No. |
Song |
Artist
|
1 |
Money Honey
| Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
|
2 |
Your Cheatin' Heart
| Hank Williams
|
3 |
Crying In The Chapel
| Orioles
|
4 |
Gee
| Crows
|
5 |
Shake A Hand
| Faye Adams
|
6 |
Honey Hush
| Joe Turner
|
7 |
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
| Ruth Brown
|
8 |
Hound Dog
| Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
|
9 |
Kaw-Liga
| Hank Williams
|
10 |
The Things That I Used To Do
| Guitar Slim
|
11 |
Help Me Somebody
| "5" Royales
|
12 |
Going To The River
| Fats Domino
|
13 |
The Clock
| Johnny Ace
|
14 |
Please Don't Leave Me
| Fats Domino
|
15 |
Crazy, Man Crazy
| Bill Haley with Haley's Comets
|
16 |
Good Lovin'
| Clovers
|
17 |
I Didn't Want To Do It
| Spiders
|
18 |
Please Love Me
| B.B. King
|
19 |
Feelin' Good
| Little Junior's Blue Flames
|
20 |
Sunday Kind Of Love
| Harptones
|
21 |
One Scotch. One Bourbon, One Beer
| Amos Milburn
|
22 |
I'll Be True
| Faye Adams
|
23 |
I'm Mad
| Willie Mabon
|
24 |
Crawlin'
| Clovers
|
25 |
TV Mama
| Joe Turner
|
26 |
I Wanna Know
| Du Droppers
|
27 |
Too Much Lovin'
| "5" Royales
|
28 |
You're So Fine
| Little Walter
|
29 |
Woke Up This Morning
| B.B. King
|
30 |
Please Hurry Home
| B.B. King
|
31 |
Laundromat Blues
| "5" Royales
|
32 |
Mess Around
| Ray Charles
|
33 |
Bear Cat
| Rufus Thomas
|
34 |
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
| "5" Royales
|
35 |
Rags To Riches
| Tony Bennett / Dominoes
|
36 |
Don't Deceive Me
| Chuck Willis
|
37 |
Blues With A Feeling
| Little Walter
|
38 |
24 Hours
| Eddie Boyd
|
39 |
Baby It's You
| Spaniels
|
40 |
These Foolish Things
| Dominoes
|
41 |
Get It
| Royals
|
42 |
Mercy Mr. Percy
| Varetta Dillard
|
43 |
Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
| Amos Milburn
|
44 |
Baby Doll
| Marvin & Johnny
|
45 |
Golden Teardrops
| Flamingos
|
46 |
White Cliffs Of Dover
| Checkers
|
47 |
Saving My Love For You
| Johnny Ace
|
48 |
Cross My Heart
| Johnny Ace
|
49 |
My Country Man
| Big Maybelle
|
50 |
My Saddest Hour
| Five Keys
|
51 |
Rose Mary
| Fats Domino
|
52 |
You're Still My Baby
| Chuck Willis
|
53 |
Soul On Fire
| Lavern Baker
|
54 |
I Love You So
| Crows
|
55 |
Mad Love
| Muddy Waters
|
56 |
My Man's An Undertaker
| Dinah Washington
|
57 |
Hittin' On Me
| Buddy & Ella Johnson
|
58 |
Tell Me Pretty Baby
| Lloyd Price
|
59 |
Drunk
| Jimmy Liggins
|
60 |
Just Walkin' In The Rain
| Prisonaires
|
61 |
You're The One
| Spiders
|
62 |
Marie
| Four Tunes
|
63 |
If I Can't Have You
| Flamingos
|
64 |
Let's Have A Party
| Amos Milburn
|
65 |
Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
| Joe Turner
|
66 |
You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
| Dominoes
|
67 |
I Had A Notion
| Joe Morris
|
68 |
Ain't It A Shame
| Lloyd Price
|
69 |
Early In The Morning
| Elmore James
|
70 |
There Stands The Glass
| Webb Pierce
|
71 |
Caldonia's Party
| Smiley Lewis
|
72 |
Mystery Train
| Little Junior's Blue Flames
|
73 |
That's Amore
| Dean Martin
|
74 |
Way Back Home
| Big Maybelle
|
75 |
Daddy Rollin' Stone
| Otis Blackwell
|
76 |
Mexican Joe
| Jim Reeves
|
77 |
Something's Wrong
| Fats Domino
|
78 |
I'm Just Your Fool
| Buddy & Ella Johnson
|
79 |
Perfect Woman
| Four Blazes
|
80 |
I'll Never Tell
| Harptones
|
81 |
Playgirl
| Smiley Lewis
|
82 |
Nadine
| Coronets
|
83 |
Fractured
| Bill Haley with Haley's Comets
|
84 |
Third Degree
| Eddie Boyd
|
85 |
Wild Wild Young Men
| Ruth Brown
|
86 |
Well, I Done Got Over It
| Guitar Slim
|
87 |
You're Mine
| Crickets
|
88 |
In The Mission Of St. Augustine
| Orioles
|
89 |
Send For Me
| Big Maybelle
|
90 |
A Thousand Stars
| Rivileers
|
91 |
Till Then
| Orioles
|
92 |
The Way I Feel
| Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
|
93 |
She Felt Too Good
| Jimmy McCracklin
|
94 |
Good, Good Whiskey
| Amos Milburn
|
95 |
The Deacon Don't Like It
| Wynonie Harris
|
96 |
My Girl Awaits Me
| Castelles
|
97 |
Big Mamou
| Smiley Lewis
|
98 |
My Kind Of Woman
| Emitt Slay Trio
|
99 |
T.V. is the Thing
| Dinah Washington
|
100 |
Santa Baby
| Eartha Kitt
|
20 more worth mentioning. |
101 |
The Comeback
| Memphis Slim
|
102 |
Rack 'em Back
| Bobby Mitchell & the Toppers
|
103 |
Teadrops On My Pillow
| Orioles
|
104 |
The Bells Ring Out
| Spaniels
|
105 |
Laugh (Though You Feel Like Crying)
| Swallows
|
106 |
Cherry Wine
| Little Esther
|
107 |
Is It A Dream
| Vocaleers
|
108 |
The Shrine Of St. Cecilia
| Royals
|
109 |
Lucy Mae Blues
| Frankie Lee Sims
|
110 |
Where You At
| Lloyd Price
|
111 |
Hey Joe!
| Carl Smith
|
112 |
Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice
| Sticks McGhee
|
113 |
Baby' I'm Doin' It
| Anisteen Allen
|
114 |
Too Close To Heaven
| Professor Alex Bradford
|
115 |
Rockin' Is Our Bizness
| Treniers
|
116 |
I Found Out (What You Do When You Go 'Round There)
| Du Droppers
|
117 |
Shirley, Come Back To Me
| Shirley & Lee
|
118 |
Take These Chains From My Heart
| Hank Williams
|
119 |
The River's Invitation
| Percy Mayfield
|
120 |
3-D
| Big Jay McNeely
|
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1953 |
Bruce's Choice: An unheralded great record from 1953 |
* |
Jungle Juice
| Sticks McGhee
|
Adam's Choice: |
* |
Another Soldier Gone
| Voilinaires
|
Brett's Choice: |
* |
I've Been Your Dog (Ever Since I've Been Your Man)
| The Moonglows
|