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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Until 2004 the chart was only based on the sales of both physical singles with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3]

This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during 1955, as well as songs which peaked in 1954 and 1956 but were in the top 40 in 1955. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 40 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

One-hundred and sixty-one singles were in the top forty this year. One single from 1953 and twenty-one singles from 1954 remained in the top 40 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, or re-entered during the year. "Heartbeat" by Ruby Murray, "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" by Alma Cogan, "Mambo Italiano" by Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen, "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes, "Mr. Sandman" by Dickie Valentine, "No One But You" by Billy Eckstine, "Piano Medley No. 114" by Charlie Kunz, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Bill Haley and His Comets", "The Finger of Suspicion" by Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers" and "Veni-Vidi-Vici" by Ronnie Hilton first charted in 1954 but did not reach their peak until 1955.

"Arrivederci Darling" by Anne Shelton, "Let's Get Together Again" by The Big Ben Banjo Band, "Meet Me on the Corner" by Max Bygraves, "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo" by Alma Cogan, "Someone on Your Mind" by Jimmy Young, "Suddenly There's a Valley" by Petula Clark, "The Old Pianna Rag" by Dickie Valentine and "Twenty Tiny Fingers" by The Stargazers first charted in 1955 but did not reach their peak until 1956.

Forty-one artists had multiple entries in the top forty in 1955, with Ruby Murray having the most entries (7). Songs that reached the top ten this year are featured here but also included in their own article.

