The year in music
Best Songs of 1953
Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” tops the rhythm and blues chart. Hank Williams dies on New Year’s Day, and “Your Cheatin’ Heart” follows.
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1953 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 3 songs first released in 1953. Blues, Blues Rock and Country lead the year. B.B. King, Big Mama Thornton and Hank Williams are among the voices of 1953.