The Top 100 Songs of 1957
1. |
All Shook Up | Elvis Presley | ||
2. |
Love Letters In The Sand | Pat Boone | ||
3. |
Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | ||
4. |
Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear | Elvis Presley | ||
5. |
April Love | Pat Boone | ||
6. |
Young Love | Tab Hunter | ||
7. |
Tammy | Debbie Reynolds | ||
8. |
Honycomb | Jimmy Rodgers | ||
9. |
Wake Up Little Susie | Everly Brothers | ||
10. |
You Send Me | Sam Cooke | ||
11. |
Butterfly | Andy Williams | ||
12. |
Too Much | Elvis Presley | ||
13. |
Round and Round | Perry Como | ||
14. |
Butterfly | Charlie Gracie | ||
15 |
Diana | Paul Anka | ||
16. |
Chances Are | Johnny Mathis | ||
17. |
Party Doll | Buddy Knox | ||
18. |
That'll Be The Day | Buddy Holly & Crickets | ||
19. |
Don't Forbid Me | Pat Boone | ||
20. |
Young Love | Sonny James | ||
21. |
Little Darlin' | Diamonds | ||
22. |
So Rare | Jimmy Dorsey | ||
23. |
Bye Bye Love | Everly Brothers | ||
24. |
Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | ||
25. |
Teenage Crush | Tommy Sands | ||
26. |
All The Way | Frank Sinatra | ||
27. |
A White Sport Coat & A Pink Carnation | Marty Robbins | ||
28. |
Raunchy | Bill Justis | ||
29. |
A Teenager's Romance | Ricky Nelson | ||
30. |
Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin On | Jerry Lee Lewis | ||
31. |
School Day | Chuck Berry | ||
32. |
Searchin' | Coasters | ||
33. |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A.... | Billy Williams | ||
34. |
Old Cape Cod | Patti Page | ||
35. |
Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly & Crickets | ||
36. |
Moonlight Gambler | Frankie Laine | ||
37. |
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine | Jimmy Rodgers | ||
38. |
Silhouettes | Rays | ||
39. |
Be Bop Baby | Ricky Nelson | ||
40. |
Marianne | Hilltoppers | ||
41. |
Come Go With Me | Dell Vikings | ||
42. |
Gone | Ferlin Husky | ||
43. |
I'm Walkin' | Fats Domino | ||
44. |
Rainbow | Russ Hamilton | ||
45. |
Dark Moon | Gale Storm | ||
46. |
The Banana Boat Song | Tarriers | ||
47. |
Marianne | Terry Gikyson | ||
48. |
Raunchy | Ernie Freeman | ||
49. |
I'm Walkin' | Ricky Nelson | ||
50. |
It's Not For Me To Say | Johnny Mathis | ||
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51. |
Tammy | Ames Brothers | ||
52. |
Short Fat Fannie | Larry Williams | ||
53. |
Why Baby Why | Pat Boone | ||
54. |
Banana Boat (Day-O) | Harry Belafonte | ||
55. |
Melodie D'Amour | Ames Brothers | ||
56. |
Party Doll | Steve Lawrence | ||
57. |
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby | Tune Weavers | ||
58. |
Blue Monday | Fats Domino | ||
59. |
Send For Me | Nat King Cole | ||
60. |
Mr. Lee | Bobbettes | ||
61. |
Dark Moon | Bonnie Guitar | ||
62. |
Remember You're Mine | Pat Boone | ||
63. |
Freight Train | Rusty Draper | ||
64. |
Little Bitty Pretty One | Thurston Harris | ||
65. |
It's You I Love | Fats Domino | ||
66. |
Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms | ||
67. |
Fascination | Jane Morgan | ||
68. |
My Special Angel | Bobby Helms | ||
69. |
White Silver Sands | Don Rhondo | ||
70. |
Young Blood | Coasters | ||
71. |
Over The Mountain, Across The Sea | Johnny & Joe | ||
72. |
I Like Your Kind Of Love | Andy Williams | ||
73. |
Rock & Roll Music | Chuck Berry | ||
74. |
Keep A Knockin' | Little Richard | ||
75. |
Valley Of Tears | Fats Domino | ||
76. |
Just Between You & Me | Chordettes | ||
77. |
Put A Light In The Window | Four Lads | ||
78. |
You Send Me | Platters | ||
79. |
Hula Love | Buddy Knox | ||
80. |
I Dreamed | Betty Johnson | ||
81. |
In The Middle Of An Island | Tony Bennett | ||
82. |
Who Needs You | Four Lads | ||
83. |
I'm Available | Margie Rayburn | ||
84. |
Start Movin' | Sal Mineo | ||
85. |
Whispering Bells | Dell Vikings | ||
86. |
The Twelfth Of Never | Johnny Mathis | ||
87. |
My Heart Reminds Me | Kay Starr | ||
88. |
Raunchy | Billy Vaughn | ||
89. |
Oh, Boy! | Buddy Holly & Crickets | ||
90. |
Jenny, Jenny | Little Richard | ||
91. |
Rock-A-Billy | Guy Mitchell | ||
92. |
Mangos | Rosemary Clooney | ||
93. |
Shish-Kabob | Ralph Marterie | ||
94. |
Love Is A Golden Ring | Frankie Laine | ||
95. |
You Don't Owe Me A Thing | Johnny Ray | ||
96. |
Silhouettes | Diamonds | ||
97. |
Four Walls | Jim Reeves | ||
98. |
Shangri-La | Four Coins | ||
99. |
Mama Look At Bubu | Harry Belafonte | ||
100. |
Love Is Strange | Mickey & Sylvia | ||
Some statistics from 1957
US GDP (1998 dollars): $461 billion
Federal spending: $76.58 billion
Federal debt: $272.3 billion
Consumer Price Index: 28.1
Unemployment: 4.1%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03Anthony Eden resigns (Jan. 9); MacMillan becomes British Prime Minister.
Russia launches Sputnik I, first earth-orbiting satellite—the Space Age begins (Oct. 4). The USSR tests its first successful ICBM.
World Series
Milwaukee Braves defeats NY Yankees (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston defeats St. Louis Hawks (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Iron Liege
NCAA Basketball Championship
North Carolina defeated Kansas (54-53 3OT)
NCAA Football Champions
Auburn (AP) (10-0-0) & Ohio St. (UP, FW, INS) (9-1-0)Columbia University professor Charles Van Doren becomes a media sensation by winning $129,000 on the quiz show Twenty One.
Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS, ushering in an era of television shows that depict the ideal American.Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days
Best Actor: Yul Brynner, The King and I
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn, Lust for Life
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
Best Supporting Actress: Dorothy Malone, Written on the Wind
Best Director: George Stevens, Giant
