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List of UK top-ten singles in 1955

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{{1950s in music (UK)}}

File:Slim Whitman 1968.JPG achieved the best-selling single of 1955 with his recording of "Rose Marie", which spent 11 consecutive weeks at number-one, a record which remained unbroken for 36 years. Whitman scored a second top 10 hit later in the year with "Indian Love Call", which peaked at number seven.]]

File:Tennessee Ernie Ford 1957.JPG spent seven weeks at number-one in the UK charts this year with "Give Me Your Word", which remained in the top 10 for 18 weeks.]]

File:William Haley 1958.jpg (lead singer Bill Haley pictured) achieved two UK top 10 entries in 1955, including their signature song "Rock Around the Clock", which spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one. As well as being the first single to sell one million copies in the UK alone, "Rock Around the Clock" went on to be ranked as the best-selling single of the 1950s.]]

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ |title=The Official UK Charts Company |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=1 January 2012}} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles.{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition)|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8|pages=14|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3196892.stm |title=New singles formats to save the charts

|work=BBC News|date=16 October 2003 |accessdate=21 February 2010}} New Musical Express (NME) magazine had published the United Kingdom record charts for the first time in 1952.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1234212.stm |title=The Story of the Single |work=BBC News |date=23 March 2001 |accessdate=19 May 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/47828 |title='The Godfather' singer Al Martino dies |work=New Musical Express |date=14 October 2009 |accessdate=22 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/company_history.php |title=Key dates in the history of the Official UK Charts |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110032725/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/company_history.php |archivedate=10 January 2008 |url-status=unfit }} NME originally published only a top 12 (although the first chart had a couple of singles that were tied so a top 15 was announced) but this was gradually extended to encompass a top 20 by October 1954.{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Top-10-chart-starts-to.921080.jp |title=Top 10 chart starts to sound a little off-key |work=Yorkshire Post |date=17 January 2005 |accessdate=19 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=//www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-chart.php |title=First ever top 12: 14 November 1952 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110144452/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-chart.php |archivedate=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=//www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-top20.php |title=First ever top 20: 01 October 1954 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110144457/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/history_first-top20.php |archivedate=10 January 2008 |url-status=dead }} This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1955, as well as singles which peaked in 1954 and 1956 but were in the top 10 in 1955. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Eighty singles were in the top ten in 1955. Eleven singles from 1954 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Meet Me on the Corner" by Max Bygraves, "Suddenly There's a Valley" by Petula Clark and "Twenty Tiny Fingers" by The Stargazers were all released in 1955 but did not reach their peak until 1956. "No One But You" by Billy Eckstine, "The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)" by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers and "Heartbeat" by Ruby Murray were the songs from 1954 to reach their peak in 1955. Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1955. Bill Haley & His Comets, Malcolm Vaughan, Slim Whitman, Teresa Brewer and Tony Martin were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1955.

The 1954 Christmas number-one, "Let's Have Another Party" by Winifred Atwell, remained at number-one for the first week of 1955. The first new number-one single of the year was "The Finger of Suspicion" by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers. Overall, fifteen different singles peaked at number-one in 1955, with Dickie Valentine and Jimmy Young (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.

Background

=Multiple entries=

Eighty singles charted in the top 10 in 1955, with seventy-two singles reaching their peak this year. Nine songs were recorded by several artists with each version reaching the top 10:

Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1955. Ruby Murray secured the record for most top 10 hits in 1955 with seven hit singles.

The Stargazers were one of a number of artists with three top-ten entries, including the number-one single "The Finger of Suspicion (Points at You)". Dean Martin, The Four Aces, Johnnie Ray and The Mellomen were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1955.

=Chart debuts=

Twenty-six artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1955, either as a lead or featured artist. Bill Haley & His Comets and Slim Whitman both had two other entries in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Artist

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Number of top 10s

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| First entry

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Chart position

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Other entries

Bill Haley & His Comets

|2

|"Shake, Rattle and Roll"

|4

|"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" (1)

Tennessee Ernie Ford

|1

|"Give Me Your Word"

|1

|—

{{sortname|The|Ames Brothers}}

|1

|"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"

|6

|—

Teresa Brewer

|rowspan="2"|1

|rowspan="2"|"Let Me Go, Lover!"

