UK No.1 Hits of 1955
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This is a list of all the singles to top the UK charts in the year 1955.
See Also: List of Number 1 singles (UK), UK No.1 Hits of 1954, 1955 in music, UK No.1 Hits of 1956
Issue Date | Song Title | Artist |
January 7 | "Mambo Italiano" | Rosemary Clooney |
January 14 | "Finger Of Suspicion" | Dickie Valentine |
January 21 | "Finger Of Suspicion" | Dickie Valentine |
January 28 | "Mambo Italiano" | Rosemary Clooney |
February 4 | "Mambo Italiano" | Rosemary Clooney |
February 11 | "Softly Softly" | Ruby Murray |
February 18 | "Softly Softly" | Ruby Murray |
February 25 | "Softly Softly" | Ruby Murray |
March 4 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
March 11 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
March 18 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
March 25 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
April 1 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
April 8 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
April 15 | "Give Me Your Word" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
April 22 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Perez Prado |
April 29 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Perez Prado |
May 6 | "Stranger In Paradise" | Tony Bennett |
May 13 | "Stranger In Paradise" | Tony Bennett |
May 20 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Eddie Calvert |
May 27 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Eddie Calvert |
June 3 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Eddie Calvert |
June 10 | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | Eddie Calvert |
June 17 | "Unchained Melody" | Jimmy Young |
June 24 | "Unchained Melody" | Jimmy Young |
July 1 | "Unchained Melody" | Jimmy Young |
July 8 | "Dreamboat" | Alma Cogan |
July 15 | "Dreamboat" | Alma Cogan |
July 22 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
July 29 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
August 5 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
August 12 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
August 19 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
August 26 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
September 2 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
September 9 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
September 16 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
September 23 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
September 30 | "Rose Marie" | Slim Whitman |
October 7 | "The Man From Laramie" | Jimmy Young |
October 14 | "The Man From Laramie" | Jimmy Young |
October 21 | "The Man From Laramie" | Jimmy Young |
October 28 | "The Man From Laramie" | Jimmy Young |
November 4 | "Hernando's Hideaway" | Johnston Brothers |
November 11 | "Hernando's Hideaway" | Johnston Brothers |
November 18 | "Rock Around The Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets |
November 25 | "Rock Around The Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets |
December 1 | "Rock Around The Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets |
December 8 | "Christmas Alphabet" | Dickie Valentine |
December 15 | "Christmas Alphabet" | Dickie Valentine |
December 22 | "Christmas Alphabet" | Dickie Valentine |
December 29 | "Rock Around The Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets |
[edit] Notes
[edit] Records
- Single with most consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart (11 weeks; Slim Whitman, "Rose Marie")
[edit] Artists At #1 For The First Time
- Ruby Murray with "Softly Softly"
- Tennessee Ernie Ford with "Give Me Your Word"
- Perez Prado with "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
- Tony Bennett with "Stranger In Paradise"
- Jimmy Young with "Unchained Melody"
- Alma Cogan with "Dreamboat"
- Slim Whitman with "Rose Marie"
- Johnston Brothers with "Hernando's Hideaway"
- Bill Haley & His Comets with "Rock Around The Clock"