Top Songs of 1957


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
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

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
The Rays Silhouettes Doo-Wop
Connie Francis Who's Sorry Now Country Pop, Traditional Pop
Guy Béart Bal chez temporel Chanson
Sarah Vaughan Autumn in New York Standards
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Lotta Lovin' Rockabilly
Ferlin Husky Gone Nashville Sound
Slim Dusty A Pub with No Beer Traditional Country
Little Richard Jenny, Jenny Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
The Soul Stirrers feat. Sam Cooke Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Gospel
Elvis Presley Too Much Pop, Rock & Roll
The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile Traditional Black Gospel
Chris Barber's Jazz Band Petite fleur Dixieland
Billy Vaughn Sail Along, Silvery Moon Easy Listening
The Ames Brothers Melodie d'Amour Pop
Pat Boone April Love Pop
Henry "Red" Allen I Cover the Waterfront Bebop, Dixieland
Duke Ellington The Star-Crossed Lovers Big Band
Andre Williams Jail Bait Rhythm & Blues
Harry Belafonte Island in the Sun Calypso
Mose Allison Back Country Suite: Blues / Young Man Blues Hard Bop
Jimmy Giuffre The Train and the River Cool Jazz
Count Basie Shiny Stockings Big Band, Swing
Thurston Harris Little Bitty Pretty One Doo-Wop, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
The Crickets I'm Lookin' for Someone to Love Pop, Rock & Roll
Warren Smith Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache Rockabilly
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Stompin' at the Savoy Standards, Vocal Jazz
Perry Como Magic Moments Traditional Pop
Little Richard Send Me Some Lovin' Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
The Drifters Fools Fall in Love Doo-Wop
Miles Davis All of You Hard Bop
Georges Brassens La marche nuptiale Chanson à texte
The Dubs Could This Be Magic Doo-Wop
Johnnie and Joe Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Doo-Wop
Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Music, Rockabilly
The Del-Vikings Whispering Bells Doo-Wop, Rock & Roll
The Five Satins To the Aisle Doo-Wop
Muddy Waters Rock Me Chicago Blues
Bobby Helms My Special Angel Teen Pop
Chuck Willis Betty and Dupree Rhythm & Blues
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Dance to the Bop Rock & Roll
Buddy Holly Words of Love Rock & Roll
Frank Sinatra From This Moment On Vocal Jazz
Frank Sinatra With Every Breath I Take Vocal Jazz