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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

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

from The Exciting Voice of Al Martino

378

✫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

377

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

08/1952

You Belong to Me by Jo Stafford

376

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

05/1953

I'm Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher

372

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

02/1953

I Believe by Frankie Laine

351

2
US

✫1
UK

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

01/1954

Secret Love by Doris Day

from Calamity Jane

350

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

04/1954

Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen

349

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Decca 29037]
written by Edith Lindeman & Carl Stutz

08/1954

This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney

348

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Stuart Hamblen

11/1955

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites

347

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
UK

[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis

10.

10/1959

Running Bear by Johnny Preston

342

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

11.

08/1959

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin

from That's All

340

✫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

12.

08/1956

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

337

✫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

13.

12/1952

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jimmy Boyd

336

✫1
US

7
country

3
UK

[Christmas]
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor

14.

10/1956

Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell

334

✫1
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley

15.

02/1953

Pretend by Nat King Cole

331

2
US

10
R&B

2
UK

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

16.

03/1956

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP

330

✫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

17.

12/1955

Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin

from Memories Are Made of This EP

330

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

18.

04/1958

All I Have to Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers

329

✫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

19.

03/1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado

328

✫1
US

✫1
UK

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

20.

12/1955

Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr

327

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

21.

05/1952

Half as Much by Rosemary Clooney

326

✫1
US

3
UK

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

22.

04/1957

All Shook Up by Elvis Presley

324

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

23.

09/1954

Hold My Hand by Don Cornell

324

2
US

✫1
UK

[Coral 61206]
written by Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers

24.

10/1957

Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley

from Jailhouse Rock EP

323

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

25.

11/1951

Cry by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads

323

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

written by Churchill Kohlman

26.

11/1953

That's Amore by Dean Martin

from Dean Martin Sings

321

2
US

2
UK

[Capitol 2589]
written by Jack Brooks

27.

04/1959

Dream Lover by Bobby Darin

318

2
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin

28.

03/1951

How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford

318

✫1
US

2
R&B

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

29.

09/1951

Slow Poke by Pee Wee King

315

✫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

30.

04/1951

Too Young by Nat King Cole

313

✫1
US

3
R&B

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

31.

06/1950

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole

313

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

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

32.

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)

310

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

33.

07/1957

Diana by Paul Anka

from Paul Anka

307

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[ABC-Paramount 9831]
written by Paul Anka

34.

01/1950

Chattanoogie Shoe-Shine Boy by Red Foley

306

✫1
US

✫1
country

[Decca 64205]
written by Harry Stone & Jack Stapp

35.

11/1958

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters

306

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

36.

08/1955

The Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller

306

✫1
US

2
UK

written by traditional

37.

05/1955

Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra

305

✫1
US

2
UK

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

38.

02/1955

Ballad of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes

305

✫1
US

2
UK

written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

39.

08/1955

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing by The Four Aces

305

✫1
US

2
UK

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

40.

08/1958

Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers

305

✫1
US

✫1
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

41.

12/1956

Don't Forbid Me by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

304

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton

42.

08/1957

That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly

from The "Chirping" Crickets

303

✫1
US

2
R&B

✫1
UK

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

43.

06/1958

Hard Headed Woman by Elvis Presley

from King Creole

302

✫1
US

2
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

44.

09/1957

Wake Up Little Susie by The Everly Brothers

from The Everly Brothers

302

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

45.

11/1950

The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page

301

✫1
US

2
country

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

46.

01/1958

Don't by Elvis Presley

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

300

✫1
US

2
country

4
R&B

2
UK

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

47.

09/1958

It's Only Make Believe by Conway Twitty

from Conway Twitty Sings

299

✫1
US

12
R&B

✫1
UK

[MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

48.

01/1957

Young Love by Tab Hunter

297

✫1
US

8
R&B

✫1
UK

[Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

49.

06/1956

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

296

2
US

✫1
UK

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

50.

09/1956

Just Walking in the Rain by Johnnie Ray

296

2
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley

51.

11/1957

Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis

296

2
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

52.

06/1959

Lonely Boy by Paul Anka

294

✫1
US

6
R&B

3
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

53.

07/1954

Hey There by Rosemary Clooney

294

✫1
US

4
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

54.

03/1954

Wanted by Perry Como

294

✫1
US

4
UK

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

55.

08/1958

It's All in the Game by Tommy Edwards

293

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

56.

02/1957

Butterfly by Andy Williams

from Andy Williams

293

✫1
US

14
R&B

✫1
UK

[Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

57.

12/1953

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

292

6
US

✫1
UK

written by Paul Burkhard

58.

05/1954

Three Coins in the Fountain by Frank Sinatra

291

4
US

✫1
UK

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

59.

08/1953

Hey Joe! by Frankie Laine

290

6
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40036]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

60.

