1953 in British music

This is a summary of 1953 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Summary

January

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.

February

Number Ones

Number-one singles

Births

• March 3 - Robyn Hitchcock, singer-songwriter
• April 9 - John Howard, singer-songwriter
• May 15 - Mike Oldfield, composer

Deaths

• October 3 - Arnold Bax, composer (b. 1887)

References

General

• "ChartStats". http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19521115.  (Type artist or song into search box and click "Search". To view a certain chart week, type the date into the box with the date and click "Go".)