Episode 40, “Top Hits of 1955,”

Show 40, “Top Hits of 1955,” tracks all the No. 1 Billboard hits plus a few other interesting songs from this year when rock-and-roll was just peeking over the horizon. Performers include Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Nat King Cole, Bill Haley and His Comets, Frank Sinatra, The Fontaine Sisters, and a German musician who called himself “Crazy Otto.”

Playlist

Show 40Top Hits of 1955 
 Playlist 
 1Mr. SandmanThe Chordettes
 2Let Me Go LoverJoan Weber
 3Heart of StoneThe Fontane Sisters
 4SincerelyThe McGuire Sisters
 5Ballad of Davy CrocketFess Parker
 6Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom WhitePerez Prado and his Orchestra
 7Rock Around The ClockBill Haley and His Comets
 8The Yellow Rose of TexasMitch Miller
 9Love is a Many Splendored ThingThe Four Aces
 10Autumn LeavesRoger Williams
 11Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford
 12Ain’t That a ShamePat Boone 
 13A Blossom Fell Nat King Cole
 14Unchained MelodyAl Hibbler
 15Crazy Otto MedleyCrazy Otto
 16Learning the BluesFrank Sinatra