Songs from the Year 1955

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22 Jun 2020

#80 Gisele MacKenzie

I think it is Gisele MacKenzie not Gisele McKenzie

See the FAQ about names

6 Nov 2018

Joni james how important can it be isnt here,why

20 May 2015

THIS IS AMAZING

i just wanted to say thankyou for these pages it is just perf.

5 Oct 2014

The Turbans

#94- When You Dance also made the "Dave Marsh List" at #4.

The data has been fixed, thanks

5 Oct 2014

Count Basie

#89- April In Paris made the Billboard charts (#28-13 weeks).

We have it listed as Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

1 Aug 2014

An old song from the 50s

Come home johnny come home Johnny you know how it was when we parted

I would like to know the title of the song, if possible please

25 Nov 2012

dear one by the scarlets

this is one of the first rock & roll songs i remember as a teen, Does anyone else remember it????

5 Nov 2012

Re 2 may 2012 query

The song is called 'Love Letters' by Rosemary Clooney.

5 Oct 2012

Lonnie Donigan Pt 2

According to Cash Box Magazine, Rock Island Line entered the charts on March 31, 1956 and was on there for 12 weeks. It reached #5 April 28, 1956.

As a side note, I remember first hearing Rock Island Line in April of that year (I was thirteen). Jest as we tie songs to points in our lives, so was Rock Island Line. I can recall listening to "a mighty fine line" on KOMA -- in 1956

Our listing says "US CashBox 6 - Mar 1956 (12 weeks)", which is just about what you suggest except we have it peaking at number 6, not number 5. If you look at the CashBox source listing for the week of 28 April 1956 (at http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/50s_files/19560428.html ) you will see that "WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE" is in the number 5 position and "Rock Island Line" was at number 6.

10 Jul 2012

Where will the Dimple Be

Re 2 May 2012 query: It was recorded by Rosemary Clooney and also Alma Cogan in 1955 I think, but if you google the title you'll get it.

2 May 2012

song title please

I remember listening to the radio when living at the Finsbury Hostel in Adelaide, after travelling with my parents as £10 pounds, in 1955,8yrs old.

I can only remember some words..... on the babies knuckle or the babies knee, where would the babies dimple be, babies cheek or babies chin seems to me it would be a sin if its always covered by a safety pin where would the dimple be....... Its been niggling me for months, then i found this site and wondered if you could help. thanks

13 Oct 2011

resposta

qual foi o sucesso da parada no estados unidos em 1956

Nosso Portugues nao e a um padrao alto o suficiente para entendi sua pergunta. Nós pensamos que voce está pedindo a cancao de maior sucesso nos EUA em 1956.

Essa e uma pergunta difícil, que depende de qual listas voce acredita. A resposta da Billboard seria "Don't Be Cruel", de Elvis Presley. Cashbox diria era "Theme From 'Picnic'", de George Cates & Orchestra.

7 Aug 2011

Can I get the song up

Love is a many splenderd thing .Four Aces ,can i get the song up , please

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24 Jul 2011

April in Paris

The Count Basie "April in Paris" Grammy Hall of Fame version is not the version featuring Ella Fitzgerald. The correct version (clef 89162) features Thad Jones on trumpet.

contributing source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_in_Paris_(song)

The 1955 single Clef 89162 which had an A side of "Roll 'Em Pete" (the version by Pete Johnson is better known) had "April in Paris" on the B side (despite the mis-listing on some sources) and was not a hit in any contemporary chart.

Clef 89172 (with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals) had "April in Paris" as the A side and was a hit in Billboard and Cashbox (early in 1956).

The Grammy Hall of Fame site doesn't have the label number (just the year), however since the year listed there is 1955 that would indicate that you are correct.

We suspect that either the release of the Ella Fitzgerald version was actually late 1955 or that the Grammy Hall of Fame made a mistake. However without any evidence to support that we have to assume that the sources (and you) are right, so we've edited the data.

An interesting case, thanks for the input.

10 Jul 2011

Lonnie Donegan

Could you please provide info as to where Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island Line placed on the Billboard charts.

Thanks.

There is a page for Lonnie Donegan that has that information on it, "Rock Island Line" was song number 40 of 1955. It reached number 8 in the Billboard charts (its run there was 17 weeks starting Mar 1956).

We suspect that the year of 1954 on the Acclaimed music site is incorrect, since it entered both the US and UK charts in 1956. Our calculation places it in 1955, as do the RYM and DDD sites, because that is between the Acclaimed and Billboard dates.

Lonnie Donegan's version was the most successful although Leadbelly had a version of the song in 1944. Following Lonnie Donegan's hit it was a hit for Don Cornell in the US and Stan Freberg in the UK. Johnny Cash's version was number 93 in the Billboard chart in Feb 1970.

26 Feb 2011

wow four aces 4 hits in top 24

20 Feb 2011

AWESOME SITE

thank you you've done a wonderful job ... very helpful and informative ...will visit often to help with my music library

13 Nov 2008

inconsistancies I have found

I am using your lists to help me learn more about music through the ages. They are very helpful!! Thanks for your efforts.

I have been noticing some inconsistancies you may wish to look at

renate

1955 23 The Platters (see#19) Only You (And You Alone) 78 Georgia Gibbs (see #65) The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) 83 Fats Domino (see #24) Ain't It a Shame 91 Bill Haley & His Comets (see #1)(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock

Thanks for those corrections, they have all been fixed

13 Nov 2008

inconsistancies I have found

I am using your lists to help me learn more about music through the ages. They are very helpful!! Thanks for your efforts.

I have been noticing some inconsistancies you may wish to look at

renate

1954 75 Four Aces (see #54) Mr Sandman

Thanks for the correction, that has been done. The year of the song has now moved to 1955.