Top 500 Songs of the 1950's - Perfect Blend Entertainment
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Sample Song List<br />
<strong>Top</strong> <strong>500</strong> <strong>Songs</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1950’s<br />
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• A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "All My Love (Bolero)" - Patti Page<br />
• "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - Al Jolson<br />
• "Ballin' The Jack", recorded by<br />
o Georgia Gibbs<br />
o Danny Kaye<br />
• "Be My Love" - Mario Lanza<br />
• "Bewitched" - Doris Day<br />
• "Black Lace" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Boo-Hoo" - Guy Lombardo<br />
• "A Bushel And A Peck" - Perry Como & Betty Hutton<br />
• "Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!)" - The Ames Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" - Red Foley<br />
• "Cry Of The Wild Goose" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Daddy's Little Girl" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Dear, Dear, Dear" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Dream a Little Dream <strong>of</strong> Me" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "A Dreamer's Holiday" – Buddy Clark<br />
• "Enjoy Yourself" - Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner)<br />
• "Goodnight, Irene" - The Weavers sell four million copies<br />
• "Harbor Lights" - Sammy Kaye<br />
• "Here Comes Santa Claus" - Andrews Sisters<br />
• "L'Hymne à L'Amour (Hymn To Love)" - Édith Piaf<br />
• "I Can Dream, Can't I?" – The Andrews Sisters<br />
• "I Love You For That" - Patti Page & Frankie Laine<br />
• "I Wanna Be Loved" - The Andrews Sisters<br />
• "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" - Eileen Barton<br />
• "I'm Movin' On" - Hank Snow<br />
• "It Isn't Fair" - Sammy Kaye (Don Cornell vocal)<br />
• "Let's Go West Again" - Al Jolson<br />
• "A Man Gets Awfully Lonesome" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Mona Lisa" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Music, Maestro, Please" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Music! Music! Music!" – Teresa Brewer<br />
• "My Foolish Heart, recorded by<br />
o Billy Eckstine<br />
o Gordon Jenkins
1951<br />
• "My Heart Cries For You" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Never<strong>the</strong>less" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "No O<strong>the</strong>r Love" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "The Old Piano Roll Blues" Al Jolson & The Andrews Sisters<br />
• "Patricia" - Perry Como<br />
• "Peter Cottontail" - Gene Autry<br />
• "Play A Simple Melody" - Gary Crosby & Friend (Bing Crosby)<br />
• "Rag Mop" - The Ames Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Red Hot Mama" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "The Roving Kind" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Sentimental Me" - The Ames Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Sleepy Ol' River" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Someday", recorded by<br />
o The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
o Vaughn Monroe<br />
• "Sometime" - The Mariners<br />
• "Stars & Stripes Forever" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Swingin' In A Hammock" - Guy Lombardo (Don Rodney)<br />
• "The Tennessee Waltz" - Patti Page<br />
• "There's No Tomorrow" - Tony Martin<br />
• "The Thing" - Phil Harris<br />
• "Thinking <strong>of</strong> You" - Don Cherry<br />
• "The Third Man Theme", recorded by<br />
o Anton Karas<br />
o Guy Lombardo<br />
• "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" – Patti Page<br />
• "Aba Daba Honeymoon" - Debbie Reynolds<br />
• "Because" - Mario Lanza<br />
• "Because Of You" - Tony Bennett<br />
• "Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Blue Tango" - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra<br />
• "Charmaine" - Mantovani & his Orchestra<br />
• "Cold, Cold Heart" - Tony Bennett<br />
• "Come On-A My House" - Rosemary Clooney<br />
• "Cry" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads<br />
• "Detour" - Patti Page<br />
• "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" - Patti Page<br />
• "Down Yonder" recorded by:<br />
o Del Wood<br />
o Champ Butler<br />
• "Flamenco" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Gambella (The Gamblin' Lady)" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Get Happy" – Frankie Lane<br />
• "Get Out Those Old Records" – Guy Lombardo<br />
• "The Girl In The Wood" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Give Me Time" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Gone Fishin'" - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong<br />
• "Got Him Off My Hands" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Hello, Young Lovers" recorded by:
1952<br />
o Perry Como<br />
o Guy Lombardo (Kenny Martin vocals)<br />
• "Hey, Good Lookin'" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "The Hot Canary" - Florian Zabach<br />
• "How High The Moon" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat" - Mel Blanc<br />
• "If" - Perry Como<br />
• "It Is No Secret" - Bill Kenny & The Song Spinners<br />
