Top Songs of 1955
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼
1
24
 Little Richard Tutti Frutti Rock & Roll
2
126
 Chuck Berry Maybellene Rock & Roll
3
198
 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues Country
4
209
 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
5
251
 Elvis Presley Mystery Train Rockabilly
6
262
 The Teenagers feat. Frankie Lymon Why Do Fools Fall in Love Doo-Wop
7
373
 Muddy Waters Manish Boy Chicago Blues
8
561
 Fats Domino Ain't That a Shame New Orleans R&B, Rhythm & Blues
9
623
 Julie London Cry Me a River Standards, Vocal Jazz
10
702
 Bo Diddley I'm a Man Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
11
865
 The Platters Only You (And You Alone) Doo-Wop
12
866
 Lonnie Donegan Rock Island Line Skiffle
13
992
 The Platters The Great Pretender Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues
14
1087
 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Country Boogie, Rhythm & Blues, Vocal Jazz
15
1263
 The Modern Jazz Quartet Django Cool Jazz
16
2282
 The Cadillacs Speedoo Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues
17
2640
 Boris Vian Le Déserteur Chanson ŕ texte
18
3191
 Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning Vocal Jazz
19
3219
 Count Basie April in Paris Big Band, Rhythm & Blues
20
3281
 The El Dorados At My Front Door Doo-Wop, Rock & Roll
21
3349
 Little Willie John Need Your Love So Bad Rhythm & Blues, Soul
22
3807
 Etta James The Wallflower (aka "Roll with Me Henry") Rhythm & Blues
23
3958
 Elvis Presley Baby Let's Play House Rockabilly
24
4215
 Horace Silver The Preacher Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
25
4367
 Sonny Boy Williamson (II) Don't Start Me Talkin' Chicago Blues
26
5177
 Sarah Vaughan Lullaby of Birdland Vocal Jazz
27
5185
 Louis Armstrong Mack the Knife Vocal Jazz
28
5347
 Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking New Orleans R&B
29
5471
 The Nutmegs Story Untold Doo-Wop
30
5487
 The Robins Smokey Joe's Cafe Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues
31
5512
 The Louvin Brothers When I Stop Dreaming Close Harmony
32
5535
 Little Walter My Babe Chicago Blues, Rhythm & Blues
33
6150
 Pérez Prado Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Mambo
34
6678
 The Four Aces Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Traditional Pop, Vocal Group
35
6697
 Frank Sinatra Love and Marriage Traditional Pop
36
6938
 Bill Haley and His Comets See You Later, Alligator Rock & Roll
37
7359
 The Modern Jazz Quartet Concorde Cool Jazz
38
7529
 Big Joe Turner Flip Flop and Fly Rhythm & Blues
39
7584
 Count Basie Orchestra with Joe Williams Every Day (I Have the Blues) Big Band
40
7589
 Shelly Manne Abstract No 1 Avant-Garde Jazz, Cool Jazz
41
7737
 The Turbans When You Dance Doo-Wop
42
7834
 Bobby Charles See You Later, Alligator Jump-Blues, New Orleans R&B
43
8259
 Orquesta Aragón El bodeguero Chachachá, Cuban Charanga
44
8479
 Mitch Miller The Yellow Rose of Texas Classical March
45
8513
 Little Willie John All Around the World Rhythm & Blues
46
8525
 Frank Sinatra When Your Lover Has Gone Standards, Vocal Jazz
47
8553
 Chet Baker Let's Get Lost Standards, Vocal Jazz
48
8669
 Boris Vian J'suis snob Chanson ŕ texte
49
8700
 Elvis Presley Milkcow Blues Boogie Rockabilly
50
8732
 Clifford Brown & Max Roach Cherokee Hard Bop
51
8778
 Porter Wagoner A Satisfied Mind Country
52
9744
 Dean Martin Memories Are Made of This Traditional Pop

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
The Clovers Blue Velvet Doo-Wop
The Wrens Come Back My Love Doo-Wop
Boris Vian La Complainte du Progrčs Chanson ŕ texte
Kay Starr The Rock and Roll Waltz Traditional Pop
Clifton Chenier Ay-Tete Fee Zydeco, Zydeco
Lotte Lenya Moritat Cabaret, Show Tunes
Al Hibbler Unchained Melody Traditional Pop
Frank Sinatra Learning the Blues Standards, Vocal Jazz
Mouloudji Le Déserteur Chanson
The Crew-Cuts Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) Doo-Wop
Al Hibbler He Traditional Pop
Herbie Nichols The Third World Bebop
Charlie Parker Blues for Alice Bebop
Boris Vian La Java des bombes atomiques Chanson ŕ texte
Roy Hamilton Unchained Melody Traditional Pop
Gogi Grant The Wayward Wind Traditional Pop
Clifford Brown Yesterdays Cool Jazz
The Drifters Adorable Doo-Wop
Four Deuces W-P-L-J Doo-Wop
Meadowlarks Heaven and Paradise Doo-Wop
Johnny Cash Cry Cry Cry Country, Rockabilly
Johnny Cash Hey, Porter! Country, Rockabilly
Howlin' Wolf Forty Four Chicago Blues
Young Jessie Mary Lou Rhythm & Blues
Muddy Waters I Want to Be Loved Chicago Blues
Elvis Presley I Forgot to Remember to Forget Rockabilly
The Cheers Black Denim Trousers Pop, Vocal Group
Cora Vaucaire La Complainte de la Butte Chanson
Bill Haley and His Comets Rock-A-Beating Boogie Rock & Roll
Muddy Waters Trouble, No More Chicago Blues
Big Maybelle Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Rhythm & Blues
Bill Haley and His Comets Burn That Candle Rock & Roll