EVERY NUMBER ONE SINGLE ON BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S HONOR ROLL OF HITS CHARTS FROM 1945-1963*
1945
No. Date Weeks Song-Artist
1 3/24 1 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive-Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
2 3/31 9 My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time-Les Brown
3 6/2 10 Sentimental Journey-Les Brown & Doris Day
4 8/11 6 On The Atchinson.Topeka And The Santa Fe-Johnny Mercer
5 9/22 7 Til The End Of Time-Perry Como
6 11/10 8 It's Been A Long,Long Time-Harry James & Kitty Kallen
1946
7 1/5 9 Symphony-Freddy Martin
8 3/9 10 Oh! What It Seemed To Be-Frankie Carle
9 5/18 1 Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)-Dinah Shore
10 5/25 12 The Gypsy-Ink Spots
11 8/17 11 To Each His Own-Eddy Howard
12 11/2 6 Rumors Are Flying-Frankie Carle
13 12/14 1 Ole Buttermilk Sky-Kay Kyser
14 12/21 6 The Old Lamplighter-Sammy Kaye
1947
15 2/1 4 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons-King Cole Trio
16 3/1 1 Open The Door,Richard-Count Basie
17 3/8 6 Anniversary Song-Al Jolson
18 4/19 3 Heartaches-Ted Weems
19 5/10 7 Mam'selle-Art Lund
20 6/28 13 Peg O' My Heart-Harmonicats
21 9/27 12 Near You-Francis Craig
22 12/27 8 Ballerina-Vaughn Monroe
1948
23 2/21 3 2 of 3 I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Art Mooney
24 3/6 10 1 of 10 Now Is The Hour-Bing Crosby
re 3/13 3 1 of 3 I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover-Art Mooney
re 3/20 10 9 of 10 Now Is The Hour-Bing Crosby
25 5/22 5 Nature Boy-Nat King Cole
26 6/26 3 You Can't Be True Dear-Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne
27 7/17 3 Woody Woodpecker-Kay Kyser & Gloria Wood
28 8/7 4 My Happiness-Jon and Sondra Steele
29 9/4 6 You Call Everybody Darlin'-Al Trace
30 lO/16 3 A Tree In The Meadow-Margret Whiting
31 11/6 10 Buttons And Bows-Dinah Shore
1949
32 1/15 1 On A Slow Boat To China-Kay Kyser,Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood
33 1/22 5 A Little Bird Told Me-Evelyn Knight
34 2/26 2 Far Away Places-Bing Crosby & Ken Darby Choir
35 3/12 9 Cruising Down The River-Russ Morgan & The Skylarks
36 5/14 2 Forever And Ever-Russ Morgan & The Skylarks
37 5/28 9 Riders In The Sky-Vaughn Monroe
38 7/30 6 Some Enchanted Evening-Perry Como
39 9/10 1 Room Full Of Roses-Sammy Kaye,Don Cornell & Kaydets
40 9/17 6 You're Breaking My Heart-Vic Damone
31 10/29 4 That Lucky Old Sun-Frankie Laine
42 11/26 7 Mule Train-Frankie Laine
1950
43 1/14 2 I Can Dream Can 't I-Andrews Sisters
44 1/28 3 Dear Hearts And Gentle People-Bing Crosby
45 2/18 5 Chatanooga Shoe Shie Boy-Red Foley
46 3/25 3 Music ! Music ! Music! -Teresa Brewer
47 4/15 4 If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake-Eileen Barton
49 5/13 8 7 of 8 Third Man Theme-Anton Karas
50 7/1 2 1 of 2 Bewitched-Bill Snyder
re 7/8 8 1 of 8 Third Man Theme-Anton Karas
re 7/15 2 1 of 2 Bewitched-Bill Snyder
51 7/22 5 Mona Lisa-Nat King Cole
52 8/26 10 Goodnight Irene-Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers
53 11/4 6 Harbor Lights-Sammy Kaye
54 12/16 1 The Thing-Phil Harris
55 12/23 11 The Tennessee Waltz-Patti Page
1951
56 3/10 5 If-Perry Como
57 4/14 6 Mockin' Bird Hill-Les Paul & Mary Ford
58 5/26 4 How High The Moon-Les Paul & Mary Ford
59 6/23 7 Too Young-Nat King Cole
60 8/11 4 Come On-A My House-Rosemary Clooney
61 9/8 10 Because Of You-Tony Bennett
62 11/17 8 (It's No) Sin-Eddy Howard
1952
63 1/12 2 Slow Poke-Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
64 1/26 7 Cry-Johnnie Ray
65 3/15 9 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr
66 5/17 4 Blue Tango-Leroy Anderson
67 6/14 6 Kiss Of Fire-Georgia Gibbs
68 7/26 7 Auf Wiedersehn-Vera Lynn
69 9/13 12 You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford
