US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 2nd November, 1955

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending November 2, 1955

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 2nd November, 1955

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US Top 40 Singles – 2nd November, 1955

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 2nd November, 1955
– Issue Date: 12th November 1955

BEGINNING THIS WEEK: THE TOP 100 SINGLES BASED ON SALES/AIRPLAY/AND JUKE BOX PLAY

(Last Week and Weeks on Chart carried over from last weeks sales only chart) (Also Double-Sided Records are now split again)

1 2 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-11 – (3 wks @ #1) — (2S/1A/1J) (1)
2 1 AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Roger Williams (Kapp)-13 – (1S/3A/3J) (1)
3 4 MOMENTS TO REMEMBER –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-11 – (3S/2A/4J) (3)
4 3 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-15 – (4S/4A/2J) (1)
5 8 THE SHIFTING WHISPERING SANDS (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-8 – (10S/5A/14 tJ) (5)
6 12 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING –•– Gale Storm (Dot)-4 – (8S/6A/8J) (6)
7 6 THE SHIFTING, WHISPERING SANDS –•– Randy Draper (Mercury)-7 – (7S/16A/5J) (6)
8 13 AT MY FRONT DOOR (Crazy Little Mama) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-3 – (9S/13A/10 tJ) (8)
9 5 ONLY YOU (And You Alone) –•– The Platters (Mercury)-7 – (6S/10A/13J) (5)
10 7 HE –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-7 – (11S/11A/19 tJ) (7)

11 11 MY BONNIE LASSIE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-6 – (15S/14A) (11)
12 15 TINA MARIE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-13 – (20S/20A/10 tJ) (6)
13 9 BLACK DENIM TROUSERS –•– The Cheers (Capitol)-8 – (12S/12A) (6)
14 14 SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-6 – (14S/15A) (14)
15 19 t SEVENTEEN –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-12 – (22S/6J) (6)
16 — LOVE AND MARRIAGE –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 – (19S/9A) (16)
17 17 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS –•– Johnny Desmond (Coral)-14 – (7J) (6)
18 — ONLY YOU (And You Alone) –•– The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca (Dot)-1 – (23S/17A) (18)
19 25 THE LONGEST WALK –•– Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-10 – (12 tJ) (13)
20 23 SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– Jo Stafford (Columbia)-3 – (21S) (20)

21 18 AIN’T THAT A SHAME –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-19 – (9J) (2)
22 19 t YOU ARE MY LOVE –•– Joni James (MGM)-4 – (25S/8A) (19)
23 16 SOMEONE YOU LOVE –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-4 – (13S/19A) (16)
24 — WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE –•– Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra (Capitol)-13 – (18J) (10)
25 — YOUNG ABE LINCOLN –•– Don Cornell (Coral)-1 (25)
26 16 FORGIVE MY HEART –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-4 – (13S) (16)
27 — SIXTEEN TONS –•– Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)-1 – (5S/7A) (27)
28 24 SEVENTEEN –•– Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (King)-18 – (16J) (5)
29 — IT’S ALMOST TOMORROW –•– The Dream Weavers (Decca)-1 – (24S) (29)
30 10 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING –•– Don Cornell (Coral)-10 – (18S/14 tJ) (7)

31 — SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– Julius LaRosa (Cadence)-2 (22)
32 10 THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO –•– Don Cornell (Coral)-10 – (18S/14 tJ) (10)
33 — WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE –•– Mindy Carson (Columbia)-9 (20)
34 — CROCE DI ORO (Cross Of Gold) –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-1 (34)
35 — NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU (Like These Arms Of Mine) –•– Georgie Shaw (Decca)-1 (35)
36 — DOGFACE SOLDIER –•– Russ Morgan (Decca)-1 (36)
37 — PEPPER-HOT BABY –•– Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-1 (37)
38 — BLACK DENIM TROUSERS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-1 (38)
39 — MY BOY-FLAT TOP –•– Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (King)-1 (39)
40 — AMUKIRIKI (The Lord Willing) –•– Les Paul and Mary Ford (Capitol)-1 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 2nd November, 1955

41 21 AT MY FRONT DOOR –•– The Eldorados (Vee Jay)-5 – (17S) (21)
45 22 HE –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-3 – (16S/19J) (22)
52 13 NO OTHER ARMS (No Arms Can Ever Hold You) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-3 – (9S/10 tJ) (13)

POWER HITS: 2nd November, 1955

42 — MAYBELLENE –•– Chuck Berry (Chess)-11 – (17J) (5)
43 — SONG OF THE DREAMER –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-9 (16)
44 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Steve Allen with George Cates and His Orchestra and Chorus (Coral)-1 (44)
46 — BURN THAT CANDLE –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (46)
47 — THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS –•– Stan Freberg (Capitol)-1 (47)
48 — I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-4 (22)
49 — MY BOY-FLAT TOP –•– Dorothy Collins (Coral)-1 (49)
50 — DADDY-O –•– Bonnie Lou (King)-1 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK: 2nd November, 1955

