UNITED KINGDOM’S WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS (NATIONAL MUSIC EXPRESS) FOR 1955
UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JANUARY 2,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 7 4 FINGER OF SUSPICION-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 1 7 Let's Have Another Party-Winifred Atwell 3 20 4 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 4 5 9 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 5 2 9 Santo Natale-David Whitfield 6 3 7 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 7 10 6 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 7 11 19 Hold My Hand-Don Cornell 9 19 4 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 10 13 4 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 11 17 4 Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes 12 12 13 This Ole House-Billie Anthony 13 14 6 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 14 - 1 Mr. Sandman-Four Aces 14 8 13 My Son,My Son-Vera Lynn 16 4 14 This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney 17 - 1 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets 18 - 1 Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)-Bing Crosby 19 9 12 Rain Rain Rain-Frankie Laine And The Four Lads 20 16 5 Veni Vidi Vici-Ronnie Hilton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JANUARY 9,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 3 5 MAMBO ITALIANO-ROSEMARY CLOONEY 2 1 5 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 3 4 10 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 4 6 8 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 5 7 7 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 6 10 5 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 7 9 5 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 8 13 7 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 9 14 2 Mr. Sandman-Four Aces 10 16 15 This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney 11 19 13 Rain Rain Rain-Frankie Laine And The Four Lads 12 2 8 Let's Have Another Party-Winifred Atwell 13 5 10 Santo Natale-David Whitfield 14 11 5 Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes 15 7 20 Hold My Hand-Don Cornell 16 - 4 Piano Medley No.114-Charlie Kunz 17 20 6 Veni Vidi Vici-Ronnie Hilton 18 17 2 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets 19 10 14 This Ole House-Billie Anthony 20 14 14 My Son,My Son-Vera Lynn UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JANUARY 16,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 6 FINGER OF SUSPICION-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 1 6 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 3 3 11 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 4 6 6 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 5 4 9 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 6 8 8 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 7 5 8 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 8 11 14 Rain Rain Rain-Frankie Laine And The Four Lads 9 7 6 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 10 10 16 This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney 11 9 3 Mr. Sandman-Four Aces 12 14 6 Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes 13 19 15 This Ole House-Billie Anthony 14 - 1 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers 15 - 1 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 16 - 1 Mr. Sandman-Max Bygraves 17 - 2 Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)-Bing Crosby 18 17 7 Veni Vidi Vici-Ronnie Hilton 19 - 10 I Need You Now-Eddie Fisher 20 15 21 Hold My Hand-Don Cornell UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JANUARY 23,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 7 FINGER OF SUSPICION-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 2 7 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 3 7 9 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 4 5 10 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 5 3 12 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 6 9 7 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 7 4 7 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 8 6 9 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 9 - 1 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 10 15 2 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 11 17 3 Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)-Bing Crosby 12 18 8 Veni Vidi Vici-Ronnie Hilton 13 8 15 Rain Rain Rain-Frankie Laine And The Four Lads 14 - 1 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Frankie Vaughan 15 10 17 This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney 16 12 7 Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes 17 11 4 Mr. Sandman-Four Aces 18 14 2 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers 19 13 16 This Ole House-Billie Anthony 20 - 1 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JANUARY 30,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 8 MAMBO ITALIANO-ROSEMARY CLOONEY 2 1 8 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 3 9 2 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 4 7 8 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 5 6 8 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 6 10 3 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 7 3 10 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 8 5 13 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 9 - 1 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 10 20 2 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 11 4 11 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 12 14 2 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Frankie Vaughan 13 - 1 Drinking Song-Mario Lanza 14 - 1 Mambo Italiano Dean Martin 15 8 10 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 16 - 1 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 17 13 16 Rain Rain Rain-Frankie Laine And The Four Lads 18 15 18 This Ole House-Rosemary Clooney 19 16 8 Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes 20 17 5 Mr. Sandman-Four Aces UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:FEBRUARY 6,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 MAMBO ITALIANO-ROSEMARY CLOONEY 2 3 3 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 2 9 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 4 6 4 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 5 7 11 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 6 9 2 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 7 10 3 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 8 8 14 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 9 5 9 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 10 4 9 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 11 - 1 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 12 11 12 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 13 - 1 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 14 16 2 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 15 - 1 Mobile-Ray Burns 16 - 1 Lonely Ballerina-Mantovani 17 12 3 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Frankie Vaughan 18 14 2 Mambo Italiano Dean Martin 19 15 11 I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango-Alma Cogan 20 - 1 Teach Me Tonight-De Castro Sisters UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:FEBRUARY 13,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 4 SOFTLY SOFTLY-RUBY MURRAY 2 1 10 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 3 4 5 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 4 3 10 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 5 5 12 