|rowspan="2"|9

|rowspan="2"|—

{{sortname|The|Lancers|The Lancers (group)}}
Ray Burns

|1

|"Mobile"

|4

|—

Johnny Brandon

|rowspan="2"|1

|rowspan="2"|"Tomorrow"

|rowspan="2"|8

|rowspan="2"|—

{{sortname|The|Phantoms|The Phantoms (group)}}
Anne Warren

|1

|"If Anyone Finds This, I Love You"

|4

|—

Pérez 'Prez' Prado and His Orchestra

|1

|"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) (Cerisier rose et pommier blanc)"

|1

|—

Tony Bennett

|1

|"Stranger in Paradise"

|1

|—

Eartha Kitt

|1

|"Under the Bridges of Paris"

|7

|—

{{sortname|The|Crew-Cuts}}

|1

|"Earth Angel"

|4

|—

Tony Martin

|1

|"Stranger in Paradise"

|6

|—

{{sortname|The|Ink Spots}}

|1

|"Melody of Love"

|10

|—

Al Hibbler

|1

|"Unchained Melody"

|2

|—

Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra

|1

|"Unchained Melody"

|1

|—

Slim Whitman

|2

|"Rose Marie"

|1

|"Indian Love Call" (7)

Malcolm Vaughan

|1

|"Ev'ry Day of My Life"

|5

|—

Caterina Valente

|1

|"The Breeze and I"

|5

|—

Sammy Davis Jr.

|1

|"Love Me or Leave Me"

|8

|—

Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra

|rowspan="2"|1

|rowspan="2"|"Blue Star"

|rowspan="2"|2

|rowspan="2"|—

Julie Dawn
Mitch Miller with His Orchestra & Chorus

|1

|"The Yellow Rose of Texas"

|2

|—

{{sortname|The|Johnston Brothers}}

|1

|"Hernando's Hideaway"

|1

|—

Pat Boone

|1

|"Ain't That a Shame"

|7

|—

=Songs from films=

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" (from Underwater!), "Ready, Willing and Able" (Young at Heart), "Rose Marie" & "Indian Love Call" (Rose Marie), "John and Julie" (John and Juliet), "The Man from Laramie" (The Man from Laramie), "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Giant) and "Rock Around the Clock" (Blackboard Jungle).

Additionally, "Stranger in Paradise" (from the film Kismet) was covered by several artists who took it into the top 10 (The Four Aces, Tony Bennett and Tony Martin) and "Unchained Melody - nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards for the original version by Todd Duncan - was recorded by Al Hibbler, Jimmy Young and Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra, while "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from the film of the same name entered the charts in a version by The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts. "Hernando's Hideaway" from The Pajama Game reached the top 10 after being released by The Johnston Brothers, and Fats Domino's version of "Ain't That a Shame" - covered by Pat Boone - was used in "Shake, Rattle & Rock!".

=Best-selling singles=

Until 1970 there was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list. However in 2011 the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling single of each year in chart history from 1952 to date. According to the list, "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1955. "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets (1) was ranked as the best-selling single of the decade.

Top-ten singles

;Key

Class="wikitable"

!Symbol

!Meaning

bgcolor=lightblue|‡

|Single peaked in 1954 but still in chart in 1955.

bgcolor=#DDFFDD|♦

|Single released in 1955 but peaked in 1956.

(#)

|Year-end best-selling single.

Entered

|The date that the single first appeared in the chart.

Peak

|Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Entered
(week ending)

! Weeks
in
top
10

! Single

! Artist

! Peak

! Peak reached
(week ending)

! Weeks
at
peak

colspan="7"|Singles in 1954
{{dts|format=dmy|1954|09|09}}

|16

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"Hold My Hand" ‡ {{ref label|Hold My Hand|A|a}}

|align="left"|Don Cornell

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|10|14}}

|5

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|10|21}}

|13

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"This Ole House" ‡ {{ref label|This Ole House|B|b}}

|align="left"|Rosemary Clooney

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|02}}

|1

12

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"My Son, My Son" ‡

|align="left"|Vera Lynn

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|11|11}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1954|11|04}}

|10

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"Rain Rain Rain" ‡ {{ref label|Rain Rain Rain|C|c}}

|align="left"|Frankie Laine & The Four Lads

|8

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|11|04}}

|3

{{dts|format=dmy|1954|11|25}}

|14

|align="left"|"No One But You"

|align="left"|Billy Eckstine

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|20}}

|2

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|02}}

|7

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"Let's Have Another Party" ‡

|align="left"|Winifred Atwell

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|09}}

|5

7

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"Santo Natale (Merry Christmas)" ‡

|align="left"|David Whitfield

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|09}}

|5

{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|09}}

|9

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"I Still Believe" ‡

|align="left"|Ronnie Hilton

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|23}}

|3

rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|23}}

|3

|align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|"Let's Get Together No. 1" ‡

