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List Of Number-one Singles Of 1955 (U.S.)
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 four charts were produced: *''Best Sellers in Stores'' – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. *''Most Played by Jockeys'' – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. *''Most Played in Jukeboxes'' – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. *''Top 100'' - the first ''Billboard'' chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play (debuted in the issue dated November 12, 1955). ---- See also *1955 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1955. Specific locations * 1955 in British music * 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wallflower (Dance With Me, Henry)
Wallflower or ''Erysimum'' is a genus of flowering plants. Wallflower may also refer to: * Wallflower (people), a shy person Films * ''Wallflower'' (film), a 1948 American comedy film * ''Wallflowers'' (film), a 1928 American drama film * ''The Wall Flower'', a 1922 American drama film written and directed by Rupert Hughes Music Groups * Wallflower (band), a 1990s British rock band * The Wallflowers (British band), a British indie/new wave band formed in 1985 * The Wallflowers, an American rock band formed in 1989 Albums * ''Wallflower'' (Diana Krall album), 2014 * ''Wallflower'' (My Sister's Machine album), 1993 * ''Wallflower'', an album by Jordan Rakei, 2017 * ''The Wallflowers'' (album), by the American band The Wallflowers, 1992 Songs * "Wallflower" (Bob Dylan song), 1971 * "Wallflower", by Peter Gabriel from '' Peter Gabriel'', 1982 * "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)", by Etta James, 1955 Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * Wallflower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Williams (pianist)
Roger Williams (born Louis Jacob Weertz; October 1, 1924 – October 8, 2011) was an American popular music pianist. Described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "one of the most popular instrumentalists of the mid-20th century", and "the rare instrumental pop artist to strike a lasting commercial chord," Williams had 22 hit singles–including the chart-topping " Autumn Leaves" in 1955 and "Born Free" in 1966–and 38 hit albums between 1955 and 1972. He was a Navy boxing champion, played for nine U.S. Presidential administrations, and had a gold Steinway & Sons grand piano model named in his honor. Biography Weertz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to the Rev. Frederick J. Weertz (1891–1980), a Lutheran minister, and Dorothea Bang Weertz (1895–1985), a music teacher. The family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, before his first birthday. He first played the piano at age three. In high school he became interested in boxing, mainly at his father's insistence, and returned to music only af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Leaves (1945 Song)
"Autumn Leaves" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945 with original lyrics by Jacques Prévert in French (original French title: "Les Feuilles mortes"), and later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best-seller in the US ''Billboard'' charts of 1955. Background Kosma was a native of Hungary who was introduced to Prévert in Paris. They collaborated on the song ' ("The Dead Leaves") for the 1946 film '' Les Portes de la nuit (Gates of the Night)'' where it was sung by Irène Joachim and Yves Montand. The poem was published, after the death of Jacques Prévert, in the book " Soleil de Nuit" in 1980. Kosma was influenced by a piece of ballet music, "Rendez-vous" written for Roland Petit, performed in Paris at the end of the Second World War, large parts of the melodies are exactly the same, which was itself borrowed partially from "Poème d'octobre" by Jules Massenet. The first commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four Aces
The Four Aces are an American male traditional pop quartet popular since the 1950s. Over the last half-century, the group amassed many gold records. Its million-selling songs include " Love is a Many-Splendored Thing", " Three Coins in the Fountain", " Stranger in Paradise", " Tell Me Why", and "(It's No) Sin". Other big sellers included "Shangri-La", "Perfidia", and " Sincerely". The original members, responsible for every song made popular by the group, included Al Alberts, Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, and Rosario "Sod" Vaccaro. Career Alberts went to South Philadelphia High School and Temple University and served in the United States Navy, where he met Mahoney. Originally, Alberts sang with Mahoney playing behind him, and later they added Vaccaro on trumpet and Silvestri on drums. They played locally in the Philadelphia area, and Alberts started his own record label, Victoria Records, when they could not find a distributor to release their first record, "(It's No) Sin". It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (song)
