1950s Hit Songs

Listed chronologically below are among the most popular and best remembered songs of 1958.

1950s Hit Songs – 1958

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

SONG	ARTIST	PEAK WEEK	HALL OF FAME
At the Hop	Danny and the Juniors	1/06
Great Balls of Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis	1/06
All the Way	Frank Sinatra	1/06
Stood Up	Ricky Nelson	1/13
Don’t	Elvis Presley	2/10
Short Shorts	Royal Teens	2/10
Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters	2/17
Get a Job	The Silhouettes	2/24
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)	The Four Preps	3/10
A Wonderful Time Up There	Pat Boone	3/10
Tequila	The Champs	3/17
Sweet Little Sixteen	Chuck Berry	3/17
Catch a Falling Star	Perry Como	3/24
Are You Sincere	Andy Williams	3/24
Lollipop	The Chordettes	3/31
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	Laurie London	4/14
Twilight Time	The Platters	4/24
Witch Doctor	David Seville	4/28
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck	Elvis Presley	4/28
All I Have to Do is Dream	The Everly Brothers	5/12
Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley	6/09
Big Man	The Four Preps	6/09
Secretly	Jimmie Rodgers	6/16
Hard Headed Woman	Elvis Presley	7/21
Yakety Yak	Coasters	7/21
Patricia	Perez Prado	7/28
Poor Little Fool	Ricky Nelson	8/04
Splish Splash	Bobby Darin	8/04
Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Blu)	Dominico Modugno	8/18
My True Love	Jack Scott	8/18
Little Star	The Elegants	8/25
Bird Dog	The Everly Brothers	8/25
It’s All in the Game	Tommy Edwards	9/29
Rockin Robin	Bobby Day	10/13
Tom Dooley	The Kingston Trio	11/17
Problems	The Everly Brothers	12/15
The Chipmunk Song	The Chipmunks/David Seville	12/22
It’s Only Make Believe	Conway Twitty	12/30

The Number One song of 1958 was Tommy Edwards’ tune It’s All in the Game. This song was originally written in 1912 as an instrumental by Charles Gates Dawes, who would one day become Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge.