List of top 25 singles for 1955 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1955. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1955. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1."Hold My Hand" Don Cornell; Nat King Cole 16
2."Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley and the Comets 16
3."Melody of Love" The Four Aces; Billy Vaughn 16
4."Unchained Melody" Al Hibbler; Les Baxter 15
5."I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher 13
6."Stranger in Paradise" Tony Bennett 13
7."Mr. Sandman" The Four Aces; The Chordettes 14
8."Let Me Go, Lover" Joan Weber; Teresa Brewer 12
9."The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Tennessee" Ernie Ford; Fess Parker 14
10."Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" Les Baxter; Perez Prado 13
11."The High and the Mighty" Victor Young; Les Baxter 13
12."A Man Called Peter" Darryl Stewart 21
13."Softly, Softly" Ruby Murray 2
14."Skokiaan" The Four Lads 12
15."Love is a Many Splendored Thing" Nat King Cole; The Four Aces 3
16."Serenade (from "The Student Prince")" Mario Lanza 12
17."The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" Dean Martin; The Ames Brothers 12
18."If I Give My Heart to You" Doris Day; Nat King Cole 2
19."Learnin' the Blues" Frank Sinatra 11
20."Something's Gotta Give" Sammy Davis Jr; The McGuire Sisters 3
21."A Blossom Fell" Nat King Cole 2
22."Papa Loves Mambo" Johnnie Ray; Perry Como 3
23."Hajji Baba" Nat King Cole 4
24."Humming Bird" Frankie Laine; Les Paul and Mary Ford 4
25."I Talk to the Trees" David Hughes; Tony Fontane 5

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"