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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.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This article shows singles that reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the 1950s. The number of weeks that a song spent within the top 40 are also listed. The entry date is when the song first appeared in the chart (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Top-forty singles
[edit]| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ♦ | Single charted in the 1950s but peaked in 1960s. |
| Entered | The date that the song first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 40 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles in 1952 | ||||||
| 20 November 1952 | 18 | "Here in My Heart" | Al Martino | 1 | 20 November 1952 | 9 |
| 19 | "You Belong to Me" | Jo Stafford | 1 | 22 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 7 | "Somewhere Along the Way" | Nat King Cole | 3 | 20 November 1952 | 1 | |
| 12 | "Isle of Innisfree" | Bing Crosby | 3 | 18 December 1952 | 3 | |
| 10 | "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)" | Guy Mitchell | 2 | 27 November 1952 | 1 | |
| 9 | "Half as Much" | Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith & His Orchestra | 3 | 27 November 1952 | 3 | |
| 6 | "Forget Me Not" | Vera Lynn | 5 | 18 December 1952 | 1 | |
| 7 | "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" | Frankie Laine | 7 | 20 November 1952 | 2 | |
| 8 | "Sugar Bush" | Doris Day & Frankie Laine | 8 | 20 November 1952 | 3 | |
| 4 | "Blue Tango" | Ray Martin and His Concert Orchestra | 8 | 20 November 1952 | 1 | |
| 3 | "The Homing Waltz" | Vera Lynn with Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces | 9 | 20 November 1952 | 2 | |
| 1 | "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" | Vera Lynn with Soldiers and Airmen of Her Majesty's Forces | 10 | 20 November 1952 | 1 | |
| 24 | "Because You're Mine" | Mario Lanza | 3 | 11 December 1952 | 3 | |
| 8 | "Cowpuncher's Cantata" | Max Bygraves | 6 | 29 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" | Johnnie Ray | 12 | 20 November 1952 | 1 | |
| 27 November 1952 | 1 | "Take My Heart" | Al Martino | 9 | 27 November 1952 | 1 |
| 2 | "My Love and Devotion" | Doris Day with Percy Faith & His Orchestra | 10 | 27 November 1952 | 2 | |
| 11 December 1952 | 16 | "Comes A-Long A-Love" | Kay Starr | 1 | 29 January 1953 | 1 |
| 2 | "Zing a Little Zong" | Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman | 10 | 11 December 1952 | 1 | |
| 18 December 1952 | 6 | "Britannia Rag" | Winifred Atwell | 5 | 29 January 1953 | 1 |
| 25 December 1952 | 3 | "White Christmas" | Mantovani and His Orchestra | 6 | 25 December 1952 | 2 |
| 4 | "Because You're Mine" | Nat King Cole | 6 | 25 December 1952 | 2 | |
| 3 | "Faith Can Move Mountains" | Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads | 7 | 25 December 1952 | 2 | |
| 2 | "Silent Night, Holy Night" | Bing Crosby | 8 | 25 December 1952 | 2 | |
| 10 | "Takes Two to Tango" | Louis Armstrong | 6 | 29 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 7 | "Walkin' to Missouri" | Tony Brent | 7 | 15 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Jambalaya" | Jo Stafford | 11 | 25 December 1952 | 2 | |
| Singles in 1953 | ||||||
| 8 January 1953 | 4 | "Faith Can Move Mountains" | Nat King Cole | 10 | 12 February 1953 | 1 |
| 7 | "Make It Soon" | Tony Brent | 9 | 22 January 1953 | 3 | |
| 17 | "Outside of Heaven" | Eddie Fisher | 1 | 5 February 1953 | 1 | |
| 15 January 1953 | 1 | "The Glow-Worm" | Mills Brothers | 10 | 15 January 1953 | 1 |
| 1 | "Faith Can Move Mountains" | Jimmy Young | 11 | 15 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 22 January 1953 | 15 | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | Perry Como and The Ramblers | 1 | 12 February 1953 | 5 |
| 1 | "Vanessa" | Ted Heath and His Music | 11 | 22 January 1953 | 1 | |
| 29 January 1953 | 1 | "Got You On My Mind" | Tony Brent | 12 | 29 January 1953 | 1 |
