TOP 100 MERCURY-SMASH-PHILIPS
HITS 1950-1969
- The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page - 1950
- The Doggie in the Window - Patti Page - 1953
- Sh-Boom - The Crew-Cuts - 1954
- My Prayer - The Platters - 1956
- I Went to Your Wedding - Patti Page - 1952
- Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat - 1968
- Running Bear - Johnny Preston - 1960
- (It's No) Sin - Eddy Howard - 1951
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters - 1959
- Little Darlin' - The Diamonds - 1957
- The Great Pretender - The Platters - 1956
- Dominique - The Singing Nun - 1963
- Kiss of Fire - Georgia Gibbs - 1952
- All My Love (Bolero) - Patti Page - 1950
- Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band - 1966
- Hey Paula - Paul and Paula - 1963
- My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels - 1963
- Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel - 1962
- Allegheny Moon - Patti Page - 1956
- Twilight Time - The Platters - 1958
- The Little Shoemaker - The Gaylords - 1954
- Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) - Georgia Gibbs - 1955
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
- It's My Party - Lesley Gore - 1963
- Sea of Love - Phil Phillips - 1959
- Rag Doll - The 4 Seasons - 1964
- Wild Thing - The Troggs - 1966
- The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton - 1961
- Wooden Heart - Joe Dowell - 1961
- Sunny - Bobby Hebb - 1966
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli - 1967
- Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters - 1955
- Mockin' Bird Hill - Patti Page - 1951
- It's Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton - 1959
- You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore - 1964
- Game of Love - Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - 1965
- Tell Me You're Mine - The Gaylords - 1953
- Cross Over the Bridge - Patti Page - 1954
- Ruby - Richard Hayman - 1953
- Tweedle Dee - Georgia Gibbs - 1955
- Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper - 1958
- Changing Partners - Patti Page - 1954
- The Stroll - The Diamonds - 1958
- Let's Hang On - The 4 Seasons - 1965
- (You've Got) The Magic Touch - The Platters - 1956
- Old Cape Cod - Patti Page - 1957
- A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders - 1966
- Skokiaan - Ralph Marterie - 1954
- Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke - 1961
- My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small - 1964
- The Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine - 1950
- Baby (You've Got What it Takes) - Dinah Washington and
Brook Benton - 1960 - Dawn (Go Away) - The 4 Seasons - 1964
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry - The Caravelles - 1963
- King of the Road - Roger Miller - 1965
- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield - 1966
- Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler - 1969
- Broken-Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan - 1959
- The Shifting, Whispering Sands - Rusty Draper - 1955
- Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay and the Techniques - 1967
- Hotel Happiness - Brook Benton - 1963
- She's a Fool - Lesley Gore - 1965
- Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) - Patti Page - 1951
- Kiddio - Brook Benton - 1960
- (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos - 1967
- Tender Years - George Jones - 1961
- Make Yourself Comfortable - Sarah Vaughan - 1955
- What a Difference a Day Makes - Dinah Washington - 1959
- Soft Summer Breeze - Eddie Heywood - 1956
- So Many Ways - Brook Benton - 1959
- Cradle of Love - Johnny Preston - 1960
- Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke - 1966
- Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) -
The Serendipity Singers - 1964 - Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield - 1964
- Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter - 1962
- No Help Wanted - The Carlisles - 1953
- Ahab, the Arab - Ray Stevens - 1962
- Judy's Turn to Cry - Lesley Gore - 1963
- Patches - Dickey Lee - 1962
- Love is All Around - The Troggs - 1968
- 98.6 - Keith - 1967
- A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) -
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton - 1960 - The Old Master Painter - Richard Hayes - 1950
- Dang Me - Roger Miller - 1964
- White Lightning - George Jones - 1959
- Crazy 'bout You, Baby - The Crew-Cuts - 1954
- Ronnie - The 4 Seasons - 1964
- Young Lovers - Paul and Paula - 1964
- Melody of Love - David Carroll - 1955
- From the Vine Came the Grape - The Gaylords - 1954
- The House of Blue Lights - Chuck Miller - 1955
- Earth Angel - The Crew-Cuts - 1955
- Whatever Lola Wants - Sarah Vaughan - 1955
- The Window Up Above - George Jones - 1961
- You Belong to Me - Patti Page - 1952
- Harbor Lights - The Platters - 1960
- Mister and Mississippi - Patti Page - 1951
- Gambler's Guitar - Rusty Draper - 1953
- England Swings - Roger Miller - 1965
- Little Honda - The Hondells - 1964
This list is comprised of songs released on the Chicago-based Mercury Records and its additional labels Smash, Philips and Fontana. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1950 through 1969.
Patti Page easily tops all artists with 12 entries on the list (three of them in the top ten). The Platters appear seven times, as does Brook Benton (who shares two of his hits with Dinah Washington). Lesley Gore and The 4 Seasons each have four songs, while seven others made the list three times: The Crew-Cuts, Georgia Gibbs, The Gaylords, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington (which includes the two with Brook Benton), George Jones and Roger Miller. The decades are almost evenly split with 49 songs in the 1950s and 51 in the 1960s. The company's fortunes fared best in the middle of each decade; the early '50s' hits gradually increased with each year, peaking with nine entries in 1955. The Smash and Fontana subisidaries and Dutch-based Philips label were added in the early '60s, resulting in a ten-entry peak year in 1964.