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 6 7 4 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 7 10 10 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 8 6 3 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 9 11 2 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 10 8 15 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 11 14 3 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 12 13 2 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 13 9 10 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 14 15 2 Mobile-Ray Burns 15 - 1 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 16 - 1 Let Me Go Lover-Joan Weber 17 - 1 Majorca-Petula Clark 18 - 1 I'll Walk With God-Mario Lanza 19 12 13 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton 20 16 2 Lonely Ballerina-Mantovani UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:FEBRUARY 20,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 5 SOFTLY SOFTLY-RUBY MURRAY 2 3 6 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 3 2 11 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 4 5 13 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 5 4 11 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 6 11 4 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 7 6 5 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 8 8 4 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 9 7 11 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 10 9 3 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 11 10 16 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 12 12 3 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 13 13 1 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 14 14 2 Majorca-Petula Clark 15 15 11 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 16 - 1 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 16 14 3 Mobile-Ray Burns 18 15 2 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 19 20 3 Lonely Ballerina-Mantovani 20 19 14 I Still Believe-Ronnie Hilton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:FEBRUARY 27,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 6 SOFTLY SOFTLY-RUBY MURRAY 2 2 7 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 3 3 12 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 4 4 14 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 5 5 12 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 5 7 6 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 7 6 5 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 8 12 4 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 9 10 4 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 10 16 2 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 11 8 5 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 12 14 3 Majorca-Petula Clark 12 16 4 Mobile-Ray Burns 14 - 1 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 15 13 2 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 16 9 12 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 17 18 3 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 18 11 17 No One But You-Billy Eckstine 19 15 12 Mr. Sandman-Dickie Valentine 20 - 1 Somebody-Stargazers UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MARCH 6,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 8 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 1 7 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 3 13 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 4 5 13 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 5 10 3 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 6 4 15 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 7 15 3 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 8 7 6 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 9 8 5 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 9 12 5 Mobile-Ray Burns 11 5 7 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 12 14 2 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 13 9 5 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 14 12 4 Majorca-Petula Clark 15 16 13 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 16 - 1 A Blossom Fell-Ronnie Hilton 17 17 4 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 17 11 6 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Ames Brothers 19 - 1 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 20 - 1 In The Beginning-Frankie Laine UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MARCH 13,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 2 8 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 7 4 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 4 9 6 Mobile-Ray Burns 5 12 3 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 6 3 14 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 7 11 8 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 8 5 4 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 9 4 14 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 10 13 6 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 11 17 5 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 12 19 2 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 13 9 6 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 14 8 7 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 15 6 16 Heartbeat-Ruby Murray 16 - 1 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 17 - 1 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 18 - 4 Lonely Ballerina-Mantovani 19 15 14 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Bill Haley And His Comets 20 16 2 A Blossom Fell-Ronnie Hilton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MARCH 20,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 10 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 2 9 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 8 5 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 4 3 5 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 5 4 7 Mobile-Ray Burns 6 5 4 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 7 16 2 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 8 12 3 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 9 11 6 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 10 17 2 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 11 7 9 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 12 - 1 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 13 13 7 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 14 10 7 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 15 20 3 A Blossom Fell-Ronnie Hilton 16 6 15 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 17 9 15 Finger Of Suspicion-Dickie Valentine 18 - 5 Majorca-Petula Clark 19 14 8 Happy Days & Lonely Nights-Ruby Murray 20 - 1 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MARCH 27,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 11 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 2 10 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 12 2 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 4 4 6 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 5 7 3 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 6 10 3 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 7 5 8 Mobile-Ray Burns 8 3 6 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 9 20 2 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 10 8 4 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 11 - 1 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 12 6 5 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 13 - 1 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 14 11 10 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane-Dean Martin 15 13 8 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 