| 5 | "Everything I Have Is Yours" | Eddie Fisher | 8 | 12 February 1953 | 1 | |
| 5 February 1953 | 12 | "Now" | Al Martino | 3 | 26 March 1953 | 2 |
| 19 February 1953 | 16 | "She Wears Red Feathers" | Guy Mitchell | 1 | 19 March 1953 | 4 |
| 12 | "Broken Wings" | The Stargazers | 1 | 16 April 1953 | 1 | |
| 7 | "Broken Wings" | Art and Dotty Todd | 6 | 5 March 1953 | 2 | |
| 26 February 1953 | 1 | "Broken Wings" | Dickie Valentine | 12 | 26 February 1953 | 1 |
| 5 March 1953 | 10 | "Wonderful Copenhagen" | Danny Kaye | 5 | 16 April 1953 | 1 |
| 12 March 1953 | 1 | "Why Don't You Believe Me?" | Joni James | 11 | 12 March 1953 | 1 |
| 19 March 1953 | 11 | "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" | Lita Roza | 1 | 23 April 1953 | 1 |
| 3 | "All the Time and Everywhere" | Dickie Valentine | 9 | 26 March 1953 | 1 | |
| 26 March 1953 | 1 | "The Girl in the Wood" | Frankie Laine | 11 | 26 March 1953 | 1 |
| 1 | "Night Train" | Buddy Morrow | 12 | 26 March 1953 | 1 | |
| 2 April 1953 | 5 | "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" | Patti Page | 9 | 2 April 1953 | 2 |
| 9 April 1953 | 8 | "Oh Happy Day" | The Johnston Brothers | 4 | 7 May 1953 | 2 |
| 3 | "Little Red Monkey" | Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths | 10 | 9 April 1953 | 1 | |
| 36 | "I Believe" | Frankie Laine | 1 | 30 April 1953 | 18 | |
| 1 | "Ma Says, Pa Says" | Doris Day & Johnnie Ray | 12 | 9 April 1953 | 1 | |
| 16 April 1953 | 7 | "Somebody Stole My Gal" | Johnnie Ray | 6 | 16 April 1953 | 2 |
| 23 April 1953 | 1 | "A Full Time Job" | Doris Day & Johnnie Ray | 11 | 23 April 1953 | 1 |
| 30 April 1953 | 11 | "Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie" | Guy Mitchell | 2 | 7 May 1953 | 1 |
| 4 | "Side by Side" | Kay Starr | 7 | 7 May 1953 | 1 | |
| 18 | "Pretend" | Nat King Cole | 2 | 14 May 1953 | 5 | |
| 7 May 1953 | 15 | "Downhearted" | Eddie Fisher | 3 | 28 May 1953 | 2 |
| 10 | "In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)" | Billy Cotton and His Band with Doreen Stephens & Chorus | 3 | 11 June 1953 | 1 | |
| 14 May 1953 | 16 | "Tell Me a Story" | Jimmy Boyd & Frankie Laine | 5 | 21 May 1953 | 2 |
| 21 May 1953 | 17 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" | Muriel Smith | 3 | 25 June 1953 | 4 |
| 23 | "Terry's Theme (from Limelight)" | Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra | 3 | 13 August 1953 | 2 | |
| 6 | "Coronation Rag" | Winifred Atwell | 5 | 11 June 1953 | 1 | |
| 28 May 1953 | 18 | "I'm Walking Behind You" | Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland | 1 | 2 July 1953 | 1 |
| 24 | "Terry's Theme (from Limelight)" | Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra | 2 | 11 June 1953 | 8 | |
| 4 June 1953 | 23 | "The Song from the Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" | Mantovani and His Orchestra | 1 | 20 August 1953 | 1 |
| 11 June 1953 | 1 | "In a Golden Coach (There's a Heart of Gold)" | Dickie Valentine | 7 | 11 June 1953 | 1 |
| 1 | "The Windsor Waltz" | Vera Lynn | 11 | 11 June 1953 | 1 | |
| 1 | "I'm Walking Behind You" | Dorothy Squires | 12 | 11 June 1953 | 1 | |
| 9 July 1953 | 11 | "Hot Toddy" | Ted Heath and His Music | 6 | 20 August 1953 | 2 |
| 16 July 1953 | 5 | "Rachel" | Al Martino | 10 | 16 July 1953 | 2 |
| 1 | "A Bushel and a Peck" | Vivian Blaine | 12 | 16 July 1953 | 1 | |
| 23 July 1953 | 6 | "Seven Lonely Days" | Gisele Mackenzie | 6 | 3 September 1953 | 1 |
| 30 July 1953 | 14 | "Let's Walk That-a-Way" | Doris Day & Johnnie Ray | 4 | 3 September 1953 | 7 |
| 13 August 1953 | 7 | "Say You're Mine Again" | June Hutton & Axel Stordahl with The Boys Next Door | 6 | 24 September 1953 | 1 |
| 20 August 1953 | 8 | "Can't I?" | Nat King Cole | 6 | 1 October 1953 | 2 |
| 27 August 1953 | 9 | "Eternally" | Jimmy Young | 8 | 10 September 1953 | 1 |
| 3 September 1953 | 14 | "Look at That Girl" | Guy Mitchell | 1 | 17 September 1953 | 6 |
| 10 September 1953 | 12 | "Where the Winds Blow" | Frankie Laine | 2 | 8 October 1953 | 1 |
