These singles reached the top of Billboard Magazine 's charts in 1952.
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1952.
- " Blue Tango " w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
- " Comes A-Long A-Love " w.m. Al Sherman
- " Delicado " w. Jack Lawrence m. Waldyr Azevedo
- " The 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
- '' 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
- January 15 - Melvyn Gale , Electric Light Orchestra
- January 20
- --- Paul Stanley , Kiss
- --- Ian Hill , Judas Priest
- 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 17 - James Ingram
- February 18 - Juice Newton
- February 20 - Halvor Haug , Norwegian composer
- February 23 - Brad Whitford , Aerosmith
- March 19 - Derek Longmuir , Bay City Rollers
- April 2 - Leon Wilkerson , Lynyrd Skynyrd
- April 4
- --- Dave Hill , Slade
- --- Gary Moore , Skid Row , Thin Lizzy
- May 11 - Renaud Séchan , composer
- May 13 - Mary Cleere Haran , US singer
- May 14 - David Byrne , Talking Heads
- May 19
- --- Barbara Joyce Lomas , B.T. Express
- June 5 - Nicko McBrain , Iron Maiden
- June 12 - Junior Brown
- June 14 - Jim Lea , Slade
- 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
- --- Phoebe Snow
- --- Nicolette Larson
- August 6 - Pat McDonald , Timbuk 3
- August 20 - John Hiatt
- 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
- --- Neil Peart , Rush
- --- Gerry Beckley , America
- 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
- October 17 - Jim Strecker , Good Ol'e Boys
- October 18 - Keith Knudsen , The Doobie Brothers , Southern Pacific
- November 2
- --- Maxine Nightingale
- --- Alan Winstanley , producer
- November 11 - Paul Cowsill , The Cowsills
- December 27 - David Knopfler , Dire Straits
- Burleigh Drummond - Ambrosia , The Lost Dogs
- 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
- --- Willie Brown , blues musician
- --- Nakayama Shimpei , songwriter
- ''date unknown'' - Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller , singer
- ''date unknown'' - Georgette Harvey , actress and singer
- ''date unknown'' - Luke Jordan , blues musician
- ''date unknown'' - René Voisin , trumpeter
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