15 14 8 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer 15 16 17 Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney 18 9 7 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 19 15 4 A Blossom Fell-Ronnie Hilton 20 - 1 N0 More-McGuire Sisters UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:APRIL 3,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 12 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 2 11 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 3 3 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 4 6 4 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 5 7 9 Mobile-Ray Burns 6 9 3 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 7 4 7 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 8 13 2 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 9 5 4 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 10 19 5 A Blossom Fell-Ronnie Hilton 11 - 1 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 12 8 7 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 13 - 1 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 14 11 2 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 15 - 1 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 16 18 8 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 17 10 5 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 18 15 9 Beyond The Stars Dave Whitfield & Mantovani 19 12 6 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 20 15 9 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:APRIL 10,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 13 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 2 12 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 3 3 4 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 4 4 5 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 5 11 2 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 6 8 3 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 7 13 2 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 8 9 5 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 9 6 4 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 10 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 11 7 8 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 12 5 10 Mobile-Ray Burns 13 12 8 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 14 - 1 Mambo Rock-Bill Haley & Comets 15 14 3 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 16 16 9 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 17 17 6 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 18 - 1 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 19 19 7 Let Me Go Lover-Ruby Murray 20 20 10 Let Me Go Lover-Teresa Brewer UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:APRIL 17,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 14 GIVE ME YOUR WORD-TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 2 3 5 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 3 10 2 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 4 2 13 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 5 5 3 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 6 6 4 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 7 15 4 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 8 4 6 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 9 8 6 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 10 18 2 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 11 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 12 7 3 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 13 12 11 Mobile-Ray Burns 14 11 9 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 15 9 5 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 16 14 2 Mambo Rock-Bill Haley & Comets 17 - 1 Tweedle Dee-Frankie Vaughan 18 13 9 Let Me Go Lover-Dean Martin 19 - 1 Serenade-Mario Lanza 20 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Don Cornell 20 - 1 Tweedle Dee-Georgia Gibbs UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:APRIL 24,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 6 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-PEREZ PRADO 2 1 15 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 3 3 3 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 4 5 4 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 5 4 14 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 6 11 2 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 7 10 3 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 8 7 5 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 9 9 7 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 9 12 4 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 11 6 5 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 12 8 7 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 13 15 6 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 14 - 1 Melody Of Love-Ink Spots 15 13 12 Mobile-Ray Burns 16 - 7 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 17 14 10 A Blossom Fell-Nat "King" Cole 18 - 10 A Blossom Fell-Dickie Valentine 19 20 2 Stranger In Paradise-Don Cornell 20 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Bing Crosby UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MAY 1,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 7 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-PEREZ PRADO 2 3 4 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 3 2 16 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 4 4 5 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 5 7 4 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 6 5 15 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 7 6 3 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 8 9 8 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 9 9 5 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 10 14 2 Melody Of Love-Ink Spots 11 8 6 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 12 12 8 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 13 11 6 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 14 - 1 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 15 - 2 Serenade-Mario Lanza 16 13 7 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 17 20 2 Stranger In Paradise-Bing Crosby 18 16 8 Tomorrow-Johnny Brandon 19 - 1 Open Up Your Heart-Joan & Rusty Regan 20 - 2 I'll Walk With God-Mario Lanza 20 15 13 Mobile-Ray Burns UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MAY 8,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 5 STRANGER IN PARADISE-TONY BENNETT 2 1 8 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 3 4 6 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 4 5 5 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 5 3 17 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 6 6 16 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 7 8 4 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 8 - 2 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 9 8 9 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 10 12 9 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 11 - 1 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 12 11 7 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 13 14 2 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 14 9 6 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 15 10 3 Melody Of Love-Ink Spots 16 16 8 Prize Of Gold-Joan Reagan 17 - 1 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 18 13 7 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 19 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Eddie Calvert 20 15 3 Serenade-Mario Lanza UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MAY 15,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 