1950s Hit Songs

These are among the most popular and best remembered songs of 1955.

1950s Hit Songs – 1955

Indicates that the artist has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Chuck Berry
His Best, Vol. 1 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED

Muddy Waters
His Best: 1947 to 1955
[ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

The Platters
The Magic Touch: An Anthology

SONG	ARTIST	PEAK WEEK	HALL OF FAME
Rock Around The Clock	Bill Haley & His Comets	7/09
Learnin’ The Blues	Frank Sinatra	7/09
A Blossom Fell	Nat King Cole	7/09
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White	Perez Prado	7/09
Unchained Melody	Les Baxter Also in ’55 Al Hibbler, Roy Hamilton, and June Valli	7/09
Something’s Gotta Give	The McGuire Sisters	7/23
Hard to Get	Gisele MacKenzie	8/13
Yellow Rose of Texas	Mitch Miller	9/3
Seventeen	Boyd Bennett and his Rockets	9/3
Maybellene	Chuck Berry	9/10
The Longest Walk	Jaye P. Morgan	9/17
Ain’t That A Shame	Pat Boone	9/17
Ain’t That A Shame	Fats Domino
Wake the Town and Tell the People	Les Baxter	9/24
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing	The Four Aces	10/08
Seventeen	The Fontane Sisters	10/08
Tina Marie	Perry Como	10/15
Autumn Leaves	Roger Williams	10/29
Moments to Remember	Four Lads	10/29
Black Denim Trousers	The Cheers	10/29
Only You	The Platters	11/05
Sixteen Tons	“Tennessee” Ernie Ford	11/26
The Shifting Whispering Sands	Rusty Draper	11/26
Love and Marriage	Frank Sinatra	11/26
I Hear You Knocking	Gale Storm	12/10
He	Al Hibbler	12/31
White Christmas	Bing Crosby	12/31
Only You	Hilltoppers	12/31
Earth Angel	The Penguins
Ballad of Davey Crockett	Bill Hayes
Sincerely	The McGuire Sisters
Hearts of Stone	The Fontane Sisters
Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters
Let Me Go Lover	Joan Weber
Dance With Me Henry	Georgia Gibbs

1950s Hit Songs – 1955