70 12/6 7 Why Don't You Believe Me-Joni James
1953
71 1/17 3 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes-Perry Como
72 2/7 6 Till I Waltz Again With You-Teresa Brewer
73 3/21 7 Doggie In The Window-Patti Page
74 5/9 10 Song From Moulin Rouge-Percy Faith
75 7/18 3 I'm Walking Behind You-Eddie Fisher
76 8/8 10 Vaya Con Dios-Les Paul & Mary Ford
77 10/17 6 You You You-Ames Brothers
78 11/28 5 Rags To Riches-Tony Bennett
1954
79 1/2 9 Oh! My Pa Pa-Eddie Fisher
80 3/6 2 Secret Love-Doris Day
81 3/20 4 Make Love To Me!-Jo Stafford
82 4/14 7 Wanted-Perry Como
83 6/2 9 Little Things Mean A Lot-Kitty Kallen
84 8/4 7 Sh-Boom-Crew Cuts
85 9/22 7 Hey There-Rosemary Clooney
86 11/10 2 I Need You Now-Eddie Fisher
87 11/24 6 Mr. Sandman-Chordettes
1955
88 1/5 4 Let Me Go Lover-Joan Weber
89 2/2 7 Melody Of Love-Billy Vaughn
90 3/23 7 Ballad Of Davy Crockett-Bill Hayes
91 5/11 9 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler
92 7/13 6 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets
93 8/24 9 Yellow Rose Of Texas-Mitch Miller
94 10/26 2 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing-Four Aces
95 l1/9 1 Autumn Leaves-Roger Williams
96 11/16 7 Sixteen Tons-Tennessee Ernie Ford
1956
97 1/4 6 Memories Are Made Of This-Dean Martin
98 2/15 4 3 of 4 Rock And Roll Waltz-Kay Starr
99 3/7 6 1 of 6 Poor People Of Paris-Les Baxter
re 3/14 4 1 of 4 Rock And Roll Waltz-Kay Starr
re 3/21 6 5 0f 5 Poor People Of Paris-Les Baxter
100 4/18 4 3 of 4 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley
101 5/9 1 Hot Diggity-Perry Como
re 5/16 4 1 of 4 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley
102 5/23 5 Moonglow & Theme From Picnic-Morris Stoloff
103 6/27 6 Wayward Wind-Gogi Grant
104 8/8 6 My Prayer-Platters
105 9/19 5 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley
106 10/24 6 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley
107 12/5 7 Singing The Blues-Guy Mitchell
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108 1/23 8 Young Love-Tab Hunter
109 3/20 1 Party Doll-Buddy Knox
110 3/27 3 Butterfly-Charlie Grace
111 4/17 7 All Shook Up-Elvis Presley
112 6/5 7 Love Letters In The Sand-Pat Boone
113 7/24 3 Teddy Bear-Elvis Presley
114 8/10 8 Tammy-Debbie Reynolds
115 10/5 1 Honeycomb-Jimmie Rodgers
116 10/12 3 2 of 3 Wake Up Little Susie-Everly Brothers
117 10/26 2 1 of 2 Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley
re 11/2 3 1 of 3 Wake Up Little Susie-Everly Brothers
re 11/9 2 1 of 2 Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley
118 11/16 3 You Send Me-Sam Cooke
119 12/7 4 1 of 4 April Love-Pat Boone
120 12/14 2 Raunchy-Bill Justis
re 12/28 4 3 of 4 April Love-Pat Boone
1958
121 l/18 4 At The Hop-Danny & The Juniors
122 2/15 3 Sugartime-McGuire Sisters
123 3/8 1 Catch A Falling Star-Perry Como
124 3/15 4 Tequila-Champs
125 4/12 2 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands-Laurie London
126 4/26 2 Witch Doctor-David Seville
127 5/10 4 All I Have To Do Is Dream-Everly Brothers
128 6/7 5 Purple People Eater-Sheb Wooley
129 7/12 1 Hard Headed Woman-Elvis Presley
130 7/19 3 Patricia-Prez Prado
131 8/9 7 Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu)-Domenico Mondugno
132 9/27 6 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards
133 11/8 5 Tom Dooley-Kingston Trio
134 12/13 1 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears
135 12/20 3 The Chipmunk Song-David Seville & The Chipmunks
1959
136 1/10 4 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-Platters
137 2/7 3 Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price
138 2/28 5 Venus-Frankie Avalon
139 4/4 5 Come Softly To Me-Fleetwoods
140 5/9 2 Kansas City-Wilbert Harrison
141 5/23 10 The Battle Of New Orleans-Johnny Horton