Top-forty singles

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Key
Symbol Meaning
‡ Single peaked in 1954 but still in chart in 1955.
♦ Single released in 1955 but peaked in 1956.
Single peaked at number-one in 1955.
Entered The date that the song first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending) 		Weeks
in
top
40 		Single Artist Peak Peak
reached
(week ending) 		Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 1953
10 December 1953 15 "Let's Have a Party" ‡ Winifred Atwell 2 21 January 1954 1
Singles in 1954
9 September 1954 21 "Hold My Hand" ‡ Don Cornell 1 14 October 1954 5
7 October 1954 11 "If I Give My Heart to You" ‡ Joan Regan 3 2 December 1954 1
14 October 1954 18 "This Ole House" ‡ Rosemary Clooney 1 2 December 1954 1
21 October 1954 14 "My Son, My Son" ‡ Vera Lynn and Frank Weir 1 11 November 1954 2
16 "This Ole House" ‡ Billie Anthony 4 4 November 1954 1
28 October 1954 16 "Rain, Rain, Rain" ‡ Frankie Laine & The Four Lads 8 4 November 1954 3
4 November 1954 10 "I Need You Now" ‡ Eddie Fisher 13 9 December 1954 1
18 November 1954 10 "Santo Natale (Merry Christmas)" ‡ David Whitfield 2 9 December 1954 5
17 "No One But You" Billy Eckstine 3 20 January 1955 2
2 December 1954 8 "Let's Have Another Party" ‡ Winifred Atwell 1 9 December 1954 5
14 "I Still Believe" ‡ Ronnie Hilton 3 23 December 1954 3
9 December 1954 16 "Heartbeat" Ruby Murray 3 3 February 1955 1
11 "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" Alma Cogan 6 27 January 1955 1
16 December 1954 4 "Let's Get Together No. 1" ‡ The Big Ben Banjo Band 6 23 December 1954 2
8 "Veni-Vidi-Vici" Ronnie Hilton 12 3 February 1955 1
23 December 1954 15 "The Finger of Suspicion" Dickie Valentine with The Stargazers 1 13 January 1955 3
14 "Shake, Rattle and Roll" Bill Haley and His Comets 4 27 January 1955 2
8 "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes 11 13 January 1955 1
12 "Mr. Sandman" Dickie Valentine 5 10 February 1955 1
16 "Mambo Italiano" Rosemary Clooney and The Mellomen 1 20 January 1955 3
4 "Piano Medley No. 114" Charlie Kunz 16 20 January 1955 1
Singles in 1955
13 January 1955 5 "Mr. Sandman" The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts 9 20 January 1955 1
36 "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets 1 1 December 1955 5
3 "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)" Bing Crosby 11 3 February 1955 1
27 January 1955 2 "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers 14 27 January 1955 1
24 "Give Me Your Word" Tennessee Ernie Ford 1 17 March 1955 7
1 "Mr. Sandman Max Bygraves 16 27 January 1955 1
3 February 1955 23 "Softly, Softly (La tamise et mon jardin)" Ruby Murray 1 24 February 1955 3
3 "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" Frankie Vaughan 12 10 February 1955 1
10 "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" Dean Martin 5 10 March 1955 1
10 February 1955 6 "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" Ames Brothers 6 17 February 1955 1
1 "Drinking Song" Mario Lanza 13 10 February 1955 1
2 "Mambo Italiano" Dean Martin 14 10 February 1955 1
8 "Happy Days and Lonely Nights" Ruby Murray 6 3 March 1955 1
17 February 1955 10 "Let Me Go, Lover!" Teresa Brewer with The Lancers 9 24 February 1955 2
9 "Beyond the Stars" David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra 8 10 March 1955 1
13 "Mobile" Ray Burns 4 24 March 1955 1
4 "Lonely Ballerina" Mantovani 16 17 February 1955 1
1 "Teach Me Tonight" The DeCastro Sisters 20 24 March 1955 1
24 February 1955 10 "A Blossom Fell" Dickie Valentine 9 31 March 1955 1
1 "Let Me Go, Lover!" Joan Weber 16 24 February 1955 1
5 "Majorca" Petula Clark 12 24 February 1955 1
2 "I'll Walk with God" Mario Lanza 18 24 February 1955 1
3 March 1955 10 "A Blossom Fell" Nat King Cole 3 24 March 1955 1
9 "Let Me Go, Lover!" Dean Martin 3 31 March 1955 1
10 March 1955 7 "Let Me Go, Lover!" Ruby Murray 5 10 March 1955 1
1 "Somebody" The Stargazers 20 10 March 1955 1
17 March 1955 5 "A Blossom Fell" Ronnie Hilton 10 14 April 1955 1