| 24 September 1953 | 7 | "Mother Nature and Father Time" | Nat King Cole | 7 | 22 October 1953 | 1 |
| 8 | "Kiss" | Dean Martin | 5 | 29 October 1953 | 1 | |
| 1 October 1953 | 3 | "Flirtation Waltz" | Winifred Atwell | 10 | 15 October 1953 | 1 |
| 8 October 1953 | 1 | "The Bridge of Sighs" | David Whitfield | 9 | 8 October 1953 | 1 |
| 22 October 1953 | 8 | "Hey Joe" | Frankie Laine | 1 | 29 October 1953 | 2 |
| 14 | "Answer Me (Mutterlein)" | David Whitfield | 1 | 12 November 1953 | 2 | |
| 29 October 1953 | 18 | "Swedish Rhapsody" | Mantovani and His Orchestra | 2 | 10 December 1953 | 2 |
| 10 | "Poppa Piccolino (Papaveri e papere)" | Diana Decker | 2 | 17 December 1953 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Dragnet" | Ted Heath and His Music | 9 | 3 December 1953 | 1 | |
| 5 November 1953 | 17 | "Answer Me (Mutterlein)" | Frankie Laine | 1 | 19 November 1953 | 8 |
| 12 November 1953 | 15 | "Chicka Boom" | Guy Mitchell | 4 | 4 February 1954 | 1 |
| 9 | "Wish You Were Here" | Eddie Fisher | 8 | 26 November 1953 | 1 | |
| 26 November 1953 | 4 | "Vaya con Dios (May Be God with You)" | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 7 | 26 November 1953 | 1 |
| 6 | "Crying in the Chapel" | Lee Lawrence | 7 | 17 December 1953 | 1 | |
| 3 December 1953 | 6 | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | Jimmy Boyd | 3 | 10 December 1953 | 1 |
| 5 | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | The Beverley Sisters | 6 | 17 December 1953 | 1 | |
| 10 December 1953 | 2 | "Dragnet" | Ray Anthony and His Orchestra | 7 | 10 December 1953 | 1 |
| 15 | "Let's Have a Party" | Winifred Atwell | 2 | 21 January 1954 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Swedish Rhapsody" | Ray Martin and His Concert Orchestra | 4 | 24 December 1953 | 3 | |
| 17 December 1953 | 5 | "Ricochet" | Joan Regan with The Squadronaires | 8 | 17 December 1953 | 1 |
| 11 | "Rags to Riches" | David Whitfield | 3 | 14 January 1954 | 3 | |
| 24 December 1953 | 21 | "Oh Mein Papa" | Eddie Calvert | 1 | 14 January 1954 | 9 |
| 3 | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | Billy Cotton and His Band | 11 | 24 December 1953 | 3 | |
| 16 | "Cloud Lucky Seven" | Guy Mitchell | 2 | 18 February 1954 | 1 | |
| Singles in 1954 | ||||||
| 14 January 1954 | 11 | "Blowing Wild (The Ballad of Black Gold)" | Frankie Laine | 2 | 21 January 1954 | 6 |
| 21 January 1954 | 2 | "The Creep" | Ken Mackintosh | 10 | 4 February 1954 | 1 |
| 28 January 1954 | 4 | "Oh! My Papa" | Eddie Fisher | 9 | 28 January 1954 | 1 |
| 26 | "The Happy Wanderer (Der fröhliche Wanderer)" | The Obernkirchen Children's Choir | 2 | 25 March 1954 | 5 | |
| 11 | "That's Amore" | Dean Martin | 2 | 25 February 1954 | 1 | |
| 4 February 1954 | 1 | "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" | Frankie Vaughan | 11 | 4 February 1954 | 1 |
| 11 February 1954 | 10 | "Tennessee Wig Walk" | Bonnie Lou | 4 | 18 February 1954 | 4 |
| 5 | "Man (Uh-huh)"/"Woman (Uh-huh)" | Rosemary Clooney & José Ferrer | 7 | 25 February 1954 | 2 | |
| 18 February 1954 | 2 | "Ebb Tide" | Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra | 9 | 18 February 1954 | 1 |
| 3 | "Skin Deep" | Ted Heath and His Music | 9 | 25 February 1954 | 1 | |
| 25 February 1954 | 15 | "Don't Laugh at Me ('cause I'm a Fool)" | Norman Wisdom | 3 | 15 April 1954 | 1 |
| 3 | "The Cuff of My Shirt" | Guy Mitchell | 9 | 25 February 1954 | 1 | |
| 15 | "The Book" | David Whitfield | 5 | 1 April 1954 | 2 | |
| 15 | "I See the Moon" | The Stargazers | 1 | 18 March 1954 | 6 | |
| 4 March 1954 | 1 | "Sippin' Soda" | Guy Mitchell | 11 | 4 March 1954 | 1 |
| 11 March 1954 | 4 | "Skin Deep" | Duke Ellington | 7 | 11 March 1954 | 1 |
| 18 March 1954 | 1 | "Moonlight Serenade" | Glenn Miller | 12 | 18 March 1954 | 1 |
| 25 March 1954 | 14 | "Changing Partners" | Kay Starr | 4 | 15 April 1954 | 3 |
| 3 | "Changing Partners" | Bing Crosby | 9 | 8 April 1954 | 1 | |
| 9 | "Bell Bottom Blues" | Alma Cogan | 4 | 8 April 1954 | 1 | |
| 1 April 1954 | 2 | "Granada" | Frankie Laine | 9 | 15 April 1954 | 1 |