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Big Ben Banjo Band}}

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1954|12|23}}

|2

14

|align="left"|"The Finger of Suspicion"

|align="left"|Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|13}}

|3

13

|align="left"|"Heartbeat"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|03}}

|1

colspan="7"|Singles in 1955
rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|13}}

|11

|align="left"|"Mambo Italiano"

|align="left"|Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|20}}

|3

6

|align="left"|"Mr. Sandman"

|align="left"|Dickie Valentine

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|10}}

|1

8

|align="left"|"Shake, Rattle and Roll"

|align="left"|Bill Haley & His Comets

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|27}}

|2

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|20}}

|3

|align="left"|"I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"

|align="left"|Alma Cogan

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|27}}

|1

1

|align="left"|"Mr. Sandman"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Four Aces}}

|9

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|01|20}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|03}}

|17

|align="left"|"Softly, Softly"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|24}}

|3

18

|align="left"|"Give Me Your Word" {{ref label|Word|D|d}}

|align="left"|Tennessee Ernie Ford

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|17}}

|7

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|10}}

|4

|align="left"|"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Ames Brothers}}

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|17}}

|1

6

|align="left"|"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" {{ref label|Shady Lane|E|e}}

|align="left"|Dean Martin

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|10}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|24}}

|4

|align="left"|"Let Me Go, Lover!" {{ref label|Lover|F|f}}

|align="left"|Teresa Brewer with The Lancers

|9

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|02|24}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|03}}

|3

|align="left"|"Happy Days and Lonely Nights"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|03}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|10}}

|2

|align="left"|"Beyond the Stars"

|align="left"|David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra

|8

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|10}}

|1

5

|align="left"|"Let Me Go, Lover!"

|align="left"|Dean Martin

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|31}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|17}}

|5

|align="left"|"A Blossom Fell"

|align="left"|Nat King Cole

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|24}}

|1

5

|align="left"|"Mobile"

|align="left"|Ray Burns

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|24}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|24}}

|2

|align="left"|"Let Me Go, Lover!"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|24}}

|1

rowspan="4"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|31}}

|8

|align="left"|"(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells"

|align="left"|Eddie Fisher

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|07}}

|1

2

|align="left"|"Tomorrow"

|align="left"|Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms

|8

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|31}}

|1

1

|align="left"|"A Blossom Fell"

|align="left"|Dickie Valentine

|9

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|03|31}}

|1

7

|align="left"|"If Anyone Finds This, I Love You"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray & Anne Warren

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|14}}

|2

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|07}}

|14

|align="left"|"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"

|align="left"|Pérez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|05}}

|2

3

|align="left"|"Prize of Gold"

|align="left"|Joan Regan

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|14}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|14}}

|3

|align="left"|"Under the Bridges of Paris"

|align="left"|Dean Martin

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|21}}

|2

1

|align="left"|"A Blossom Fell"

|align="left"|Ronnie Hilton

|10

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|14}}

|1

rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|21}}

|17

|align="left"|"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"

|align="left"|Eddie Calvert

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|02}}

|4

3

|align="left"|"Ready, Willing and Able" {{ref label|Ready|G|g}}

|align="left"|Doris Day

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|21}}

|1

13

|align="left"|"Stranger in Paradise"

|align="left"|Tony Bennett

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|19}}

|2

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|28}}

|2

|align="left"|"Under the Bridges of Paris"

|align="left"|Eartha Kitt

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|04|28}}

|1

14

|align="left"|"Earth Angel"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Crew-Cuts}}

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|19}}

|3

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|05}}

|10

|align="left"|"Stranger in Paradise"

|align="left"|Tony Martin

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|05}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|12}}

|1

|align="left"|"Melody of Love"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Ink Spots}}

|10

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|12}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|19}}

|5

|align="left"|"If You Believe" {{ref label|Believe|H|h}}

|align="left"|Johnnie Ray

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|26}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|05|26}}

|11

|align="left"|"Unchained Melody"

|align="left"|Al Hibbler

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|16}}

|4

rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|02}}

|13

|align="left"|"Unchained Melody"

|align="left"|Jimmy Young

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|30}}

|3

3

|align="left"|"Stranger in Paradise"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Four Aces}}

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|09}}

|1

2

|align="left"|"Unchained Melody" {{ref label|Les Baxter|I|i}}

|align="left"|Les Baxter

|10

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|02}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|09}}

|13

|align="left"|"Dreamboat"

|align="left"|Alma Cogan

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|21}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|23}}

|6

|align="left"|"Where Will the Dimple Be?"

