List of number-one songs from the 1950s (Mexico)

The following article lists the monthly number-one songs on the Mexican Selecciones Musicales chart from January 1950 to December 1960. The source for these charts is the book Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión by Roberto Ayala, who was the director of the Selecciones Musicales magazine. These charts were based on nationwide record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and sheet music sales.[a][1]

As published in the Musicosas book, the charts only include the song titles and the names of the composers; the performers credited in this article are included for reference and where many performers are listed for the same song, they appear in alphabetical order, which may not reflect whose version was the most popular[b].

The longest-running number-one song of the decade was "Usted", written by Gabriel Ruiz and José Antonio Zorrilla and recorded by Los Tres Diamantes, which spent six consecutive months at the number-one position from May to October 1951.

1950

Issue Date Song Composer Artist(s)
January "Tú, sólo tú" Felipe Valdés Leal Pedro Infante / Beny Moré / Trío Calaveras
February
March "La múcura" Antonio Fuentes Beny Moré con la Orquesta de Pérez Prado / Trío Los Panchos
April "Pobre corazón" Chucho Monge Pedro Infante
May
June "Qué rico mambo" Dámaso Pérez Prado Pérez Prado y su Orquesta
July "Viajera" Luis Arcaraz Luis Arcaraz y su Orquesta
August "Quinto patio"
September
October "Soy feliz" Juan Bruno Tarraza María Victoria con Orquesta de Luis Arcaraz
November
December "Ella" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 303-306.

1951

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "El fronterizo" Los Cuates Castilla[c] Pedro Infante
February
March "Ella" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante
April
May "Usted" Gabriel Ruiz & José Antonio Zorrilla Los Tres Diamantes
June
July
August
September
October
November "Cuando el destino" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante
December "Carta a Eufemia" Rubén Fuentes & Rubén Méndez Pedro Infante

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 307-310.

1952

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Carta a Eufemia" Rubén Fuentes & Rubén Méndez Pedro Infante
February
March "Amor, qué malo eres" Luis Marquetti Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes / Pedro Vargas
April "El plebeyo" Felipe Pinglo Alva Fernando Fernández / Pedro Infante
May
June "Nube gris" Eduardo Márquez Talledo Pedro Infante
July "Peso sobre peso" Chava Flores
August
September "Pénjamo" Rubén Méndez
October
November
December "Tu recuerdo y yo" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 310-313.

1953

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Tu recuerdo y yo" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Pedro Infante
February
March "Piel canela" Bobby Capó Bobby Capó con la Sonora Matancera / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas
April
May "El jinete" José Alfredo Jiménez Jorge Negrete
June
July "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" R. Vatro Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Flo Sandon's
August "Candilejas" Charles Chaplin[d] Los Tecolines
September
October
November "Vaya con Dios" Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper Pedro Infante / Nat King Cole
December "Ruega por nosotros" Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 314-317.

1954

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Ruega por nosotros" Alberto Cervantes & Rubén Fuentes Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante
February
March
April "Cien años" Pedro Infante / Hermanos Martínez Gil
May
June
July
August
September "Contigo en la distancia" César Portillo de la Luz Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Andy Russell
October "Tres días" Tomás Méndez Lola Beltrán
November "Espinita" Nico Jiménez Ana María González / Virginia López / Trío Los Panchos
December

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 317-321.

1955

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Mil besos" Ema Elena Valdelamar María Victoria
February
March "Dime de quién es tu corazón"[e] José de Jesús Morales Los Cuatro Soles / Marilú
April "Mi último fracaso" Alfredo Gil Trío Los Panchos
May
June
July
August "Un mundo raro" José Alfredo Jiménez Pedro Infante / Trío Calaveras
September "Rogaciano" Valeriano Trejo Miguel Aceves Mejía
October
November "La enramada" Graciela Olmos Los Tres Ases [es]
December "Historia de un amor" Carlos Almarán Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases / Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Leo Marini

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 321-324.

1956

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Historia de un amor" Carlos Almarán Libertad Lamarque / Los Tres Ases [es] / Pérez Prado y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Leo Marini
February
March "No me platiques más"[f] Vicente Garrido Lucho Gatica / Pedro Infante / Los Tres Ases[g]
April
May
June "Grítenme, piedras del campo" Cuco Sánchez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Amalia Mendoza / Rosita Quintana
July "Estoy perdido" Víctor Manuel Mato Los Tres Ases
August "Pobre gente de París" Marguerite Monnot Les Baxter / Édith Piaf / Los Tres Diamantes
September "Que seas feliz" Consuelo Velázquez Los Tres Ases
October
November "Amor mío" Álvaro Carrillo Lucho Gatica / Los Tres Diamantes
December

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 324-327.

