Top Songs of 1957
1 |
52 |
The Crickets |
That'll Be the Day |
Rockabilly
|
2 |
102 |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On |
Rock & Roll
|
3 |
133 |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Great Balls of Fire |
Rockabilly
|
4 |
160 |
Elvis Presley |
Jailhouse Rock |
Rock & Roll
|
5 |
173 |
Buddy Holly |
Peggy Sue |
Rockabilly
|
6 |
238 |
Sam Cooke |
You Send Me |
Soul
|
7 |
300 |
The Everly Brothers |
Bye Bye Love |
Pop,
Rockabilly
|
8 |
556 |
The Everly Brothers |
Wake Up Little Susie |
Pop,
Rockabilly
|
9 |
874 |
Muddy Waters |
Got My Mojo Working |
Chicago Blues
|
10 |
895 |
Little Richard |
Lucille |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
11 |
1028 |
The Crickets |
Not Fade Away |
Rockabilly
|
12 |
1030 |
Danny and The Juniors |
At the Hop |
Doo-Wop,
Rock & Roll,
Teen Pop
|
13 |
1116 |
Elvis Presley |
All Shook Up |
Rock & Roll
|
14 |
1205 |
Patsy Cline |
Walkin' After Midnight |
Nashville Sound
|
15 |
1216 |
Chuck Berry |
Rock and Roll Music |
Rock & Roll
|
16 |
1388 |
Jackie Wilson |
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
17 |
1497 |
Dale Hawkins |
Susie-Q |
Rock & Roll,
Swamp Rock
|
18 |
1737 |
The Chantels |
Maybe |
Doo-Wop,
Girl Group
|
19 |
1909 |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
Summertime |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
20 |
1939 |
The Coasters |
Young Blood |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
|
21 |
1975 |
Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns |
Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu |
New Orleans R&B
|
22 |
2159 |
Sonny Rollins |
St. Thomas |
Hard Bop
|
23 |
2177 |
The Monotones |
Book of Love |
Doo-Wop
|
24 |
2195 |
Slim Harpo |
I'm a King Bee |
Swamp Blues
|
25 |
2424 |
Fats Domino |
I'm Walkin' |
New Orleans R&B,
Rock & Roll
|
26 |
2433 |
Miles Davis |
'Round Midnight |
Cool Jazz
|
27 |
2464 |
Bobby Bland |
Farther Up the Road |
Electric Blues,
Soul Blues
|
28 |
2574 |
Paul Anka |
Diana |
Brill Building,
Teen Pop
|
29 |
2671 |
Richard Berry |
Louie Louie |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
|
30 |
2937 |
The Silhouettes |
Get a Job |
Doo-Wop
|
31 |
3024 |
Nat King Cole |
Stardust |
Traditional Pop
|
32 |
3121 |
The Coasters |
Searchin' |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues
|
33 |
3140 |
The Diamonds |
Little Darlin' |
Doo-Wop
|
34 |
3300 |
The Crickets |
Oh, Boy! |
Rockabilly
|
35 |
3505 |
Chuck Berry |
School Day |
Rock & Roll
|
36 |
3558 |
Johnny Mathis |
Chances Are |
Traditional Pop
|
37 |
3736 |
Billy Riley |
Flying Saucer's Rock'n'Roll |
Rockabilly
|
38 |
3740 |
The Diamonds |
The Stroll |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
39 |
3775 |
Buddy Holly |
Everyday |
Pop
|
40 |
3812 |
Sonny Rollins |
Blue Seven |
Hard Bop
|
41 |
3939 |
Little Richard |
Keep a Knockin' |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
42 |
3963 |
Chuck Willis |
C.C. Rider |
Jump-Blues,
Rhythm & Blues
|
43 |
4127 |
Billy Riley |
Red Hot |
Rockabilly
|
44 |
4188 |
The "5" Royales |
Dedicated to the One I Love |
Doo-Wop
|
45 |
4545 |
Thelonious Monk |
Brilliant Corners |
Hard Bop
|
46 |
4789 |
Carl Perkins |
Matchbox |
Rockabilly
|
47 |
4931 |
Bo Diddley |
Hey! Bo Diddley |
Electric Blues,
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
48 |
4942 |
The Crickets |
Maybe Baby |
Rock & Roll
|
49 |
4993 |
Martin Denny |
Quiet Village |
Exotica
|
50 |
5089 |
Nat King Cole |
When I Fall in Love |
Standards
|
51 |
5242 |
Bill Justis |
Raunchy |
Rock & Roll
|
52 |
6250 |
Pat Boone |
Love Letters in the Sand |
Traditional Pop
|
53 |
6518 |
LaVern Baker |
Jim Dandy Got Married |
Pop,
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
54 |
6789 |
Larry Williams |
Bony Moronie |
Rock & Roll
|
55 |
6900 |
Larry Williams |
Short Fat Fannie |
Rock & Roll
|
56 |
6988 |
Johnny Mathis |
It's Not for Me to Say |
Traditional Pop
|
57 |
7005 |
Charles Mingus |
Haitian Fight Song |
Post-Bop
|
58 |
7066 |
Wanda Jackson |
Fujiyama Mama |
Country,
Rockabilly
|
59 |
7090 |
Bo Diddley |
Mona |
Electric Blues,
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
60 |
7253 |
Elvis Presley |
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear |
Pop,
Rock & Roll
|
61 |
7259 |
Jimmy Reed |
Honest I Do |
Chicago Blues
|
62 |
7321 |
Jacques Brel |
Quand on n'a que l'amour |
Chanson à texte
|
63 |
7518 |
Bobby Day |
Little Bitty Pretty One |
Rock & Roll
|
64 |
7909 |
The "5" Royales |
Think |
Doo-Wop
|
65 |
7993 |
Frank Sinatra |
All the Way |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
66 |
7998 |
Lloyd Price |
Just Because |
New Orleans R&B,
Rock & Roll
|
67 |
8229 |
Eddie Cochran |
Sittin' in the Balcony |
Rock & Roll
|
68 |
8275 |
The Mello-Kings |
Tonite Tonite |
Doo-Wop
|
69 |
8752 |
The Bobbettes |
Mr. Lee |
Doo-Wop,
Girl Group
|
70 |
9295 |
Ricky Nelson |
Stood Up |
Rock & Roll
|
71 |
9329 |
Mose Allison |
Parchman Farm |
Piano Blues,
Rhythm & Blues,
Vocal Jazz
|
72 |
9480 |
Eddie Cochran |
Twenty Flight Rock |
Rockabilly
|
73 |