|align="left"|Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|06|30}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|07}}

|8

|align="left"|"I Wonder"

|align="left"|Dickie Valentine

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|21}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|14}}

|13

|align="left"|"Evermore"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|28}}

|3

17

|align="left"|"Cool Water"

|align="left"|Frankie Laine with The Mellomen

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|11}}

|5

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|07|21}}

|17

|align="left"|"Rose Marie" (#1) {{ref label|Word|D|d}}

|align="left"|Slim Whitman

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|04}}

|11

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|04}}

|8

|align="left"|"Ev'ry Day of My Life"

|align="left"|Malcolm Vaughan

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|08}}

|1

16

|align="left"|"Ev'rywhere"

|align="left"|David Whitfield

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|29}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|11}}

|9

|align="left"|"Strange Lady in Town"

|align="left"|Frankie Laine

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|18}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|08|18}}

|10

|align="left"|"Learnin' the Blues"

|align="left"|Frank Sinatra

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|01}}

|5

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|01}}

|4

|align="left"|"Indian Love Call" {{ref label|Indian|J|j}}

|align="left"|Slim Whitman

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|01}}

|1

9

|align="left"|"The Breeze and I"

|align="left"|Caterina Valente

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|15}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|08}}

|3

|align="left"|"John and Julie"

|align="left"|Eddie Calvert

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|08}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|22}}

|5

|align="left"|"Close the Door"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Stargazers|The Stargazers (1940s–1950s group)}}

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|06}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|29}}

|11

|align="left"|"The Man from Laramie"

|align="left"|Jimmy Young

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|20}}

|4

1

|align="left"|"Love Me or Leave Me"

|align="left"|Sammy Davis Jr.

|8

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|09|29}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|06}}

|8

|align="left"|"Blue Star" {{ref label|Blue Star|K|k}}

|align="left"|Cyril Stapleton Orchestra with Julie Dawn

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|27}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|13}}

|12

|align="left"|"The Yellow Rose of Texas"

|align="left"|Mitch Miller

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|03}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|20}}

|7

|align="left"|"Hey There"

|align="left"|Rosemary Clooney

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|24}}

|1

rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|10|27}}

|20

|align="left"|"Rock Around the Clock" {{ref label|Clock|L|l}}

|align="left"|Bill Haley & His Comets

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|01}}

|5

6

|align="left"|"Hey There"

|align="left"|Johnnie Ray

|5

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|17}}

|2

9

|align="left"|"Hernando's Hideaway"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Johnston Brothers}}

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|17}}

|2

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|10}}

|3

|align="left"|"I'll Come When You Call"

|align="left"|Ruby Murray

|6

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|17}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|17}}

|9

|align="left"|"Let's Have a Ding Dong"

|align="left"|Winifred Atwell

|3

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|08}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|24}}

|1

|align="left"|"Song of the Dreamer"

|align="left"|Johnnie Ray

|10

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|11|24}}

|1

rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|01}}

|11

|align="left"|"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Four Aces}}

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|01}}

|2

4

|align="left"|"Ain't That a Shame"

|align="left"|Pat Boone

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|15}}

|1

8

|align="left" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|"Twenty Tiny Fingers" ♦

|align="left"|{{sortname|The|Stargazers|The Stargazers (1940s–1950s group)}}

|4

|{{dts|format=dmy|1956|01|12}}

|1

rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|08}}

|6

|align="left"|"Christmas Alphabet"

|align="left"|Dickie Valentine

|1

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|22}}

|3

8

|align="left" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|"Meet Me on the Corner" ♦

|align="left"|Max Bygraves

|2

|{{dts|format=dmy|1956|01|12}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|15}}

|5

|align="left" bgcolor=#DDFFDD|"Suddenly There's a Valley" ♦ {{ref label|Valley|M|m}}

|align="left"|Petula Clark

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1956|01|12}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|22}}

|2

|align="left"|"When You Lose the One You Love"

|align="left"|David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|22}}

|1

{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|29}}

|3

|align="left"|"Hawkeye"

|align="left"|Frankie Laine

|7

|{{dts|format=dmy|1955|12|29}}

|2

Entries by artist

{{see also|List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s#1955}}

File:Tony Bennett 4 (49491947211).jpg (pictured in 1995) scored his first and only UK top 10 single this year with his version of "Stranger in Paradise", which spent two weeks at number-one in May. Two other versions of the song by Tony Martin and The Four Aces made the top 10, both peaking at number six.]]

File:Alma Cogan (1963).jpg (pictured in 1963) had two songs in the UK top 10 in 1955, including her biggest hit and only number-one single, "Dreamboat", which spent two weeks at the top of the charts in July.]]

