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25:magazine ranking the year's top
308:Take These Chains from My Heart
1112:"1953's Top C & W Records"
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1373:1953 in American music
1129:Joel Whitburn (1995).
964:"Crying in the Chapel"
656:There Stands the Glass
1063:1953 in country music
1008:That's Me Without You
505:Crying in the Chapel
1133:. Billboard Books.
284:"It's Been So Long"
129:Your Cheating Heart
41:Your Cheating Heart
27:country and western
1363:1953 record charts
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178:A Dear John Letter
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1040:RCA Victor
1013:Webb Pierce
922:Slim Willet
876:Goldie Hill
827:Webb Pierce
784:RCA Victor
781:Eddy Arnold
732:Webb Pierce
712:RCA Victor
661:Webb Pierce
489:RCA Victor
384:Webb Pierce
363:RCA Victor
360:Eddy Arnold
355:Eddy's Song
339:RCA Victor
288:Webb Pierce
270:RCA Victor
234:Mexican Joe
56:Mexican Joe
1357:Categories
1140:0823076326
1089:References
985:"Midnight"
804:Bonnie Lou
756:Bonnie Lou
685:Carl Smith
637:Carl Smith
379:Last Waltz
240:Jim Reeves
214:Carl Smith
84:Artist(s)
60:Jim Reeves
1290:1960–1969
1229:1950–1959
1198:1946–1949
1183:Billboard
1037:Hank Snow
989:Red Foley
951:Columbia
905:Imperial
709:Hank Snow
688:Columbia
640:Columbia
632:Trademark
581:Caribbean
511:Rex Allen
336:Hank Snow
218:Columbia
75:year-end
70:year-end
22:Billboard
1187:Year-End
1047:See also
855:Capitol
413:Capitol
192:Capitol
162:Mercury
103:Kaw-Liga
73:Juke box
37:Kaw-Liga
1192:singles
972:Valley
926:4 Star
616:4 Star
591:Abbott
244:Abbott
208:Hey Joe
39:" and "
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565:M-G-M
539:M-G-M
515:Decca
463:Decca
437:M-G-M
387:Decca
316:M-G-M
292:Decca
137:M-G-M
113:M-G-M
87:Label
81:Title
68:Retail
1069:Notes
807:King
760:King
78:Peak
1342:1969
1337:1968
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