9952 |
Elvis Presley |
Don't |
Doo-Wop,
Pop
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Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000: |
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The Rays |
Silhouettes |
Doo-Wop
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Connie Francis |
Who's Sorry Now |
Country Pop,
Traditional Pop
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Guy Béart |
Bal chez temporel |
Chanson
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Sarah Vaughan |
Autumn in New York |
Standards
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Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps |
Lotta Lovin' |
Rockabilly
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Ferlin Husky |
Gone |
Nashville Sound
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Slim Dusty |
A Pub with No Beer |
Traditional Country
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Little Richard |
Jenny, Jenny |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
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The Soul Stirrers feat. Sam Cooke |
Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) |
Gospel
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Elvis Presley |
Too Much |
Pop,
Rock & Roll
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The Dixie Hummingbirds |
Christian's Automobile |
Traditional Black Gospel
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Chris Barber's Jazz Band |
Petite fleur |
Dixieland
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Billy Vaughn |
Sail Along, Silvery Moon |
Easy Listening
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The Ames Brothers |
Melodie d'Amour |
Pop
|
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Pat Boone |
April Love |
Pop
|
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Henry "Red" Allen |
I Cover the Waterfront |
Bebop,
Dixieland
|
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Duke Ellington |
The Star-Crossed Lovers |
Big Band
|
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Andre Williams |
Jail Bait |
Rhythm & Blues
|
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Harry Belafonte |
Island in the Sun |
Calypso
|
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Mose Allison |
Back Country Suite: Blues / Young Man Blues |
Hard Bop
|
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Jimmy Giuffre |
The Train and the River |
Cool Jazz
|
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Count Basie |
Shiny Stockings |
Big Band,
Swing
|
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Thurston Harris |
Little Bitty Pretty One |
Doo-Wop,
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
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The Crickets |
I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love |
Pop,
Rock & Roll
|
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Warren Smith |
Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache |
Rockabilly
|
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
Stompin' at the Savoy |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
|
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Perry Como |
Magic Moments |
Traditional Pop
|
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Little Richard |
Send Me Some Lovin' |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
|
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The Drifters |
Fools Fall in Love |
Doo-Wop
|
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Miles Davis |
All of You |
Hard Bop
|
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Georges Brassens |
La marche nuptiale |
Chanson à texte
|
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The Dubs |
Could This Be Magic |
Doo-Wop
|
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Johnnie and Joe |
Over the Mountain, Across the Sea |
Doo-Wop
|
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Bobby Helms |
Jingle Bell Rock |
Christmas Music,
Rockabilly
|
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The Del-Vikings |
Whispering Bells |
Doo-Wop,
Rock & Roll
|
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The Five Satins |
To the Aisle |
Doo-Wop
|
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Muddy Waters |
Rock Me |
Chicago Blues
|
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Bobby Helms |
My Special Angel |
Teen Pop
|
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Chuck Willis |
Betty and Dupree |
Rhythm & Blues
|
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Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps |
Dance to the Bop |
Rock & Roll
|
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Buddy Holly |
Words of Love |
Rock & Roll
|
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Frank Sinatra |
From This Moment On |
Vocal Jazz
|
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Frank Sinatra |
With Every Breath I Take |
Vocal Jazz
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