TOP 100 SONGS From 1955-1959

These are the Top 100 Songs of 1955-1959 and the top 50 artists of 1955-1959. On this page you will find two different chart types.

Official Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1955-1959 doesn’t exist as Billboard did not create decade-end charts as they’ve done after the turn of the 21st century.

Nolan Method (1955-1959 cumulative points only) The second Nolan Method chart is formulated using 1955-1959 cumulative points. To identify the Nolan Method 1955-1959 chart, either the artist’s name or chart position will appear in GREEN.

1	Ain’t That a Shame	Pat Boone	1955
2	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Mitch Miller	1955
3	Love Letters in the Sand	Pat Boone	1957
4	So Rare	Jimmy Dorsey	1957
5	Don’t Be Cruel	Elvis Presley	1956
6	Green Door	Jim Lowe	1957
7	Rock Around the Clock	Bill Haley & His Comets	1955
8	Singing the Blues	Guy Mitchell	1957
9	Lisbon Antigua	Nelson Riddle	1956
10	Just Walking in the Rain	Johnnie Ray	1956
11	Tammy	Debbie Reynolds	1957
12	Mack the Knife	Bobby Darin	1959
13	The Wayward Wind	Gogi Grant	1956
14	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	1957
15	Bye Bye Love	The Everly Brothers	1957
16	Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley	1957
17	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley	1956
18	Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	Doris Day	1956
19	Blueberry Hill	Fats Domino	1957
20	Sixteen Tons	Tennessee Ernie Ford	1956
21	(The) Rock and Roll Waltz	Kay Starr	1956
22	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis Presley	1958
23	Learnin’ the Blues	Frank Sinatra	1955
24	the Yellow Rose of Texas	Johnny Desmond	1955
25	Canadian Sunset	Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter	1956
26	Little Darlin’	The Diamonds	1957
27	Autumn Leaves	Roger Williams	1955
28	My Prayer	The Platters	1956
29	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	The Four Aces	1955
30	Moonglow & Theme from Picnic	Morris Stoloff	1956
31	The Poor People of Paris	Les Baxter	1956
32	Searchin’	The Coasters	1957
33	Hard to Get	Gisele MacKenzie	1955
34	The Great Pretender	The Platters	1956
35	Tina Marie	Perry Como	1955
36	Memories Are Made of This	Dean Martin	1956
37	Allegheny Moon	Patti Page	1956
38	Seventeen	The Fontane Sisters	1955
39	I Almost Lost My Mind	Pat Boone	1956
40	Honeycomb	Jimmie Rodgers	1957
41	Hound Dog	Elvis Presley	1956
42	True Love	Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly	1957
43	Honky Tonk	Bill Doggett	1956
44	Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	1957
45	Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)	Perry Como	1956
46	A Blossom Fell	Nat King Cole	1955
47	Wake Up Little Susie	The Everly Brothers	1958
48	Moments to Remember	The Four Lads	1955
49	Seventeen	Boyd Bennett & His Rockets	1955
50	Round and Round	Perry Como	1957
51	Chances Are	Johnny Mathis	1958
52	The Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton	1959
53	If I May	Nat King Cole	1955
54	At the Hop	Danny & the Juniors	1958
55	Don’t Forbid Me	Pat Boone	1957
56	It’s All in the Game	Tommy Edwards	1958
57	the Longest Walk	Jaye P. Morgan	1955
58	Wake the Town and Tell the People	Les Baxter	1955
59	Hummingbird	Les Paul and Mary Ford	1955
60	Tom Dooley	The Kingston Trio	1959
61	Diana	Paul Anka	1957
62	Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White	Perez Prado	1955
63	Unchained Melody	Les Baxter	1955
64	Young Love	Tab Hunter	1957
65	I Hear You Knocking	Gale Storm	1956
66	April Love	Pat Boone	1958
67	the Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2)	Billy Vaughn	1955
68	To Know Him, Is to Love Him	the Teddy Bears	1959
69	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	1958
70	I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	Elvis Presley	1956
71	A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)	Marty Robbins	1957
72	It’s Almost Tomorrow	the Dream Weavers	1956
73	It’s Not for Me to Say	Johnny Mathis	1957
74	Witch Doctor	David Seville	1958
75	Mr. Blue	The Fleetwoods	1959
76	No, Not Much	The Four Lads	1956
77	Something’s Gotta Give	The McGuire Sisters	1955
78	Maybelline	Chuck Berry	1955
79	Come Go with Me	The Del-Vikings	1957
80	It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie	Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads	1955
81	Donna	Ritchie Valens	1959
82	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters	1958
83	Patricia	Perez Prado	1958
84	Young Love	Sonny James	1957
85	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	The Platters	1959
86	Moonlight Gambler	Frankie Laine	1957
87	It’s Only Make Believe	Conway Twitty	1959
88	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	1956
89	Silhouettes	The Rays	1958
90	He	Al Hibbler	1956
91	Moonglow & Theme from Picnic	George Cates	1956
92	Band of Gold	Don Cherry	1956
93	All I Have to Do Is Dream	The Everly Brothers	1958
94	Only You (And You Alone)	The Platters	1956
95	Little Star	The Elegants	1958
96	Gone	Ferlin Husky	1957
97	Rockin’ Robin	Bobby Day	1958
98	Dark Moon	Gale Storm	1957
99	Ivory Tower	Cathy Carr	1956
100	Tequila	The Champs	1958