• "It's All In <strong>the</strong> Game" - Tommy Edwards<br />
• "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - Perry Como & The Fontane<br />
Sisters<br />
• "Jealousy (Jalousie)" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Jezebel" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "The Little White Cloud That Cried" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads<br />
• "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" - Mario Lanza<br />
• "Lullaby <strong>of</strong> Broadway" - Doris Day<br />
• "Mister And Mississippi" - Patti Page<br />
• "Mockin' Bird Hill" - Patti Page<br />
• "My Heart Cries For You" recorded by:<br />
o Vic Damone<br />
o Guy Mitchell<br />
o Dinah Shore<br />
• "My Truly, Truly Fair" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "On <strong>Top</strong> Of Old Smoky" - The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson<br />
• "Once Upon A Nickel" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "One For My Baby" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Paths Of Paradise" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Pretty-Eyed Baby" - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine<br />
• "Red Sails In The Sunset" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Rose, Rose, I Love You" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Shanghai" - Doris Day<br />
• "Sin" - Eddy Howard & his Orchestra<br />
• "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" - Vaughn Monroe<br />
• "The Sparrow In The Treetop" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "A Sunday Kind Of Love" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "Sweet Violets" - Dinah Shore<br />
• "The Syncopated Clock" - Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra<br />
• "Tell Me" - Doris Day<br />
• "Tell Me Why" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts<br />
• "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Tom's Tune" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Too Young" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Undecided" - The Ames Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Vanity" - Don Cherry<br />
• "When It's Sleep Time Down South" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "While You Danced, Danced, Danced" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" - Patti Page<br />
• "All <strong>of</strong> Me" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Anytime" - Eddie Fisher
• "Auf Wiederseh'n Swee<strong>the</strong>art" - Vera Lynn<br />
• "Be My Life's Companion" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" - Rosemary Clooney<br />
• "Christmas Roses" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "Comes A-Long A-Love" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Day <strong>of</strong> Jubilo" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Delicado" - Percy Faith & his Orchestra<br />
• "Faith Can Move Mountains" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "The Glow-Worm" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "A Guy Is a Guy" - Doris Day<br />
• "Half As Much" - Rosemary Clooney<br />
• "Heart and Soul" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts<br />
• "Here in My Heart" - Al Martino<br />
• "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - Karen Chandler<br />
• "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - Jimmy Boyd<br />
• "I Went To Your Wedding" - Patti Page<br />
• "I'll Walk Alone" - Don Cornell<br />
• "I'm Confessin'" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "I'm Just a Poor Bachelor" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "I'm Yours" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Kiss Of Fire" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - Louis Armstrong<br />
• "Lady <strong>of</strong> Spain" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Lover" - Peggy Lee<br />
• "Maybe" - Perry Como & Eddie Fisher<br />
• "My Favorite Song" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Please, Mr. Sun" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads<br />
• "Ramblin' Man" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Rock <strong>of</strong> Gibraltar" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Settin' <strong>the</strong> Woods on Fire" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "A Sinner Am I" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Slow Poke" - Arthur Godfrey<br />
• "So Madly in Love" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Somewhere Along The Way" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Sugarbush" - Doris Day & Frankie Laine<br />
• "Tell Me Why" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Temptation" - Mario Lanza<br />
• "Tenderly" - Rosemary Clooney<br />
• "Tiger Rag" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "Till I Waltz Again With You" - Teresa Brewer<br />
• "Tonight You Belong to Me" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Wheel <strong>of</strong> Fortune" - Kay Starr<br />
• "When I Fall in Love" - Doris Day<br />
• "When You're in Love" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Why Don't You Believe Me" - Joni James<br />
• "Winter Wonderland" - Perry Como<br />
• "Wish You Were Here" - Eddie Fisher
1953<br />