6 STRANGER IN PARADISE-TONY BENNETT 2 3 7 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 3 2 9 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 4 5 18 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 5 11 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 6 4 6 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 7 8 3 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 8 7 5 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 9 6 17 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 10 10 10 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 11 17 2 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 12 14 7 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 13 13 3 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 14 9 10 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 15 12 8 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 16 - 1 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 17 19 2 Stranger In Paradise-Eddie Calvert 18 18 8 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Dean Martin 19 - 1 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 20 15 4 Melody Of Love-Ink Spots 20 - 1 Paths Of Paradise-Johnnie Ray UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MAY 22,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 8 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-EDDIE CALVERT 2 1 7 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 3 3 10 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 4 5 3 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 5 6 7 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 6 4 19 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 7 13 4 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 8 8 6 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 9 16 2 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 10 11 3 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 11 7 4 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 12 9 18 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 13 19 2 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 14 17 3 Stranger In Paradise-Eddie Calvert 15 14 11 (I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells-Eddie Fisher 16 12 8 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 17 - 1 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 18 10 11 If Anyone Finds This I Love You-Ruby Murray & Anne Warren 19 15 9 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt 20 - 1 Elephant Tango-Cyril Stapleton 20 - 1 Mama-David Whitfield UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:MAY 29,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-EDDIE CALVERT 2 3 11 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 3 2 8 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 4 5 8 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 5 4 4 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 6 9 3 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 7 7 5 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 8 11 5 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 9 8 7 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 10 17 2 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 11 6 20 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 12 13 3 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 13 10 4 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 14 12 19 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 15 - 1 Sing It With Joe-Joe "Mr.Piano" Henderson 16 - 1 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 17 14 4 Stranger In Paradise-Eddie Calvert 18 16 9 Ready Willing & Able-Doris Day 19 - 1 The Crazy Otto Rag-Stargazers 20 20 2 Elephant Tango-Cyril Stapleton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JUNE 5,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 10 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-EDDIE CALVERT 2 5 5 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 3 7 6 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 4 4 9 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 4 3 9 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 6 2 12 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 7 8 6 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 8 10 3 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 9 6 4 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 10 9 8 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 11 12 4 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 12 13 5 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 13 - 1 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 14 15 2 Sing It With Joe-Joe "Mr.Piano" Henderson 15 11 21 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 16 16 2 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 17 14 20 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 18 19 2 The Crazy Otto Rag-Stargazers 19 - 1 The Man That Got Away-Judy Garland 20 - 10 Under The Bridges Of Paris-Eartha Kitt UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JUNE 12,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 11 CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE-EDDIE CALVERT 2 2 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 3 3 7 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 4 4 10 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 5 6 13 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 6 8 4 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 7 4 10 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 8 11 5 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 9 7 7 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 10 10 9 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 11 15 22 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 12 9 5 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 13 16 3 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 14 14 3 Sing It With Joe-Joe "Mr.Piano" Henderson 15 13 2 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 16 17 21 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray 17 12 6 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 18 19 2 The Man That Got Away-Judy Garland 19 - 1 I Wonder-Jane Froman 20 18 3 The Crazy Otto Rag-Stargazers 20 - 1 Unchained Melody-Liberace UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JUNE 19,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 3 8 UNCHAINED MELODY-JIMMY YOUNG 2 1 12 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 3 2 7 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 4 6 5 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 5 7 11 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 6 8 6 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 7 10 10 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 8 4 11 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 9 5 14 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 10 17 7 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 11 13 4 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 12 11 23 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 13 9 8 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 14 - 1 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 15 12 6 Stranger In Paradise-Four Aces 16 - 1 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 17 15 3 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 18 19 2 I Wonder-Jane Froman 18 14 4 Sing It With Joe-Joe "Mr.Piano" Henderson 20 - 2 Mama-David Whitfield 20 16 22 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JUNE 26,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 UNCHAINED MELODY-JIMMY