| 8 April 1954 | 29 | "Secret Love (from Calamity Jane)" (#1) | Doris Day | 1 | 22 April 1954 | 9 |
| 15 April 1954 | 18 | "Such a Night" | Johnnie Ray | 1 | 6 May 1954 | 1 |
| 1 | "The Happy Wanderer" | The Stargazers | 12 | 15 April 1954 | 1 | |
| 22 April 1954 | 10 | "The Kid's Last Fight" | Frankie Laine | 3 | 6 May 1954 | 2 |
| 1 | "Tenderly" | Nat King Cole | 10 | 22 April 1954 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Bimbo" | Ruby Wright | 7 | 13 May 1954 | 1 | |
| 6 May 1954 | 5 | "A Dime and a Dollar" | Guy Mitchell | 8 | 6 May 1954 | 2 |
| 12 | "Friends and Neighbours" | Billy Cotton and His Band featuring The Bandits | 3 | 27 May 1954 | 5 | |
| 13 May 1954 | 1 | "Make Love to Me" | Jo Stafford | 8 | 13 May 1954 | 1 |
| 20 May 1954 | 8 | "Someone Else's Roses" | Joan Regan | 5 | 10 June 1954 | 2 |
| 8 | "The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart" | Max Bygraves | 7 | 3 June 1954 | 2 | |
| 10 June 1954 | 11 | "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" | The Four Knights | 5 | 1 July 1954 | 1 |
| 15 | "Wanted" | Perry Como | 4 | 24 June 1954 | 2 | |
| 16 | "Wanted" | Al Martino | 4 | 29 July 1954 | 3 | |
| 17 June 1954 | 10 | "The Little Shoemaker (Le Petit Cordonnier)" | Petula Clark | 7 | 29 July 1954 | 2 |
| 24 June 1954 | 25 | "Cara Mia" | David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra | 1 | 8 July 1954 | 10 |
| 1 July 1954 | 15 | "Idle Gossip" | Perry Como | 3 | 26 August 1954 | 1 |
| 8 July 1954 | 23 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | Kitty Kallen | 1 | 16 September 1954 | 1 |
| 15 July 1954 | 1 | "Young at Heart" | Frank Sinatra | 12 | 15 July 1954 | 1 |
| 22 July 1954 | 19 | "Three Coins in the Fountain" | 1 | 23 September 1954 | 3 | |
| 29 July 1954 | 9 | "Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme By Paganini (The Story of Three Loves)" | Winifred Atwell | 9 | 2 September 1954 | 2 |
| 5 August 1954 | 6 | "Three Coins in the Fountain" | The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts | 5 | 19 August 1954 | 1 |
| 19 August 1954 | 15 | "My Friend" | Frankie Laine | 3 | 30 September 1954 | 2 |
| 2 September 1954 | 8 | "The Black Hills of Dakota (from Calamity Jane)" | Doris Day | 7 | 2 September 1954 | 2 |
| 5 | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | Alma Cogan | 11 | 2 September 1954 | 2 | |
| 9 September 1954 | 21 | "Hold My Hand" | Don Cornell | 1 | 14 October 1954 | 5 |
| 16 September 1954 | 14 | "Smile" | Nat King Cole | 2 | 7 October 1954 | 3 |
| 8 | "Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" | Max Bygraves | 7 | 30 September 1954 | 2 | |
| 6 | "West of Zanzibar" | Anthony Steel and The Radio Revellers | 11 | 30 September 1954 | 1 | |
| 30 September 1954 | 3 | "The Story of Tina" | Ronnie Harris | 12 | 30 September 1954 | 2 |
| 7 October 1954 | 7 | "Sway (Quien Sera)" | Dean Martin | 6 | 21 October 1954 | 1 |
| 8 | "The Story of Tina" | Al Martino | 10 | 7 October 1954 | 3 | |
| 9 | "Sh-Boom" | The Crew-Cuts | 12 | 7 October 1954 | 2 | |
| 11 | "If I Give My Heart to You" | Doris Day with The Mellomen | 4 | 18 November 1954 | 1 | |
| 11 | "If I Give My Heart to You" | Joan Regan | 3 | 2 December 1954 | 1 | |
| 14 October 1954 | 2 | "Make Her Mine" | Nat King Cole | 11 | 14 October 1954 | 1 |
| 9 | "There Must Be a Reason" | Frankie Laine | 9 | 28 October 1954 | 1 | |
| 18 | "This Ole House" | Rosemary Clooney | 1 | 2 December 1954 | 1 | |
| 21 October 1954 | 14 | "My Son, My Son" | Vera Lynn and Frank Weir | 1 | 11 November 1954 | 2 |
| 16 | "This Ole House" | Billie Anthony | 4 | 4 November 1954 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Am I a Toy or a Treasure" | Kay Starr | 17 | 21 October 1954 | 1 | |
| 28 October 1954 | 6 | "How Do You Speak to an Angel" | Dean Martin | 15 | 28 October 1954 | 1 |
| 16 | "Rain, Rain, Rain" | Frankie Laine & The Four Lads | 8 | 4 November 1954 | 3 | |
| 4 November 1954 | 10 | "I Need You Now" | Eddie Fisher | 13 | 9 December 1954 | 1 |
