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This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1950s. The source for this decade is the New Musical Express chart.

Contents

[edit] 1952

  1. Al Martino - "Here in My Heart"
    14 November for 9 weeks

[edit] 1953

  1. Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "You Belong to Me"
    16 January for 1 week
  2. Kay Starr - "Comes A-Long A-Love"
    23 January for 1 week
  3. Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - "Outside Of Heaven"
    30 January for 1 week
  4. Perry Como with The Ramblers - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"
    6 February for 5 weeks
  5. Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus - "She Wears Red Feathers"
    13 March for 4 weeks
  6. The Stargazers - "Broken Wings"
    10 April for 1 week
  7. Lita Roza - "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window"
    17 April for 1 week
  8. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
    24 April for 9 weeks
  9. Eddie Fisher feat. Sally Sweetland, with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - "I'm Walking Behind You"
    26 June for 1 week
  10. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
    3 July for 6 weeks
  11. Mantovani & His Orchestra - "The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)"
    14 August for 1 week
  12. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
    21 August for 3 weeks
  13. Guy Mitchell - "Look At That Girl"
    11 September for 6 weeks
  14. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Hey Joe"
    23 October for 2 weeks
  15. David Whitfield with Stanley Black & His Orchestra - "Answer Me"
    6 November for 1 week
  16. Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Answer Me"
    13 November for 8 weeks
    David Whitfield's version shared the number one position on 11 December

[edit] 1954

  1. Eddie Calvert - "Oh Mein Papa"
    8 January for 9 weeks
  2. The Stargazers - "I See the Moon"
    12 March for 5 weeks
  3. Doris Day - "Secret Love"
    16 April for 1 week
  4. The Stargazers - "I See the Moon"
    23 April for 1 week
  5. Johnnie Ray - "Such a Night"
    30 April for 1 week
  6. Doris Day - "Secret Love"
    7 May for 8 weeks
  7. David Whitfield with Mantovani - "Cara Mia"
    2 July for 10 weeks
  8. Kitty Kallen - "Little Things Mean a Lot"
    10 September for 1 week
  9. Frank Sinatra - "Three Coins in the Fountain"
    17 September for 3 weeks
  10. Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand"
    8 October for 4 weeks
  11. Vera Lynn - "My Son, My Son"
    5 November for 2 weeks
  12. Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand"
    19 November for 1 week
  13. Rosemary Clooney - "This Ole House"
    26 November for 1 week
  14. Winifred Atwell - "Let's Have Another Party"
    3 December for 5 weeks

[edit] 1955

Record Mirror launched its chart on 22 January.

  1. Dickie Valentine - "Finger Of Suspicion"
    NME: 7 January for 1 week
  2. Rosemary Clooney - "Mambo Italiano"
    NME: 14 January for 1 week
  3. Dickie Valentine - "The Finger Of Suspicion"
    NME: 21 January for 2 weeks
  4. Rosemary Clooney- "Mambo Italiano"
    NME: 4 February for 2 weeks
    RM: 22 January for 2 weeks
  5. Dean Martin - "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane"
    RM: 12 February for 1 week
  6. Ruby Murray - "Softly, Softly"
    NME: 18 February for 3 weeks
    RM: 12 March for 1 week
  7. Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Give Me Your Word"
    NME: 11 March for 7 weeks
    RM: 19 February for 3 weeks and 19 March for 7 weeks
  8. Perez Prado - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"
    NME: 29 April for 2 weeks
  9. Tony Bennett - "Stranger in Paradise"
    NME: 13 May for 2 weeks
    RM: 7 May for 5 weeks
  10. Eddie Calvert - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"
    NME: 27 May for 4 weeks
  11. Al Hibbler - "Unchained Melody"
    RM: 11 June for 4 weeks
  12. Jimmy Young - "Unchained Melody"
    NME:24 June for 3 weeks
  13. Alma Cogan - "Dreamboat"
    NME:15 July for 2 weeks
    RM: 9 July for 2 weeks
  14. Slim Whitman - "Rose Marie"
    NME:29 July for 11 weeks
    RM: 23 July for 9 weeks
  15. Frankie Laine - "Cool Water"
    RM: 1 October for 1 week
  16. Jimmy Young - "The Man From Laramie"
    NME:14 October for 4 weeks
    RM: 8 October for 5 weeks
  17. Johnston Brothers - "Hernando's Hideaway"
    NME:11 November for 2 weeks
  18. Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
    NME:25 November for 3 weeks
    RM: 12 November for 9 weeks
  19. Dickie Valentine - "Christmas Alphabet"
    NME:16 December for 3 weeks

