1953 in British music

1950s in music in the UK
Number-one singles
Number-one albums
Best-selling singles
Best-selling albums
Summaries and charts 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
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Top 10/12 singles
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This is a summary of 1953 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

The first week of January saw American jazz singer Al Martino spend a ninth and final week at number one with "Here in My Heart". Jo Stafford and Kay Starr were both non-movers at numbers 2 and 3 with "You Belong to Me" and "Comes A-Long A-Love", and the following week, Jo Stafford managed to climb a place to number one, after 10 weeks in the chart and 9 weeks stuck at number two. Al Martino fell to number 6, and American movie star Mario Lanza climbed back up to number 3, having peaked there 6 weeks earlier. Kay Starr became the third number one when "Comes A-Long A-Love" climbed a place to number one, and American traditional pop music singer Eddie Fisher's "Outside of Heaven" was joint number two with Jo Stafford, due to sales clashing.
At the end of month, Eddie Fisher climbed to number one with "Outside of Heaven", Perry Como and The Ramblers' "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" climbed 5 places to number 3, and Al Martino's "Now" became his third release to make the chart in just 3 months.

The first number one of February was also the only number one, as Perry Como and The Ramblers' "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" climbed two places to number one, and ended up staying there for 5 weeks. The month also saw Al Martino's "Now" and American traditional pop singer Guy Mitchell's "She Wears Red Feathers" slowly climbing up the charts, reaching peaks of number four and two in February. Also, American duo Art and Dotty Todd's "Broken Wings" was a popular song in February, peaking at number 6 for two weeks.

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