16 — LOVE AND MARRIAGE –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 – (19S/9A) (16)
18 — ONLY YOU (And You Alone) –•– The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca (Dot)-1 – (23S/17A) (18)
24 — WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE –•– Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra (Capitol)-13 – (18J) (10)
25 — YOUNG ABE LINCOLN –•– Don Cornell (Coral)-1 (25)
27 — SIXTEEN TONS –•– Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)-1 – (5S/7A) (27)
29 — IT’S ALMOST TOMORROW –•– The Dream Weavers (Decca)-1 – (24S) (29)
31 — SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– Julius LaRosa (Cadence)-2 (22)
33 — WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE –•– Mindy Carson (Columbia)-9 (20)
34 — CROCE DI ORO (Cross Of Gold) –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-1 (34)
35 — NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU (Like These Arms Of Mine) –•– Georgie Shaw (Decca)-1 (35)
36 — DOGFACE SOLDIER –•– Russ Morgan (Decca)-1 (36)
37 — PEPPER-HOT BABY –•– Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-1 (37)
38 — BLACK DENIM TROUSERS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-1 (38)
39 — MY BOY-FLAT TOP –•– Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (King)-1 (39)
40 — AMUKIRIKI (The Lord Willing) –•– Les Paul and Mary Ford (Capitol)-1 (40)
42 — MAYBELLENE –•– Chuck Berry (Chess)-11 – (17J) (5)
43 — SONG OF THE DREAMER –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-9 (16)
44 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Steve Allen with George Cates and His Orchestra and Chorus (Coral)-1 (44)
46 — BURN THAT CANDLE –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (46)
47 — THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS –•– Stan Freberg (Capitol)-1 (47)
48 — I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-4 (22)
49 — MY BOY-FLAT TOP –•– Dorothy Collins (Coral)-1 (49)
50 — DADDY-O –•– Bonnie Lou (King)-1 (50)
51 — THE BONNIE BLUE GAL –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (51)
53 — I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY –•– Lillian Briggs (Epic)-4 (23)
54 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Victor Young and His Singing Strings (Decca)-1 (54)
55 — LOVE AND MARRIAGE –•– Dinah Shore (RCA Victor)-1 (55)
56 — (We’re Gonna) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-25 (1)
57 — REMEMB’RING –•– Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy (Columbia)-1 (57)
58 — CRY ME A RIVER –•– Julie London (Liberty)-1 (58)
59 — SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– The Mills Brothers (Decca)-1 (59)
60 — LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING –•– David Rose and His Orchestra (MGM)-1 (60)
61 — LEARNIN’ TO LOVE –•– Peggy King (Columbia)-1 (61)
62 — ROCK-A-BEATIN’ BOOGIE –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (62)
63 — CROCE DI ORO –•– Joan Regan (London)-1 (63)
64 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (64)
65 — SAME OLD SATURDAY NIGHT –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 (65)
66 — MAGIC FINGERS –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-1 (66)
67 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (Capitol)-1 (67)
68 — IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE –•– Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-1 (68)
69 — SUDDENLY THERE’S A VALLEY –•– Patty Andrews (Capitol)-1 (69)
70 — ALL AT ONE YOU LOVE HER –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (70)
71 — TIMES TWO, I LOVE YOU –•– The Three Chuckles (X)-1 (71)
72 — PAPER ROSES –•– Lola Dee (Wing)-1 (72)
73 — HAWK-EYE –•– Frankie Laine (Columbia)-1 (73)
74 — THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO –•– Nick Noble (Wing)-4 (22)
75 — I WANNA GO WHERE YOU GO, DO WHAT YOU DO (Then I’ll Be Happy) –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-1 (75)
76 — DAY BY DAY –•– The Four Freshmen (Capitol)-1 (76)
77 — AUTUMN LEAVES –•– Ray Charles Singers (MGM)-1 (77)
78 — PET ME, POPPA –•– Rosemary Clooney (Columbia)-1 (78)
79 — LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING –•– Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Capitol)-1 (79)
80 — DADDY-O –•– The Fontane Sisters (RCA Victor)-1 (80)
81 — THE ROSE TATTOO –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (81)
82 — WHY DON’T YOU WRITE ME –•– The Jacks (RPM)-1 (82)
83 — GUM DROP –•– The Crew-Cuts (Mercury)-9 (10)
84 — HARD TO GET –•– Gisele MacKenzie (X)-20 (5)
85 — SWEET KENTUCKY ROSE –•– Kitty Kallen (Decca)-1 (85)
86 — AIN’T IT A SHAME –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-9 (16)
87 — NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU –•– The Gaylords (Mercury)-1 (87)
88 — SEVENTEEN –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-5 (18)
89 — AN OCCASIONAL MAN –•– Jeri Southern (Decca)-1 (89)
90 — WHEN ALL THE STREETS ARE DARK –•– Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads (Epic)-1 (90)
91 — YOU’RE SO NICE TO BE NEAR –•– The Loreleis (Spotlight)-1 (91)
92 — COME HOME –•– Bubber Johnson (King)-1 (92)
93 — I’LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-10 (15)
94 — IT’S OBDACIOUS –•– Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra (Mercury)-1 (94)
95 — GIVE ME LOVE –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-1 (95)
96 — MAGIC MELODY –•– Les Paul and Mary Ford (Capitol)-1 (96)
97 — IT’S ALMOST TOMORROW –•– Snooky Lanson (Dot)-1 (97)
98 — WHEN YOU DANCE –•– The Turbans (Herald)-1 (98)
99 — SEARCHING –•– The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca (Dot)-1 (99)
100 — JOHNNIE’S COMIN’ HOME –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-1 (100)