This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1951.

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US No 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1951.

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1951.

Top hits on record

• "Aba Daba Honeymoon" – Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter • "Because" – Mario Lanza • "Because of You" – Tony Bennett • "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" – Guy Mitchell • "Blue Tango" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra • "Charmaine" – Mantovani & his Orchestra • "Cold, Cold Heart" – Tony Bennett • "Come On-A My House" – Rosemary Clooney • "Cry" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads • "Detour" – Patti Page • "Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" – Patti Page • "Down Yonder" recorded by: • *Del Wood • *Champ Butler • "Flamenco" – Frankie Laine • "Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford • "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" – Frankie Laine • "Get Happy" – Frankie Laine • "Get Out Those Old Records" – Guy Lombardo (The Lombardo Trio vocals) • "The Girl In The Wood" – Frankie Laine • "Give Me Time" – Johnnie Ray • "Gone Fishin'" – Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong • "Got Him Off My Hands" – Georgia Gibbs • "Hello, Young Lovers" recorded by: • *Perry Como • *Guy Lombardo (Kenny Martin vocals) • "Hey, Good Lookin'" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford • "The Hot Canary" – Florian Zabach • "How High the Moon" – Les Paul and Mary Ford • "I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat" – Mel Blanc • "If" – Perry Como • "I'll Never Be Free" – Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra • "It Is No Secret" – Bill Kenny & The Song Spinners • "It's All in the Game" – Tommy Edwards • "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" – Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters • "Jealousy (Jalousie)" – Frankie Laine • "Jezebel" – Frankie Laine • "The Little White Cloud That Cried" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads • "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" – Mario Lanza • "Lullaby of Broadway" – Doris Day • "Mister and Mississippi" – Patti Page • "Mockin' Bird Hill" – Patti Page • "My Heart Cries For You" recorded by: • *Vic Damone • *Guy Mitchell • *Dinah Shore • "My Truly, Truly Fair" – Guy Mitchell • "On Top of Old Smoky" – The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson • "Once Upon A Nickel" – Georgia Gibbs • "One For My Baby" – Frankie Laine • "Out in the Cold Again" – Richard Hayes • "Paths Of Paradise" – Johnnie Ray • "Pretty-Eyed Baby" – Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine • "Red Sails In The Sunset" – Nat King Cole • "Rose, Rose, I Love You" – Frankie Laine • "Shanghai" – Doris Day • "Sin" – Eddy Howard & his Orchestra • "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" – Vaughn Monroe • "Sparrow in the Treetop" – Guy Mitchell • "A Sunday Kind of Love" – Jo Stafford • "Sweet Violets" – Dinah Shore • "The Syncopated Clock" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra • "Tell Me" – Doris Day • "Tell Me Why" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts • "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" – Johnnie Ray • "Tom's Tune" – Georgia Gibbs • "Too Young" – Nat King Cole • "Undecided" – Ames Brothers • "Vanity" – Don Cherry • "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" – Frankie Laine • "While You Danced, Danced, Danced" – Georgia Gibbs • "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" – Les Paul and Mary Ford • "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" – Patti Page

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