| 11 November 1954 | 1 | "Wait for Me Darling" | Joan Regan & The Johnston Brothers | 18 | 11 November 1954 | 1 |
| 1 | "Endless" | Dickie Valentine | 19 | 11 November 1954 | 1 | |
| 18 November 1954 | 10 | "Santo Natale (Merry Christmas)" | David Whitfield | 2 | 9 December 1954 | 5 |
| 17 | "No One But You" | Billy Eckstine | 3 | 20 January 1955 | 2 | |
| 1 | "A Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow Tie" | Norman Brooks | 17 | 18 November 1954 | 1 | |
| 25 November 1954 | 2 | "Sh-Boom" | Stan Freberg with The Toads | 15 | 25 November 1954 | 1 |
| 2 December 1954 | 8 | "Let's Have Another Party" | Winifred Atwell | 1 | 9 December 1954 | 5 |
| 14 | "I Still Believe" | Ronnie Hilton | 3 | 23 December 1954 | 3 | |
| 9 December 1954 | 16 | "Heartbeat" | Ruby Murray | 3 | 3 February 1955 | 1 |
| 11 | "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" | Alma Cogan | 6 | 27 January 1955 | 1 | |
| 23 December 1954 | 4 | "Let's Get Together No. 1" | The Big Ben Banjo Band | 6 | 23 December 1954 | 2 |
| 1 | "Papa Loves Mambo" | Perry Como | 16 | 23 December 1954 | 1 | |
| 8 | "Veni-Vidi-Vici" | Ronnie Hilton | 12 | 3 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 23 December 1954 | 15 | "The Finger of Suspicion" | Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers | 1 | 13 January 1955 | 3 |
| 14 | "Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Bill Haley and His Comets | 4 | 27 January 1955 | 2 | |
| 8 | "Mr. Sandman" | The Chordettes | 11 | 13 January 1955 | 1 | |
| 12 | "Mr. Sandman" | Dickie Valentine | 5 | 10 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 16 | "Mambo Italiano" | Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen | 1 | 20 January 1955 | 3 | |
| 4 | "Piano Medley No. 114" | Charlie Kunz | 16 | 20 January 1955 | 1 | |
| Singles in 1955 | ||||||
| 13 January 1955 | 5 | "Mr. Sandman" | The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts | 9 | 20 January 1955 | 1 |
| 36 | "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1 | 1 December 1955 | 5 | |
| 3 | "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" | Bing Crosby | 11 | 3 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 27 January 1955 | 2 | "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" | Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers | 14 | 27 January 1955 | 1 |
| 24 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1 | 17 March 1955 | 7 | |
| 1 | "Mr. Sandman | Max Bygraves | 16 | 27 January 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 February 1955 | 23 | "Softly, Softly (La tamise et mon jardin)" | Ruby Murray | 1 | 24 February 1955 | 3 |
| 3 | "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" | Frankie Vaughan | 12 | 10 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 10 | "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" | Dean Martin | 5 | 10 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 10 February 1955 | 6 | "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" | Ames Brothers | 6 | 17 February 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Drinking Song" | Mario Lanza | 13 | 10 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Mambo Italiano" | Dean Martin | 14 | 10 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 8 | "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" | Ruby Murray | 6 | 3 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 17 February 1955 | 10 | "Let Me Go, Lover!" | Teresa Brewer with The Lancers | 9 | 24 February 1955 | 2 |
| 9 | "Beyond the Stars" | David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra | 8 | 10 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 13 | "Mobile" | Ray Burns | 4 | 24 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Lonely Ballerina" | Mantovani | 16 | 17 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Teach Me Tonight" | The DeCastro Sisters | 20 | 24 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 24 February 1955 | 10 | "A Blossom Fell" | Dickie Valentine | 9 | 31 March 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Let Me Go, Lover!" | Joan Weber | 16 | 24 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Majorca" | Petula Clark | 12 | 24 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 2 | "I'll Walk with God" | Mario Lanza | 18 | 24 February 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 March 1955 | 10 | "A Blossom Fell" | Nat King Cole | 3 | 24 March 1955 | 1 |
