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Top Songs of 1955

1954 <-

1955

-> 1956

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

11/1955

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites

459

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
UK

[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis

12/1955

Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin

from Memories Are Made of This EP

445

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

03/1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado

397

✫1
US

✫1
UK

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

08/1955

The Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller

385

✫1
US

2
UK

written by traditional

12/1955

Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr

371

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

05/1955

Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra

365

✫1
US

2
UK

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

02/1955

Ballad of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes

365

✫1
US

2
UK

written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

01/1955

(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets

362

✫1
US

3
R&B

17
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight)

08/1955

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing by The Four Aces

360

✫1
US

2
UK

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

10.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler

340

3
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

11.

07/1955

Ain't That a Shame by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

339

✫1
US

14
R&B

7
UK

[Dot 15377]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

12.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Les Baxter

314

✫1
US

10
UK

[Capitol 3055]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

13.

08/1955

Autumn Leaves by Roger Williams

from Roger Williams [aka Autumn Leaves]

313

✫1
US

[Kapp 116]
written by Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert & Johnny Mercer

14.

02/1955

A Blossom Fell by Nat King Cole

from Ballads of the Day

306

2
US

3
UK

written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John

15.

01/1955

Sincerely by The McGuire Sisters

298

✫1
US

14
UK

written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

16.

12/1955

The Great Pretender by The Platters

289

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #351]
[Mercury 70753]
written by Buck Ram

17.

03/1955

The Ballad of Davy Crockett by Tennessee Ernie Ford

280

5
US

4
country

3
UK

[Capitol 3058]
written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

18.

12/1955

Lisbon Antigua by Nelson Riddle

275

✫1
US

as Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
[instrumental]
[Capitol 3287]
written by Raul Portela, Jose Galhardo, Amadeu do Vale & Harry Dupree

19.

01/1955

Earth Angel by The Crew-Cuts

263

3
US

4
UK

B side to Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
written by Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin & Gaynel Hodge

20.

11/1955

Love and Marriage by Frank Sinatra

262

5
US

3
UK

[Capitol 3260]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn

21.

03/1955

Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) by Georgia Gibbs

260

✫1
US

[Mercury 70572]
written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James

22.

12/1955

Band of Gold by Don Cherry

258

4
US

6
UK

[Columbia 4-40597]
written by Jack Taylor & Bob Musel

23.

12/1955

(Love Is the) Tender Trap by Frank Sinatra

257

7
US

2
UK

written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn

24.

01/1955

Tweedlee Dee by Georgia Gibbs

242

2
US

20
UK

written by Winfield Scott

25.

11/1955

Only You (And You Alone) by The Hilltoppers

236

8
US

3
UK

written by Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)

26.

10/1955

I Hear You Knocking by Gale Storm

222

2
US

15
R&B

[Dot 15412]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)

27.

09/1955

Moments to Remember by The Four Lads

220

2
US

[Columbia 40539]
written by Robert Allen & Al Stillman

28.

04/1955

The Breeze & I (Andalucia) by Caterina Valente

from The Hi-Fi Nightingale...

217

8
US

5
UK

written by Ernesto Lecuona & Al Stillman

29.

02/1955

The Crazy Otto (Medley) by Johnny Maddox

214

2
US

written by Lou Busch, Jack Elliott, Franz Grothe, Willy Dehmel, Michael Jary, Bruno Balz, Heino Gaze, Günther Schwenn & Irving Berlin

30.

11/1955

A Woman in Love by Frankie Laine

206

19
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40583]
written by Frank Loesser

31.

10/1955

Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters

206

5
US

✫1
R&B

written by Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)

32.

10/1955

He by Al Hibbler

205

4
US

13
R&B

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29660]
written by Jack Richards & Richard Mullan

33.

09/1955

The Shifting, Whispering Sands by Billy Vaughn

205

5
US

20
UK

written by V.C. Gilbert (as Jack Gilbert) & Mary Hadler

34.

02/1955

How Important Can It Be? by Joni James

204

2
US

[MGM 11919]
written by Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss

35.

02/1955

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) by Perry Como

203

2
US

[RCA Victor 5994]
written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy

36.

07/1955

Seventeen by Boyd Bennett

199

5
US

7
R&B

16
UK

as Boyd Bennett and his Rockets
[King 1470]
written by Boyd Bennett

37.