YOUNG 2 3 8 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 3 4 6 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 4 2 13 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 5 5 12 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 6 11 5 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 7 6 7 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 8 8 12 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 9 9 15 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 10 7 11 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 11 14 2 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 12 10 8 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 13 13 9 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 14 18 3 I Wonder-Jane Froman 15 12 24 Give Me Your Word-Tennessee Ernie Ford 16 - 1 Evermore-Ruby Murray 17 - 1 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 18 16 2 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 19 20 3 Mama-David Whitfield 20 - 1 Don't Worry-Johnny Brandon 20 - 3 Elephant Tango-Cyril Stapleton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JULY 3,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 10 UNCHAINED MELODY-JIMMY YOUNG 2 2 9 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 3 3 7 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 4 4 14 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 5 5 13 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 6 6 6 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 7 7 8 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 8 16 2 Evermore-Ruby Murray 9 8 13 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 10 11 3 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 11 9 16 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 12 10 12 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 13 17 2 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 14 13 10 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 14 18 3 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 16 12 9 Unchained Melody-Les Baxter 17 14 4 I Wonder-Jane Froman 18 - 1 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 19 20 2 Don't Worry-Johnny Brandon 20 - 23 Softly Softly-Ruby Murray UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JULY 10,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 3 8 DREAMBOAT-ALMA COGAN 2 1 11 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 3 2 10 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 4 6 7 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 5 4 15 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 6 8 3 Evermore-Ruby Murray 7 10 4 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 8 5 14 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 9 7 9 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 10 - 1 Rose Marie-Slim Whitman 11 13 3 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 12 9 14 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 13 18 2 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 14 - 1 Sincerely-McGuire Sisters 15 - 1 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 16 11 17 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Perez Prado 17 12 13 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Martin 18 14 4 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 19 14 11 If You Believe-Johnnie Ray 20 19 3 Don't Worry-Johnny Brandon UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JULY 17,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 DREAMBOAT-ALMA COGAN 2 2 12 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 3 6 4 Evermore-Ruby Murray 4 10 2 Rose Marie-Slim Whitman 5 4 8 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 6 5 16 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 7 3 11 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 8 7 5 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 9 8 15 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 10 9 10 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 11 13 3 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 12 18 5 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 13 11 4 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 14 12 15 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 15 14 2 Sincerely-McGuire Sisters 16 15 2 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 17 - 4 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 18 20 4 Don't Worry-Johnny Brandon 19 - 4 Elephant Tango-Cyril Stapleton 20 - 1 I'm In Favour Of Friendship-ive Smith Brothers UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JULY 24,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 4 3 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 1 10 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 3 3 5 Evermore-Ruby Murray 4 8 6 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 5 2 13 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 6 5 9 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 7 6 17 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 8 13 5 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 9 7 12 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 10 11 4 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 11 16 3 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 12 12 6 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 13 9 16 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 14 10 11 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 15 - 4 Mama-David Whitfield 16 15 3 Sincerely-McGuire Sisters 17 14 16 Stranger In Paradise-Tony Bennett 18 - 1 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 19 17 5 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 20 - 1 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 20 - 1 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:JULY 31,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 4 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 4 7 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 3 2 11 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 4 3 6 Evermore-Ruby Murray 5 5 14 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 6 8 6 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 7 6 10 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 7 11 4 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 9 7 18 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 10 10 5 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 11 9 13 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 12 - 1 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 13 15 5 Mama-David Whitfield 14 14 12 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 15 13 17 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 16 12 7 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 17 20 2 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 18 18 2 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 19 20 2 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 20 16 4 Sincerely-McGuire Sisters UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:AUGUST 7,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 5 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 8 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 3 3 12 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 4 4 7 Evermore-Ruby Murray 5 10 6 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 6 7 5 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 7 6 7 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 8 7 11 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 9 5 15 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 10 12 2 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 