Top Hits of the 1950's Lyrics

1959:  Top
The Crests - 16 Candles
Duane Eddy - 40 Miles Of Bad Road
Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk O' Love
Frankie Avalon - A Boy Without A Girl
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I
Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question
Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love
Coasters - Along Came Jones
David Seville & The Chipmunks - Alvin's Harmonica
Jan & Dean - Baby Talk
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Frankie Avalon - Bobby Sox To Stockings
Preston Epps - Bongo Rock
Sarah Vaughan - Broken-Hearted Melody
Coasters - Charlie Brown
Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me
Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards
Ritchie Valens - Donna
Della Reese - Don't You Know
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover
Platters - Enchanted
Brook Benton - Endlessly
Connie Francis - Frankie
Jack Scott - Goodbye Baby
Kathy Linden - Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye
Billy Grammer - Gotta Travel On
Virtues - Guitar Boogie Shuffle
Andy Williams - Hawaiian Wedding Song
Guy Mitchell - Heartaches By The Number
Lavern Baker - I Cried A Tear
Elvis Presley - I Need Your Love Tonight
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home
Lloyd Price - I'm Gonna Get Married
Ernie Fields - In The Mood
Skip And Flip - It Was I
Brook Benton - It's Just A Matter Of Time
Ricky Nelson - It's Late
The Bell Notes - I've Had It
Ricky Nelson - Just A Little Too Much
Frankie Avalon - Just Ask Your Heart
Wilber Harrison - Kansas City
Bobby Rydell - Kissin' Time
Ed Byrnes & Connie Stevens - Kookie Kookie
Sammy Turner - Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Connie Francis - Lipstick On Your Collar
Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
Andy Williams - Lonely Street
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
Reg Owen - Manhattan Spiritual
Ivo Robic - Morgen
Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue
Connie Francis - My Happiness
Carl Dobkins Jr. - My Heart Is An Open Book
Elvis Presley - My Wish Came True
Ricky Nelson - Never Be Anyone Else But You
Franck Pourcel - Only You
Lloyd Price - Personality
Ray Anthony - Peter Gunn Theme
Chris Barber - Petite Fleur
Coasters - Poison Ivy
Jerry Wallace - Primrose Lane
Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Martin Denny - Quiet Village
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Red River Rock
Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise
Phil Phillips - Sea Of Love
Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
Paul Evans - Sitting In The Back Seat
Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk
The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Fiestas - So Fine
Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Ricky Nelson - Sweeter Than You
Everly Brothers - Take A Message To Mary
Annette - Tall Paul
Freddy Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie
Dodie Stevens - Tan Shoes And Pink Shoelaces
Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat
Travis & Bob - Tell Him No
Jackie Wilson - That's Why
Bill Parsons - The All American Boy
Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans
David Seville & The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
Dave Baby Cortez - The Happy Organ
The Browns - The Three Bells
Kingston Trio - The Tijuana Jail
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
Tommy Dee - Three Stars
Fabian - Tiger
Everly Brothers - 'Til I Kissed You
Thomas Wayne - Tragedy
Fabian - Turn Me Loose
Frankie Avalon - Venus
Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
Dinah Washington - What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
Ray Charles - What'd I Say
Falcons - You're So Fine


1958:  Top
Four Preps - 26 Miles
Pat Boone - A Wonderful Time Up There
Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
Frank Sinatra - All the Way
Pat Boone - April Love
Andy Williams - Are You Sincere
Danny and the Jrs - At the Hop
Johnny Cash - Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Playmates - Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler)
Four Preps - Big Man
Kathy Linden - Billy
Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Monotones - Book of Love
Poni Tails - Born Too Late
Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless
Hollywood Flames - Buzz-Buzz-Buzz
Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star
Art and Dotty Todd - Chanson D'Amour (Song of Love)
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Frankie Avalon - Dede Dinah
Everly Brothers - Devoted to You
Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance
Roy Hamilton - Don't Let Go
Elvis - Don't
Jody Reynolds - Endlesssleep
Peggy Lee - Fever
Ed Townsend - For Your Love
Silhouettes - Get a Job
Frankie Avalon - Ginger Bread
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way
Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman
Laurie London - He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Ricky Nelson - I Got a Feeling
Elvis Presley - I Got Stung
Frankie Avalon - I'll Wait For You
Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
Pat Boone - It's Too Soon to Know
Jan and Arnie - Jennie Lee
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Jimmy Clanton - Just a Dream
Perry Como - Kewpie Doll
Jimmie Rodgers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Lou Monte - Lazy Mary
Will Glahe - Liechtensteiner Polka
Elegants - Little Star
Chordettes - Lollipop
Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town
Nat King Cole - Looking Back
Mitch Miller - March From the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey
Chantels - Maybe
Jack Scott - My True Love
Roger Williams - Near You
Domenico Modugo - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
Crickets - Oh Boy
Crescendos - Oh Julie
Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
Elvis Presley - One Night
Perez Prado - Patricia
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Royaltones - Poor Boy
Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
Everly Brothers - Problems
Bobby Darin - Queen of the Hop
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Dean Martin - Return to Me
Bobby Day - Rock-in Robin
Jimmie Rodgers - Secretly
Royal Teens - Short Shorts
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Ricky Nelson - Stood Up
Pat Boone - Sugar Moon
McGuire Sisters - Sugartime
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Robin Luke - Susie Darlin'
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Cha
Little Anthony-Imperials - Tears on My Pillow
Champs - Tequila
Earl Grant - The End
Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life
Diamonds - The Stroll
Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk
Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is to Love Him
Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
Cozy Cole - Topsy II
Platters - Twilight Time
Elvis - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Olympics - Western Movies
Chuck Willis - What Am I Living For
Kalin Twins - When
Connie Francis - Who's Sorry Now
George Hamilton IV - Why Don't They Understand
Johnny Otis Show - Willie and the Hand Jive
David Seville - Witch Doctor
Coasters - Yakety Yak
Paul Anka - You Are My Destiny


