Top Songs of the 1950s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Bbs 101]
written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli

[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis

[RCA 47-5064]
written by Winston L. Moore

[Columbia 39811]
written by Chilton Price, Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart

[Mercury 71474]
written by J. P. Richardson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251] Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Marc Blitzstein

featuring Sally Sweetland
[RCA 47-5293]
written by Billy Reid

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19] US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #141] charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[Capitol 3295]
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

[RCA 47-6359]
written by Shorty Allen & Roy Alfred

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #352]
[RCA 47-6870]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
[RCA Epa-4114+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Columbia 39938]
written by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl & Al Stillman

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1953
[Columbia 40108]
written by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster

[Decca 29037]
written by Edith Lindeman & Carl Stutz

[Columbia 40266]
written by Stuart Hamblen

[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin

hit for Hank Snow in 1953 ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Bill Trader

[ABC-Paramount 9831]
written by Paul Anka

#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1934
[Mercury 71383]
written by Otto Harbach & Jerome Kern

Christmas
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor

[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton

written by traditional

with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
[Capitol 3102]
written by Dolores Vicki Silvers

written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

[Decca 29625]
written by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

[Capitol F2346]
written by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank LaVere

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #39]
[Decca 30434]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
[Cadence 1337]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[RCA 47-7150]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

with Percy Faith & his Orchestra
[Columbia 39710]
written by Curley Williams

[Coral 61206]
written by Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers

from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

[Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley

written by Churchill Kohlman

[Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
[Sun 281]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

[Capitol 2589]
written by Jack Brooks

new version of 1951-hit
[MGM 12688]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes

[Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
[Mercury 70893]
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1950 R
[Capitol F1010]
written by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

as Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
vocals by Redd Stewart
[RCA Victor 48-0489]
written by Chilton Price, Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

[RCA 47-7000]
written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe

[Decca 64205]
written by Harry Stone & Jack Stapp

[RCA Victor 7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld

[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sidney Wyche

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29441]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

produced by Phil Spector
[Dore 503]
written by Phil Spector

[Mercury 5534]
written by Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King

[Cub 9049]
written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones & Charles Merenstein

[Dot 15570]
written by John Frederick Coots, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny

[Mercury 71289]
written by Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn & Buck Ram

B side to My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
[Imperial 5528]
written by Sharon Sheeley

US B-side to (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

[Dolphin 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

[Columbia 40266]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
[Gee 1002]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner

[RCA 47-5647]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele

[Coral 61851]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

[RCA 47-6427]
written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Emmanuel Chabrier

[ABC-Paramount 9871]
written by Arthur Singer, John Medora & David White

[Dot 15443]
written by Ferdinand Washington & Stan Lewis

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1954
[Capitol 2816]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

written by Paul Burkhard

[Columbia 40654]
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner

[Columbia 40036]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

[RCA 47-7240]
written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody

[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly

instrumental
written by Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish

[Columbia 39362]
written by Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson

[Decca 9-30642]
written by Jack Reardon & Paul Evans

[Columbia 39449]
written by Hank Williams

[RCA 47-3997]
written by Tolchard Evans, Robert Hargreaves & Stanley J. Damerell

written by George Hoven & Chester R. Shull

[Columbia 39467]
written by Ross Bagdasarian & William Saroyan

written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

[Capitol 2486]
written by Larry Russell, Inez James & Buddy Pepper

[Decca 29123]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John

instrumental
[Challenge 1016]
written by Daniel Flores

hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956 ; charted as One Night / I Got Stung in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7410]
written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King & Anita Steiman

written by Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn

[London 30005]
written by Anton Karas

written by Anton Karas

[Coral 60140]
written by James T. Morehead & James Cassin

vocals by Tony Alamo & the Kaydets
written by Hugh Williams & Jimmy Kennedy

[London 30025]
written by Curley Williams & Billy Simmons

[Dot 15377]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew