Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1953 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and juke box plays.
Hank Williams died on January 1, 1953, but still dominated the 1953 country and western charts. He had five songs on the year-end charts, and "Kaw-Liga" and "Your Cheating Heart" were the year's No. 1 and No. 2 selling country records. In addition, Jack Cardwell's "The Death of Hank Williams" ranked No. 19 on the year-end chart.
On the juke box chart, "Mexican Joe" by newcomer Jim Reeves was the No. 1 most-played record of 1953.
Retailyear-end Juke boxyear-end PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 3 1 "Kaw-Liga" Hank Williams M-G-M2 2 1 "Your Cheating Heart" Hank Williams M-G-M3 4 1 "No Help Wanted The Carlisles Mercury4 7 1 "A Dear John Letter" Jean Shepard, Ferlin Husky Capitol5 6 1 "Hey Joe" Carl Smith Columbia6 1 1 "Mexican Joe" Jim Reeves Abbott7 10 1 "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" The Davis Sisters RCA Victor8 9 1 "It's Been So Long" Webb Pierce Decca9 8 1 "Take These Chains from My Heart" Hank Williams M-G-M10 14 3 "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I Hank Snow RCA Victor11 18 1 "Eddy's Song" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor12 25 4 "Last Waltz" Webb Pierce Decca13 5 1 "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" Hank Thompson Capitol14 17 1 "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" Hank Williams M-G-M15 15 5 "Bumming Around" T. Texas Tyler Decca16 26 2 "(How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window" Homer & Jethro RCA Victor17 20 4 "Crying in the Chapel" Rex Allen Decca18 15 1 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Hank Williams M-G-M19 NR 3 "The Death of Hank Williams" Jack Cardwell M-G-M20 21 1 "Caribbean" Mitchell Torok Abbott21 NR "Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star22 NR 2 "Trademark" Carl Smith Columbia23 NR 1 "There Stands the Glass" Webb Pierce Decca24 NR 4 "This Orchid Means Goodbye" Carl Smith Columbia25 27 3 "Spanish Fire Ball" Hank Snow RCA Victor26 NR "I'll Go Alone" Webb Pierce Decca27 NR "Tennessee Wig Walk" Bonnie Lou King28 NR 4 "Free Home Demonstration" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor29 NR "Seven Lonely Days" Bonnie Lou King30 11 "Back Street Affair" Webb Pierce DeccaNR 12 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Skeets McDonald CapitolNR 13 "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" Goldie Hill DeccaNR 19 "Keep It a Secret" Slim Whitman ImperialNR 22 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Slim Willet 4 StarNR 23 "I Couldn't Keep From Crying" Marty Robbins ColumbiaNR 24 "Crying in the Chapel" Darrell Glenn ValleyNR 28 "Midnight" Red Foley DeccaNR 29 "That's Me Without You" Webb Pierce DeccaNR 30 4 "Gal Who Invented Kissing" Hank Snow RCA Victor
See also List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1953 Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1953 1953 in country music
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