• "You Belong to Me" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "You'll Never Be Mine" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Allez-Vous-En" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Answer Me, O Lord" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Anywhere I Wander" - Julius La Rosa<br />
• "April in Portugal", recorded by<br />
o Les Baxter Orchestra<br />
o Richard Hayman Orchestra<br />
o Freddy Martin Orchestra<br />
o Vic Damone<br />
• "Bridge Of Sighs" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Bye Bye Blues" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "Changing Partners" - Patti Page<br />
• "The Doggie in <strong>the</strong> Window" - Patti Page<br />
• "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" - Perry Como<br />
• "Dragnet" - Ray Anthony<br />
• "Eh Cumpari" - Julius LaRosa<br />
• "Even Now" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Floatin' Down To Cotton Town" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts<br />
• "Granada" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Half a Photograph" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Have You Heard" - Joni James<br />
• "Hey Joe" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" - Leslie Caron & Mel Ferrer<br />
• "Home Lovin' Man" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton<br />
• "I Believe" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "I'm Walking Behind You" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" - The Four Lads<br />
• "The Jones Boy" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "The Kid's Last Fight" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Look At That Girl" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Make Her Mine" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Make Love To Me" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "No O<strong>the</strong>r Love" - Perry Como<br />
• "Oh! My Pa-Pa" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Outside <strong>of</strong> Heaven" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Pretend" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Rags To Riches" - Tony Bennett<br />
• "Ricochet" - Teresa Brewer<br />
• "Same Old Saturday Night" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Secret Love" - Doris Day<br />
• "Seven Lonely Days" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Side By Side" - Kay Starr<br />
• "The Song from Moulin Rouge" - Percy Faith (Felicia Sanders vocal)<br />
• "Stranger in Paradise" - Tony Bennett<br />
• "Tell Me a Story" - Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd<br />
• "That's Amore" - Dean Martin<br />
• "Three Coins In The Fountain" - Frank Sinatra
1954<br />
• "The Typewriter" - Leroy Anderson & His Orchestra<br />
• "Vaya Con Dios" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "Wishing Ring" - Joni James<br />
• "Young At Heart" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Your Cheatin' Heart", recorded by<br />
o Frankie Laine<br />
o Joni James<br />
• "Am I A Toy Or A Treasure" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Answer Me, My Love" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Back Where I Belong" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford<br />
• "Baubles, Bangles & Beads", recorded by<br />
o Georgia Gibbs<br />
o Peggy Lee<br />
• "The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole (a new version; original release was in<br />
1946)<br />
• "Cross Over The Bridge" - Patti Page<br />
• "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Earth Angel" - The Penguins<br />
• "Ebb Tide" - Roy Hamilton<br />
• "Goodnight, Swee<strong>the</strong>art, Goodnight" - The McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Hearts Of Stone" - The Fontane Sisters<br />
• "How Did He Look?" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "I Cried" - Patti Page<br />
• "I Need You Now" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "I Speak To The Stars" - Doris Day<br />
• "I Took Him From You" - The DeJohn Sisters<br />
• "If I Give My Heart to You", recorded by<br />
o Doris Day<br />
o Denise Lor<br />
• "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" - Kay Starr<br />
• "In <strong>the</strong> Chapel in <strong>the</strong> Moonlight" - Kitty Kallen<br />
• "In <strong>the</strong> Beginning" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "In The Mood" - Glenn Miller<br />
• "In The Still Of The Night" - The Five Satins<br />
• "In <strong>the</strong> Wee Small Hours" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Let Me Go, Lover" - Joan Weber<br />
• "Little Things Mean a Lot" - Kitty Kallen<br />
• "Make Love to Me" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "The Man That Got Away" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "The Man Upstairs" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Melancholy Baby" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Melody <strong>of</strong> Love" - Frank Sinatra & Ray Anthony<br />
• "Mr. Sandman" - Chordettes<br />
• "Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket" - Dean Martin<br />