08/1955

Tina Maria by Perry Como

199

5
US

24
UK

written by Bob Merrill

38.

07/1955

Rose Marie by Slim Whitman

197

4
country

✫1
UK

written by Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II

39.

08/1955

Yellow Rose of Texas by Johnny Desmond

194

3
US

[Coral 61476]
written by traditional

40.

10/1955

The Shifting, Whispering Sands by Rusty Draper

192

3
US

[Mercury 70696]
written by V.C. Gilbert (as Jack Gilbert) & Mary Hadler

41.

08/1955

Seventeen by The Fontane Sisters

192

3
US

[Dot 15386]
written by Boyd Bennett

42.

01/1955

Melody of Love by The Four Aces

190

3
US

written by Hans Engelmann & Tom Glazer

43.

08/1955

Maybellene by Chuck Berry

from Rock, Rock, Rock OST

189

5
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #18]
[Chess 1604]
written by Chuck Berry

44.

06/1955

Hard to Get by Gisele MacKenzie

187

4
US

[X 0137]
written by Jack Segal (as Jack O. Segal)

45.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Roy Hamilton

186

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Epic 9102]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

46.

06/1955

Something's Gotta Give by Sammy Davis Jr.

180

9
US

11
UK

B side to Love Me Or Leave Me
[Decca 29484]
written by Johnny Mercer

47.

03/1955

Ballad of Davy Crockett by Fess Parker

172

5
US

[Columbia 40449]
written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

48.

12/1955

Memories Are Made of This by Gale Storm

172

5
US

[Dot 45-15436]
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller

49.

11/1955

It's Almost Tomorrow by The Dream Weavers

171

7
US

[Decca 29683]
written by Gene Adkinson & Wade Buff

50.

11/1955

Cry Me a River by Julie London

from Julie Is Her Name

169

9
US

22
UK

[Liberty 55006]
written by Arthur Hamilton

51.

08/1955

Wake the Town and Tell the People by Les Baxter

169

5
US

written by Jerry Livingston & Sammy Gallop

52.

04/1955

Honey-Babe by Art Mooney

164

6
US

[MGM 11900 A]
written by Max Steiner & Paul Francis Webster

53.

08/1955

The Longest Walk by Jaye P. Morgan

163

6
US

[RCA 47-6182]
written by Eddie Pola (as Edward Pola) & Fred Spielman

54.

01/1955

Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In) by The Cowboy Church Sunday School

163

8
US

written by Stuart Hamblen

55.

12/1955

Teen Age Prayer by Gale Storm

162

6
US

[Dot 45-15436]
written by Bix Reichner & Bernie Lowe

56.

04/1955

It's a Sin to Tell a Lie by Somethin' Smith & the Redheads

162

7
US

[Epic 9093]
written by Billy Mayhew

57.

05/1955

Ain't It a Shame by Fats Domino

161

10
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #431]
aka Ain't That a Shame
[Imperial 5348]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

58.

01/1955

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) by The Crew-Cuts

160

6
US

written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy

59.

12/1955

Dungaree Doll by Eddie Fisher

160

7
US

[RCA 47-6337]
written by Sherman Edwards & Ben Raleigh

60.

04/1955

Whatever Lola Wants by Sarah Vaughan

159

6
US

[Mercury 70595]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

61.

01/1955

Give Me Your Word by Tennessee Ernie Ford

158

✫1
UK

written by George Wyle & Irving Taylor

62.

06/1955

Rhythm 'N Blues by The McGuire Sisters

157

6
US

B side to Something's Gotta Give
written by Buddy Kaye & Jules Loman

63.

03/1955

Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup by Nat King Cole

from Ballads of the Day

157

7
US

written by Anna Sosenko

64.

10/1955

At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

156

7
US

12
R&B

[Dot 15422]
written by Ewart Abner & John Moore

65.

09/1955

The Bible Tells Me So by Don Cornell

156

7
US

[Coral 61467]
written by Dale Evans

66.

09/1955

Black Denim Trousers by The Cheers

155

6
US

written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

67.

05/1955

Heart by Eddie Fisher

155

6
US

[RCA 47-6097]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

68.

12/1955

Nuttin' for Christmas by Barry Gordon & Art Mooney

153

6
US

[Christmas]
written by Sid Tepper & Roy Bennett (as Roy C. Bennett)

69.

