Top 100 Songs Of 1955

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

Official Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1955
This is Billboards official top 100 songs of 1955 also known as the Hot 100 of 1955. To identify the Billboard chart, either the artist’s name or chart position will appear in RED.

Nolan Method (1955 cumulative points only)
The second Nolan Method chart is formulated using 1955 cumulative points only measured from December 1954 to November 1955. To identify the Nolan Method 1955 chart, either the artist’s name or chart position will appear in GREEN.


Nolan Method Explained

The Nolan Method was formulated by lead Top40Weekly contributor Jarrett Nolan.

Using an inverse point-based system, songs earn points for each position that they’re in within the Top 40. Songs at #1 earn 40 points all the way down to 1 point at #40.

A song can earn bonus points if it debuts on the chart within the Top 40. If a song debuts between #11 and #40, the corresponding points for that position would be double with 10 points added.

Example: A song entering the chart at #38, earns 3 points. This would be doubled to 6 points plus 10 making the total score for that week 16 points.

If a song debuts within the Top 10, its entry points would be doubled with 20 points added.

Example: A song debuts on the chart at #1 earning 40 points. The points are doubled to 80 plus 20 for entering in the top 10 giving the song a 100 total for that week.

Bonus points can only be earned on a song’s debut week within the 40.

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Top 100 Songs of 1955 (side by side with Nolan Method)

Side by Side of Both Top 100 Songs of 1955

Top 50 Artists of 1955 (side by side with Nolan Method)

Top 100 Songs 1955

This list is a side by side of Billboard’s top songs of 1955 and Jarrett Nolan’s cumulative point method (aka the Nolan Method).

These top 100 songs of 1955 were created using data between December 1954 to the last week of November 1955.

Billboard’s Hot 100 Year-end Of 1955

Billboard’s HOT 100 Songs are derived from radio airplay, sales data, and streaming data. RED.

This year’s most popular songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data provided by online music sources during the charts dated November 24, 1954, to November 16, 1955.

The Nolan Method: Top 40 Weekly Year-end Of 1955

The Nolan Method totals all points accrued from all songs that entered the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 from December 1, 1954 through November 30, 1955. In the case of collaborations, each credited artist was given the total points a song earned. GREEN.

A song’s peak position is in parentheses after the title. If there is an asterisk next to the peak, it means that the song was still upwardly mobile as of the cutoff – November 30, 1955.

1Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (#1)
Perez Prado
Ain’t That a Shame (#1)
Pat Boone
2Rock Around the Clock (#1)
Bill Haley & His Comets
The Yellow Rose of Texas (#1)
Mitch Miller
3The Yellow Rose of Texas (#1)
Mitch Miller
Rock Around the Clock (#1)
Bill Haley & His Comets
4Autumn Leaves (#1)
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Hard to Get (#5)
Gisele MacKenzie
5Unchained Melody (#1)
Les Baxter
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (#1)
The Four Aces
6The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#1)
Bill Hayes
Learnin’ the Blues (#1)
Frank Sinatra
7Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (#1)
The Four Aces
Autumn Leaves (#1)
Roger Williams
8Sincerely (#1)
The McGuire Sisters
the Yellow Rose of Texas (#3)
Johnny Desmond
9Ain’t That a Shame (#1)
Pat Boone
Tina Marie (#5)
Perry Como
10The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) (#1)
Georgia Gibbs
Seventeen (#3)
The Fontane Sisters
11The Crazy Otto Medley (#2)
Johnny Maddox
A Blossom Fell (#2)
Nat King Cole
12Melody of Love (#2)
Billy Vaughn
Moments to Remember (#2)
The Four Lads
13Sixteen Tons (#1)
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Seventeen (#5)
Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
14Learnin’ the Blues (#1)
Frank Sinatra
Hummingbird (#7)
Les Paul and Mary Ford
15Hearts of Stone (#1)
The Fontane Sisters
the Longest Walk (#6)
Jaye P. Morgan
16Tweedle Dee (#2)
Georgia Gibbs
If I May (#8)
Nat King Cole
17Moments to Remember (#2)
The Four Lads
Wake the Town and Tell the People (#5)
Les Baxter
18Mr. Sandman (#1)
The Chordettes
the Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2) (#5)
Billy Vaughn
19Let Me Go, Lover! (#1)
Joan Weber
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (#1)
Perez Prado
20
A Blossom Fell (#2)
Nat King Cole
Unchained Melody (#1)
Les Baxter
21
Unchained Melody (#3)
Al Hibbler
Something’s Gotta Give (#5)
The McGuire Sisters
22The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#6)
Fess Parker
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (#7)
Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads
23Honey Babe (#6)
Art Mooney
Maybelline (#3)
Chuck Berry
24The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#4)
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Unchained Melody (#3)
Al Hibbler
25
Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) (#3)
Perry Como
the Bible Tells Me So (#7)
Don Cornell
26Hard to Get (#5)
Gisele MacKenzie
Only You (And You Alone) (#5)
The Platters
27The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (#3)
The Ames Brothers
the Shifting, Whispering Sands (#3)
Rusty Draper
28That’s All I Want from You (#3)
Jaye P. Morgan
Honey Babe (#6)
Art Mooney
29Only You (And You Alone) (#5)
The Platters
He (#4)
Al Hibbler
30
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (#7)
Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads
Black Denim Trousers (#6)
the Cheers

