1954 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
SECRET LOVE (16)
Paul Francis Webster lyric; Sammy Fain, music.
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (13)
lyric by Sammy Cahn, music by Jule Stein
IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU (12)
Al Jacobs, Milton Gabler, Jimmie Crane
LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT (17)
lyric, Edith L. Calisch; music, Carl Stutz
MISTER SANDMAN (18)
Pat Ballard
HEY THERE (17)
Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Pajama Game
WANTED (17)
Lois Steele and Jack Fulton
LET ME GO, LOVER (11)
Jenny Lou Carson, with special lyrics by Al Hill
YOUNG AT HEART (18)
Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music: Johnny Richards
Introduced in the musical film: Young at Heart
HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY (14)
Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
Introduced in the Musical Theatre: Pajama Game
I NEED YOU NOW (13)
Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs
TEACH ME TONIGHT (10)
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn; Music: Gene De Paul
SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY (13)
Lyrics: Ned Washington; Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Introduced in the non-musical film: High and the Mighty
ANSWER ME, MY LOVE (09)
Lyrics: Carl Sigman; Music: Gerhard Winkler
THE NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY LANE (10)
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF SHEEP (13)
Irving Berlin
Introduced in the musical film: White Christmas
HEARTS OF STONE (08)
Lyrics: Eddy Ray; Music: Rudy Jackson
MAKE LOVE TO ME (14)
Originally called the "Tin Roof Blues".
Composer-lyricist-publisher Walter Melrose wrote the original
lyric. The music was written by the five musicians of the 'New
Orleans Rhythm Kings' - George Brunies, Paul Joseph Mares,
Melville J. Stitzel, Leon Rappolo, and Ben Pollack. Bill Norvas
and Allan Copeland added the new lyric in 1954.
OH MY PAPA (12)
Lyrics: Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner; Music: Paul Burkhard
THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)
THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER (12)
Geoffrey Parsons, Rudi Revil, Nathan Korb and James John T. Phillips
CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE (09)
George David Weiss and Bennie Benjamin
GANG THAT SANG HEART OF MY HEART (09)
Ben Ryan
SH-BOOM (12)
Written by a Rock and Roll Quintet called The Chords:
Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, James Edwards, James Keyes
and Floyd McRae.
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