| 9 | "Let Me Go, Lover!" | Dean Martin | 3 | 31 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 10 March 1955 | 7 | "Let Me Go, Lover!" | Ruby Murray | 5 | 10 March 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Somebody" | The Stargazers | 20 | 10 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 17 March 1955 | 5 | "A Blossom Fell" | Ronnie Hilton | 10 | 14 April 1955 | 1 |
| 8 | "Tomorrow" | Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms | 8 | 31 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "In the Beginning" | Frankie Laine | 20 | 17 March 1955 | 1 | |
| 24 March 1955 | 11 | "(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells" | Eddie Fisher | 5 | 7 April 1955 | 1 |
| 11 | "If Anyone Finds This, I Love You" | Ruby Murray and Anne Warren | 4 | 14 April 1955 | 2 | |
| 31 March 1955 | 17 | "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) (Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs)" | Pérez 'Prez' Prado and His Orchestra | 1 | 5 May 1955 | 2 |
| 8 | "Prize of Gold" | Joan Regan | 6 | 14 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 7 April 1955 | 10 | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | Eartha Kitt with Henri René & His Orchestra | 7 | 28 April 1955 | 1 |
| 8 | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | Dean Martin | 6 | 21 April 1955 | 2 | |
| 1 | "No More" | The McGuire Sisters | 20 | 7 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 14 April 1955 | 21 | "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) (Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs)" | Eddie Calvert | 1 | 2 June 1955 | 4 |
| 9 | "Ready, Willing and Able" | Doris Day | 7 | 21 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 11 | "If You Believe" | Johnnie Ray with Percy Faith & His Orchestra | 7 | 26 May 1955 | 2 | |
| 21 April 1955 | 16 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra & Chorus | 1 | 19 May 1955 | 2 |
| 2 | "Mambo Rock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | 14 | 21 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 20 | "Earth Angel" | The Crew-Cuts | 4 | 19 May 1955 | 3 | |
| 28 April 1955 | 13 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | Tony Martin | 6 | 5 May 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Tweedle Dee" | Frankie Vaughan | 17 | 28 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 | "Serenade" | Mario Lanza | 15 | 12 May 1955 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | Don Cornell | 19 | 5 May 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Tweedle Dee" | Georgia Gibbs | 20 | 28 April 1955 | 1 | |
| 5 May 1955 | 4 | "Melody of Love" | The Ink Spots | 10 | 12 May 1955 | 1 |
| 2 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | Bing Crosby | 17 | 12 May 1955 | 1 | |
| 12 May 1955 | 19 | "Unchained Melody" | Jimmy Young | 1 | 30 June 1955 | 3 |
| 1 | "Open Up Your Heart" | Joan & Rusty Regan | 19 | 12 May 1955 | 1 | |
| 19 May 1955 | 17 | "Unchained Melody" | Al Hibbler | 2 | 16 June 1955 | 4 |
| 9 | "Unchained Melody" | Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra | 10 | 2 June 1955 | 2 | |
| 4 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | Eddie Calvert | 14 | 2 June 1955 | 1 | |
| 26 May 1955 | 6 | "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" | The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts | 6 | 9 June 1955 | 1 |
| 13 | "Where Will the Dimple Be?" | Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen | 6 | 30 June 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Paths of Paradise" | Johnnie Ray | 20 | 26 May 1955 | 1 | |
| 2 June 1955 | 16 | "Dreamboat" | Alma Cogan | 1 | 21 July 1955 | 2 |