[edit] 1956

  1. Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
    6 January for 2 weeks
  2. Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Sixteen Tons"
    20 January for 4 weeks
  3. Dean Martin - "Memories Are Made of This"
    17 February for 4 weeks
  4. Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
    16 March for 2 weeks
  5. Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra - "Rock And Roll Waltz"
    30 March for 1 week
  6. Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
    6 April for 1 week
  7. Winifred Atwell - "The Poor People Of Paris"
    13 April for 3 weeks
  8. Ronnie Hilton - "No Other Love"
    4 May for 6 weeks
  9. Pat Boone - "I'll Be Home"
    15 June for 5 weeks
  10. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
    20 July for 3 weeks
  11. Doris Day - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
    10 August for 6 weeks
  12. Anne Shelton- "Lay Down Your Arms"
    21 September for 4 weeks
  13. Frankie Laine - "A Woman In Love"
    19 October for 4 weeks
  14. Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' In The Rain"
    16 November for 7 weeks

[edit] 1957

  1. Guy Mitchell - "Singing the Blues"
    4 January, 18 January and 1 February for 1 week each
  2. Tommy Steele - "Singing the Blues"
    11 January for 1 week
  3. Frankie Vaughan - "The Garden of Eden"
    25 January for 4 weeks (1 week tied)
  4. Tab Hunter - "Young Love"
    22 February for 7 weeks
  5. Lonnie Donegan - "Cumberland Gap"
    12 April for 5 weeks
  6. Guy Mitchell - "Rock-a-Billy"
    17 May for 1 week
  7. Andy Williams - "Butterfly"
    24 May for 2 weeks
  8. Johnnie Ray - "Yes Tonight Josephine"
    7 June for 3 weeks
  9. Lonnie Donegan - "Gamblin' Man / Puttin' On the Style"
    28 June for 2 weeks
  10. Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up"
    12 July for 7 weeks
  11. Paul Anka - "Diana"
    30 August for 9 weeks
  12. Buddy Holly and The Crickets - "That'll Be the Day"
    1 November for 3 weeks
  13. Harry Belafonte - "Mary's Boy Child"
    22 November for 7 weeks

[edit] 1958

  1. Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"
    10 January for 2 weeks
  2. Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
    24 January for 3 weeks
  3. Michael Holliday - "The Story of My Life"
    14 February for 2 weeks
  4. Perry Como - "Magic Moments"
    28 February for 8 weeks
  5. Marvin Rainwater - "Whole Lotta Woman"
    25 April for 3 weeks
  6. Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now?"
    16 May for 6 weeks
  7. Vic Damone - "On the Street Where You Live"
    27 June for 2 weeks
  8. Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
    4 July for 1 week; equal top with Vic Damone.
  9. Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
    11 July for 6 weeks
  10. Kalin Twins - "When"
    22 August for 5 weeks
  11. Connie Francis - "Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid"
    26 September for 6 weeks
  12. Tommy Edwards - "It's All in the Game"
    7 November for 3 weeks
  13. Lord Rockingham's XI - "Hoots Mon"
    28 November for 3 weeks
  14. Conway Twitty - "It's Only Make Believe"
    19 December for 5 weeks

[edit] 1959

  1. Jane Morgan - "The Day the Rains Came"
    23 January for 1 week
  2. Elvis Presley - "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
    30 January for 3 weeks
  3. Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - "As I Love You"
    20 February for 4 weeks
  4. The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
    20 March for 1 week
  5. Russ Conway - "Side Saddle"
    27 March for 4 weeks
  6. Buddy Holly - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
    24 April for 3 weeks
  7. Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - "A Fool Such As I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight"
    15 May for 5 weeks
  8. Russ Conway - "Roulette"
    19 June for 2 weeks
  9. Bobby Darin - "Dream Lover"
    3 July for 4 weeks
  10. Cliff Richard and the Drifters - "Living Doll"
    31 July for 6 weeks
  11. Craig Douglas - "Only Sixteen"
    11 September for 4 weeks
  12. Jerry Keller - "Here Comes Summer"
    9 October for 1 week
  13. Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife"
    16 October for 2 weeks
  14. Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "Travellin' Light"
    30 October for 5 weeks
  15. Adam Faith - "What Do You Want?" (equal top for one week)
    4 December for 3 weeks
  16. Emile Ford and The Checkmates - "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"
    18 December for 6 weeks (equal top for one week)

[edit] By artist

The following artists achieved three or more number-one hits during the 1950s.

Artist Number-one hits
Frankie Laine 5
Paul Weston & His Orchestra 4
Elvis Presley 4
Johnnie Ray 3

Continues to List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

[edit] See also

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