List of Billboard number-one singles of 1955

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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1955 according to Billboard magazine . Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1955, the following five charts were produced:

Issue dateBest Sellers in StoresMost Played by JockeysMost Played in JukeboxesHonor Roll of HitsTop 100Ref.
January 1"Mr. Sandman"
The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer 		"Let Me Go Lover"
Joan Weber with Orchestra under direction of Jimmy Carroll		"Mr. Sandman"
The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		"Mr. Sandman"Introduced on November 12 [4]
January 8"Mr. Sandman"
The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		 [5]
January 15"Let Me Go Lover"
Joan Weber with Orchestra under direction of Jimmy Carroll		"Let Me Go Lover"
Joan Weber with Orchestra under direction of Jimmy Carroll		"Let Me Go, Lover" [6]
January 22"Let Me Go Lover"
Joan Weber with Orchestra under direction of Jimmy Carroll		"Mr. Sandman"
The Chordettes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		 [7]
January 29"Let Me Go Lover"
Joan Weber with Orchestra under direction of Jimmy Carroll		 [8]
February 5"Hearts of Stone"
The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra		 [9]
February 12"Sincerely"
The McGuire Sisters with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs 		"Sincerely"
The McGuire Sisters with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs		"Hearts of Stone"
The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra		"Melody of Love" [10]
February 19 [11]
February 26 [12]
March 5"Sincerely"
The McGuire Sisters with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs		 [13]
March 12 [14]
March 19 [15]
March 26"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Bill Hayes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		 [16]
April 2"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" [17]
April 9 [18]
April 16 [19]
April 23"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Bill Hayes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
Bill Hayes with Orchestra Conducted by Archie Bleyer		 [20]
April 30"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra		 [21]
May 7 [22]
May 14"Unchained Melody"
Les Baxter 		"Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)"
Georgia Gibbs with Glenn Osser and his Orchestra		 [23]
May 21"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra		"Unchained Melody" [24]
May 28 [25]
June 4"Unchained Melody"
Les Baxter		"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra		 [26]
June 11"Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"
Pérez Prado and His Orchestra		 [27]
June 18 [28]
June 25 [29]
July 2 [30]
July 9"Rock Around the Clock"
Bill Haley & His Comets 		"Learnin' the Blues"
Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra		 [31]
July 16"Rock Around the Clock"
Bill Haley & His Comets		 [32]
July 23"Rock Around the Clock" [33]
July 30"Learnin' the Blues"
Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra		"Rock Around the Clock"
Bill Haley & His Comets		 [34]
August 6"Rock Around the Clock"
Bill Haley & His Comets		 [35]
August 13 [36]
August 20 [37]
August 27 [38]
September 3"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
Mitch Miller with his Orchestra & Chorus		"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
Mitch Miller with his Orchestra & Chorus		"Yellow Rose of Texas" [39]
September 10 [40]
September 17"Ain't That a Shame"
Pat Boone 		[41]
September 24 [42]
October 1"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
Mitch Miller with his Orchestra & Chorus		 [43]
October 8"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts 		[44]
October 15"The Yellow Rose of Texas"
Mitch Miller with his Orchestra & Chorus		"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts		 [45]
October 22"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts		 [46]
October 29"Autumn Leaves"
Roger Williams with Orchestra Directed by Glenn Osser		 [47]
November 5"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" [48]
November 12"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts		"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts		 [49]
November 19"Autumn Leaves" [50]
November 26"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		"Sixteen Tons" [51]
December 3"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		 [52]
December 10 [53]
December 17 [54]
December 24 [55]
December 31 [56]

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