The Number One Songs of 1950s

This is not an opinion based list. This is completely factual information that is for some reason not that easy to access for free on the internet. So I have done it for you. This series will continue right up to today. At the bottom I've assembled a short list of DJ favorites from this period.

1955 - The Rock Era Begins..

1. let me go lover - JOAN WEBER
2. hearts of stone - THE FONTANE SISTERS
3. sincerely - THE McGUIRE SISTERS
4. the ballad of davy crockett - BILL HAYES
5. cherry pink and apple blossom white - PEREZ 'PREZ' PRADO *
6. dance with me henry (wallflower) - GEORGIA GIBBS
7. unchained melody - LES BAXTER
8. (we're gonna) rock around the clock - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS
9. learnin' the blues - FRANK SINATRA
10. the yellow rose of texas - MITCH MILLER
11. ain't that a shame - PAT BOONE
12. love is a many-splendored thing - FOUR ACES
13. autumn leaves - ROGER WILLIAMS
14. sixteen tons - 'TENNESSEE' ERNIE FORD

1956 - The Arrival of Elvis Aron Presley

1. memories are made of this - DEAN MARTIN
2. rock and roll waltz - DEAN MARTIN
3. the great pretender - THE PLATTERS
4. lisbon antigua - NELSON RIDDLE
5. the poor people of paris - LES BAXTER
6. heartbreak hotel - ELVIS PRESLEY
7. hot diggity (dog ziggity boom) - PERRY COMO
8. moonglow and thene from 'picnic' - MORRIS STOLOFF
9. the wayward wind - GOGI GRANT
10. i almost lost my mind - PAT BOONE
11. i want you, i need you, i love you - ELVIS PRESLEY
12. my prayer - THE PLATTERS
13. don't be cruel - ELVIS PRESLEY *
14. hound dog - ELVIS PRESLEY
15. love me tender - ELVIS PRESLEY
16. the green door - JIM LOWE
17. singing the blues - GUY MITCHELL

1957 - Arrival of Buddy Holly & Sam Cooke

1. too much - ELVIS PRESLEY
2. don't forbid me - PAT BOONE
3. young love - SONNY JAMES
4. young love - TAB HUNTER
5. butterfly - ANDY WILLIAMS
6. party doll - BUDDY KNOX
7. round and round - PERRY COMO
8. all shook up - ELVIS PRESLEY *
9. butterfly - CHARLIE GRACIE
10. love letters in the sand - PAT BOONE
11. (let me be your teddy bear) - ELVIS PRESLEY
12. tammy - DEBBIE REYNOLDS
13. diana - PAUL ANKA
14. honeycomb - JIMMIE RODGERS
15. that'll be the day - THE CRICKETS
16. wake up little susie - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
17. jailhouse rock - ELVIS PRESLEY
18. chances are - JOHNNY MATHIS
19. you send me - SAM COOKE
20. april love - PAT BOONE

1958 - Billboard's 'Hot 100' Debuts..

1. at the hop - DANNY & THE JUNIORS *
2. don't - ELVIS PRESLEY
3. sugartime - THE McGUIRE SISTERS
4. get a job - THE SILHOUETTES
5. tequila - THE CHAMPS
6. catch a falling star - PERRY COMO
7. he's got the whole world (in his hands) - LAURIE LONDON
8. twilight time - THE PLATTERS
9. witch doctor - DAVID SEVILLE
10. all i have to do is dream - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
11. the purple people eater - SHEB WOOLEY
12. hard headed woman - ELVIS PRESLEY
13. yakety yak - THE COASTERS
14. patricia - PEREZ PRADO
15. poor little fool - RICKY NELSON
16. nel blu dipinto di blu (volare) - DOMENICO MODUGNO
17. little star - THE ELEGANTS
18. bird dog - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
19. it's all in the game - TOMMY EDWARDS
20. it's only make believe - CONWAY TWITTY
21. tom dooley - THE KINGSTON TRIO
22. to know him, is to love him - THE TEDDY BEARS
23. the chipmunk song - DAVID SEVILLE & THE CHIPMUNKS

1959 - More of the Same...

1. smoke gets in your eyes - THE PLATTERS
2. stagger lee - LLOYD PRICE
3. venus - FRANKIE AVALON
4. come softly to me - FLEETWOODS
5. the happy organ - DAVE 'BABY' CORTEZ
6. kansas city - WILBERT HARRISON
7. the battle of new orleans - JOHNNY HORTON
8. lonely boy - PAUL ANKA
9. a big hunk o' love - ELVIS PRESLEY
10. the three bells - THE BROWNS
11. sleep walk - SANTO & JOHNNY
12. mack the knife - BOBBY DARIN *
13. mr. blue - THE FLEETWOODS
14. heartaches by the number - GUY MITCHELL
15. why - FRANKIE AVALON

Chuck Berry - Maybelline, Roll Over Beethoven, Rock & Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, Johnny B. Goode, Carol, Run Rudolph Run

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire & Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Buddy Holly & the Crickets - Peggy Sue, Oh Boy!, Not Fade Away & Everyday

Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame, Bluberry Hill

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops,

Little Willie John - Fever, Need Your Love So Bad,

Bobby Darin - Splish Splash

Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin

Richie Valens - Donna, La Bamba & Come On, Let's Go

Crests - 16 Candles

Coasters - Charlie Brown, Poison Ivy

Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle & Roll

The Platters - Only You (And You Alone)

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

The Penguins - Earth Angel

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

Ray Charles - I Got a Woman, Mess Around, (Night Time Is) The Right Time, What'd I Say? (Part 1), Swanee River Rock

The Dominoes - Sixty-Minute Man

Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)