Side by Side Comparison

This list is a side by side comparison of both top songs of 1955 charts.

Songs are listed in alphabetically according to the artist or band’s name.

Key:

  • RED – Official Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1955
  • GREEN – Nolan Method 1955 cumulative points only
He (#4)
Al Hibbler
29
Unchained Melody (#3)
Al Hibbler
2124
Honey Babe (#6)
Art Mooney
2328
Rock Around the Clock (#1)
Bill Haley & His Comets
23
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#1)
Bill Hayes
6
Melody of Love (#2)
Billy Vaughn
12
the Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2) (#5)
Billy Vaughn
18
Seventeen (#5)
Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
13
Maybelline (#3)
Chuck Berry
23
the Bible Tells Me So (#7)
Don Cornell
25
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#6)
Fess Parker
22
Learnin’ the Blues (#1)
Frank Sinatra
146
The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) (#1)
Georgia Gibbs
10
Tweedle Dee (#2)
Georgia Gibbs
16
Hard to Get (#5)
Gisele MacKenzie
264
That’s All I Want from You (#3)
Jaye P. Morgan
28
the Longest Walk (#6)
Jaye P. Morgan
15
Let Me Go, Lover! (#1)
Joan Weber
19
the Yellow Rose of Texas (#3)
Johnny Desmond
8
The Crazy Otto Medley (#2)
Johnny Maddox
11
Unchained Melody (#1)
Les Baxter
20
Wake the Town and Tell the People (#5)
Les Baxter
17
Hummingbird (#7)
Les Paul and Mary Ford
14
The Yellow Rose of Texas (#1)
Mitch Miller
32
A Blossom Fell (#2)
Nat King Cole
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If I May (#8)
Nat King Cole
16
Ain’t That a Shame (#1)
Pat Boone
91
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (#1)
Perez Prado
119
Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) (#3)
Perry Como
25
Tina Marie (#5)
Perry Como
9
Autumn Leaves (#1)
Roger Williams
47
the Shifting, Whispering Sands (#3)
Rusty Draper
27
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (#7)
Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads
3022
Sixteen Tons (#1)
Tennessee Ernie Ford
13
The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#4)
Tennessee Ernie Ford
24
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (#3)
The Ames Brothers
27
Black Denim Trousers (#6)
the Cheers
30
Mr. Sandman (#1)
The Chordettes
18
Hearts of Stone (#1)
The Fontane Sisters
15
Seventeen (#3)
The Fontane Sisters
10
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (#1)
The Four Aces
75
Moments to Remember (#2)
The Four Lads
1712
Sincerely (#1)
The McGuire Sisters
8
Something’s Gotta Give (#5)
The McGuire Sisters
21
Only You (And You Alone) (#5)
The Platters
2926