Mister And Mississippi Patti Page 1951 
Mockin' Bird Hill  Patti Page  1951
Mombo Italiano,
Moments to Remember Four Lads 10/29 1955
Mona Lisa Nat King Cole 1950
Moonglow and Theme From Picnic George Cates 6/02 1956     
Moonglow and Theme From Picnic Morris Stoloff 6/02 1956     
More Perry Como 7/21 1956 
Mr. Sandman Chordettes 1954
Music! Music! Music! Teresa Brewer 1950
Muskrat Ramble The McGuire Sisters 1954 
My Baby Left Me,
My Bonnie Lassie,
My Boy Flattop,
My Heart Cries for You Guy Mitchell 1951
My Little Angel,
My Love and Devotion  Perry Como 1952
My Prayer (mid) Platters 8/04 1956
My Truly, Truly Fair Guy Mitchell 1951
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane,
No Chance,
No Other Love Perry Como 1953
No, Not Much The Four Lads 3/17 1956
Noodlin' Rag  Perry Como 1952
Oh Pee Wee Hunt 1953
Oh Happy Day  Lawrence Welk Orchestra with vocal by Larry Hopper 1953 
Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa)  Eddie Fisher 1953
On a Bended Knees,
On the Street Where You Live Vic Damone 7/07 1956
One Little Candle  Perry Como 1952
Only You (mid) Hilltoppers 12/31 1955
Only You The Platters 11/05 1955
P.S. I Love You The Hilltoppers 1953    
Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como 1954
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Guy Mitchell  1952
Plantation Boogie,
Please, Mr. Sun  Johnnie Ray 1952 
Pledging My Love,
Poor People of Paris Les Baxter 3/17 1956
Port Au Prince,
Pretend Nat King Cole 1953
Que Sera Sera Doris Day 1956
Rag Mop  The Ames Brothers  1950
Rags to Riches Tony Bennett 1953
Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) Teresa Brewer 1953    
Rock Around The Clock (mid)Bill Haley & His Comets 7/09 1955
Rock Love,
Rock and Roll Waltz Kay Starr 2/18 1956
Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters 1950
Ruby Richard Hayman & His Orchestra 1953    
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry 1950
Runaround (mid),
Saints Rock and Roll,
Santa Baby  Eartha Kitt 1953 
Say You're Mine Again Perry Como 1953
Secret Love Doris Day 1954
See You Later Alligator Bill Haley and His Comets 2/11 1956
Sentimental Me  The Ames Brothers  1950
Seventeen Boyd Bennett and his Rockets 9/03 1955     
Seventeen The Fontane Sisters 10/08 1955     
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)  Chords 1954
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)  Crew Cuts 1954
Shake Rattle and Roll (mid) Bill Haley & His Comets 1954
Silver Moon,
Sin (It's No Sin) Eddy Howard & His Orchestra 1951
Sincerely (mid) The McGuire Sisters  1955
Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell 12/08 1956
Sisters  Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney 1950
Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford 11/26 1955
Sixty Minute Man Billy Ward & His Dominoes 1951
Slow Boat to China,
Slow Poke Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys 1952
Smile Nat King Cole 1954 
Soldier Boy,
Someone You Love,
Something's Gotta Give The McGuire Sisters 7/23 1955 
Song from Moulin Rouge 1953
St. George and the Dragonet Stan Freberg 1953
Standing on the Corner Four Lads 6/16 1956
Steam Heat  Patti Page 1954    
Stranger In Paradise  Tony Bennett 1953
Stranger In Paradise Tony Martin 1954
Strictly Instrumental,
Teach Me Tonight  The DeCastro Sisters 1954  
Teen Age Prayer,
Tell Me Why The Four Aces  1952
Tell Me Your Mine Gaylords 1953
Tenderly  Rosemary Clooney  1952
Tennessee Waltz Patti Page 1950
n6 That's Amore Dean Martin 1953
That's What I Like,
The Cry Of the Wild Goose Frankie Laine  1950
The Doggie in the Window Patti Page 1953
The Flying Saucer (Pts 1 & 2) Buchanan and Goodman 8/25 1956     
The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart  Don Cornell, Alan Dale & Johnny Desmond 1953    
The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart  The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts 1953
The Glow Worm Mills Brothers 1952
The Great Pretender The Platers 1956
The Green Door Jim Lowe 11/03 1956     
The Happy Wanderer Frank Weir 1954    
The High and the Mighty  Les Baxter & His Orchestra 1954 
The Little Shoemaker  The Gaylords 1954 
The Little White Cloud That Cried Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads 1951
The Longest Walk Jaye P. Morgan 9/17 1955
The Man Upstairs  Kay Starr 1954 
The Man with the Banjo  The Ames Brothers 1954 
The Old Master Painter Richard Hayes  1950   
The Roving Kind  Guy Mitchell 1951
The Shifting Whispering Sands Rusty Draper 11/26 1955
The Third Man Theme Guy Lombardo 1950
The Typewriter  Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra 1953    
The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant 6/16 1956     
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise  Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951
Theme from Niagara,
Theme from the Lost Weekend,
There Goes My Heart,
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight  Tony Bennett 1954    
This Ole House Rosemary Clooney 1954
Three Coins in the Fountain Four Aces  1954
Til My Love Comes to Me,
Till I Waltz Again With You Teresa Brewer 1952/1953 
Till Then Hilltoppers 1954 
Tina Marie Perry Como 10/15 1955
To Know You (Is To Love You)  Perry Como 1952
Tonight You Belong To Me Patience and Prudence 10/06 1956     
Too Old To Cut The Mustard Rosemary Clooney and Marlene Dietrich 1952 
Too Young Nat King Cole 1951
True Love Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly 11/10 1956     
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile,
Tutti Frutti Little Richard 2/04 1956
Tweedle Dee,
Unchained Melody Les Baxter 1955
Unforgettable Nat King Cole 1951/1952
Vaya Con Dios Les Paul and Mary Ford 1953
Wake the Town and Tell the People Les Baxter 9/24  1955
Walk Hand in Hand,
Walkin' My Baby Back Home  Johnnie Ray 1952 
Wanted Perry Como 1954
Wayward Wind Gogi Grant 1956
Watermelon Weather  Perry Como and Eddie Fisher 1952 
What It Was, Was Football (Parts I & II)  Andy Griffith 1954 
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)  Doris Day 8/18 1956 
Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr 1952
When I Fall In Love Doris Day 1952
When the Moon Sinks Under the Fountain,  
White Christmas Bing Crosby 12/31 1955 (1950)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers 2/18 1956
Why Don't You Believe Me Joni James 1952 
Wild Horses Perry Como 1953
Wish You Were Here Eddie Fisher 1952
Woman in Love,
Wyatt Earp,
Yaller, Yaller Gold,
Yellow Rose of Texas (WaylonJennings) Mitch Miller 9/03 1955
You Alone (Solo Tu) Perry Como 1953
You Belong to Me(mid) Jo Stafford  1952
You You You Ames Brothers 1953
You'll Never Get Away  Teresa Brewer  1952
Young and Ghoulish,
Young-At-Heart Frank Sinatra 1954
Other Songs Played at Dances
Beer Barrel Polka
Dancing in the Dark
Goodnight Ladies
Harlem Nocturne
Mood Indigo
Night Train
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tuxedo Junction
In the Mood
 

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