Statistics for #1 Hits of the 1950s

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Year	Song	Artist	% Correct
1958	Don't	Elvis Presley	98%
1956	Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley	98%
1957	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	98%
1957	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis Presley	98%
1956	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis Presley	98%
1959	A Big Hunk O'Love	Elvis Presley	98%
1957	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	98%
1956	Heartbreak Hotel	Elvis Presley	98%
1955	Rock Around the Clock	Bill Haley and the Comets	75%
1959	Mack the Knife	Bobby Darin	69%
1956	Memories are Made of This	Dean Martin	65%
1957	Wake Up Little Susie	Everly Brothers	65%
1958	All I Have to Do Is Dream	Everly Brothers	65%
1958	Twilight Time	The Platters	55%
1959	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	The Platters	55%
1956	The Great Pretender	The Platters	55%
1956	My Prayer	The Platters	55%
1951	Too Young	Nat King Cole	52%
1950	Mona Lisa	Nat King Cole	52%
1955	Autumn Leaves	Roger Williams	51%
1954	Secret Love	Doris Day	48%
1957	Butterfly	Andy Williams	46%
1958/59	The Chipmunk Song	The Chipmunks with David Seville	46%
1955/56	Sixteen Tons	Tennessee Ernie Ford	45%
1958	Poor Little Fool	Ricky Nelson	44%
1957	Love Letters in the Sand	Pat Boone	43%
1957	April Love	Pat Boone	43%
1957	Don't Forbid Me	Pat Boone	43%
1956	I Almost Lost My Mind	Pat Boone	43%
1957	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	43%
1959	Lonely Boy	Paul Anka	41%
1958	Yakety Yak	The Coasters	41%
1951	Come on-a My House	Rosemary Clooney	40%
1959	Why	Frankie Avalon	39%
1959	Venus	Frankie Avalon	39%
1954	This Ole House	Rosemary Clooney	39%
1954	Hey There	Rosemary Clooney	39%
1957	Tammy	Debbie Reynolds	36%
1959	Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton	35%
1955	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Mitch Miller	33%
1951	The Tennessee Waltz	Patti Page	33%
1953	The Doggie in the Window	Patti Page	33%
1952	I Went to Your Wedding	Patti Page	33%
1951	If	Perry Como	31%
1953	Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes	Perry Como	31%
1954	Wanted	Perry Como	31%
1954/55	Mr. Sandman	The Chordettes	31%
1951	Because of You	Tony Bennett	31%
1951	Cold, Cold Heart	Tony Bennett	31%
1953	Rags to Riches	Tony Bennett	31%
1958	At the Hop	Danny & the Juniors	30%
1950	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Gene Autry	30%
1952	Cry	Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads	30%
1958	Tom Dooley	The Kingston Trio	29%
1956/57	Singing the Blues	Guy Mitchell	28%
1959	Heartaches by the Number	Guy Mitchell	28%
1958	It's Only Make Believe	Conway Twitty	26%
1959	Stagger Lee	Lloyd Price	26%
1958	Witch Doctor	David Seville	25%
1952	Why Don't You Believe Me?	Joni James	25%
1958	Tequila	The Champs	25%
1958	The Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley	24%
1954	Sh-Boom	The Crew Cuts	24%
1957	Honeycomb	Jimmie Rodgers	23%
1956	The Wayward Wind	Gogi Grant	22%
1950	The Thing	Phil Harris	22%
1959	Mr. Blue	The Fleetwoods	22%
1959	Come Softly to Me	The Fleetwoods	22%
1958	It's All in the Game	Tommy Edwards	22%
1955	Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)	Perez Prado & His Orchestra	21%
1958	Patricia	Perez Prado & His Orchestra	21%
1958	To Know Him is to Love Him	The Teddy Bears	21%
1952	Wheel of Fortune	Kay Starr	20%
1953	Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)	Les Paul and Mary Ford	20%
1959	Sleep Walk	Santo & Johnny	20%
1954	Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)	Eddie Fisher	19%
1957	Young Love	Tab Hunter	19%
1953	I'm Walking Behind You	Eddie Fisher	18%
1954	I Need You Now	Eddie Fisher	18%
1953	The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)	Percy Faith and his Orchestra	18%
1952	Delicado	Percy Faith and his Orchestra	18%
1953	Till I Waltz Again with You	Teresa Brewer	18%
1950	Music Music Music	Teresa Brewer	18%
1959	Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison	18%
1950	I Can Dream, Can't I?	Andrews Sisters	17%
1959	The Happy Organ	David 'Baby' Cortez	17%
1956	Rock and Roll Waltz	Kay Starr	17%
1959	Three Bells	The Browns	17%
1955	Sincerely	The McGuire Sisters	17%
1955	The Ballad of Davy Crockett	Bill Hayes	16%
1950	Goodnight, Irene	Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers	16%
1958	Get a Job	The Silhouettes	16%
1955	Love is a Many-Splendored Thing	Four Aces	15%
1954	Little Things Mean a Lot	Kitty Kallen	15%
1951	How High the Moon	Les Paul and Mary Ford	15%
1958	Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)	Domenico Modugno	14%
1956	Green Door	Jim Lowe	14%
1952	You Belong to Me	Jo Stafford	14%
1954	Make Love to Me	Jo Stafford	14%
1951	Be My Love	Mario Lanza	14%
1958	Little Star	The Elegants	14%
1950	Rag Mop	Ames Brothers	13%
1950	Harbor Lights	Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra	13%
1952	Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart	Vera Lynn	13%
1952	Here in my Heart	Al Martino	12%
1950	The Third Man Theme	Anton Karas	12%
1952	Blue Tango	Leroy Anderson	12%
1950	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Red Foley	12%
1950	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)	Eileen Barton	11%
1952/53	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Jimmy Boyd	11%
1956	The Poor People of Paris	Les Baxter	10%
1955	Hearts of Stone	The Fontane Sisters	10%
1951	(It's No) Sin	Eddy Howard and His Orchestra	8%
1955	Let Me Go, Lover	Joan Weber	8%
1953	St. George and the Dragonet	Stan Freberg	8%
1952	It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)	Johnny Standley	6%