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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

08/1956

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

468

✫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

11/1955

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites

459

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
UK

[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis

10/1956

Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell

451

✫1
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley

12/1955

Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin

from Memories Are Made of This EP

449

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

03/1956

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP

436

✫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

04/1957

All Shook Up by Elvis Presley

435

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

08/1959

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin

from That's All

420

✫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

10/1957

Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley

from Jailhouse Rock EP

406

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

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

03/1955

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Perez Prado

394

✫1
US

✫1
UK

written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David

10.

02/1953

I Believe by Frankie Laine

386

2
US

✫1
UK

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

11.

08/1955

The Yellow Rose of Texas by Mitch Miller

383

✫1
US

2
UK

written by traditional

12.

04/1958

All I Have to Do Is Dream by The Everly Brothers

382

✫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

13.

05/1952

Here in My Heart by Al Martino

from The Exciting Voice of Al Martino

380

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

14.

04/1954

Little Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen

378

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Decca 29037]
written by Edith Lindeman & Carl Stutz

15.

07/1957

Diana by Paul Anka

377

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[ABC-Paramount 9831]
written by Paul Anka

16.

10/1959

Running Bear by Johnny Preston

376

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

17.

01/1954

Secret Love by Doris Day

from Calamity Jane

374

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

18.

01/1957

Young Love by Tab Hunter

370

✫1
US

8
R&B

✫1
UK

[Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

19.

06/1956

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

369

2
US

✫1
UK

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

20.

12/1955

Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr

368

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

21.

12/1956

Don't Forbid Me by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

367

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton

22.

09/1956

Just Walking in the Rain by Johnnie Ray

367

2
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley

23.

08/1956

Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

365

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197]
charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

24.

06/1957

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley

from Loving You

365

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

25.

05/1955

Learnin' the Blues by Frank Sinatra

362

✫1
US

2
UK

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

26.

02/1955

Ballad of Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes

362

✫1
US

2
UK

written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn

27.

12/1952

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

361

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

28.

01/1955

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

359

✫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)

29.

08/1955

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing by The Four Aces

357

✫1
US

2
UK

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

30.

07/1957

Tammy by Debbie Reynolds

356

✫1
US

2
UK

[Coral 61851]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

31.

10/1956

Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley

from Love Me Tender EP

348

✫1
US

3
country

3
R&B

11
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437]
adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited)

32.

07/1956

My Prayer by The Platters

347

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

4
UK

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

33.

05/1957

Love Letters in the Sand by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

346

✫1
US

12
R&B

2
UK

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

34.

08/1958

It's All in the Game by Tommy Edwards

345

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

35.

08/1952

You Belong to Me by Jo Stafford

344

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

36.

05/1953

I'm Walking Behind You by Eddie Fisher

343

✫1
US

✫1
UK

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

37.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler

342

3
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

38.

09/1957

Wake Up Little Susie by The Everly Brothers

from The Everly Brothers

341

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

2
UK

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

39.

08/1957

That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly

from The "Chirping" Crickets

338

✫1
US

2
R&B

✫1
UK

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

40.

03/1956

Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) by Perry Como

338

✫1
US

4
UK

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

41.

01/1958

Don't by Elvis Presley

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

338

✫1
US

2
country

4
R&B

2
UK

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

42.

08/1954

This Ole House by Rosemary Clooney

338

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Stuart Hamblen

43.

07/1955

Ain't That a Shame by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

338

✫1
US

14
R&B

7
UK

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

44.

04/1959

The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton

from The Spectacular Johnny Horton

337

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

16
UK

[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood

45.

02/1957

Butterfly by Andy Williams

337

✫1
US

14
R&B

✫1
UK

[Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

46.

09/1958

It's Only Make Believe by Conway Twitty

from Conway Twitty Sings

331

✫1
US

12
R&B

✫1
UK

[MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

47.

04/1956

The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant

331

✫1
US

9
UK

[Era 1013]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman

48.

12/1956

Young Love by Sonny James

331

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

11
UK

[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

49.

12/1957

At the Hop by Danny & the Juniors

330

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

50.

08/1958

Bird Dog by The Everly Brothers

329

✫1
US

✫1
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

51.

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)

328

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

52.

02/1956

I'll Be Home by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

328

4
US

✫1
UK

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

53.

04/1959

Dream Lover by Bobby Darin

328

2
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin

54.

11/1957

Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis

326

2
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

55.

11/1958

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters

325

✫1
US

3
R&B

✫1
UK

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

56.

07/1959

The Three Bells by The Browns

from Sweet Sounds by The Browns

325

✫1
US

✫1
country

10
R&B

6
UK

[RCA 47-7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld

57.

06/1959

Lonely Boy by Paul Anka

325

✫1
US

6
R&B

3
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

58.

