1950s Hit Songs – 1955

by Candace RichComment — Updated August 3, 2023

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

1950s Hit Songs – 1955

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

1950s Hits - 1955Chuck Berry
His Best, Vol. 1 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED

Muddy Waters

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

The Platters

The Platters
The Magic Touch: An Anthology

1950s Hits - 1955

SONG ARTIST PEAK
WEEK
HALL OF FAME
Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley & His Comets 7/09  Star
Learnin’ The Blues Frank Sinatra 7/09
A Blossom Fell Nat King Cole 7/09  Star
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  Star
The Longest Walk Jaye P. Morgan 9/17
Ain’t That A Shame Pat Boone 9/17
Ain’t That A Shame Fats Domino  Star
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  Star
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  Star
Ballad of Davey Crockett Bill Hayes
Sincerely The McGuire Sisters
Hearts of Stone The Fontane Sisters
Mannish Boy Muddy Waters  Star
Let Me Go Lover Joan Weber
Dance With Me Henry Georgia Gibbs

Song Charts:
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