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1955, including singles that reached their peak in 1954 or 1956. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1955 is also shown.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Entries

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Artist

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Weeks

! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Singles

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" | 7

|Ruby Murray {{ref label|1955 peak|N|n}}

|56

|"Evermore", "Happy Days and Lonely Nights", "Heartbeat", "If Anyone Finds This, I Love You", "I'll Come When You Call", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "Softly, Softly"

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" | 5

|Dickie Valentine {{ref label|1955 peak|N|n}}

|31

|"A Blossom Fell", "Christmas Alphabet", "The Finger of Suspicion", "I Wonder", "Mr. Sandman"

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 4

|David Whitfield {{ref label|1954|O|o}}

|22

|"Beyond the Stars", "Ev'rywhere", "Santo Natale (Merry Christmas)", "When You Lose the One You Love"

Frankie Laine {{ref label|1954|O|o}}

|31

|"Cool Water", "Hawkeye", "Rain Rain Rain", "Strange Lady in Town"

Rosemary Clooney {{ref label|1954|O|o}}

|29

|"Hey There", "Mambo Italiano", "This Ole House", "Where Will The Dimple Be?"

rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 3

|Dean Martin

|14

|"Let Me Go, Lover!", "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane", "Under the Bridges of Paris"

{{sortname|The|Four Aces}}

|9

|"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", "Mr. Sandman", "Stranger in Paradise"

Johnnie Ray

|12

|"Hey There," "If You Believe", "Song of the Dreamer"

{{sortname|The|Mellomen}}

|34

|"Cool Water", "Mambo Italiano", "Where Will the Dimple Be?"

{{sortname|The|Stargazers|The Stargazers (1940s–1950s group)}} {{ref label|1956|P|p}}

|22

|"Close the Door", "The Finger of Suspicion", "Twenty Tiny Fingers"

rowspan="8" style="text-align:center" | 2

|Alma Cogan

|16

|"Dreamboat", "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"

Bill Haley & His Comets

|18

|"Rock Around the Clock", "Shake, Rattle and Roll"

Eddie Calvert

|20

|"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)", "John and Julie"

Jimmy Young

|24

|"The Man from Laramie", "Unchained Melody"

Mantovani

|4

|"Beyond the Stars", "When You Lose the One You Love"

Ronnie Hilton {{ref label|1954|O|o}}

|6

|"A Blossom Fell", "I Still Believe"

Slim Whitman

|21

|"Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie"

Winifred Atwell {{ref label|1954|O|o}}

|9

|"Let's Have Another Party", "Let's Have a Ding Dong"

Notes

{{refbegin|2}}

  • {{note label|Hold My Hand|A|a}} "Hold My Hand" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 13 January 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|This Ole House|B|b}} "This Ole House" re-entered the top 10 at number 5 on 4 November 1954 (week ending) for 10 weeks and at number 10 on 20 January 1955 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
  • {{note label|Rain Rain Rain|C|c}} "Rain Rain Rain" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 16 December 1954 (week ending) for 4 weeks and at number 8 on 27 January 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Word|D|d}} "Give Me Your Word" is recorded as the best-selling single of the year by some sources but the Official Charts Company lists "Rose Marie" as its best-seller.{{cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/chart1.html|title=1950s Singles Chart Archive|work=everyHit.com|accessdate=9 February 2018}}
  • {{note label|Shady Lane|E|e}} "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" (Dean Martin version) re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 24 March 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Lover|F|f}} "Let Me Go Lover" (Teresa Brewer with The Lancers version) re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 24 March 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Ready|G|g}} "Ready, Willing and Able" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 21 April 1955 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
  • {{note label|Believe|H|h}} "If You Believe" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 9 June 1955 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
  • {{note label|Les Baxter|I|i}} "Unchained Melody" (Les Baxter version) re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 30 June 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Indian|J|j}} "Indian Love Call" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 13 October 1955 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Blue Star|K|k}} "Blue Star" was used as the theme music to the television series Medic.
  • {{note label|Clock|L|l}} "Rock Around the Clock" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 18 October 1956 (week ending) for 5 weeks.
  • {{note label|Valley|M|m}} "Suddenly There's a Valley" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 29 December 1955 (week ending) for 4 weeks.
  • {{note label|1955 peak|N|n}} Figures includes single that first charted in 1954 but peaked in 1955.
  • {{note label|1954|O|o}} Figure includes single that peaked in 1954.
  • {{note label|1956|P|p}} Figure includes single that peaked in 1956.

{{refend}}

See also

References

General

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ |title=Six decades of singles charts |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=18 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ |archivedate=3 March 2011 }}

Specific

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

  • [http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1955/ 1955 singles chart archive] at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

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{{UK Music Charts}}

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