• "Muskrat Ramble" - Matys Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "My Friend" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "My Sin" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Oh! My Pa-Pa" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "Opus One" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs
1955<br />
• "Out Of Nowhere" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Rain, Rain, Rain" - Frankie Laine & The Four Lads<br />
• "Papa Loves Mambo" - Perry Como<br />
• "Say Hey",recorded by<br />
o Ray Anthony<br />
o The Treniers<br />
• "Secret Love" - Doris Day<br />
• "Sh-Boom", recorded by<br />
o Crew-Cuts<br />
o The Chords<br />
o Stan Freberg (as a parody <strong>of</strong> The Chords' version).<br />
• "Sincerely" - McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Smile" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Such A Night" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Sway" - Dean Martin<br />
• "Tenderly" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Thank You for Calling" - Jo Stafford<br />
• "Three Coins In The Fountain" - The Four Aces<br />
• "Till My Love Comes To Me" - Doris Day<br />
• "Tweedle Dee" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Wanted" - Perry Como<br />
• "What a Dream" - Patti Page<br />
• "When The World Was Young" - Felicia Sanders<br />
• "Whi<strong>the</strong>r Thou Goest" - Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "You'll Never Walk Alone" - Roy Hamilton<br />
• "Your Heart, My Heart" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Ain't That A Shame" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Arrivederci Roma" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Band Of Gold" - Don Cherry<br />
• "A Blossom Fell" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "The Crazy Otto Medley" - Johnny Maddox<br />
• "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado<br />
• "Cool Water" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Croce Di Oro" - Patti Page<br />
• "Cry Me a River" - Julie London<br />
• "Dance With Me, Henry" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" - Jaye P. Morgan<br />
• "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Earth Angel" - The Crew Cuts<br />
• "Gum Drop" - The Crew Cuts<br />
• "The Great Pretender" - The Platters<br />
• "Hawkeye" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "He", recorded by<br />
o Al Hibbler<br />
o McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Heart" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "How Important Can It Be?" - Joni James
1956<br />
• "Hummingbird", recorded by<br />
o Frankie Laine<br />
o Les Paul and Mary Ford<br />
• "I Hear You Knocking" – Gale Storm<br />
• "I Need You Now" - Eddie Fisher<br />
• "I Want You To Be My Baby" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "If I Give My Heart to You", recorded by<br />
o Doris Day<br />
o Denise Lor<br />
• "In The Beginning" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Somethin' Smith and <strong>the</strong> Redheads<br />
• "Let Me Go, Lover" - Joan Weber<br />
• "Let's Go Fishin'" - Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd<br />
• "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts<br />
• "Love Me Or Leave Me" - Doris Day<br />
• "Maybelline" - Chuck Berry<br />
• "Melody <strong>of</strong> Love" - Billy Vaughn<br />
• "Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin<br />
• "Moments to Remember" - The Four Lads<br />
• "My Friend" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Never Look Back" - Doris Day<br />
• "Only You (And You Alone)" - The Platters<br />
• "Playmates" - The Fontane Sisters<br />
• "Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & His Comets<br />
• "Rock And Roll Waltz" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Same Old Saturday Night" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Seventeen" - The Fontane Sisters<br />
• "Sincerely" – McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Sixteen Tons", recorded by<br />
o Tennessee Ernie Ford<br />
o Frankie Laine<br />
• "Smack Dab In The Middle" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Song Of Seventeen" - Petty King<br />
• "Speedo" - The Cadillacs<br />
• "Stars Fell On Alabama" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton<br />
• "Suddenly There's A Valley" - Gogi Grant<br />
• "Teenage Prayer" – Gale Storm<br />
• "That Old Feeling", recorded by<br />
o Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton<br />
o Patti Page<br />
• "That's All I Want from You" - Jaye P. Morgan<br />
• "Tweedle Dee" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Unchained Melody", recorded by<br />
o Les Baxter<br />
o Roy Hamilton<br />
o Al Hibbler<br />
• "A Woman in Love" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" - Mitch Miller & The Gang<br />
• "You Are My Love" - Joni James<br />
• "(Heigh, Ho) Addison Road" - The Eisenhowers
• "Ain't Got No Home" - Clarence Frogman Henry<br />
• "All <strong>the</strong> Way" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "I Walk <strong>the</strong> Line" - Johnny Cash<br />
• "Allegheny Moon" - Patti Page<br />
• "And This Is My Beloved" - Mario Lanza<br />
• "Any Way You Want Me" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Bambino" - Dalida<br />
• "Be-Bop-A-Lula" - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps<br />