11 9 19 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 12 11 14 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 13 13 6 Mama-David Whitfield 14 15 18 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 15 18 3 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 16 14 13 Where Will The Dimple Be-Rosemary Clooney 17 - 6 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 18 16 8 Stowaway-Barbara Lyon 19 17 3 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 20 - 1 Alabama Jubilee-Ferko String Band UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:AUGUST 14,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 6 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 9 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 3 4 8 Evermore-Ruby Murray 4 5 7 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 3 13 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 6 10 3 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 7 6 6 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 8 7 8 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 9 9 16 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 10 8 12 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 11 11 20 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 12 13 7 Mama-David Whitfield 13 12 15 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 14 15 4 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 15 19 4 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 16 - 1 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 17 17 7 You My Love-Frank Sinatra 18 14 19 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 19 - 3 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 20 20 2 Alabama Jubilee-Ferko String Band UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:AUGUST 21,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 7 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 6 4 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 3 2 10 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 4 4 8 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 3 9 Evermore-Ruby Murray 6 8 9 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 7 15 5 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 8 16 2 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 9 5 14 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 10 7 7 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 11 14 5 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 12 9 17 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 13 10 13 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 14 13 16 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 15 12 8 Mama-David Whitfield 15 19 4 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 17 11 21 Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White-Eddie Calvert 18 - 1 My One Sin-Nat King Cole 18 - 1 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 20 18 20 Earth Angel-Crew Cuts 20 - 1 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:AUGUST 28,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 8 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 5 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 3 3 11 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 4 4 9 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 6 10 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 6 11 6 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 7 8 3 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 8 7 6 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 9 5 10 Evermore-Ruby Murray 10 10 8 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 11 15 5 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 12 9 15 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 13 15 9 Mama-David Whitfield 14 12 18 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young 15 13 14 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 16 18 2 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 17 20 2 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns 18 - 1 Not As A Stranger-Frank Sinatra 19 - 1 Sing It Again With Joe-Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson 20 14 17 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:SEPTEMBER 4,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 9 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 6 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 3 3 12 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 4 4 10 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 7 4 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 6 6 7 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 7 10 9 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 8 5 11 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 9 8 7 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 10 9 11 Evermore-Ruby Murray 11 11 6 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 12 - 1 Close The Door-Stargazers 13 16 3 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 14 - 1 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 15 17 3 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns 16 13 10 Mama-David Whitfield 17 12 16 Dreamboat-Alma Cogan 18 19 2 Sing It Again With Joe-Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson 19 15 15 I Wonder-Dickie Valentine 20 - 1 Love Me Or Leave Me-Doris Day 20 14 19 Unchained Melody-Jimmy Young UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:SEPTEMBER 11,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 10 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 7 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 3 3 13 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 4 4 11 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 5 5 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 6 7 10 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 7 6 8 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 8 10 12 Evermore-Ruby Murray 9 8 12 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 10 12 2 Close The Door-Stargazers 11 14 2 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 12 9 8 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 13 13 4 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 14 15 4 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns 15 - 1 The Man From Laramie-Jimmy Young 16 11 7 Something's Gotta Give-Sammy Davis Jr. 17 - 2 My One Sin-Nat King Cole 18 - 1 Close Your Eyes-Tony Bennett 19 16 11 Mama-David Whitfield 20 18 3 Sing It Again With Joe-Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:SEPTEMBER 18,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 11 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 2 8 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 3 4 12 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 4 3 14 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 5 8 13 Evermore-Ruby Murray 6 15 2 The Man From Laramie-Jimmy Young 7 5 6 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 8 11 3 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 9 6 11 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 10 10 3 Close The Door-Stargazers 11 7 9 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 12 12 9 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 13 9 13 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 14 13 5 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 15 - 1 China Doll-Slim Whitman 16 - 1 Blue Star-Cyril Stapleton 17 - 1 The Banjo's Back In Town-Alma Cogan 18 14 5 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns 19 - 1 The Man From Laramie-Al Martino 20 - 1 Blue Star-Charlie