01/1955

Melody of Love by David Carroll

153

8
US

[Mercury 70565]
written by Hans Engelmann & Tom Glazer

70.

03/1955

Play Me Hearts and Flowers by Johnny Desmond

152

6
US

[Coral 61379]
written by Sanford Green & Manny Curtis (as Mann Curtis)

71.

11/1955

Burn That Candle by Bill Haley & His Comets

151

9
US

9
R&B

[Decca 29713]
written by Winfield Scott

72.

07/1955

Hummingbird by Les Paul & Mary Ford

149

7
US

[Capitol 3165]
written by Don Robertson

73.

01/1955

(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets

147

✫1
UK

[R]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight)

74.

05/1955

If I May by Nat King Cole

143

8
US

US B side to Blossom Fell
written by Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy

75.

09/1955

The Man from Laramie by Jimmy Young

141

✫1
UK

written by Lester Lee & Ned Washington

76.

04/1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Eddie Calvert

141

✫1
UK

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

77.

10/1955

Suddenly There's a Valley by Gogi Grant

140

9
US

[Era 1003]
written by Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones

78.

10/1955

He by The McGuire Sisters

138

10
US

[Coral 61501]
written by Richard Mullan & Jack Richards

79.

06/1955

The House of Blue Lights by Chuck Miller

138

9
US

hit for Freddie Slack in 1946
[Mercury 70627]
written by Don Raye & Freddie Slack

80.

11/1955

Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie by Bill Haley & His Comets

136

23
US

4
UK

written by Bill Haley

81.

05/1955

Unchained Melody by Jimmy Young

136

✫1
UK

written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

82.

01/1955

Softly Softly by Ruby Murray

136

✫1
UK

[MGM 11940]
written by Mark Paul, Pierre Dudan & Paddy Roberts

83.

11/1955

Christmas Alphabet by Dickie Valentine

136

✫1
UK

[Christmas]
written by Buddy Kaye & Jules Loman

84.

05/1955

Love Me or Leave Me by Sammy Davis Jr.

134

12
US

8
UK

[Decca 29484]
written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn

85.

04/1955

Stranger in Paradise by Tony Bennett

130

✫1
UK

[R]
written by Bob Wright (as Robert Wright [Robert Craig Wright]), George Forrest & Alexander Borodin

86.

10/1955

Hernando's Hideaway by The Johnston Brothers

130

✫1
UK

written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

87.

05/1955

Dreamboat by Alma Cogan

130

✫1
UK

written by Jack Hoffman

88.

08/1955

Gum Drop by The Crew-Cuts

126

10
US

written by Rudy Toombs

89.

10/1955

You Are My Love by Joni James

126

6
US

[MGM 12066]
written by Jimmie Nabbie

90.

10/1955

Suddenly There's a Valley by Jo Stafford

121

13
US

12
UK

[Columbia 40559]
written by Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones

91.

07/1955

Sweet & Gentle by Alan Dale

118

10
US

written by Otilio Portal & George Thorn

92.

12/1955

Zambezi by Lou Busch

115

75
US

2
UK

[Capitol 3272]
written by Anton Dewaal & Nico Carstens

93.

07/1955

I'll Never Stop Loving You by Doris Day

113

13
US

17
UK

[Columbia 40505]
written by Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn

94.

03/1955

(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells by Eddie Fisher

109

20
US

5
UK

B side to A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him)
[RCA 47-6015]
written by Herbert Jarczyk & Robert Mellin

95.

11/1955

A Woman in Love by The Four Aces

109

14
US

19
UK

[Decca 29725]
written by Frank Loesser

96.

11/1955

Meet Me on the Corner by Max Bygraves

103

2
UK

written by Paddy Roberts & Peter Hart

97.

06/1955

Cool Water by Frankie Laine

103

2
UK

with The Mellomen
[Columbia 40457]
written by Bob Nolan

98.

09/1955

Blue Star (The Medic Theme) by Cyril Stapleton

103

2
UK

with Julie Dawn
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman

99.

07/1955

That Old Black Magic by Sammy Davis Jr.

100

13
US

16
UK

#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1943
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer

100.

03/1955

Mambo Rock by Bill Haley & His Comets

18
US

14
UK

written by Bix Reichner, Jim Ayre & Mildred Phillips

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