| 11 | "Mama" | David Whitfield | 12 | 25 August 1955 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Elephant Tango" | Cyril Stapleton | 19 | 28 July 1955 | 1 | |
| 9 June 1955 | 4 | "Sing It with Joe" | Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson | 14 | 16 June 1955 | 2 |
| 15 | "I Wonder" | Dickie Valentine | 4 | 21 July 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 | "The Crazy Otto Rag" | The Stargazers | 18 | 16 June 1955 | 1 | |
| 16 June 1955 | 7 | "You My Love" | Frank Sinatra | 13 | 16 June 1955 | 1 |
| 2 | "The Man That Got Away" | Judy Garland | 18 | 23 June 1955 | 1 | |
| 23 June 1955 | 4 | "I Wonder" | Jane Froman | 14 | 7 July 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Unchained Melody" | Liberace | 20 | 23 June 1955 | 1 | |
| 30 June 1955 | 22 | "Cool Water" | Frankie Laine with The Mellomen | 2 | 11 August 1955 | 5 |
| 8 | "Stowaway" | Barbara Lyon | 12 | 28 July 1955 | 2 | |
| 7 July 1955 | 17 | "Evermore" | Ruby Murray | 3 | 28 July 1955 | 3 |
| 16 | "Ev'ry Day of My Life" | Malcolm Vaughan | 5 | 8 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Don't Worry" | Johnny Brandon | 18 | 28 July 1955 | 1 | |
| 14 July 1955 | 20 | "Ev'rywhere" | David Whitfield | 3 | 29 September 1955 | 1 |
| 21 July 1955 | 19 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman | 1 | 4 August 1955 | 11 |
| 4 | "Sincerely" | The McGuire Sisters | 14 | 21 July 1955 | 1 | |
| 13 | "Strange Lady in Town" | Frankie Laine | 6 | 18 August 1955 | 2 | |
| 28 July 1955 | 1 | "I'm in Favour of Friendship" | The Five Smith Brothers | 20 | 28 July 1955 | 1 |
| 4 August 1955 | 11 | "John and Julie" | Eddie Calvert | 6 | 8 September 1955 | 2 |
| 7 | "Something's Gotta Give" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 11 | 8 September 1955 | 2 | |
| 12 | "Indian Love Call" | Slim Whitman | 7 | 1 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 11 August 1955 | 13 | "Learnin' the Blues" | Frank Sinatra | 2 | 1 September 1955 | 5 |
| 18 August 1955 | 2 | "Alabama Jubilee" | Ferko String Band | 20 | 18 August 1955 | 2 |
| 25 August 1955 | 14 | "The Breeze and I (Andalucía)" | Caterina Valente with Werner Müller and the Rias Dance Orchestra | 5 | 15 September 1955 | 2 |
| 1 September 1955 | 7 | "Stars Shine in Your Eyes" | Ronnie Hilton | 13 | 15 September 1955 | 2 |
| 2 | "My One Sin" | Nat King Cole | 17 | 22 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 6 | "That's How a Love Song was Born" | Ray Burns with The Coronets | 14 | 22 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 8 September 1955 | 1 | "Not as a Stranger" | Frank Sinatra | 18 | 8 September 1955 | 1 |
| 3 | "Sing It Again with Joe" | Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson | 18 | 15 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 15 September 1955 | 9 | "Close the Door" | The Stargazers | 6 | 6 October 1955 | 1 |
| 8 | "Love Me or Leave Me" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 8 | 29 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Love Me or Leave Me" | Doris Day | 20 | 15 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 22 September 1955 | 12 | "The Man from Laramie" | Jimmy Young | 1 | 20 October 1955 | 4 |
| 1 | "Close Your Eyes" | Tony Bennett | 18 | 22 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 29 September 1955 | 2 | "China Doll" | Slim Whitman | 15 | 29 September 1955 | 1 |
| 12 | "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" | Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra with Julie Dawn | 2 | 27 October 1955 | 2 | |
| 1 | "The Banjo's Back in Town" | Alma Cogan | 17 | 29 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 | "The Man from Laramie" | Al Martino | 19 | 29 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" | Charlie Applewhite | 20 | 29 September 1955 | 1 | |
| 6 October 1955 | 1 | "That Old Black Magic" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 16 | 6 October 1955 | 1 |