Applewhite UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:SEPTEMBER 25,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 12 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 4 15 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 3 2 9 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 4 3 13 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 6 3 The Man From Laramie-Jimmy Young 6 10 4 Close The Door-Stargazers 7 7 7 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 8 5 14 Evermore-Ruby Murray 9 16 2 Blue Star-Cyril Stapleton 10 9 12 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 11 12 10 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 12 11 10 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 13 13 14 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 14 8 4 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 15 14 6 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton 16 - 1 That Old Black Magic-Sammy Davis Jr. 17 - 1 Hey There-Rosemary Clooney 18 15 2 China Doll-Slim Whitman 19 18 6 That's How A Love Song Was Born-Ray Burns 20 19 2 The Man From Laramie-Al Martino UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:OCTOBER 2,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 13 ROSE MARIE-SLIM WHITMAN 2 5 4 The Man From Laramie-Jimmy Young 3 2 16 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 4 3 10 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 5 4 14 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 6 9 3 Blue Star-Cyril Stapleton 7 7 8 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 8 6 5 Close The Door-Stargazers 9 - 1 The Yellow Rose Of Texas-Mitch Miller 10 11 11 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 11 - 1 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnston Brothers 12 13 15 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 13 14 5 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 14 8 15 Evermore-Ruby Murray 15 10 13 Strange Lady In Town-Frankie Laine 16 12 11 John & Julie-Eddie Calvert 17 - 1 Hey There-Lita Roza 18 17 2 Hey There-Rosemary Clooney 19 - 1 Hey There-Sammy Davis Jr. 20 - 1 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnnie Ray 20 15 7 Stars Shine In Your Eyes-Ronnie Hilton UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:OCTOBER 9,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 5 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-JIMMY YOUNG 2 3 17 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 3 6 4 Blue Star-Cyril Stapleton 4 1 14 Rose Marie-Slim Whitman 5 9 2 The Yellow Rose Of Texas-Mitch Miller 6 5 15 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 7 4 11 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 8 7 9 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 9 8 6 Close The Door-Stargazers 10 18 3 Hey There-Rosemary Clooney 11 11 2 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnston Brothers 11 20 2 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnnie Ray 13 - 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets 14 10 12 Indian Love Call-Slim Whitman 15 12 16 Every Day Of My Life-Malcolm Vaughan 16 - 1 Hey There-Johnny Ray 17 13 6 Love Me Or Leave Me-Sammy Davis Jr. 18 14 16 Evermore-Ruby Murray 19 - 1 I'll Come When You Call-Ruby Murray 20 17 2 Hey There-Lita Roza UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:OCTOBER 16,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 6 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-JIMMY YOUNG 2 3 5 Blue Star-Cyril Stapleton 3 5 3 The Yellow Rose Of Texas-Mitch Miller 4 6 16 Ev'rywhere-David Whitfield 5 4 15 Rose Marie-Slim Whitman 6 2 18 Cool Water-Frankie Laine 7 8 10 The Breeze & I-Caterina Valente 8 13 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets 9 16 2 Hey There-Johnnie Ray 10 11 3 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnston Brothers 10 10 4 Hey There-Rosemary Clooney 12 11 3 Hernando's Hideaway-Johnnie Ray 13 7 12 Learnin' The Blues-Frank Sinatra 14 9 7 Close The Door-Stargazers 15 19 2 I'll Come When You Call-Ruby Murray 16 18 17 Evermore-Ruby Murray 17 - 1 I'll Never Stop Loving You-Doris Day 18 - 1 Dambusters March-Central Band Of The Royal Air Force 19 - 1 The Yellow Rose Of Texas-Gary Miller 20 20 2 Go On By-Alma Cogan UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:OCTOBER 23,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 7 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-JIMMY YOUNG 2 2 6 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton 2 3 4 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 4 10 4 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 5 5 16 ROSE MARIE-Slim Whitman 6 6 19 COOL WATER-Frankie Laine 7 8 5 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 8 10 5 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 9 4 17 EV'RYWHERE-David Whitfield 10 9 3 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 11 12 4 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnnie Ray 12 7 11 THE BREEZE & I-Caterina Valente 13 15 3 I'LL COME WHEN YOU CALL-Ruby Murray 14 14 8 CLOSE THE DOOR-Stargazers 15 13 13 LEARNIN' THE BLUES-Frank Sinatra 16 20 3 GO ON BY-Alma Cogan 17 19 2 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Gary Miller 18 - 1 SONG OF A DREAMER-Johnnie Ray 19 17 2 I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU-Doris Day 20 - 1 BLUE STAR-Ron Goodwin 20 - 3 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-Al Martino UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:OCTOBER 30,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 8 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-JIMMY YOUNG 2 4 5 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 3 2 7 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton 4 7 6 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 5 2 5 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 6 10 4 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 7 9 18 EV'RYWHERE-David Whitfield 8 8 6 HEY THERE0Rosemary Clooney 9 5 17 ROSE MARIE-Slim Whitman 10 13 4 I'LL COME WHEN YOU CALL-Ruby Murray 11 6 20 COOL WATER-Frankie Laine 12 18 2 SONG OF A DREAMER-Johnnie Ray 13 12 12 THE BREEZE & I-Caterina Valente 14 11 5 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnnie Ray 15 17 3 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Gary Miller 16 0 1 CLOUDBURST-Don Lang 17 14 9 CLOSE THE DOOR-Stargazers 18 - 1 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 19 - 7 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME-Sammy Davis Jr. 20 16 4 GO ON BY-Alma Cogan UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:NOVEMBER 6,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 6 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-JOHNSTON BROTHERS 2 4 7 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 3 1 9 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-Jimmy Young 4 3 8 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton 5 6 5 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 6 10 5 I'LL COME WHEN YOU CALL-Ruby Murray 7 8 7 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 8 7 19 EVE'RYWHERE-David Whitfield 9 5 6 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 10 18 2 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 11 12 3 SONG OF THE DREAMER-Johnnie Ray 12 11 21 COOL WATER-Frankie Laine 13 15 4 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Gary Miller 14 9 18 ROSE MARIE-Slim Whitman 15 - 1 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Ronnie Hilton 16 - 1 HUMMINGBIRD-Frankie Laine 17 - 1 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 18 16 2 CLOUDBURST-Don Lang 18 19 8 