07/1956

My Prayer by The Platters

289

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

4
UK

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

61.

12/1951

Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra

286

✫1
US

[instrumental]
written by Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish

62.

06/1951

Because of You by Tony Bennett

from Because of You

285

✫1
US

[Columbia 39362]
written by Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson

63.

07/1951

Cold, Cold Heart by Tony Bennett

from Because of You

285

✫1
US

[Columbia 39449]
written by Hank Williams

64.

01/1951

If by Perry Como

285

✫1
US

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

65.

09/1951

(It's No) Sin by Eddy Howard

285

✫1
US

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

66.

06/1957

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley

from Loving You

284

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

67.

07/1951

Come On-a My House by Rosemary Clooney

from Come On-a My House

284

✫1
US

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

68.

06/1953

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

284

✫1
US

7
UK

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

69.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler

283

3
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

70.

07/1959

A Big Hunk o' Love by Elvis Presley

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

283

✫1
US

10
R&B

4
UK

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

71.

05/1954

Three Coins in the Fountain by The Four Aces

283

✫1
US

5
UK

[Decca 29123]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

72.

07/1959

The Three Bells by The Browns

from Sweet Sounds by The Browns

282

✫1
US

✫1
country

10
R&B

6
UK

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

73.

09/1958

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

280

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

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

74.

07/1952

Wish You Were Here by Eddie Fisher

278

✫1
US

8
UK

[RCA 47-4830]
written by Harold Rome

75.

12/1950

Be My Love by Mario Lanza

276

✫1
US

written by Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn

76.

02/1950

The Third Man Theme by Anton Karas

276

✫1
US

[London 30005]
written by Anton Karas

77.

03/1950

The 3rd Man Theme by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

276

✫1
US

written by Anton Karas

78.

01/1950

Sentimental Me by The Ames Brothers

276

✫1
US

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

79.

09/1950

Harbor Lights by Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye

276

✫1
US

vocals by Tony Alamo & the Kaydets
written by Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy

80.

01/1950

Half a Heart Is All You Left Me (When You Broke My Heart in Two) by Al Morgan

276

✫1
US

[London 30025]
written by Curley Williams & Billy Simmons

81.

07/1950

Goodnight Irene by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and the Weavers

276

✫1
US

written by Gussie Davis & Leadbelly (as Lead Belly)

82.

08/1950

All My Love (Bolero) by Patti Page

275

✫1
US

[Mercury 5455]
written by Maurice Ravel, Paul Durand & Mitchell Parish

83.

12/1959

Handy Man by Jimmy Jones

275

2
US

3
R&B

3
UK

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

84.

05/1957

Love Letters in the Sand by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

275

✫1
US

12
R&B

2
UK

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

85.

05/1950

I Wanna Be Loved by The Andrews Sisters

275

✫1
US

[Decca 27007]
written by Johnny Green (as John Green), Edward Heyman & Billy Rose

86.

1950

Hoop-Dee-Doo by Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters

275

✫1
US

written by Milton DeLugg & Frank Loesser

87.

02/1950

Music! Music! Music! by Teresa Brewer

275

✫1
US

with the Dixieland All Stars
written by Stephen Weiss & Bernie Baum

88.

04/1950

Hoop-Dee-Doo by Perry Como

275

✫1
US

written by Milton DeLugg & Frank Loesser

89.

03/1950

If I Knew You Were Coming (I'd've Baked a Cake) by Eileen Barton

275

✫1
US

written by Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill & Al Trace (as Clem Watts)

90.

11/1950

The Thing by Phil Harris

275

✫1
US

[RCA 47-3968]
written by Charles Randolph Grean

91.

01/1950

Rag Mop by The Ames Brothers

275

✫1
US

[Coral 60140]
written by Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson

92.

02/1950

The Cry of the Wild Goose by Frankie Laine

274

✫1
US

[Mercury 5363]
written by Terry Gilkyson

93.

05/1953

Terry's Theme from Limelight by Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra

274

5
US

2
UK

[instrumental]
written by Charlie Chaplin (as Charles Chaplin)

94.

10/1952

Outside of Heaven by Eddie Fisher

273

8
US

✫1
UK

[RCA 47-4953]
written by Sammy Gallop & Chester Conn

95.

03/1959

I Need Your Love Tonight by Elvis Presley

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

273

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

96.

04/1958

Twilight Time by The Platters

272

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

97.

07/1958

Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson

from Ricky Nelson

272

✫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

98.

10/1959

Heartaches by the Number by Guy Mitchell

270

✫1
US

19
R&B

5
UK

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

99.

03/1959

Come Softly to Me by The Fleetwoods

from Mr. Blue

270

✫1
US

5
R&B

6
UK

[Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

100.

02/1956

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

from The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon

269

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

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