1000 British No1 Hit Records
From 1952 to 2005

The Fifties-1955
 

No

1st Entry Date at No1

Wks at No 1

Record title

Artist

27

4th January 1955
& 22/1/55(2)

1

Finger Of Suspicion

Dickie Valentine

28

11th January 1955
& 1/2/55(1)

1

Mambo Italiano

Rosemary Clooney

29

15th February 1955

3

Softly,Softly

Ruby Murray

30

8th March 1955

7

Give Me Your word

Tennessee Ernie Ford

31

26th April 1955

2

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

Perez Prez Prada & Orchestra

32

10th May 1955

2

Stranger In Paradise

Tony Bennett

33

24th May 1955

4

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

Eddie Calvert

34

21st June 1955

3

Unchained Melody

Jimmy Young

35

12th July 1955

2

Dreamboat

Alma Cogan

36

26th July 1955

11

Rose Marie

Slim Whitman

37

11th October 1955

4

The man From Laramie

Jimmy Young

38

8th November 1955

2

Hernando's Hideaway

Johnston Brothers

39

22nd November 1955
& 3/1/56(2)

3

Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley & The Comets

40

13th December 1955

3

Christmas Alphabet

Dickie Valentine


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