8 "Tomorrow" Johnny Brandon & The Phantoms 8 31 March 1955 1
1 "In the Beginning" Frankie Laine 20 17 March 1955 1
24 March 1955 11 "(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells" Eddie Fisher 5 7 April 1955 1
11 "If Anyone Finds This, I Love You" Ruby Murray and Anne Warren 4 14 April 1955 2
31 March 1955 17 "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) (Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs)" Pérez 'Prez' Prado and His Orchestra 1 5 May 1955 2
8 "Prize of Gold" Joan Regan 6 14 April 1955 1
7 April 1955 10 "Under the Bridges of Paris" Eartha Kitt with Henri René & His Orchestra 7 28 April 1955 1
8 "Under the Bridges of Paris" Dean Martin 6 21 April 1955 2
1 "No More" The McGuire Sisters 20 7 April 1955 1
14 April 1955 21 "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) (Cerisiers Roses et Pommiers Blancs)" Eddie Calvert 1 2 June 1955 4
9 "Ready, Willing and Able" Doris Day 7 21 April 1955 1
11 "If You Believe" Johnnie Ray with Percy Faith & His Orchestra 7 26 May 1955 2
21 April 1955 16 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra & Chorus 1 19 May 1955 2
2 "Mambo Rock" Bill Haley & His Comets 14 21 April 1955 1
20 "Earth Angel" The Crew-Cuts 4 19 May 1955 3
28 April 1955 13 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" Tony Martin 6 5 May 1955 1
1 "Tweedle Dee" Frankie Vaughan 17 28 April 1955 1
3 "Serenade" Mario Lanza 15 12 May 1955 1
2 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" Don Cornell 19 5 May 1955 1
1 "Tweedle Dee" Georgia Gibbs 20 28 April 1955 1
5 May 1955 4 "Melody of Love" The Ink Spots 10 12 May 1955 1
2 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" Bing Crosby 17 12 May 1955 1
12 May 1955 19 "Unchained Melody" Jimmy Young 1 30 June 1955 3
1 "Open Up Your Heart" Joan & Rusty Regan 19 12 May 1955 1
19 May 1955 17 "Unchained Melody" Al Hibbler 2 16 June 1955 4
9 "Unchained Melody" Les Baxter, His Chorus & Orchestra 10 2 June 1955 2
4 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" Eddie Calvert 14 2 June 1955 1
26 May 1955 6 "Stranger in Paradise (from Kismet)" The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts 6 9 June 1955 1
13 "Where Will the Dimple Be?" Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen 6 30 June 1955 1
1 "Paths of Paradise" Johnnie Ray 20 26 May 1955 1
2 June 1955 16 "Dreamboat" Alma Cogan 1 21 July 1955 2
11 "Mama" David Whitfield 12 25 August 1955 1
4 "Elephant Tango" Cyril Stapleton 19 28 July 1955 1
9 June 1955 4 "Sing It with Joe" Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson 14 16 June 1955 2
15 "I Wonder" Dickie Valentine 4 21 July 1955 1
3 "The Crazy Otto Rag" The Stargazers 18 16 June 1955 1
16 June 1955 7 "You My Love" Frank Sinatra 13 16 June 1955 1
2 "The Man That Got Away" Judy Garland 18 23 June 1955 1
23 June 1955 4 "I Wonder" Jane Froman 14 7 July 1955 1
1 "Unchained Melody" Liberace 20 23 June 1955 1
30 June 1955 22 "Cool Water" Frankie Laine with The Mellomen 2 11 August 1955 5
8 "Stowaway" Barbara Lyon 12 28 July 1955 2
7 July 1955 17 "Evermore" Ruby Murray 3 28 July 1955 3
16 "Ev'ry Day of My Life" Malcolm Vaughan 5 8 September 1955 1
4 "Don't Worry" Johnny Brandon 18 28 July 1955 1
14 July 1955 20 "Ev'rywhere" David Whitfield 3 29 September 1955 1
21 July 1955 19 "Rose Marie" Slim Whitman 1 4 August 1955 11
4 "Sincerely" The McGuire Sisters 14 21 July 1955 1
13 "Strange Lady in Town" Frankie Laine 6 18 August 1955 2
28 July 1955 1 "I'm in Favour of Friendship" The Five Smith Brothers 20 28 July 1955 1
4 August 1955 11 "John and Julie" Eddie Calvert 6 8 September 1955 2
7 "Something's Gotta Give" Sammy Davis Jr. 11 8 September 1955 2
12 "Indian Love Call" Slim Whitman 7 1 September 1955 1
11 August 1955 13 "Learnin' the Blues" Frank Sinatra 2 1 September 1955 5
18 August 1955 2 "Alabama Jubilee" Ferko String Band 20 18 August 1955 2
25 August 1955 14 "The Breeze and I (Andalucía)" Caterina Valente with Werner Müller and the Rias Dance Orchestra 5 15 September 1955 2
