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" Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado was the number one song of 1955.
" Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets was the number two song of 1955, and a breakthrough hit for rock and roll.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 30 singles of 1955 according to retail sales. [1]

No. Title Artist(s)
1 " Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" Perez Prado
2 " Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
3 " The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mitch Miller
4 " Autumn Leaves" Roger Williams
5 " Unchained Melody" Les Baxter
6 " The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Bill Hayes
7 " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces
8 " Sincerely" The McGuire Sisters
9 " Ain't That a Shame" Pat Boone
10 " The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" Georgia Gibbs
11 " The Crazy Otto Medley" Johnny Maddox
12 " Melody of Love" Billy Vaughn
13 " Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford
14 " Learnin' the Blues" Frank Sinatra
15 " Hearts of Stone" The Fontane Sisters
16 " Tweedle Dee" Georgia Gibbs
17 " Moments to Remember" The Four Lads
18 " Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes
19 " Let Me Go, Lover!" Joan Weber
20 " A Blossom Fell" Nat King Cole
21 " Unchained Melody" Al Hibbler
22 " The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Fess Parker
23 " Honey-Babe" Art Mooney
24 " The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Tennessee Ernie Ford
25 " Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" Perry Como
26 " Hard to Get" Gisele MacKenzie
27 " The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" The Ames Brothers
28 " That's All I Want from You" Jaye P. Morgan
29 " Only You (And You Alone)" The Platters
30 " It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" Somethin' Smith and the Redheads

See also

References

  1. ^ "1955's Top Popular Records" (PDF). The Billboard. Vol. 68, no. 1. January 7, 1956. p. 20.