"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song appeared first in the movie '' Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing'' (1955), and it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to '' Love is a Many Splendored Thing'', the soap opera based on the movie. Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by The Four Aces, whose recording reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, and number one on both the '' Billboard'' and ''Cash Box'' charts in 1955. Background The music was commissioned for the movie '' Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing'' and included in the film's Oscar-winning score, composed and conducted by Alfred Newman. It was initially only composed as background music for the film, lyrics were subsequently added to make it eligible for the Best Original Song category of the Academy Awards. The original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Boone
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films. According to ''Billboard'', Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Until the 2010s, Boone held the ''Billboard'' record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week. At the age of 23, Boone began hosting a half-hour ABC variety television series, ''The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom'', which aired for 115 episodes (1957–1960). Many musical performers, including Edie Adams, Andy Williams, Pearl Bailey, and Johnny Mathis, made appearances on the show. His cover versions of rhythm and blues hits had a noticeable effect on the development of the broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain't That A Shame
"Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number 10 on the pop chart. The song is ranked number 438 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. This recording was included in the debut Fats Domino album '' Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino'' (1956) and next in the compilation ''Fats Domino Swings (12,000,000 Records)'' (1958). Later in 1963 the recording has been overdubbed by vocal chorus for the album ''Let's Dance with Domino'' (1963). In 1983 Fats Domino re-recorded the song; this recording was included in his last album ''Alive and Kickin (2006) under the title "Ain't That a Shame 2000". The song gained national fame after being covered by Pat Boone. Domino's version soon became more popular, bringing his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Miller
Mitchell William Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and artists and repertoire (A&R) man. Miller was one of the most influential people in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of A&R at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist with an NBC television series, ''Sing Along with Mitch''. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in the early 1930s, Miller began his musical career as a player of the oboe and English horn, making numerous highly regarded classical and popular recordings. Early life Mitchell William Miller was born to a Jewish family in Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1911. His mother was Hinda (Rosenblum) Miller, a former seamstress, and his father, Abram Calmen Miller, a Russian-Jewish immigrant w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Rose Of Texas (song)
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Several versions of the song have been recorded, including by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Mitch Miller. Origin The earliest known version is found in ''Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2'', a songbook published under the authority of Edwin Pearce Christy in Philadelphia in 1853. Christy was the founder of the blackface minstrel show known as the Christy's Minstrels. Like most minstrel songs, the lyrics are written in a cross between a parody of a generic creole dialect historically attributed to African-Americans and standard American English. The song is written in the first person from the perspective of an African-American singer who refers to himself as a " darkey," longing to return to "a yellow girl" (that is, a light-skinned, or bi-racial woman born of African/Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is among the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He found success as a solo artist after signing with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "Bobby soxer (music), bobby soxers". Sinatra released his debut album, ''The Voice of Frank Sinatra'', in 1946. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learning The Blues
"Learnin' the Blues" is a big band popular song written by Dolores "Vicki" Silvers. The song was originally recorded by Philadelphia singer Joe Valino, along with the Gene Kutch Orchestra. Frank Sinatra versions In 1955, "Learnin' the Blues" was recorded by Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra.Capitol Records (1955), ''Learnin' the Blues (Dolores Vicki Silvers). Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra'', Capitol #3102. Initially published on the B side of the EP ''Session With Sinatra'' (Capitol Records EAP 1-629), ''Learnin' the Blues'' was subsequently re-released in June 1955 as a single with Sinatra's ''If I Had Three Wishes'' on the B side (Capitol 3102). In 1962, Frank Sinatra recorded a longer version in collaboration with Count Basie & his orchestra for the '' Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First'' album. Chart performance In the weeks of 3-9 and 24–30 July 1955, Sinatra's rendition was briefly the most frequently played song on U.S. r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
