Events
Albums released
US No. 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.
| First week |
Number of weeks |
Title |
Artist |
| March 15, 1952 |
9 |
"Wheel of Fortune" |
Kay Starr |
| May 17, 1952 |
5 |
"Blue Tango" |
Leroy Anderson |
| June 21, 1952 |
2 |
"Here in My Heart" |
Al Martino |
| July 5, 1952 |
1 |
"Delicado" |
Percy Faith & his Orchestra |
| July 12, 1952 |
9 |
"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" |
Vera Lynn |
| September 13, 1952 |
5 |
"You Belong to Me" |
Jo Stafford |
| October 18, 1952 |
6 |
"I Went To Your Wedding" |
Patti Page |
| November 22, 1952 |
1 |
"It's In The Book" |
Johnny Standley |
| November 29, 1952 |
4 |
"Why Don't You Believe Me" |
Joni James |
| December 27, 1952 |
2 |
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
Jimmy Boyd |
Biggest hit singles
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.
| # |
Artist |
Title |
Year |
Country |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
Percy Faith |
Delicado |
1952 |
 |
US 1940s 1 - Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952 |
| 2 |
Jo Stafford |
You Belong to Me |
1952 |
 |
UK 1 - Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 - Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952 |
| 3 |
Al Martino |
Here in My Heart |
1952 |
|
UK 1 - Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 - May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952 |
| 4 |
Kay Starr |
Wheel of Fortune |
1952 |
|
US 1940s 1 - Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343 |
| 5 |
Frankie Laine |
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) |
1952 |
|
Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 - Jul 1952, UK 7 - Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952 |
Top hits on record
Published popular music
- "Blue Tango" w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
- "Comes A-Long A-Love" w.m. Al Sherman
- "Delicado" w. Jack Lawrence m. Waldyr Azevedo
- "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "Don't Laugh at Me ('Cause I'm a Fool)" w.m. Norman Wisdom & June Tremayne
- "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" w.m. Barbara Trammel, Cactus Pryor & Slim Whitman
- "Faith Can Move Mountains" w. Ben Raleigh m. Guy Wood
- "Feet Up" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "A Fool Such As I" w.m. Bill Trader
- "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" w.m. Milton Kellem
- "A Guy Is A Guy" w.m. Oscar Brand
- "Hambone" w.m. Leon Washington & Red Saunders
- "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" w.m. Charles Singleton & J. H. Wallace
- "Here In My Heart" w.m. Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli
- "High Noon" w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin
- "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" w. Helen Deutsch m. Bronislau Kaper
- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" w.m. Harry Noble
- "Hound Dog" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" w.m. Tommie Connor
- "I Went To Your Wedding" w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
- "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
- "I'm Hans Christian Anderson" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Inchworm" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" w.m. J. D. Miller
- "It's In The Book" w.m. Johnny Standley & Art Thorsen
- "Jambalaya" w.m. Hank Williams
- "Kaw-Liga" w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
- "Keep It A Secret" w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
- "The King's New Clothes" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" w.m. Lloyd Price
- "Lean Baby" w. Roy Alfred m. Billy May
- "Lullaby of Birdland" w. B. Y. Forster m. George Shearing
- "Luna Rossa" w. (Eng) Kermit Goell (Ital) V. de Crescenzo m. A. Vian
- "Mister Taptoe" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
- "Never Smile at a Crocodile" F. Churchill, J. Lawrence
- "Oh Happy Day" w.m. Donald Howard Koplow & Nancy Binns Reed
- "The Ol' Spring Fever" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren from the film Just For You
- "One Mint Julep" w.m. Rudy Toombs
- "Outside of Heaven" w. Sammy Gallop m. Chester Conn
- "Petite Fleur" m. Sidney Bechet
- "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "Pretend" w.m. Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere
- "Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie" Kay Twomey, Fred Wise & Ben Weisman
- "Raminay (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)" w.m. J. Lawrence, Sammy Fain
- "She Wears Red Feathers" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "Sugar Bush" w.m. Josef Marais
- "Take These Chains from My Heart" w.m. Fred Rose & Hy Heath
- "Takes Two to Tango" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
- "That's All" w. Alan Brandt m. Bob Haymes
- "That's Entertainment!" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Till I Waltz Again With You w.m. Sidney Prosen
- "The Ugly Duckling" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "To Know You (Is to Love You)" w. Allan Roberts m. Robert Allen
- "Walkin' To Missouri" w.m. Bob Merrill
- "Wheel Of Fortune" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
- "When I Fall in Love" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
- "Why Don't You Believe Me?" w.m. Lew Douglas, King Laney & Roy Rodde
- "Wish You Were Here" w.m. Harold Rome
- "You Belong to Me" w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price
- "Your Cheatin' Heart" w.m. Hank Williams
- "Zing A Little Zong" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren
Top R&B and Country hits on record
Classical music
Opera
- Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick starring Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert Merrill and Adele Jergens. Directed by Claude Binyon.