• "Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins<br />
• "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino<br />
• "Can I Steal a Little Love" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Chain Gang" - Bobby Short<br />
• "Che bambola" - Fred Buscaglione(Italy)<br />
• "Don't Be Cruel" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Don't Forbid Me" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Glad Rag Doll" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - Patience and Prudence<br />
• "The Great Pretender" - The Platters<br />
• "The Green Door" - Jim Lowe<br />
• "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Happiness Street" recorded by<br />
o Georgia Gibbs<br />
o Tony Bennett<br />
• "Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Hell Hath No Fury" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Hey! Jealous Lover" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "I Almost Lost My Mind" - Pat Boone<br />
• "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "I Remember You" - Doris Day<br />
• "I Want to Be Loved" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "I Was <strong>the</strong> One" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "I'll Be Home" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Innamorata" - Dean Martin<br />
• "It's Almost Tomorrow" - The Dream Weavers<br />
• "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Ivory Tower" - Cathy Carr<br />
• "Just Walkin' in <strong>the</strong> Rain" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Lonesome Road" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Long Tall Sally" - Little Richard<br />
• "Lotus Blossom" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Love Is a Golden Ring" - Frankie Laine & The Easy Riders<br />
• "Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" - The Platters<br />
• "Mama from <strong>the</strong> Train" - Patti Page<br />
• "The Man That Got Away" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin<br />
• "My Blue Heaven" - Fats Domino
1957<br />
• "My Prayer" - The Platters<br />
• "No, Not Much" - The Four Lads<br />
• "On <strong>the</strong> Road to Mandalay" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "On <strong>the</strong> Street Where You Live" - Vic Damone<br />
• "Picnic" - The McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Rock Right" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry<br />
• "See You Later Alligator" - Bill Haley and His Comets<br />
• "Shake a Hand" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Singing <strong>the</strong> Blues" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Standing on <strong>the</strong> Corner" - The Four Lads<br />
• "Suddenly There's a Valley" - Gogi Grant<br />
• "Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" - Teresa Brewer<br />
• "A Tear Fell" - Teresa Brewer<br />
• "Tonight You Belong to Me" - Patience and Prudence<br />
• "Tra La La" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "Tutti-Frutti" - Little Richard<br />
• "Walk Hand in Hand" - Tony Martin<br />
• "The Wayward Wind" - Gogi Grant<br />
• "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" - Doris Day<br />
• "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon<br />
• "Without Him" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "You Don't Know Me" - Jerry Vale<br />
• All Shook Up" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "An Affair To Remember" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "And That Reminds Me" - Della Reese<br />
• "Almost In Your Arms (Love Theme From Houseboat) - Sophia Loren<br />
• "April Love" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Around The World" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Bernadine" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Black Slacks" - Joe Bennett & <strong>the</strong> Sparkletones<br />
• "Blue Starr" - Kay Starr<br />
• "Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino<br />
• "Buenas Noches Mi Amor" - Dalida<br />
• "Butterfly" - Andy Williams<br />
• "Bye Bye Love" - Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Chances Are" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Come Go With Me" - The Dell-Vikings, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first integrated groups<br />
• "Crazy Street" - Matys Bro<strong>the</strong>rs (some sources say 1958)<br />
• "Dark Moon" - Gale Storm<br />
• "Deep Purple" - Billy Ward & The Dominoes<br />
• "Diana" - Paul Anka<br />
• "Everyday" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Fascination", recorded by<br />
o Nat King Cole<br />
o Jane Morgan & The Troubadors<br />
• "Forbidden Fruit" - Anita Ellis<br />
• "Four Walls" - Jim Reeves<br />
• "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" - Marvin Rainwater<br />
• "Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "The Greater Sin" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Gunfight At <strong>the</strong> OK Corral" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" - The Tune Weavers<br />
• "Hey, Schoolgirl" - Tom and Jerry<br />
• "Histoire d'un amour" - Dalida<br />
• "Honeycomb" - Jimmie Rodgers<br />
• "Hoot Owl" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "How High The Moon" - Pat Suzuki<br />
