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Top Songs of the 1950s

1940s <-

1950

-> 1960s

Video playlist

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

05/1952

Here in My Heart by Al Martino

462

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

12/1952

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes by Perry Como

461

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[RCA 47-5064]
written by Slim Willet (as Winston L. Moore)

11/1955

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites

460

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
UK

[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis

08/1952

You Belong to Me by Jo Stafford

460

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

10/1959

Running Bear by Johnny Preston

457

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

[Mercury 71474]
written by The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson)

05/1953

I'm Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher

454

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

08/1959

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin

from That's All

454

✫1
US

6
R&B

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251]

[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960]
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht

08/1956

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

449

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

2
UK

[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

10/1956

Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell

445

✫1
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley

10.

03/1956

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP

440

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

2
UK

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

11.

04/1958

All I Have to Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers

438

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[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

12.

12/1955

Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin

from Memories Are Made of This EP

437

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

13.

03/1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado

435

✫1
US

✫1
UK

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

14.

12/1955

Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr

433

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

15.

04/1957

All Shook Up by Elvis Presley

432

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

16.

10/1957

Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley

from Jailhouse Rock EP

431

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

17.

02/1953

I Believe by Frankie Laine

428

2
US

✫1
UK

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

18.

01/1954

Secret Love by Doris Day

from Calamity Jane

428

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

19.

04/1954

Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen

427

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Decca 29037]
written by Edith Lindeman & Carl Stutz

20.

08/1954

This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney

425

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Stuart Hamblen

21.

04/1959

Dream Lover by Bobby Darin

424

2
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin

22.

03/1959

(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

413

2
US

16
R&B

✫1
UK

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

23.

12/1952

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jimmy Boyd

410

✫1
US

7
country

3
UK

[Christmas]
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor

24.

07/1957

Diana by Paul Anka

from Paul Anka

410

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[ABC-Paramount 9831]
written by Paul Anka

25.

11/1958

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters

408

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

26.

08/1958

Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers

406

✫1
US

✫1
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

27.

08/1955

The Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller

406

✫1
US

2
UK

written by traditional

28.

12/1956

Don't Forbid Me by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

406

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton

29.

05/1955

Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra

405

✫1
US

2
UK

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

30.

02/1955

Ballad of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes

405

✫1
US

2
UK

written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

31.

08/1955

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing by The Four Aces

405

✫1
US

2
UK

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

32.

08/1957

That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly

from The "Chirping" Crickets

404

✫1
US

2
R&B

✫1
UK

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

33.

02/1953

Pretend by Nat King Cole

404

2
US

10
R&B

2
UK

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

34.

06/1958

Hard Headed Woman by Elvis Presley

from King Creole

403

✫1
US

2
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

35.

09/1957

Wake Up Little Susie by The Everly Brothers

from The Everly Brothers

403

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

36.

01/1958

Don't by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

400

✫1
US

2
country

4
R&B

2
UK

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

37.

09/1958

It's Only Make Believe by Conway Twitty

from Conway Twitty Sings

399

✫1
US

12
R&B

✫1
UK

[MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

38.

05/1952

Half as Much by Rosemary Clooney

399

✫1
US

3
UK

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

39.

09/1954

Hold My Hand by Don Cornell

396

2
US

✫1
UK

[Coral 61206]
written by Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers

40.

01/1957

Young Love by Tab Hunter

396

✫1
US

8
R&B

✫1
UK

[Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

41.

06/1956

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by Doris Day

395

2
US

✫1
UK

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

42.

09/1956

Just Walking in the Rain by Johnnie Ray

395

2
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley

43.

11/1951

Cry by Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads

395

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

written by Churchill Kohlman

44.

11/1957

Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis

395

2
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

45.

06/1959

Lonely Boy by Paul Anka

393

✫1
US

6
R&B

3
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

46.

11/1953

That's Amore by Dean Martin

from Dean Martin Sings

392

2
US

2
UK

[Capitol 2589]
written by Jack Brooks

47.

08/1958

It's All in the Game by Tommy Edwards

390

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

48.

02/1957

Butterfly by Andy Williams

from Andy Williams

390

✫1
US

14
R&B

✫1
UK

[Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

49.

03/1951

How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford

388

✫1
US

2
R&B

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

50.

07/1956

My Prayer by The Platters

386

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

4
UK

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

51.

09/1951

Slow Poke by Pee Wee King

385

✫1
US

✫1
country

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

52.

04/1951

Too Young by Nat King Cole

382

✫1
US

3
R&B

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

53.