1 September 1955 7 "Stars Shine in Your Eyes" Ronnie Hilton 13 15 September 1955 2
2 "My One Sin" Nat King Cole 17 22 September 1955 1
6 "That's How a Love Song was Born" Ray Burns with The Coronets 14 22 September 1955 1
8 September 1955 1 "Not as a Stranger" Frank Sinatra 18 8 September 1955 1
3 "Sing It Again with Joe" Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson 18 15 September 1955 1
15 September 1955 9 "Close the Door" The Stargazers 6 6 October 1955 1
8 "Love Me or Leave Me" Sammy Davis Jr. 8 29 September 1955 1
1 "Love Me or Leave Me" Doris Day 20 15 September 1955 1
22 September 1955 12 "The Man from Laramie" Jimmy Young 1 20 October 1955 4
1 "Close Your Eyes" Tony Bennett 18 22 September 1955 1
29 September 1955 2 "China Doll" Slim Whitman 15 29 September 1955 1
12 "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra with Julie Dawn 2 27 October 1955 2
1 "The Banjo's Back in Town" Alma Cogan 17 29 September 1955 1
3 "The Man from Laramie" Al Martino 19 29 September 1955 1
1 "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" Charlie Applewhite 20 29 September 1955 1
6 October 1955 1 "That Old Black Magic" Sammy Davis Jr. 16 6 October 1955 1
11 "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney 4 24 November 1955 1
13 October 1955 13 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mitch Miller with His Orchestra & Chorus 2 17 November 1955 1
13 "Hernando's Hideaway" The Johnston Brothers 1 17 November 1955 2
2 "Hey There" Lita Roza 17 13 October 1955 1
1 "Hey There" Sammy Davis Jr. 19 13 October 1955 1
5 "Hernando's Hideaway" Johnnie Ray 11 20 October 1955 2
20 October 1955 9 "Hey There" 5 17 November 1955 2
7 "I'll Come When You Call" Ruby Murray 6 17 November 1955 1
4 "Go on By" Alma Cogan 16 3 November 1955 1
27 October 1955 3 "I'll Never Stop Loving You" Doris Day 17 27 October 1955 1
1 "The Dam Busters March" The Central Band of the Royal Air Force 18 27 October 1955 1
5 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Gary Miller 13 17 November 1955 1
3 November 1955 5 "Song of the Dreamer" Johnnie Ray 10 24 November 1955 1
1 "Blue Star (The Medic Theme)" Ron Goodwin 20 3 November 1955 1
10 November 1955 4 "Cloudburst" Don Lang 16 10 November 1955 1
10 "Let's Have a Ding Dong" Winifred Atwell 3 8 December 1955 1
17 November 1955 2 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Ronnie Hilton 15 17 November 1955 2
1 "Humming Bird" Frankie Laine 16 17 November 1955 1
11 "Twenty Tiny Fingers" ♦ The Stargazers 4 12 January 1956 1
24 November 1955 13 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts 2 1 December 1955 2
11 "Meet Me on the Corner" ♦ Max Bygraves 2 12 January 1956 1
11 "Ain't That a Shame" Pat Boone 7 15 December 1955 1
1 December 1955 7 "Christmas Alphabet" Dickie Valentine 1 22 December 1955 3
4 "The Singing Dogs (Medley)" The Singing Dogs 13 15 December 1955 2
11 "When You Lose the One You Love" David Whitfield with Mantovani and His Orchestra 7 22 December 1955 1
10 "Suddenly There's a Valley" ♦ Petula Clark 7 12 January 1956 1
1 "Twenty Tiny Fingers" The Coronets 20 1 December 1955 1
8 "Hawkeye" Frankie Laine 7 29 December 1955 2
8 December 1955 4 "Suddenly There's a Valley" Lee Lawrence 14 22 December 1955 2
3 "Seventeen" Frankie Vaughan 18 15 December 1955 2
15 December 1955 3 "On with the Motley" Harry Secombe 16 22 December 1955 1
2 "Let's Get Together Again" ♦ The Big Ben Banjo Band 18 5 January 1956 1
6 "Suddenly There's a Valley" Jo Stafford 12 29 December 1955 1
22 December 1955 1 "Twenty Tiny Fingers" Alma Cogan 17 22 December 1955 1
4 "Arrivederci Darling" ♦ Anne Shelton 17 5 January 1956 1
5 "The Old Pianna Rag" ♦ Dickie Valentine 15 12 January 1956 1
29 December 1955 5 "Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo" ♦ Alma Cogan 6 12 January 1956 2
2 "Seventeen" Boyd Bennett and His Rockets 16 29 December 1955 1
5 "Someone on Your Mind" ♦ Jimmy Young 13 19 January 1956 1
2 "Bluebell Polka" The Jimmy Shand Band 20 12 January 1956 2