09/1956

The Green Door by Jim Lowe

323

✫1
US

5
R&B

8
UK

[Dot 15486]
written by Hutch Davie (as Bob Davie) & Marvin Moore

59.

06/1958

Hard Headed Woman by Elvis Presley

from King Creole

317

✫1
US

2
country

2
R&B

2
UK

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

60.

02/1956

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

from The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon

316

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

61.

08/1955

Autumn Leaves by Roger Williams

from Roger Williams [aka Autumn Leaves]

316

✫1
US

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

62.

05/1952

Half as Much by Rosemary Clooney

313

✫1
US

3
UK

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

63.

05/1956

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

312

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

14
UK

[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff

64.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Les Baxter

312

✫1
US

10
UK

[Capitol 3055]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

65.

09/1954

Hold My Hand by Don Cornell

310

2
US

✫1
UK

[Coral 61206]
written by Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers

66.

04/1956

On the Street Where You Live by Vic Damone

310

4
US

✫1
UK

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

67.

10/1956

Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino

from This Is Fats Domino!

308

2
US

✫1
R&B

6
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock

68.

12/1952

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jimmy Boyd

307

✫1
US

7
country

3
UK

[Christmas]
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor

69.

02/1955

A Blossom Fell by Nat King Cole

from Ballads of the Day

305

2
US

3
UK

written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John

70.

03/1959

Come Softly to Me by The Fleetwoods

from Mr. Blue

305

✫1
US

5
R&B

6
UK

[Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

71.

09/1958

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

304

✫1
US

10
R&B

2
UK

produced by Phil Spector
written by Phil Spector

72.

07/1959

A Big Hunk o' Love by Elvis Presley

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

303

✫1
US

10
R&B

4
UK

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

73.

01/1957

Too Much by Elvis Presley

303

✫1
US

3
country

3
R&B

6
UK

[RCA 47-6800]
written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman

74.

02/1959

Venus by Frankie Avalon

from The Hit Makers

302

✫1
US

✫1
AC

10
R&B

16
UK

[Chancellor 1031]
written by Ed Marshall

75.

11/1951

Cry by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads

301

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

written by Churchill Kohlman

76.

02/1958

Tequila by The Champs

301

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

5
UK

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

77.

07/1954

Hey There by Rosemary Clooney

300

✫1
US

4
UK

[Columbia 40266]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

78.

11/1951

Slow Poke by Pee Wee King

297

✫1
US

✫1
country

as Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
vocals by Redd Stewart
written by Chilton Price, Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart

79.

10/1959

Heartaches by the Number by Guy Mitchell

297

✫1
US

19
R&B

5
UK

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

80.

03/1954

Wanted by Perry Como

297

✫1
US

4
UK

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

81.

03/1951

How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford

296

✫1
US

2
R&B

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

82.

04/1951

Too Young by Nat King Cole

296

✫1
US

3
R&B

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

83.

03/1956

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins

295

2
US

✫1
country

2
R&B

10
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins

84.

07/1958

Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson

from Ricky Nelson

295

✫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

85.

01/1955

Sincerely by The McGuire Sisters

294

✫1
US

14
UK

written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

86.

08/1957

Honeycomb by Jimmie Rodgers [pop singer]

from Jimmie Rodgers

293

✫1
US

7
country

✫1
R&B

30
UK

[Roulette 4015]
written by Bob Merrill

87.

06/1956

I Almost Lost My Mind by Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits

293

✫1
US

14
UK

[Dot 15472]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter

88.

03/1959

I Need Your Love Tonight by Elvis Presley

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

293

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

89.

12/1953

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

291

6
US

✫1
UK

written by Paul Burkhard

90.

06/1953

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

291

✫1
US

7
UK

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

91.

02/1958

Who's Sorry Now? by Connie Francis

from Connies's Greatest Hits

289

4
US

4
R&B

✫1
UK

written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

92.

02/1953

Pretend by Nat King Cole

288

2
US

10
R&B

2
UK

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

93.

05/1954

Three Coins in the Fountain by The Four Aces

287

✫1
US

5
UK

[Decca 29123]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn

94.

04/1958

Twilight Time by The Platters

287

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

3
UK

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

95.

12/1959

Handy Man by Jimmy Jones

287

2
US

3
R&B

3
UK

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

96.

12/1955

The Great Pretender by The Platters

286

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

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

97.

06/1958

When by The Kalin Twins

285

5
US

13
country

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[Decca 30642]
written by Jack Reardon & Paul Evans

98.

12/1951

Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra

285

✫1
US

[instrumental]
written by Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish

99.

12/1958

Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price

284

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

7
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
[ABC 9972]
written by traditional, Harold Logan & Lloyd Price

100.

09/1956

True Love by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

283

3
US

4
UK

written by Cole Porter

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