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.
| 1 | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (#1) Perez Prado | Ain’t That a Shame (#1) Pat Boone |
| 2 | Rock Around the Clock (#1) Bill Haley & His Comets | The Yellow Rose of Texas (#1) Mitch Miller |
| 3 | The Yellow Rose of Texas (#1) Mitch Miller | Rock Around the Clock (#1) Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 4 | Autumn Leaves (#1) cf2e2e | Hard to Get (#5) Gisele MacKenzie |
| 5 | Unchained Melody (#1) Les Baxter | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (#1) The Four Aces |
| 6 | The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#1) Bill Hayes | Learnin’ the Blues (#1) Frank Sinatra |
| 7 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (#1) The Four Aces | Autumn Leaves (#1) Roger Williams |
| 8 | Sincerely (#1) The McGuire Sisters | the Yellow Rose of Texas (#3) Johnny Desmond |
| 9 | Ain’t That a Shame (#1) Pat Boone | Tina Marie (#5) Perry Como |
| 10 | The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) (#1) Georgia Gibbs | Seventeen (#3) The Fontane Sisters |
| 11 | The Crazy Otto Medley (#2) Johnny Maddox | A Blossom Fell (#2) Nat King Cole |
| 12 | Melody of Love (#2) Billy Vaughn | Moments to Remember (#2) The Four Lads |
| 13 | Sixteen Tons (#1) Tennessee Ernie Ford | Seventeen (#5) Boyd Bennett & His Rockets |
| 14 | Learnin’ the Blues (#1) Frank Sinatra | Hummingbird (#7) Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| 15 | Hearts of Stone (#1) The Fontane Sisters | the Longest Walk (#6) Jaye P. Morgan |
| 16 | Tweedle Dee (#2) Georgia Gibbs | If I May (#8) Nat King Cole |
| 17 | Moments to Remember (#2) The Four Lads | Wake the Town and Tell the People (#5) Les Baxter |
| 18 | Mr. Sandman (#1) The Chordettes | the Shifting Whispering Sands (Parts 1 & 2) (#5) Billy Vaughn |
| 19 | Let 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 |
| 22 | The Ballad of Davy Crockett (#6) Fess Parker | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (#7) Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads |
| 23 | Honey Babe (#6) Art Mooney | Maybelline (#3) Chuck Berry |
| 24 | The 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 |
| 26 | Hard to Get (#5) Gisele MacKenzie | Only You (And You Alone) (#5) The Platters |
| 27 | The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane (#3) The Ames Brothers | the Shifting, Whispering Sands (#3) Rusty Draper |
| 28 | That’s All I Want from You (#3) Jaye P. Morgan | Honey Babe (#6) Art Mooney |
| 29 | Only 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 | 21 | 24 |
| Honey Babe (#6) Art Mooney | 23 | 28 |
| Rock Around the Clock (#1) Bill Haley & His Comets | 2 | 3 |
| 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 | 14 | 6 |
| The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry) (#1) Georgia Gibbs | 10 | – |
| Tweedle Dee (#2) Georgia Gibbs | 16 | – |
| Hard to Get (#5) Gisele MacKenzie | 26 | 4 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 |
| A Blossom Fell (#2) Nat King Cole | 20 | 11 |
| If I May (#8) Nat King Cole | 16 | – |
| Ain’t That a Shame (#1) Pat Boone | 9 | 1 |
| Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (#1) Perez Prado | 1 | 19 |
| Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) (#3) Perry Como | 25 | – |
| Tina Marie (#5) Perry Como | – | 9 |
| Autumn Leaves (#1) Roger Williams | 4 | 7 |
| the Shifting, Whispering Sands (#3) Rusty Draper | – | 27 |
| It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie (#7) Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads | 30 | 22 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 |
| Moments to Remember (#2) The Four Lads | 17 | 12 |
| Sincerely (#1) The McGuire Sisters | 8 | – |
| Something’s Gotta Give (#5) The McGuire Sisters | – | 21 |
| Only You (And You Alone) (#5) The Platters | 29 | 26 |