AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (DAVID KENT) TOP SINGLES FOR 1955
1-HOLD MY HAND-DON CORNELL;NAT "KING" COLE-FEBRUARY 2-(WE'RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS-September 3-MELODY OF LOVE-FOUR ACES;BILLY VAUGHN-June 4-UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER;LES BAXTER-October 5-I NEED YOU NOW-EDDIE FISHER-March 6-MR. SANDMAN CHORDETTES;FOUR ACES-April 7-THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY-Victor Young;Les Baxter-July 8-THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT-Fess Parker;Tennessee Ernie Ford-December 9-STRANGER IN PARADISE Tony Bennett-November 10-LET ME GO LOVER-Joan Weber;Teresa Brewer-April 11-A Man Called Peter-Darryl Stewart-October 12-Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado;Les Baxter-August 13-Skokiaan-Four Lads-January 14-Serenade-Mario Lanza-January 15-The Naughty Lady Shady Lane-Ames Brothers;Dean Martin-May 16-Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra-November 17-Softly,Softly-Ruby Murray-September 18-Love Is A Many Splendored Thing-Four Aces;Nat ?King? Cole-December 19-If I Give My Heart To You-Doris Day;Nat ?King? Cole-February 20-Something's Gotta Give-McGuire Sisters;Sammy Davis Jr.-November 21-A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole-September 22-Papa Loves Mambo-Perry Como;Johnnie Ray-March 23-Hajji Baba-Nat "King" Cole-February 24-Hummingbird-Frankie Laine;Les Paul & Mary Ford-December 25-I Talk To The Trees-David Hughes;Tony Fontane-January 26-Skokiaan-Ralph Marterie-January 27-Papa Loves Mambo-Nat "King" Cole-March 28-Carmen's Boogie-Crew Cuts-November 29-This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney-March 30-Tweedle Dee-Georgia Gibbs-June 31-Sincerely-McGuire Sisters-June 32-Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney;Dean Martin-April 33-How Important Can It Be-Sarah Vaughan;Joni James-July 34-Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)-Eddie Fisher;Bing Crosby-March 35-Make Yourself Comfortable-Sarah Vaughan-May 36-The Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine-July 37-Darling,Je Vous Aime Beaucoup-Nat "King" Cole-July 38-Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney-August 39-The Song From Desiree (We Meet Again)-Bing Crosby;Jane Froman-May 40-No One But You-Billy Eckstine-May 41-Hey Mr.Banjo-Stargazers-October 42-That's All I Want From You-Dean Martin-June 43-Chee Chee-oo Chee (Sang The Little Bird)-Dean Martin-October 44-My Son My Son-Vera Lynn;Margaret Whiting-April 45-Smile-Nat "King" Cole-May 46-Cool Water-Frankie Laine-December 47-Because Of You-Sammy Davis Jr.-February 48-The Pendulum Song-Petula Clark-November 49-Two Hearts,Two Kisses-Crew Cuts;Frank Sinatra-October 50-They Were Doing The Mambo-Vaughn Monroe-February 51-Sluefoot-The Four Aces-November 52-Unsuspecting Heart-Georgie Shaw-June 53-Joey-Margaret Whiting;Betty Madigan-January 54-It's A Woman's World-The Four Aces-March 55-Dance With Me Henry-Georgia Gibbs-August 56-When I Grow Too Old To Dream-Slim Whitman-July 57-Earth Angel-Penguins-July 58-The Crazy Otto Rag-Happy Hoagy Carmichael;The Stargazers-August 59-Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr.-December 60-Alexander's Ragtime Band-Johnnie Ray-April 61-Wake The Town & Tell The People-Les Baxter-November 62-If You Believe-Johnnie Ray-April 63-Tik-A-Tee-Tik-A-Tay-Gordon MacRae-October 64-On The Waterfront-Malcolm Lockyear-April 65-Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)-Crew Cuts-August 66-I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Patti Page-July 67-Rose Marie-Slim Whitman-February 68-Caribean-Mitchell Torok-September 69-Blue Star(The "Medic" Theme)-Felicia Sanders;Les Baxter-September 70-Mambo Rock-Bill Haley & Comets-August 71-The Birth Of The Blues-Sammy Davis Jr.-May 72-West Of Zanzibar-Anthony Steel-January