This is a list of number-one songs in the

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during the year 1957 according to ''

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''. Prior to the creation of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ''Billboard'' published multiple singles charts each week. In 1957, 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

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es across the United States (this chart was discontinued in June 1957). *''Top 100'' - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play. NOTE: ''Billboard'' changed its issue dates from a Saturday to a Monday schedule on April 29, thus causing a one-week inconsistency. This would later be changed back from a Monday to a Saturday schedule on January 6, 1962. ----

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