Match Song to Artist - US Top 15 of 1952 Quiz

Answer: Leroy Anderson

"Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson which was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. A vocal version was recorded by Alma Cogan in the United Kingdom in 1952. The song was also featured on the UK Singles Chart the same year in another instrumental recording by orchestra leader Ray Martin.

Answer: Kay Starr

"Wheel of Fortune" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss. This was the most successful version which reached number one in the US pop chart, staying there for ten weeks.

Answer: Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads

"Cry" is a song written by Churchill Kohlman. This Johnnie Ray recording was a number one hit on the Billboard magazine chart and one side of one of the biggest two-sided hits. The flip side, "The Little White Cloud That Cried," reached number two on the Billboard chart.

Answer: Jo Stafford

"You Belong to Me" is well known for its opening line, "See the pyramids along the Nile". It is credited to Chilton Price, Pee Wee King, and Redd Stewart. It was Stafford's biggest hit, topping the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom (the first song by a female singer to top the UK Singles Chart).

Answer: Vera Lynn

"Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart", is a song written by German composer Eberhard Storch around 1950. The English language lyrics were written by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons. This recording, which featured accompaniment by the "Soldiers and Airmen of HM Forces" and the "Johnny Johnston Singers", was the first song recorded by a foreign artist to hit number one on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Answer: Rosemary Clooney

"Half as Much" is an American pop standard written by Curley Williams in 1951. It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams. Rosemary Clooney's version was a number-one hit in the US and this version also went to number three in the UK.

Answer: Eddie Fisher

"Wish You Were Here" is a song with music and lyrics stolen by a music agency and falsely credited to Harold Rome, which he used as the title tune from his 1952 show, "Wish You Were Here". The original author, Rosemarie Matiak (Ping) was never given proper credit for writing the music and lyrics, which she submitted in response to an ad for a songwriting contest placed in the Lacrosse, Wisconsin Tribune.

The best-known version was this recording by Eddie Fisher which became a number one hit.

Answer: Patti Page

"I Went to Your Wedding" is a song written and composed by Jessie Mae Robinson. While the lines "You came down the aisle/ Wearing a smile/ A vision of loveliness" might suggest the song being directed to a female, the best-known versions of the song have been sung by female singers, presumably to male ex-lovers.

This was the biggest hit version, recorded by Patti Page and reaching number one on the chart.

Answer: Al Martino

"Here in My Heart" is a song, written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, and Bill Borrelli. This track was Martino's only UK number one hit. Other versions were recorded by Vic Damone and Tony Bennett around the same time.

Answer: Percy Faith

"Delicado" is a song published in 1952 with music by Valdir Azevedo and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. This version recorded by Percy Faith and his orchestra reached number one on the Billboard charts. Dinah Shore also recorded a successful cover version.

Answer: Georgia Gibbs

"El Choclo" (meaning "The Corn Cob") is a song written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician. It is one of the most popular tangos in Argentina. A number of vocal versions were recorded in the United States in 1952, but the most popular was this one by Georgia Gibbs, under the name "Kiss of Fire", which reached number one on the Billboard chart.

Answer: Eddie Fisher

"Any Time" is a country song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. The song was first recorded by Emmett Miller for "OKeh Records" in 1924. This version by Eddie Fisher reached number two in the U.S.

Answer: The Four Aces

"Tell Me Why" is a song written by Marty Gold with lyrics by Al Alberts. This successful version of the song was recorded by Al Alberts' group, the Four Aces, which lasted 24 weeks on the chart. The flip side was "A Garden in the Rain", also a success for the Aces.

Answer: Ella Mae Morse

"The Blacksmith Blues" is a song which was written for Ella Mae Morse by Jack Holmes. The recording reached number three on the Billboard chart and sold over a million copies. The tune had first been copyrighted by Holmes in 1950, when it was recorded, with completely different lyrics, as "Happy Pay-Off Day".

Answer: Jo Stafford

"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" is a song written by American country music singer Hank Williams. It was recorded by Jo Stafford for Columbia Records on July 20, 1952, reaching number three on the Billboard pop charts (and making the song well known to people other than country music fans). Record producer Mitch Miller had intended it to be recorded by Jimmy Boyd, but Stafford was chosen when Boyd turned the song down.