THE NOLAN METHOD: TOP 100 ARTISTS from 1955-1959

1	Pat Boone
2	Elvis Presley
3	Nat King Cole
4	The Platters
5	Perry Como
6	Frank Sinatra
7	The Four Lads
8	Fats Domino
9	Les Baxter
10	Gale Storm
11	Bill Haley & His Comets
12	The McGuire Sisters
13	Ricky Nelson
14	The Everly Brothers
15	Mitch Miller
16	Chuck Berry
17	Roger Williams
18	Andy Williams
19	The Fontane Sisters
20	Al Hibbler
21	Eddie Fisher
22	The Four Aces
23	Perez Prado
24	Patti Page
25	Jaye P. Morgan
26	Billy Vaughn
27	Jimmie Rodgers
28	Johnny Mathis
29	Jerry Lee Lewis
30	Gisele MacKenzie
31	The Ames Brothers
32	Johnny Desmond
33	the Diamonds
34	Gogi Grant
35	Teresa Brewer
36	Doris Day
37	Buddy Holly & the Crickets
38	Dean Martin
39	The Chordettes
40	Don Cornell
41	The Coasters
42	Rusty Draper
43	Guy Mitchell
44	Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
45	Tennessee Ernie Ford
46	Les Paul and Mary Ford
47	Little Richard
48	Johnnie Ray
49	Eddie Heywood
50	Harry Belafonte
51	the Crew-Cuts
52	Sammy Davis, Jr.
53	the Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
54	Buddy Knox
55	Jim Lowe
56	Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads
57	Georgia Gibbs
58	Paul Anka
59	The Del-Vikings
60	Frankie Laine
61	The Tarriers
62	Jimmy Dorsey
63	Nelson Riddle
64	Art Mooney
65	Patience and Prudence
66	Kay Starr
67	the Four Preps
68	Debbie Reynolds
69	Marty Robbins
70	Julius LaRosa
71	Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
72	Tab Hunter
73	Danny & the Juniors
74	Roy Hamilton
75	Bing Crosby
76	Hugo Winterhalter
77	Bill Doggett
78	Sam Cooke
79	Morris Stoloff
80	the Cheers
81	Grace Kelly
82	the Dream Weavers
83	Larry Williams
84	Gene Vincent
85	George Hamilton IV
86	Don Cherry
87	Mindy Carson
88	Alan Dale
89	Tony Bennett
90	Jane Morgan and the Troubadors
91	Jo Stafford
92	Connie Francis
93	Johnny Cash
94	Tommy Edwards
95	Joni James
96	David Seville
97	The Champs
98	Sonny James
99	the Moe Koffman Quartette
100	George Cates