July 1952 - 'Mano a mano' - Albertinho Fortuna

1st July 1952 - Revista do Radio 147

1. Dominó - Jorge Goulart (Continental)
2. Baião caçula - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon)
3. Mano a mano - Albertinho Fortuna (Continental)
4. Coimbra (É uma lição de amor) - Ester de Abreu (Sinter)
5. Há sinceridade nisso? - Cesar de Alencar (Sinter)

8 July 1952 - RR 148 

1. Mano a mano - Albertinho Fortuna (Continental)
2. Dominó - Jorge Goulart (Continental)
3. Coimbra (É uma lição de amor) - Ester de Abreu (Sinter)
4. Baião caçula - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon)
5. Noites de Junho - Carlos Galhardo (RCA)

15 July 1952 - RR 149

1. Baião caçula - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon).
2. Coimbra (É uma lição de amor) - Ester de Abreu (Sinter)
3. Mano a mano - Albertinho Fortuna (Continental)
4. Dominó - Jorge Goulart (Continental)
5. Jezebel - Jorge Goulart (Continental)

22 July 1952 - RR 150

1. Mano a mano - Albertinho Fortuna (Continental)
2. Baião caçula - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon)
3. Coimbra (É uma lição de amor) - Ester de Abreu (Sinter)
4. Jezebel - Jorge Goulart (Continental)
5. Dominó - Jorge Goulart (Continental)

29 July 1952 - RR 151

1. Baião caçula - Hebe Camargo (Odeon)
2. Mano a mano - Albertinho Fortuna (Continental)
3. Dominó - Jorge Goulart (Continental)
4. Coimbra (É uma lição de amor) - Ester de Abreu (Sinter)
5. Jezebel - Jorge Goulart (Continental)

P.S.: If you really pay attention to the charts on this particular page you'll notice Revista do Radio simply 'played around' with only 7 (seven) song titles distributed into 5 weeks in a game of mathematical combination and permutation. 

It looks like the responsible journalist was provided with 7 titles at the beginning of the month and told: 'Look, do what you can do with them until the end of the month.' It is really pitiful that no one cared about such a rude sham job. 

You might ask: Knowing that Revista do Radio was not up to the mark, then why you've gone to the trouble of posting all their data?

I might answer that I went to the trouble of posting 10 years of Revista do Radio charts because they were the only source of consistent data gathering during the 1950s. Ibope would be a good alternative but their data have been scattered all around the place. Whenever I have the chance I 'complement' the data I have gathered from Revista do Radio with those of other sources, especially from Ibope.

July 1952 best selling singles according to columnist Daniel Taylor for 'Carioca'

1. Jezebel - Frankie Laine (Columbia)
2. At sundown - Frank Petty Trio (MGM)
3. Baião caçula - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon)
4. With a song in my heart - Doris Day (Columbia)
5. Embraceable you - Frank Sinatra (Capitol)

6. Tea for two - Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell (Decca)
7. Good morning Mister Echo - Jane Turzy Trio (Decca)
8. Domino - Yvette Horner (Pathe-Odeon)
9. Tahi - Mario Gennari Filho (Odeon)
10. E... eu sem Maria - Alcides Gerardi (Imperial)

Albertinho Fortuna nee Alberto Fortuna Vieira de Azevedo was born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal on 28 October 1922, having migrated to Brazil when he was 6 months old. He reached the top of his career singing covers of Argentine ever-green tangos around this time.