1957

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "La cama de piedra" Cuco Sánchez Cuco Sánchez
February
March "El reloj" Roberto Cantoral Los Tres Caballeros
April
May "La barca"
June "Espérame en el cielo" Paquito López Lucho Gatica / Pedro Vargas / Trío Los Panchos
July "Tú me acostumbraste" Frank Domínguez Olga Guillot
August "Ay, cosita linda" Francisco "Pacho" Galán Pacho Galán y su Orquesta / Sonora Matancera con Carlos Argentino
September
October "Te me olvidas" Vicente Garrido Los Tres Caballeros
November "Cariñito azucarado" Enrique Cerón Virginia López
December "Échame a mí la culpa" José Ángel Espinoza Amalia Mendoza / Javier Solís

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 328-331.

1958

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Sabrás que te quiero" Teddy Fregoso Los Tres Ases [es]/ Raúl Shaw Moreno / Javier Solís
February
March
April
May "Cuando tú me quieras" Mario Barrios & Raúl Shaw Moreno
June
July "Fascinación" Fermo Dante Marchetti[h] Tito Guízar / Trío Hermanos Michel / Sara Montiel / Los Cuatro Hermanos Silva
August "Regálame esta noche" Roberto Cantoral Los Tres Caballeros
September
October "Corazón de melón" Carlos Rigual Los Hermanos Rigual
November "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" Franco Migliacci & Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno
December

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 331-334.

1959

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Gema" Güicho Cisneros Los Dandys
February "Nuestro juramento" Benito de Jesús Julio Jaramillo
March "Lágrimas del alma" Bonny Villaseñor Miguel Aceves Mejía / Lucho Gatica / Flor Silvestre / Javier Solís
April "Nuestro juramento" Benito de Jesús Julio Jaramillo
May "Bala perdida" Tomás Méndez Lola Beltrán
June "La margarita" Mariano Mercerón Mariano Mercerón y su Orquesta
July "Asómate a mi alma" Fernando Valadés Los Tecolines / Los Tres Reyes / Virginia López / Elvira Quintana / Trío Los Astros
August "Jacaranda" Enrique Fabregat & Mario Molina Montes Los Tres Ases [es]/ Trío Los Santos
September
October "Me extraña" Luis Martínez Serrano Los Tres Caballeros
November "Un telegrama" Alfredo & Gregorio García Segura Monna Bell
December "Qué bonito amor" José Alfredo Jiménez Miguel Aceves Mejía / Elvira Ríos / Flor Silvestre / Javier Solís

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 334-338.

1960

Issue Date Song Composer(s) Artist(s)
January "Ya la pagarás" Mario de Jesús Virginia López
February "Limosnero de amor" Alberto Videz Alberto Beltrán / Javier Solís
March
April "Sabor a mí" Álvaro Carrillo Rolando Laserie / Los Tres Ases [es]
May "Canción de Orfeo" Luis Bonfá[i] Los Tres Diamantes
June "La boa" Félix Reina & Carlos Lico[j] Sonora Santanera
July
August "Ayúdame, Dios mío" Mario de Jesús María Elena Sandoval
September "Bésame y olvídame" Beatriz Jiménez Javier Solís
October "Adiós" Alfredo Carrasco Los Tecolines
November "La plaga" John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell[k] Los Teen Tops
December "Saca la botella" Jorge Sareli Sonora Santanera

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión, pp. 338-341.

Notes

  1. ^ (Translated from Spanish) "Record agencies all over the country, jukebox operators, music publishers, recording houses and correspondents for Selecciones Musicales send local reports every week. In the headquarters, each one of those reports is assessed and by means of a scoreboard each song is rated so as to determine the position that it is to occupy on the "Hit Parade".
  2. ^ While many times, like in other countries, a song would be popularized by one particular performer and it became identified with them, in Mexico it was common practice in the 1940s and 50s for a song to be recorded by various singers from different record labels around the same time; therefore, this article may not include all of the performers who recorded the songs around that period.
  3. ^ Artistic name of siblings Miguel Angel and José Angel Díaz y González de Castilla.
  4. ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
  5. ^ Usually abbreviated to "De quién es tu corazón".
  6. ^ Also titled "No me platiques ya" or "No me platiques" in some releases
  7. ^ According to the composer Vicente Garrido, Los Tres Ases were the first to make the song a success, leading Gatica and Infante to record their own versions shortly after.[2]
  8. ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
  9. ^ Spanish lyrics by Mario Molina Montes.
  10. ^ The song is based on a Cuban instrumental danzón titled "Angoa", composed by Félix Reina. The Mexican musician Carlos Lico later wrote lyrics to it and recorded it with his group, Los Pao, with the new title "La boa", which became a nationwide hit when Sonora Santanera covered it.
  11. ^ Spanish lyrics by Los Teen Tops.

References

  1. ^ Ayala, Roberto (1962). Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión. p. 298.
  2. ^ ""VICENTE GARRIDO" Su Musica Y Sus Interpretes (minute 22:25)". YouTube (in Spanish). MAMBISITOW. Retrieved 30 July 2023.