The Top 100 Songs of 1955
1. |
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado |
2. |
Sincerely | McGuire Sisters |
3. |
Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley & The Comets |
4. |
Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
5. |
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | Four Aces |
6. |
The Yellow Rose of Texas | Mitch Miller |
7. |
The Ballad of Davy Crockett | Bill Hayes |
8. |
Autumn Leaves | Roger Williams |
9. |
Let Me Go Lover | Joan Weber |
10. |
Hearts of Stone | Fontane Sisters |
11. |
Dance With Me Henry | Georgia Gibbs |
12. |
Ain't That A Shame | Pat Boone |
13. |
Unchained Melody | Les Baxter |
14. |
Learnin' The Blues | Frank Sinatra |
15 |
The Crazy Otto | Johnny Maddox |
16. |
Moments To Remember | Four Lads |
17. |
I Hear You Knocking | Gale Storm |
18. |
Ko Ko Mo | Perry Como |
19. |
Melody of Love | Billy Vaughn |
20. |
A Blossom Fell | Nat King Cole |
21. |
Tweedle Dee | Georgia Gibbs |
22. |
How Important Can It Be? | Joni James |
23. |
The Yellow Rose of Texas | Johnny Desmond |
24. |
That's All I Want From You | Jaye P. Morgan |
25. |
Seventeen | Fontane Sisters |
26. |
Melody of Love | Four Aces |
27. |
The Shifting, Whispering Sands | Rusty Draper |
28. |
Unchained Melody | Al Hibbler |
29. |
Earth Angel | Crew-Cuts |
30. |
He | Al Hibbler |
31. |
Hard To Get | Gisele MacKenzie |
32. |
Only You (And You Alone) | Platters |
33. |
Seventeen | Boyd Bennett & His Rockets |
34. |
The Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2) | Billy Vaughn |
35. |
Tina Marie | Perry Como |
36. |
Wake The Town and Tell The People | Les Baxter |
37. |
Love and Marriage | Frank Sinatra |
38. |
Ballad of Davy Crockett | Fess Parker |
39. |
Ballad of Davy Crockett | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
40. |
Maybellene | Chuck Berry |
41. |
Something's Gotta Give | McGuire Sisters |
42. |
You Are My Love | Joni James |
43. |
Honey-Babe | Art Mooney |
44. |
Unchained Melody | Roy Hamilton |
45. |
Make Yourself Comfortable | Sarah Vaughn |
46. |
Black Denim Trousers | Cheers |
47. |
The Longest Walk | Jaye P. Morgan |
48. |
Ko Ko Mo | Crew-Cuts |
49. |
My Baby Don't Love Me No More | De John Sisters |
50. |
Let Me Go Lover! | Teresa Brewer |
51. |
Whatever Lola Wants | Sarah Vaughn |
52. |
Play Me Hearts and Flowers | Johnny Desmond |
53. |
Heart | Eddie Fisher |
54. |
Nuttin' For Christmas | Barry Gordon/Art Mooney |
55. |
It's a Sin To Tell a Lie | Somethin' Smith & Redheads |
56. |
It's Almost Tomorrow | Dream Weavers |
57. |
The Bible Tells Me So | Don Cornell |
58. |
At My Front Door | Pat Boone |
59. |
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup | Nat King Cole |
60. |
Hummingbird | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
61. |
White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
62. |
Open Up Your Heart | Cowboy Church Sunday School |
63. |
Only You (and You Alone) | Hilltoppers |
64. |
Melody of Love | David Carroll |
65. |
Earth Angel | Penquins |
66. |
If I May | Nat King Cole |
67. |
The Breeze and I | Caterina Valente |
68. |
Let Me Go Lover! | Patti Page |
69. |
Cry Me A River | Julie London |
70. |
Burn That Candle | Bill Haley & Comets |
71. |
Suddenly There's A Valley | Gogi Grant |
72. |
The House of Blue Lights | Chuck Miller |
73. |
Something's Gotta Give | Sammy Davis Jr. |
74. |
He | McGuire Sisters |
75. |
Aint't That A Shame | Fats Domino |
76. |
Gum Drop | Crew-Cuts |
77. |
Sweet and Gentle | Alan Dale |
78. |
All At Once You Love Her | Perry Como |
79. |
Daddy-O | Fontane Sisters |
80. |
My Bonnie Lassie | Ames Brothers |
81. |
Dim, Dim The Lights | Bill Haley & Comets |
82. |
C'est La Vie | Sarah Vaughn |
83. |
Song of the Dreamer | Eddie Fisher |
84. |
It May Sound Silly | McGuire Sisters |
85. |
Hey, Mr. Banjo | Sunnysiders |
86. |
Love Or Leave Me | Sammy Davis Jr. |
87. |
If You Don't Want My Love | Jaye P. Morgan |
88. |
How Important Can It Be? | Sarah Vaughn |
89. |
Danger! Heartbreak Ahead | Jaye P. Morgan |
90. |
Chee Chee-Oo Chee | Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan |
91. |
Sweet and Gentle | Georgia Gibbs |
92. |
Whatever Lola Wants | Dinah Shore |
93. |
Someone You Love | Nat King Cole |
94. |
Forgive My Heart | Nat King Cole |
95. |
Suddenly There's A Valley | Jo Stafford |
96. |
Wake The Town and Tell The People | Mindy Carson |
97. |
I'll Never Stop Loving You | Doris Day |
98. |
Domani | Julius LaRosa |
99. |
That Old Black Magic | Sammy Davis Jr. |
100. |
Rollin' Stone | Fontane Sisters |
Some statistics from 1955:
US GDP (1998 dollars): $415.1 billion
Federal spending: $68.44 billion
Federal debt: $274.4 billion
Consumer Price Index: 26.8
Unemployment: 5.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03Congress authorizes President Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from Red China.President Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers d. NY Yankees (4-3)
NBA Championship
Syracuse d. Ft. Wayne Pistons (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Swaps
NCAA Basketball Championship
San Francisco d. La Salle (77-63)
NCAA Football Champions
Oklahoma (11-0-0)James Dean dies in a car accident at age 26.
On the Waterfront nearly sweeps the 1955 Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Eva Maria Saint), and Best Director (Elia Kazan)