Entries by artist

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The following table shows artists who achieved or more top 40 entries in 1955, including songs that reached their peak in 1954 or 1956. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist.

Entries Artist Country of origin Songs
7 Ruby Murray  United Kingdom Evermore, Happy Days and Lonely Nights, Heartbeat, If Anyone Finds This I Love You, I'll Come When You Call, Let Me Go Lover!, Softly Softly (La tamise et mon jardin)
6 Alma Cogan Dreamboat, Go on By, I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango, Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo, The Banjo's Back in Town, The Man from Laramie, Twenty Tiny Fingers
Dickie Valentine A Blossom Fell, Christmas Alphabet, I Wonder, Mr. Sandman, The Finger of Suspicon, The Old Pianna Rag
Frankie Laine  United States Cool Water, Hawkeye, Humming Bird, In the Beginning, Rain Rain Rain, Strange Lady in Town
5 Johnnie Ray Hernando's Hideaway, Hey There, If You Believe, Paths of Paradise, Song of the Dreamer
Ronnie Hilton  United Kingdom A Blossom Fell, I Still Believe, Stars Shine in Your Eyes, The Yellow Rose of Texas, Veni-Vidi-Vici
4 David Whitfield Beyond the Stars, Ev'rywhere, Mama, When You Lose the One You Love
Dean Martin  United States Let Me Go Lover!, Mambo Italiano, The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, Under the Bridges of Paris
Rosemary Clooney Hey There, Mambo Italiano, This Ole House, Where Will the Dimple Be?
Sammy Davis Jr. Hey There, Love Me or Leave Me, Something's Gotta Give, That Old Black Magic
The Stargazers  United Kingdom Close the Door, The Crazy Otto Rag, The Finger of Suspicion, Twenty Tiny Fingers
3 Al Alberts  United States Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mr. Sandman, Stranger in Paradise
Bill Haley & His Comets Mambo Rock, Rock Around the Clock, Shake, Rattle and Roll
Doris Day I'll Never Stop Loving You, Love Me or Leave Me, Ready Willing and Able
Eddie Calvert  United Kingdom I Need You Now, John and Julie, Stranger in Paradise
The Four Aces  United States Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mr. Sandman, Stranger in Paradise
Frank Sinatra Learnin' the Blues, Not as a Stranger, You My Love
Frankie Vaughan  United Kingdom Happy Days and Lonely Nights, Seventeen, Tweedle Dee
Jimmy Young Someone on Your Mind, The Man from Laramie, Unchained Melody
Joan Regan If I Give My Heart to You, Open Up Your Heart, Prize of Gold
Mantovani  Italy Beyond the Stars, Lonely Ballerina, When You Lose the One You Love
Mario Lanza  United States Drinking Song, I'll Walk with God, Serenade
Slim Whitman China Doll, Indian Love Call, Rose Marie
Winifred Atwell  Trinidad and Tobago Let's Have a Ding Dong, Let's Have a Party, Let's Have Another Party
2 The Big Ben Banjo Band  United Kingdom Let's Get Together No. 1, Let's Get Together Again
Bing Crosby  United States Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep), Stranger in Paradise
The Coronets That's How a Love Song was Born, Twenty Tiny Fingers
Cyril Stapleton  United Kingdom Blue Star (The Medic Theme), Elephant Tango
Don Cornell  United States Hold My Hand, Stranger in Paradise
Eddie Fisher (I'm Always) Hearing Wedding Bells, I Need You Now
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson Sing It with Joe, Sing It Again with Joe
Johnny Brandon  United Kingdom Don't Worry, Tomorrow
The Johnston Brothers Happy Days and Lonely Nights, Hernando's Hideaway
Max Bygraves Meet Me on the Corner, Mr. Sandman
The McGuire Sisters  United States No More, Sincerely
The Mellomen Mambo Italiano, Where Will the Dimple Be?
Nat King Cole A Blossom Fell, My One Sin
Percy Faith  Canada If You Believe, Stranger In Paradise
Petula Clark  United Kingdom Majorca, Suddenly There's a Valley
Ray Burns Mobile, That's How a Love Song was Born
Tony Bennett  United States Close Your Eyes, Stranger in Paradise

Notes

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See also

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References

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General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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