1957:  Top
Ricky Nelson - A Teenager's Romance
Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Mantovani - Around the World
Victor Young - Around the World
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)
Ricky Nelson - Be Bop Baby
Pat Boone - Bernardine
Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones - Black Slacks
Fats Domino - Blue Monday
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Larry Williams - Bony Maronie
Andy Williams - Butterfly
Charlie Gracie - Butterfly
Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Chuck Willis - C.c. Rider
Johnny Mathis - Chances Are
Dell-Vikings - Come Go with Me
Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon
Gale Storm - Dark Moon
Paul Anka - Diana
Pat Boone - Don't Forbid Me
Jane Morgan & the Troubadours - Fascination
Jim Reeves - Four Walls
Rusty Draper - Freight Train
Ferlin Husky - Gone
Marvin Rainwater - Gonna Find Me a Bluebird
Patience and Prudence - Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb
Buddy Knox - Hula Love
Betty Johnson - I Dreamed
Andy Williams - I Like Your Kind of Love
Margie Rayburn - I'm Available
Billy Williams - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
Jimmy Bowen - I'm Sticking with You
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Tony Bennett - In the Middle of an Island
Johnny Mathis - It's Not For Me to Say
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
Little Richard - Jenny Jenny
Lavern Baker - Jim Dandy
Little Richard - Keep a Knockin'
Elvis Presley - Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
Diamonds - Little Darlin'
Gene Vincent - Lotta Lovin'
Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange
Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
Elvis Presley - Love Me
Elvis - Loving You
Harry Belafonte - Mama Look at Bubu
Hilltoppers - Marianne
Ames Brothers - Melodie D'Amour
Frankie Laine - Moonlight Gambler
Bobbettes - Mr. Lee
Bobby Helms - My Special Angel
Patti Page - Old Cape Cod
Johnnie and Joe - Over the Mountain Across the Sea
Buddy Knox - Party Doll
Russ Hamilton - Rainbow
Ernie Freeman - Raunchy
Pat Boone - Remember You're Mine
Chuck Berry - Rock and Roll Music
Guy Mitchell - Rock-a-Billy
Jerry Lewis - Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
Perry Como - Round and Round
Chuck Berry - School Day
Coasters - Searchin'
Nat King Cole - Send For Me
Four Coins - Shangri-La
Larry Williams - Short Fat Fannie
Rays - Silhouettes
Ivory Joe Hunter - Since I Met You Baby
Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues
Jimmy Dorsey V Artie Malvin Singers - So Rare
Billy Ward and His Dominoes - Star Dust
Sal Mineo - Start Movin'
Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
Tommy Sands - Teen-Age Crush
Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day
Tarriers - The Banana Boat Song
Jim Lowe - The Green Door
Elvis Presley - Too Much
Fats Domino - Valley of Tears
Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
Dell-Vikings - Whispering Bells
Don Rondo - White Silver Sands
Four Lads - Who Needs You
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot of Shakin' Going on
Pat Boone - Why Baby Why
Johnny Mathis - Wonderful! Wonderful!
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Coasters - Young Blood
Sonny James - Young Love
Tab Hunter - Young Love