06/1950

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole

382

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

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

54.

06/1957

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley

from Loving You

379

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

55.

07/1959

A Big Hunk o' Love by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

378

✫1
US

10
R&B

4
UK

[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche (as Sidney Wyche)

56.

07/1959

The Three Bells by The Browns

from Sweet Sounds by The Browns

377

✫1
US

✫1
country

10
R&B

6
UK

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

57.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler

376

3
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

58.

01/1950

Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy by Red Foley

374

✫1
US

✫1
country

[Decca 64205]
written by Harry Stone & Jack Stapp

59.

09/1958

To Know Him, Is to Love Him by The Teddy Bears

373

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

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

60.

11/1950

The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page

367

✫1
US

2
country

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

61.

12/1959

Handy Man by Jimmy Jones

367

2
US

3
R&B

3
UK

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

62.

05/1957

Love Letters in the Sand by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

367

✫1
US

12
R&B

2
UK

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

63.

03/1959

I Need Your Love Tonight by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

365

4
US

✫1
UK

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 47-7506]
written by Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner

64.

04/1958

Twilight Time by The Platters

363

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

65.

07/1958

Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson

from Ricky Nelson

363

✫1
US

3
country

3
R&B

4
UK

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

66.

10/1959

Heartaches by the Number by Guy Mitchell

360

✫1
US

19
R&B

5
UK

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

67.

03/1959

Come Softly to Me by The Fleetwoods

from Mr. Blue

360

✫1
US

5
R&B

6
UK

[Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

68.

07/1954

Hey There by Rosemary Clooney

359

✫1
US

4
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

69.

03/1954

Wanted by Perry Como

359

✫1
US

4
UK

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

70.

02/1956

Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

from The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon

359

6
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon

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

71.

07/1957

Tammy by Debbie Reynolds

359

✫1
US

2
UK

[Coral 61851]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

72.

12/1957

At the Hop by Danny & the Juniors

358

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

73.

03/1956

Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) by Perry Como

357

✫1
US

4
UK

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

74.

12/1953

Oh, Mein Papa (Oh! My Papa) by Eddie Calvert

356

6
US

✫1
UK

written by Paul Burkhard

75.

05/1954

Three Coins in the Fountain by Frank Sinatra

356

4
US

✫1
UK

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

76.

02/1956

I'll Be Home by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

356

4
US

✫1
UK

[Dot 15443]
written by Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) & Stan Lewis

77.

04/1956

On the Street Where You Live by Vic Damone

354

4
US

✫1
UK

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

78.

08/1953

Hey Joe! by Frankie Laine

354

6
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40036]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

79.

08/1959

('Til) I Kissed You by The Everly Brothers

from The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers

351

4
US

8
country

22
R&B

2
UK

[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly

80.

04/1958

Wear My Ring Around Your Neck by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

351

2
US

3
country

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

81.

12/1951

Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra

349

✫1
US

[instrumental]
written by Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish

82.

06/1951

Because of You by Tony Bennett

from Because of You

349

✫1
US

[Columbia 39362]
written by Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson

83.

06/1958

When by The Kalin Twins

348

5
US

13
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

84.

07/1951

Cold, Cold Heart by Tony Bennett

from Because of You

348

✫1
US

[Columbia 39449]
written by Hank Williams

85.

01/1951

If by Perry Como

348

✫1
US

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

86.

09/1951

(It's No) Sin by Eddy Howard

348

✫1
US

written by George Hoven & Chester Shull (as Chester R. Shull)

87.

07/1951

Come On-a My House by Rosemary Clooney

from Come On-a My House

347

✫1
US

[Columbia 39467]
written by David Seville (as Ross Bagdasarian) & William Saroyan

88.

06/1953

Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) by Les Paul & Mary Ford

347

✫1
US

7
UK

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

89.

02/1955

A Blossom Fell by Nat King Cole

from Ballads of the Day

346

2
US

3
UK

written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John

90.

05/1954

Three Coins in the Fountain by The Four Aces

346

✫1
US

5
UK

[Decca 29123]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

91.

02/1958

Who's Sorry Now? by Connie Francis

from Connies's Greatest Hits

346

4
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

92.

02/1958

Tequila by The Champs

from Go, Champs, Go!

343

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

5
UK

[instrumental]
[Challenge 1016]
written by Chuck Rio (as Daniel Flores)

93.

11/1958

One Night by Elvis Presley

from 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong (Elvis' Golden Records 2)

341

4
US

24
country

10
R&B

✫1
UK

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