142 8/1 1 Lonely Boy-Paul Anka
143 8/8 1 A Big Hunk 'O Love-Elvis Presley
144 8/15 6 Three Bells-Browns
145 9/26 11 10 of 11 Mack The Knife-Bobby Darin
146 12/5 1 Heartaches By The Number-Guy Mitchell
re 12/12 11 1 of 11 Mack The Knife-Bobby Darin
147 12/19 4 Why-Frankie Avalon
1960
148 1/16 3 Running Bear-Johnny Preston
149 2/6 2 Teen Angel-Mark Dinning
150 2/20 8 Theme From A Summer Place-Percy Faith
151 4/16 4 Stuck On You-Elvis Presley
152 5/14 6 Cathy's Clown-Everly Brothers
153 7/4 4 Alley Oop-Hollywood Argyles
154 8/1 4 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini-Brian Hyland
155 8/29 2 It's Now Or Never-Elvis Presley
156 9/12 6 3 of 6 The Twist-Chubby Checker
157 10/3 2 1 of 2 My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own-Connie Francis
158 10/10 1 Mr.Custer-Larry Verne
re 10/17 2 1 of 2 My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own-Connie Francis
re 10/24 6 1 of 6 The Twist-Chubby Checker
159 10/31 2 Save The Last Dance For Me-Drifters
160 11/14 1 I Want To Be Wanted-Brenda Lee
161 11/21 4 Last Date-Floyd Cramer
162 12/19 1 Are You Lonesome Tonight-Elvis Presley
163 12/26 5 Wonderland By Night-Bert Kampfert
1961
164 1/28 2 Exodus-Ferrante & Teicher
165 2/11 6 Calcutta-Lawrence Welk
166 3/25 1 Surrender-Elvis Presley
167 4/1 4 Blue Moon-Marcels
168 4/29 3 Runaway-Del Shannon
169 5/20 2 Mother-In-Law-Ernie K.Doe
170 6/3 3 Travelin' Man-Rick Nelson
171 6/24 1 Moody River-Pat Boone
172 7/1 1 Quarter To Three-Gary U.S.Bonds
173 7/10 5 1 of 5 Tossin' & Turnin'-Bobby Lewis
174 7/17 1 Boll Weevil Song-Brook Benton
re 7/24 5 4 of 5 Tossin' & Turnin'-Bobby Lewis
175 8/21 2 Wooden Heart-Joe Dowell
176 9/4 3 Michael-Highwaymen
177 9/25 3 Take Good Care Of My Baby-Bobby Vee
178 10/16 1 Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles
179 10/23 2 Runaround Sue-Dion
180 11/6 5 Big Bad John-Jimmy Dean
181 12/11 2 Please,Mr.Postman-Marvalettes
182 12/25 2 Lion Sleeps Tonight-Tokens
1962
re 1/13 6 2 of 6 The Twist-Chubby Checker
183 1/27 4 The Peppermint Twist-Joey Dee & The Starliters
184 2/24 3 Duke Of Earl-Gene Chandler
185 3/17 2 Hey! Baby-Bruce Channel
186 3/31 1 Don't Break The Heart That Loves You-Connie Francis
187 4/7 2 Johnny Angel-Shelly Fabares
188 4/21 2 Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley
189 5/5 3 Soldier Boy-Shirelles
190 5/26 1 Stranger On The Shore-Mr.Acker Bilk
191 6/2 5 I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles
192 7/7 2 The Stripper-David Rose
193 7/21 3 Roses Are Red-Bobby Vinton
194 8/11 2 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka
195 8/25 2 The Loco-Motion-Little Eva
196 9/8 1 Sheila-Tommy Roe
197 9/15 6 Sherry-Four Seasons
198 10/27 1 Monstar Mash-Bobby Boris Pickett
199 11/3 2 He's A Rebel-Crystals
200 11/17 5 Big Girls Don't Cry-Four Seasons
201 12/22 3 Telstar-Toranodoes
1963
202 1/12 2 Go Away Little Girl-Steve Lawrence
203 1/26 2 Walk Right In-Roof Top Singers
204 2/9 3 Hey, Paula-Paul & Paula
205 3/2 3 Walk Like A Man-Four Seasons
206 3/23 1 Our Day Will Come-Ruby & The Romantics
207 3/30 4 He's So Fine-Chiffons
208 4/27 4 I Will Follow Him-Little Miss Peggy March
209 5/25 2 If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul
210 6/1 3 It's My Party-Lesley Gore
211 6/22 3 Sukiyaki-Kyu Sakamoto
212 7/13 2 Easier Said Than Done-Essex
213 7/27 1 Surf City-Jan & Dean
214 8/3 5 Fingertips Part II-Little Stevie Wonder
215 9/7 2 My Boyfriend's Back-Angels
216 9/21 4 Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton
217 10/19 5 Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer & Fireballs
* The "Honor Roll of Hits" charts does not display the recording act.They just display the song.I took it on my own to insert the recording act who performed
the most popular version of the song.