1956:  Top
George Hamilton Iv - A Rose and a Baby Ruth
Teresa Brewer - A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell
Al Hibbler - After the Lights Go Down Low
Patti Page - Allegheny Moon
Crew Cuts - Angels in the Sky
Rusty Draper - Are You Satisfied
Don Cherry - Band of Gold
Kit Carson - Band of Gold
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-a-Lula
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Teresa Brewer - Bo Weevil
Chordettes - Born to Be with You
Tony Bennett - Can You Find It in Your Heart
Andy Williams - Canadian Sunset
Eddie Fisher - Cindy Oh Cindy
Elvis - Don't Be Cruel
Eddie Fisher - Dungaree Doll
Fontane Sisters - Eddie My Love
Pat Boone - Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
Joe Valino - Garden of Eden
Perry Como - Glendora
Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel
Frank Sinatra - Hey Jealous Lover
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk
Perry Como - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity)
Elvis - Hound Dog
Pat Boone - I Almost Lost My Mind
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
Elvis - I Want You I Need You I Love You
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - I Want You to Be My Girl
Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
Fats Domino - I'm in Love Again
Ames Brothers - It Only Hurts For a Little While
Dream Weavers - It's Almost Tomorrow
Jo Stafford - It's Almost Tomorrow
Cathy Carr - Ivory Tower
Perry Como - Juke Box Baby
Johnnie Ray - Just Walking in the Rain
Chordettes - Lay Down Your Arms
Nelson Riddle - Lisbon Antigua
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Elvis - Love Me Tender
Blue Stars - Lullaby of Birdland
Patti Page - Mama From the Train
Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This
Eileen Rodgers - Miracle of Love
George Cates - Moonglow and Theme From 'Picnic'
Perry Como - More
Dick Hyman - Moritat
Peggy Lee - Mr Wonderful
Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven
Platters - My Prayer
Nat King Cole - Night Lights
Four Lads - No Not Much
Vic Damone - On the Street Where You Live
McGuire Sisters - Picnic
Kay Starr - Rock and Roll Waltz
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
Bill Haley and the Comets - See You Later Alligator
Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Eddie Heywood - Soft Summer Breeze
Mitch Miller - Song For a Summer Night
Cadillacs - Speedoo
Four Lads - Standing on the Corner
Gale Storm - Teen Age Prayer
Nat King Cole - That's All There Is to That
Diamonds - The Church Bells May Ring
Buchanan & Goodman - The Flying Saucer
Sanford Clark - The Fool
Platters - The Great Pretender
Jim Lowe - The Green Door
Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler
Les Baxter - The Poor People of Paris
Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind
Richard Maltby - Theme From 'The Man with the Golden Arm'
Lawrence Welk - Tonight You Belong to Me
Patience and Prudence - Tonight You Belong to Me
Nervous Norvus - Transfusion
Clyde McPhatter - Treasure of Love
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly - True Love
Jane Powell - True Love
Don Rondo - Two Different Worlds
Pat Boone - Tutti-Frutti
Tony Martin - Walk Hand in Hand
Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)
Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Gale Storm - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Jerry Vale - You Don't Know Me
Platters - You'll Never Never Know
Platters - You've Got the Magic Touch


1955:  Top
Nat King Cole - A Blossom Fell
Pat Boone - Ain't That A Shame
Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves
Perez Prado - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Crazy Otto - Crazy Otto Medley
Georgia Gibbs - Dance With Me Henry
Gisele Mackenzie - Hard To Get
Fontane Sisters - Hearts Of Stone
Art Mooney - Honey Babe
Somethin' Smith & The Redheads - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
Perry Como - Ko Ko Mo
Frank Sinatra - Learnin' The Blues
Joan Weber - Let Me Go Lover
Four Aces - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Billy Vaughn - Melody Of Love
Four Lads - Moments To Remember
Chordettes - Mr. Sandman
Platters - Only You
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
McGuire Sisters - Sincerely
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Jaye P. Morgan - That's All I Want From You
Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Fess Parker - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Ames Brothers - The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
Mitch Miller - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Georgia Gibbs - Tweedle Dee
Les Baxter - Unchained Melody


1954:  Top
Nat King Cole - Answer Me My Love
Patti Page - Cross Over The Bridge
Tony Martin - Here
Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway
Rosemary Clooney - Hey There
Don Cornell - Hold My Hand
Four Knights - I Get So Lonely
Eddie Fisher - I Need You Now
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Doris Day - If I Give My Heart To You
Kay Starr - If You Love Me
Kitty Kallen - In The Chapel In The Moonlight
Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot
Jo Stafford - Make Love To Me
Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Pa-Pa
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo
Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches
Doris Day - Secret Love
Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake, Rattle & Roll
Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom
Ralph Marterie - Skokiaan
Four Aces - Stranger In Paradise
Tony Bennett - Stranger In Paradise
Dean Martin - That's Amore
Frank Weir - The Happy Wanderer
Gaylords - The Little Shoemaker
Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House
Four Aces - Three Coins In The Fountain
Perry Como - Wanted
Frank Sinatra - Young At Heart