• "I'm Sorry" - The Platters<br />
• "I'm Walking The Floor Over You" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "It's Not For Me To Say" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers<br />
• "Last Train to San Fernando" - Johnny Duncan (huge hit in <strong>the</strong> UK)<br />
• "Little Darlin' " - The Diamonds, a cover <strong>of</strong> The Gladiolas' rhythm and blues hit<br />
• "The Lonesome Road" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Starlight" Jack Huddle<br />
• "Look Homeward, Angel" - Johnnie Ray<br />
• "Love Letters In The Sand" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Loving You" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Lucille" - Little Richard<br />
• "Maman, la plus belle du monde" - Dalida<br />
• "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms<br />
• "Not Fade Away" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Oh Boy" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Old Cape Cod" - Patti Page<br />
• "Party Doll" - Buddy Knox<br />
• "Peggy Sue" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Pink Champagne" - The Tyrones<br />
• "Quand on n'a que l'amour" - Dalida<br />
• "Queen Of The Senior Prom" - The Mills Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Raunchy" - Bill Justis<br />
• "Reet Petite" - Jackie Wilson<br />
• "Remember You're Mine" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Rock-A-Billy" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues" - Brenda Lee<br />
• "Rock and Roll Music" - Chuck Berry<br />
• "Round and Round" - Perry Como<br />
• "Rumble" -- Link Wray, early feedback, only instrumental ever banned<br />
• "Searchin' " - The Coasters<br />
• "Shangri-La" - The Four Coins<br />
• "Silent Lips" - Georgia Gibbs<br />
• "So Rare" - Jimmy Dorsey<br />
• "Stardust" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Sugar Moon" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Sugartime" - McGuire Sisters<br />
• "Tammy", recorded by<br />
o The Ames Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
o Debbie Reynolds<br />
• "Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "That'll Be <strong>the</strong> Day" - The Crickets, Buddy Holly's group
1958<br />
• "3:10 To Yuma" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Too Much" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Too Young To Have A Broken Heart" - Gayla Peevey<br />
• "Treat Me Nice" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "The Twelfth Of Never" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Tu n'as pas très bon caractère" - Dalida<br />
• "Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard<br />
• "Up Above My Head" - Johnnie Ray and Frankie Laine<br />
• "Wake Up Little Susie" - The Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline<br />
• "When I Fall in Love" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "White Silver Sands - Don Rondo<br />
• "Who Needs You" - The Four Lads<br />
• "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - Jerry Lee Lewis<br />
• "Why Baby, Why" - Pat Boone<br />
• "Willie and <strong>the</strong> Hand Jive" - Johnny Otis<br />
• "Witchcraft" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Wonderful! Wonderful!" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Words <strong>of</strong> Love", recorded by<br />
o Buddy Holly<br />
o The Diamonds<br />
• "You Know How It Is" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "You Send Me" - Sam Cooke<br />
• "Young Blood" - The Coasters, a two-sided hit with "Searchin"'<br />
• "Young Love", recorded by<br />
o Crew-Cuts<br />
• All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette" - The Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Big Man" - The Four Preps<br />
• "Bird Dog" - Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Blast Off" - The Tyrones<br />
• "Blue Boy" - Jim Reeves<br />
• "Breathless" - Jerry Lee Lewis<br />
• "Broke Down Baby" - The Tyrones<br />
• "Catch a Falling Star" - Perry Como<br />
• "Chipmunk Song" - The Chipmunks with David Seville<br />
• "Come Dance With Me" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "Come On Let's Go" - Ritchie Valens<br />
• "Come Prima (Tu me donnes)" - Dalida<br />
• "Dans le bleu du ciel bleu" - Dalida<br />
• "The Day The Rains Came" - Jane Morgan<br />
• "El Diablo" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Fever" - Peggy Lee<br />
• "Get a Job" - The Silhouettes<br />
• "Gondolier" - Dalida<br />
• "Great Balls Of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis<br />
• "Guitare et tambourin" - Dalida<br />
• "Hava Naguila" - Dalida<br />
• "Heartbeat" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Hoots Mon" - Lord Rockingham's XI<br />
• "I am a Mole and I Live in a Hole" - The Southlanders
1959<br />
• "I Have To Cry" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "I Wonder Why" - Dion & <strong>the</strong> Belmonts<br />
• "I'm Not Just Anybody's Baby" - Mindy Carson<br />
• "I'm Shook" - The Tyrones<br />
• "It's All In The Game" - Tommy Edwards<br />
• "Journey's End" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry<br />
• "King Creole" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers<br />
• "Le jour où la pluie viendra" - Dalida<br />
