1955 in Music - Biggest Hit Singles

Biggest Hit Singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the set of charts available for 1955.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around the Clock 1955 UK 1 – Oct 1955, US BB 1 – May 1955, US BB 1 of 1955, DDD 1 of 1954, POP 1 of 1955, Italy 3 of 1957, Global 4 (20 M sold) – 1954, Europe 5 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 8 of rock & roll, RIAA 12, Germany 17 – Jun 1968, Holland 27 – Jun 1968, 41 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 49, AFI 50, Rolling Stone 158, Party 180 of 1999
2 Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 1955 UK 1 – Jan 1956, US BB 1 – Nov 1955, Australia 1 for 6 weeks May 1955, RYM 13 of 1955, US BB 20 of 1955, POP 20 of 1955, DDD 49 of 1955, RIAA 83, Acclaimed 276
3 Four Aces Love is a Many Splendoured Thing 1955 US BB 1 – Aug 1955, Oscar in 1955, UK 2 – Nov 1955, Peel list 2 of 1955, Italy 3 of 1956, US BB 9 of 1955, POP 9 of 1955, RYM 29 of 1955
4 Chuck Berry Maybellene 1955 RYM 1 of 1955, DDD 2 of 1955, US BB 5 – Aug 1955, US BB 6 of 1955, POP 6 of 1955, Scrobulate 17 of rock & roll, Rolling Stone 18, Acclaimed 99
5 Frank Sinatra Love & Marriage 1955 US BB 2 of 1955, POP 2 of 1955, UK 3 – Jan 1956, US BB 5 – Nov 1955, Holland 9 – Apr 1991, RYM 16 of 1955, Scrobulate 47 of relaxing, Europe 83 of the 1950s

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