| 11 | "Hey There" | Rosemary Clooney | 4 | 24 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 13 October 1955 | 13 | "The Yellow Rose of Texas" | Mitch Miller with His Orchestra & Chorus | 2 | 17 November 1955 | 1 |
| 13 | "Hernando's Hideaway" | The Johnston Brothers | 1 | 17 November 1955 | 2 | |
| 2 | "Hey There" | Lita Roza | 17 | 13 October 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Hey There" | Sammy Davis Jr. | 19 | 13 October 1955 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Hernando's Hideaway" | Johnnie Ray | 11 | 20 October 1955 | 2 | |
| 20 October 1955 | 9 | "Hey There" | 5 | 17 November 1955 | 2 | |
| 7 | "I'll Come When You Call" | Ruby Murray | 6 | 17 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 4 | "Go on By" | Alma Cogan | 16 | 3 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 27 October 1955 | 3 | "I'll Never Stop Loving You" | Doris Day | 17 | 27 October 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "The Dam Busters March" | The Central Band of the Royal Air Force | 18 | 27 October 1955 | 1 | |
| 5 | "The Yellow Rose of Texas" | Gary Miller | 13 | 17 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 3 November 1955 | 5 | "Song of the Dreamer" | Johnnie Ray | 10 | 24 November 1955 | 1 |
| 1 | "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" | Ron Goodwin | 20 | 3 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 10 November 1955 | 4 | "Cloudburst" | Don Lang | 16 | 10 November 1955 | 1 |
| 10 | "Let's Have a Ding Dong" | Winifred Atwell | 3 | 8 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 17 November 1955 | 2 | "The Yellow Rose of Texas" | Ronnie Hilton | 15 | 17 November 1955 | 2 |
| 1 | "Humming Bird" | Frankie Laine | 16 | 17 November 1955 | 1 | |
| 11 | "Twenty Tiny Fingers" | The Stargazers | 4 | 12 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 24 November 1955 | 13 | "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" | The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts | 2 | 1 December 1955 | 2 |
| 11 | "Meet Me on the Corner" | Max Bygraves | 2 | 12 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 11 | "Ain't That a Shame" | Pat Boone | 7 | 15 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 1 December 1955 | 7 | "Christmas Alphabet" | Dickie Valentine | 1 | 22 December 1955 | 3 |
| 4 | "The Singing Dogs (Medley)" | The Singing Dogs | 13 | 15 December 1955 | 2 | |
| 11 | "When You Lose the One You Love" | David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra | 7 | 22 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 10 | "Suddenly There's a Valley" | Petula Clark | 7 | 12 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 1 | "Twenty Tiny Fingers" | The Coronets | 20 | 1 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 8 | "Hawkeye" | Frankie Laine | 7 | 29 December 1955 | 2 | |
| 8 December 1955 | 4 | "Suddenly There's a Valley" | Lee Lawrence | 14 | 22 December 1955 | 2 |
| 3 | "Seventeen" | Frankie Vaughan | 18 | 15 December 1955 | 2 | |
| 15 December 1955 | 3 | "On with the Motley" | Harry Secombe | 16 | 22 December 1955 | 1 |
| 2 | "Let's Get Together Again" | The Big Ben Banjo Band | 18 | 5 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 6 | "Suddenly There's a Valley" | Jo Stafford | 12 | 29 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 22 December 1955 | 1 | "Twenty Tiny Fingers" | Alma Cogan | 17 | 22 December 1955 | 1 |
| 4 | "Arrivederci Darling" | Anne Shelton | 17 | 5 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 5 | "The Old Pianna Rag" | Dickie Valentine | 15 | 12 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 29 December 1955 | 5 | "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo" | Alma Cogan | 6 | 12 January 1956 | 2 |
| 2 | "Seventeen" | Boyd Bennett and His Rockets | 16 | 29 December 1955 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Someone on Your Mind" | Jimmy Young | 13 | 19 January 1956 | 1 | |
| 2 | "Bluebell Polka" | The Jimmy Shand Band | 20 | 12 January 1956 | 2 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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