1953 in music

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Published popular music

• "And This Is My Beloved"     w. & m. adapted Robert Wright & George Forrest
• "Angel Eyes"     w. Earl Brent m. Matt Dennis
• "Anna"     w.(Eng) William Engvick (Ital) F. Giordano m. R. Vatro
• "Answer Me, My Love"     w. (Eng) Carl Sigman (Ger) & m. Gerhard Winkler & Fred Ravich
• "Baubles, Bangles And Beads"     w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest. Introduced by Doretta Morrow in the musical Kismet
• "Bell Bottom Blues"     w. Hal David m. Leon Carr
• "Bimbo"     w.m. Rodney Morris
• "Black Hills Of Dakota" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain. Introduced by Doris Day in the film Calamity Jane.
• "The Boy Friend"     w.m. Sandy Wilson.
• "Can-Can"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Caribbean"     w.m. Mitchell Torok
• "C'Est Magnifique"     w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson in the musical Can-Can
• "Changing Partners"     w. Joe Darion m. Larry Coleman
• "Chicka Boom"     w.m. Bob Merrill
• "Crying In The Chapel"     w.m. Artie Glenn
• "Dragnet"     m. Walter Schumann
• "Ebb Tide"     w. Carl Sigman m. Robert Maxwell
• "Eh, Cumpari!"     trad Ital w. m. adapt. Julius LaRosa & Archie Bleyer
• "Ev'rybody Loves Saturday Night"     Campbell
• "Fate"     w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest from music by Alexander Borodin Adapted from Symphony No. 2 in B Minor.
• "From Here To Eternity"     w. Robert Wells m. Fred Karger
• "Gambler's Guitar"     w.m. Jim Lowe
• "Gee!"     w.m. Viola Watkins, Daniel Norton & William Davis
• "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite"     James Hudson, Calvin Carter
• "The Happy Wanderer"     w.(Ger) Florenz Siegesmund & Edith Möller (Eng) Antonia Ridge m. Friedrich Wilhelm Möller
• "Here's That Rainy Day"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen. Introduced by John Raitt in the musical Carnival In Flanders.
• "Hold My Hand"     w.m. Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers
• "I Believe"     w.m. Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Irvin Graham & Al Stillman
• "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely"     w.m. Pat Ballard
• "I Love Paris"     w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can
• "I Really Don't Want To Know"     w. Howard Barnes m. Don Robertson
• "I'm Walking Behind You"     w.m. Billy Reid
• "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"     w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Nat Simon
• "It's All Right With Me"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Just Walkin' In The Rain"     w.m. Johnny Bragg & Robert S. Riley
• "Little Things Mean A Lot"     w.m. Carl Stutz & Edith Lindeman
• "Make Love To Me"     w. Alan Copeland & Bill Norvas Music from "Tin Roof Blues" 1923.
• "The Man That Got Away"     w. Ira Gershwin m. Harold Arlen
• "The Man With The Banjo"     w. (Eng) Robert Mellin m. Fritz Schulz Reichel
• "Marriage Type Love"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Arthur Maxwell and Helena Scott in the musical Me And Juliet.
• "Matilda, Matilda!"     w.m. Harry Thomas
• "Melancholy Serenade"     m. Jackie Gleason
• "Mexican Joe"     w.m. Mitchell Torok
• "Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket"     w. Bob Hilliard m. Jule Styne
• "Money Honey"     w.m. Jesse Stone
• "No Other Love"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Isabel Bigley and Bill Hayes in the musical Me And Juliet.
• "Non Dimenticar"     w.(Eng) Shelley Dobbins (Ital) Michele Galdieri m. P. G. Redi
• "Not Since Nineveh"     w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest From Borodin's "Polovetsian Dances".
• "Oh! My Pa-Pa"     w. John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) m. Paul Burkhard
• "The Olive Tree"     w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest from music by Alexander Borodin
• "Rags To Riches"     w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
• "Ricochet"     w.m. Larry Coleman, Joe Darion & Norman Gimbel
• "Rock Around The Clock"     w.m. Jimmy De Knight & Max C. Freedman
• "Santa Baby"     w.m. Joan Javits, Phil Springer & Tony Springer
• "Satin Doll"     m. Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington
• "Secret Love"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain. Introduced by Doris Day in the film Calamity Jane
• "Seven Lonely Days"     w.m. Alden Shuman, Earl Shuman & Marshal Brown
• "Shake A Hand"     w.m. Joe Morris
• "Sippin' Soda"     adapt. P. Campbell
• "The Song From "Moulin Rouge"" (aka "Where Is Your Heart")     w. (Eng) William Engvick (Fr) Jacques Larue m. Georges Auric
• "Stranger in Paradise"      w. & m. adapt Robert Wright & George Forrest. Introduced by Doretta Morrow and Richard Kiley in the musical Kismet.
• "Such A Night"     w.m. Lincoln Chase
• "Sway" ("Quien Sera")     w. (Eng) Norman Gimbel (Sp) Pablo Beltran Ruiz m. Pablo Beltran Ruiz
• "Teach Me Tonight"     w. Sammy Cahn m. Gene De Paul
• "Tell Me A Story"     w.m. Terry Gilkyson
• "Tell Us Where The Good Times Are"     w.m. Bob Merrill
• "That's Amore"     w. Jack Brooks m. Harry Warren
• "Vaya Con Dios"     w.m. Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper
• "Wanted"     w.m. Jack Fulton & Lois Steele
• "When Love Goes Wrong"      w. Harold Adamson m. Hoagy Carmichael from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• "You Won't Forget Me" w. Kermit Goell m. Fred Spielman Introduced by India Adams dubbing for Joan Crawford in the film Torch Song
• "You, You, You"     w.(Eng) Robert Mellin (Ger) Walter Rothenberg m. Lotar Olias
• "Young At Heart"     w. Carolyn Leigh m. Johnny Richards