1953:  Top
Silvana Mangano - Anna
Les Baxter - April In Portugal
Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon
June Valli - Crying In The Chapel
Patti Page - Doggie In The Window
Perry Como - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Ray Anthony - Dragnet
Frank Chacksfield - Ebb Tide
Julius La Rosa - Eh Cumpari
Joni James - Have You Heard
Frankie Laine - I Believe
Eddie Fisher - I'm Walking Behind You
Frank Chacksfield - Limelight (Terry's Theme)
Perry Como - No Other Love
Pee Wee Hunt - Oh
Hilltoppers - P.S. I Love You
Nat King Cole - Pretend
Tony Bennett - Rags To Riches
Richard Hayman - Ruby
Perry Como - Say You're Mine Again
Percy Faith - Song From Moulin Rouge
Stan Freberg - St. George And The Dragonet
Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd - Tell Me A Story
Gaylords - Tell Me You're Mine
Teresa Brewer - Till I Waltz Again With You
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios
Joni James - Why Don't You Believe Me
Eddie Fisher - With These Hands
Ames Brothers - You, You, You
Joni James - Your Cheating Heart


1952:  Top
Doris Day - A Guy Is A Guy
Eddie Fisher - Any Time
Vera Lynn - Auf Weiderseh'n Sweetheart
Ella Mae Morse - Blacksmith Blues
Leroy Anderson - Blue Tango
Rosemary Clooney - Botch-a-me
Johnnie Ray - Cry
Percy Faith - Delicado
Mills Brothers - Glow Worm
Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much
Al Martino - Here In My Heart
Frankie Laine - High Noon
Patti Page - I Went To Your Wedding
Don Cornell - I'll Walk Alone
Don Cornell - I'm Yours
Eddie Fisher - I'm Yours
Johnny Standley - It's In The Book
Jo Stafford - Jambalaya
Georgia Gibbs - Kiss Of Fire
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Meet Mister Callaghan
Johnnie Ray - Please, Mr. Sun
Pee Wee King - Slow Poke
Eddie Fisher - Tell Me Why
Four Aces - Tell Me Why
Johnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That Cried
Hilltoppers - Trying
Johnnie Ray - Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Kay Starr - Wheel Of Fortune
Eddie Fisher - Wish You Were Here
Jo Stafford - You BelongTo Me


1951:  Top
Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter - Aba Daba Honeymoon
Mario Lanza - Be My Love
Les Baxter - Because Of You
Tony Bennett - Because Of You
Tony Bennett - Cold Cold Heart
Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
Del Wood - Down Yonder
Les Paul And Mary Ford - How High The Moon
Billy Eckstine - I Apologize
Tony Martin - I Get Ideas
Perry Como - If
Eddy Howard - It's No Sin
Four Aces - It's No Sin
Frankie Laine - Jezebel
Mario Lanza - Loveliest Night Of The Year
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill
Patti Page - Mockingbird Hill
Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller - My Heart Cries For You
Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller - My Truly, Truly Fair
Weavers - On Top Of Old Smokey
Frankie Laine - Rose, Rose I Love You
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - Sound Off
Dinah Shore - Sweet Violets
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz
Phil Harris - The Thing
Les Paul & Mary Ford - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Nat King Cole - Too Young
Ames Brothers - Undecided
Patti Page - Would I Love You
Perry Como - You're Just In Love


1950:  Top
Patti Page - All My Love
Bill Snyder - Bewitched
Gordon Jenkins - Bewitched
Kay Starr - Bonaparte's Retreat
Ames Brothers - Can Anyone Explain
Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Frankie Laine - Cry Of The Wild Goose
Bing Crosby - Dear Hearts And Gentle People
Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers - Goodnight Irene
Sammy Kaye - Harbor Lights
Perry Como - Hoop Dee Dog
Andrew Sisters & Gordon Jenkins - I Can Dream Can't I
Andrew Sisters & Gordon Jenkins - I Wanna Be Loved
Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked A Cake
Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell - It Isn't Fair
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music
Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart
Gordon Jenkins - My Foolish Heart
Gary & Bing Crosby - Play a Simple Melody
Ames Brothers - Rag Mop
Bing Crosby - Sam's Song
Ames Brothers - Sentimental Me
Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz
Phil Harris - The Thing
Tony Martin - There's No Tomorrow
Anton Karas - Third Man Theme
Guy Lombardo - Third Man Theme
Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers - Tzena, Tzena, Tzena