AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1955 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Aug 23, 2015 at 10:05 PM |
AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1955*
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1-(WE'RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS-SEPTEMBER 1296 2-I NEED YOU NOW-EDDIE FISHER-March 1240 3-UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER;LES BAXTER-October 1184 4-HOLD MY HAND-DON CORNELL;NAT "KING" COLE-February 1158 5-SOFTLY,SOFTLY-RUBY MURRAY-September 1046 6-LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-FOUR ACES;NAT "KING" COLE-December 1038 7-MELODY OF LOVE-FOUR ACES;BILLY VAUGHN-June 1016 8-STRANGER IN PARADISE-Tony Bennett-November 1004 9-LET ME GO LOVER-Joan Weber;Teresa Brewer-April 1000 10-CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-Perez Prado;Les Baxter-August 948 11-The Ballad Of Davy Crockett-Fess Parker;Tennessee Ernie Ford-December 936 12-The High And The Mighty-Victor Young-July 934 13-Mr. Sandman-Chordettes;Four Aces-April 898 14-Skokiaan-Four Lads;Ralph Marterie-January 892 15-A Man Called Peter-Darryl Stewart-October 876 16-Serenade-Mario Lanza-January 818 17-Papa Loves Mambo-Nat "King" Cole;Johnnie Ray-March 768 18-A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole-September 762 19-Something's Gotta Give-McGuire Sisters;Sammy Davis Jr.-November 758 20-The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers;Dean Martin-May 750 21-Hummingbird-Frankie Laine;Les Paul & Mary Ford-December 712 22-Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra-November 690 23-Hajji Baba-Nat "King" Cole-February 686 24-Carmen's Boogie-Crew Cuts-November 660 25-This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney-March 650 26-I Talk To The Trees-David Hughes;Tony Fontane-January 636 27-If I Give My Heart To You-Doris Day;Nat "King" Cole-February 628 28-Tweedle Dee-Georgia Gibbs-June 614 29-Sincerely-McGuire Sisters-June 612 30-Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney;Dean Martin-April 608 31-How Important Can It Be-Sarah Vaughan;Joni James-July 590 32-Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)-Eddie Fisher;Bing Crosby-March 578 33-Make Yourself Comfortable-Sarah Vaughan-May 548 34-The Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine-July 538 35-Darling,Je Vous Aime Beaucoup-Nat "King" Cole-July 530 36-Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney-August 524 37-The Song From Desiree (We Meet Again)-Bing Crosby;Jane Froman-May 510 38-No One But You-Billy Eckstine-May 486 39-Hey Mr.Banjo-Stargazers-October 454 40-That's All I Want From You-Dean Martin-June 446 41-Chee Chee-oo Chee (Sang The Little Bird)-Dean Martin-October 372 42-My Son My Son-Vera Lynn;Margaret Whiting-April 362 43-Smile-Nat "King" Cole-May 352 44-Cool Water-Frankie Laine-December 298 45-Because Of You-Sammy Davis Jr.-February 280 46-The Pendulum Song-Petula Clark-November 258 47-Two Hearts,Two Kisses-Crew Cuts;Frank Sinatra-October 238 48-They Were Doing The Mambo-Vaughn Monroe-February 238 49-Sluefoot-The Four Aces-November 226 50-Unsuspecting Heart-Georgie Shaw-June 208 51-Joey-Margaret Whiting;Betty Madigan-January 186 52-It's A Woman's World-The Four Aces-March 162 53-Dance With Me Henry-Georgia Gibbs-August 160 54-When I Grow Too Old To Dream-Slim Whitman-July 150 55-Earth Angel-Penguins-July 144 56-The Crazy Otto Rag-Happy Hoagy Carmichael;The Stargazers-August 142 57-Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr.-December 140 58-Alexander's Ragtime Band-Johnnie Ray-April 112 59-Wake The Town & Tell The People-Les Baxter-November 108 60-If You Believe-Johnnie Ray-April 106 61-Tik-A-Tee-Tik-A-Tay-Gordon MacRae-October 76 62-On The Waterfront-Malcolm Lockyear-April 72 63-Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)-Crew Cuts-August 70 64-I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Patti Page-July 68 65-Rose Marie-Slim Whitman-February 68 66-Caribean-Mitchell Torok-September 36 67-Blue Star(The "Medic" Theme)-Felicia Sanders;Les Baxter-September 34 68-Mambo Rock-Bill Haley & Comets-August 34 69-The Birth Of The Blues-Sammy Davis Jr.-May 34
70-West Of Zanzibar-Anthony Steel-January 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.
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