- Affair in Trinidad starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
- April in Paris starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger
- Because You're Mine starring Mario Lanza and Doretta Morrow
- Bloodhounds of Broadway starring Mitzi Gaynor, Scott Brady and Mitzi Green
- Everything I Have Is Yours starring Marge Champion, Gower Champion and Monica Lewis
- Hans Christian Andersen starring Danny Kaye and Jane Wyman
- Just For You starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman
- The Las Vegas Story starring Jane Russell, Victor Mature and Hoagy Carmichael
- Lovely To Look At starring Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Marge Champion, Gower Champion and Ann Miller
- Meet Danny Wilson starring Frank Sinatra and Shelley Winters
- The Merry Widow starring Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas and Una Merkel
- Road to Bali starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
- She's Working Her Way Through College starring Virginia Mayo and Ronald Reagan
- Singin' in the Rain starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
- Skirts Ahoy! starring Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine and Keefe Brasselle, and featuring Billy Eckstine, The DeMarco Sisters, Debbie Reynolds and Bobby Van.
- Son of Paleface starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers and Trigger
- Where's Charley? starring Ray Bolger and Allyn Ann McLerie
- With A Song In My Heart starring Susan Hayward and Rory Calhoun
Births
- January 15 - Melvyn Gale, Electric Light Orchestra
- January 20
- January 22 - Teddy Gentry, Alabama
- January 23 - Robin Zander, Cheap Trick
- January 29 - Tommy Ramone, The Ramones
- January 30 - Steve Bartek, Oingo Boingo
- February 4 - Jerry Shirley, Humble Pie
- February 12 - Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers
- February 13 - Edward John Gagliardi, Foreigner
- February 18 - Juice Newton
- February 20 - Halvor Haug, Norwegian composer
- February 23 - Brad Whitford, Aerosmith
- March 19 - Derek Longmuir, Bay City Rollers
- March 22 - Jay Dee Daugherty, Patti Smith Group
- April 2 - Leon Wilkeson, Lynyrd Skynyrd
- May 11 - Renaud Séchan, composer
- May 14 - David Byrne, Talking Heads
- May 19
- June 5 - Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden
- June 11 - Donnie Van Zant, 38 Special
- June 12 - Junior Brown
- June 16 - Gino Vannelli
- June 25 - Tim Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House
- July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers
- July 2 - Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis & The News
- July 16 - Stewart Copeland, The Police
- July 17
- August 6 - Pat McDonald, Timbuk 3
- August 20 - John Hiatt
- August 21 - Joe Strummer, The Clash
- August 26 - Billy Rush, Asbury Jukes
- August 27 - Laurie Wisefield, guitarist for Wishbone Ash
- September 4 - Martin Chambers, The Pretenders
- September 9 - Dave Stewart, Eurythmics
- September 12
- September 13 - Randy Jones, The Village People
- September 18 - Dee Dee Ramone, The Ramones
- September 19 - Nile Rogers, The Honeydrippers
- September 30 - John Lombardo, 10,000 Maniacs
- November 2
- November 11 - Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills
- December 3 - Don Barnes, 38 Special
- December 27 - David Knopfler, Dire Straits
Deaths
- January 9 - Midge Williams, singer
- January 14 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
- January 20 - Arthur Farwell, composer and conductor
- February 13 - Alfred Einstein, musicologist
- March 17 - Percy Wenrich, ragtime composer
- March 22 - Uncle Dave Macon, musician
- April 23 - Elisabeth Schumann, operatic soprano
- May 23 - Georg Schumann, German composer (b. 1866)
- May 15 - Italo Montemezzi, composer
- June 9 - Adolf Busch, violinist and composer
- June 13 - Emma Eames, operatic soprano
- June 14 - John Kirby, jazz musician
- July 2 - Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans, Dutch composer and pianist (b. 1895)
- July 10 - Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (b. 1893)
- September 6 - Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, dancer
- September 16 - Vesta Tilley, music hall entertainer
- September 18 - Frances Alda, operatic soprano
- September 19 - Nat Ayer, composer
- October 25 - Sergei Bortkiewicz, pianist and composer
- October 26 - Hattie McDaniel
- November 1 - Dixie Lee, singer, dancer and actress, wife of Bing Crosby
- November 4 - Max Adler, violinist
- November 17 - Charles Penrose, music hall performer
- December 26 - Paul Breisach, conductor
- December 28 - Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician
- December 30
- date unknown
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