Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Honor Roll of Hits | Top 100 | Ref. |
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] |