• "Left Right Out Of Your Heart" - Patti Page<br />
• "Les Gitans" - Dalida<br />
• "Maybe Baby" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Mexican Hat Rock" - Dave Appell/<strong>the</strong> Applejacks<br />
• "Milord" - Édith Piaf<br />
• "Move It" - Cliff Richard and The Drifters<br />
• "The Purple People Eater" - Sheb Wooley<br />
• "One Summer Night" - Danleers<br />
• "Partners" - Jim Reeves<br />
• "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson<br />
• "Rave On" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Rawhide" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Return To Me (Rittorna A Me)" - Dean Martin<br />
• "Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay" - Danny & <strong>the</strong> Juniors<br />
• "Rocka-Conga" - Dave Appell/<strong>the</strong> Applejacks<br />
• "Rockin' Around <strong>the</strong> Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee<br />
• "Rockin' Robin" - Bobby Day<br />
• "Scarlet Ribbons" - The Kingston Trio<br />
• "Short Shorts" - Royal Teens<br />
• "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters<br />
• "Stupid Cupid" - Connie Francis<br />
• "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran<br />
• "Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry<br />
• "Teacher's Pet" - Doris Day<br />
• "Tequila" - The Champs<br />
• "Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio<br />
• "Twilight Time" - The Platters<br />
• "Volare" - Domenico Modugno<br />
• "Well All Right" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "When" - The Kalin Twins<br />
• "Who's Sorry Now?" - Connie Francis<br />
• A Big Hunk o' Love" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "All For The Love Of A Girl" - Johnny Horton<br />
• "(All <strong>of</strong> A Sudden) My Heart Sings" - Paul Anka<br />
• "Among My Souvenirs" - Connie Francis<br />
• "Apron Strings" - Cliff Richard<br />
• "The Battle Of New Orleans" - Johnny Horton<br />
• "Beyond The Sea" - Bobby Darin<br />
• "The Big Hurt" - Toni Fisher<br />
• "Billy Bayou" - Jim Reeves
• "Ciao, Ciao Bambina" - Dalida<br />
• "Come S<strong>of</strong>tly To Me" - The Fleetwoods<br />
• "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Don't You Know" - Della Reese<br />
• "Dream Lover" - Bobby Darin<br />
• "El Paso" - Marty Robbins<br />
• "First Name Initial" - Annette<br />
• "A Fool Such As I" - Elvis Presley<br />
• "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" - Duane Eddy<br />
• "Heartaches By The Number" - Guy Mitchell<br />
• "He'll Have To Go" - Jim Reeves<br />
• "High Hopes" - Frank Sinatra<br />
• "I'm Blue Again" - Patsy Cline<br />
• "I Only Have Eyes For You" - The Flamingos<br />
• "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "It's All In The Game" - Tommy Edwards<br />
• "It's Just A Matter Of Time" - Brook Benton<br />
• "It's Only The Good Times" - Tommy Edwards<br />
• "J'ai rêvé" - Dalida<br />
• "Kansas City" - Wilbert Harrison<br />
• "Kissin' Time" - Bobby Rydell<br />
• "La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens<br />
• "Lipstick On Your Collar" - Connie Francis<br />
• "Lonely Boy" - Paul Anka<br />
• "Lonesome Town" - Ricky Nelson<br />
• "Love In Port<strong>of</strong>ino (A San Cristina)" - Dalida<br />
• "Love Potion Number Nine" - The Clovers<br />
• "M.T.A" - The Kingston Trio<br />
• "Mack The Knife" - Bobby Darin<br />
• "Mr. Blue" - The Fleetwoods<br />
• "Misty" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Morgen" - Ivo Robic<br />
• "My Heart Is An Open Book" - Carl Dobkins, Jr.<br />
• "Non Dimenticar" - Nat King Cole<br />
• "Peggy Sue Got Married" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Personality" - Lloyd Price<br />
• "Pillow Talk" - Doris Day<br />
• "Poison Ivy" - The Coasters<br />
• "Poor Jenny" - The Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" - Paul Anka<br />
• "Raining in My Heart" - Buddy Holly<br />
• "Roberta" - Frankie Ford<br />
• "Rockin' Mo<strong>the</strong>r" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Rocks And Gravel" - Frankie Laine<br />
• "Rummy Polka" - Matys Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Running Bear" - Johnny Preston<br />
• "Sea Cruise" - Frankie Ford<br />
• "Since I Don't Have You" - The Skyliners<br />
• "Sleepwalk" - Santo & Johnny<br />
• "Small World" - Johnny Mathis<br />
• "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - The Platters
• "Stagger Lee" - Lloyd Price<br />
• "Sweet Nothin's" - Brenda Lee<br />
• "Take A Message To Mary" - The Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Tall Oak Tree" - Dorsey Burnette<br />
• "A Teenager In Love" - Dion & <strong>the</strong> Belmonts<br />
• "There Goes My Baby" - The Drifters<br />
• "'Til I Kissed You" - The Everly Bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
• "Till There Was You" - Anita Bryant<br />
• "True Love, True Love" / "Dance With Me" - The Drifters<br />
• "The Twist" - Hank Ballard<br />
• "Venus" - Frankie Avalon<br />
• "What a Difference a Day Makes" - Dinah Washington<br />
• "What'd I Say" - Ray Charles<br />
• "Where <strong>the</strong> Boys Are" - Connie Francis<br />
• "Why" - Frankie Avalon<br />
• "A Worried Man" - The Kingston Trio<br />
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