2007-05-30 02:48:33 · 3 answers · asked by kaitlyn a 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
Billboard started charting songs in 1955. Before that, record industry moguls made their own.
2007-05-30 02:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some good songs from the 50's.
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
Oh Boy! - Buddy Holly
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
Charlie Brown - Coasters
Yakety Yak - Coasters
There Goes My Baby - Drifters
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley
Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers
Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin ' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Lucille - Little Richard
Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
Only You - Platters
The Great Pretender - Platters
I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
2007-05-30 03:49:57 · answer #2 · answered by r~@~w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to Billboard.com you can find the TOP 5 for each year starting at 1946 and categorized by gender, ie, Top 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Country Songs, Billboard 200 - Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Country Albums.
On the next link you can find TOP 10 for the 50's and also TOP100 recordings by year starting at 1950
2007-05-30 03:05:55 · answer #3 · answered by alfredo1967 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