| The CASH BOX Top 10 Hillbilly, Folk & Western Juke Box Tunes | ||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 17, 1953 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | A DEAR JOHN LETTER Jean Shepard (Capitol 2502) | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | HEY JOE! Carl Smith (Columbia 21129) | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW Davis Sisters (RCA Victor 47-5345) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | CARIBBEAN Mitchell Torok (Abbott 140) | 4 | 8 | |
| 5 | CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Darrell Glenn (Valley 105) Rex Allen (Decca 28758) | 6 | 13 2 | |
| 6 | IT’S BEEN SO LONG Webb Pierce (Decca 28725) | 7 | 15 | |
| 7 | RUB-A-DUB-DUB Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 2445) | 5 | 19 | |
| 8 | I WON’T BE HOME NO MORE Hank Williams with Drifting Cowboys (M-G-M 11533) | 9 | 9 | |
| 9 | FORGIVE ME JOHN Jean Shepard with Ferlin Huskey (Capitol 2586) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | GAMBLER’S GUITAR Rusty Draper (Mercury 70167) | 8 | 6 | |
| The CASH BOX Top 10 Folk & Western Best Sellers | ||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 17, 1953 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | A DEAR JOHN LETTER Jean Shepard (Capitol 2502) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW Davis Sisters (RCA Victor 47-5345) | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | HEY JOE! Carl Smith (Columbia 21129) | 2 | 12 | |
| 4 | IT’S BEEN SO LONG Webb Pierce (Decca 28725) | 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | CARIBBEAN Mitchell Torok (Abbott 140) | 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Rex Allen (Decca 28758) Darrell Glenn (Valley 105) | 6 | 10 11 | |
| 7 | TENNESSEE WIG WALK Bonnie Lou (King 1237) | 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | MAMA, COME GET YOUR BABY BOY Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-5415) | 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | WEARY BLUES FROM WAITIN’ Hank Williams with Drifting Cowboys (M-G-M 11574) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | FORGIVE ME JOHN Jean Shepard with Ferlin Huskey (Capitol 2586) | 10 | 3 | |
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