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME-Sammy Davis Jr 20 13 13 THE BREEZE & I-Caterina Valente UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:NOVEMBER 13,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 7 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-JOHNSTON BROTHERS 2 3 10 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-Jimmy Young 3 2 8 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 4 7 8 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 5 5 6 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 6 9 7 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 7 4 9 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton 8 10 3 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 9 6 6 I'LL COME WHEN YOU CALL-Ruby Murray 10 11 4 SONG OF THE DREAMER-Johnnie Ray 11 - 1 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 12 8 20 EV'RYWHERE-David Whitfield 13 17 2 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 14 20 14 THE BREEZE & I-Caterina Valente 15 15 2 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Ronnie Hilton 16 12 22 COOL WATER-Frankie Laine 17 13 5 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Gary Miller 18 14 19 ROSE MARIE-Slim Whitman 19 - 1 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 20 - 1 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:NOVEMBER 20,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 3 9 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS 2 11 2 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 3 1 8 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 4 8 4 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 5 2 11 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-Jimmy Young 6 4 9 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 7 5 7 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 7 6 8 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 9 20 2 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 10 13 3 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 11 19 2 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 12 - 1 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-Dickie Valentine 13 7 10 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton 14 9 7 I'LL COME WHEN YOU CALL-Ruby Murray 15 10 5 SONG OF THE DREAMER-Johnnie Ray 16 - 1 SINGING DOGS-Singing Dogs 17 - 1 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 18 - 1 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 19 - 3 I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU-Doris Day 20 - 1 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 20 - 1 TWNETY TINY FINGERS-Coronets UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:NOVEMBER 27,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 10 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS 2 2 2 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 3 4 5 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 4 12 2 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-Dickie Valentine 5 3 9 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 6 7 9 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 7 10 4 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 8 9 3 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 9 11 3 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 10 5 12 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE-Jimmy Young 11 6 10 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 11 7 8 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 13 13 11 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton Orchestra 14 18 2 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 15 17 2 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 16 16 2 SINGING DOGS-Singing Dogs 17 20 2 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 18 - 3 CLOUDBURST-Don Lang 19 - 1 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Lee Lawrence 20 - 1 SEVENTEEN-Frankie Vaughan UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:DECEMBER 4,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 11 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS 2 4 3 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-Dickie Valentine 3 2 4 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 4 3 6 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 5 7 5 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 6 9 4 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 7 8 4 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 8 6 10 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 9 14 3 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 10 5 10 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 11 15 3 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 12 17 3 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 13 16 3 SINGING DOGS-Singing Dogs 14 11 9 HEY THERE-Johnnie Ray 15 13 12 BLUE STAR-Cyril Stapleton Orchestra 16 11 11 HEY THERE-Rosemary Clooney 17 - 1 ON WITH THE MOTLEY-Harry Secombe 18 20 2 SEVENTEEN-Frankie Vaughan 19 - 1 LET'S GET TOGETHER AGAIN-Big Ben Banjo Band 20 - 1 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Jo Stafford UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:DECEMBER 11,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 2 4 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 1 12 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 3 3 5 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 4 4 7 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 5 6 5 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 5 5 6 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 7 11 4 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 8 10 11 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 9 8 11 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 10 7 5 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 11 12 4 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 12 9 4 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 13 13 4 SINGING DOGS-Singing Dogs 14 RE 2 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Lee Lawrence 15 20 2 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Jo Stafford 16 17 2 ON WITH THE MOTLEY-Harry Secombe 17 - 1 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Alma Cogan 18 18 3 SEVENTEEN-Frankie Vaughan 19 - 1 ARRIVEDERCI DARLING-Anne Shelton 20 - 1 THE OLD PIANNA RAG-Dickie Valentine UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:DECEMBER 18,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 5 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 2 13 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 3 3 6 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 4 5 6 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 5 4 8 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 6 5 7 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 7 11 5 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 8 9 12 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 9 12 5 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 10 7 5 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 11 8 12 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 12 15 3 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Jo Stafford 13 - 1 NEVER DO A TANGO WITH AN ESKIMO-Alma Cogan 14 10 6 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 15 14 3 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Lee Lawrence 16 - 1 SEVENTEEN-Boyd Bennett 17 16 3 ON WITH THE MOTLEY-Harry Secombe 18 19 2 ARRIVEDERCI DARLING-Anne Shelton 19 - 1 SOMEONE ON YOUR MIND-Jimmy Young 20 - 1 BLUEBELL POLKA-Jimmy Shand Band 20 20 2 THE OLD PIANNA RAG Dickie Valentine UNITED KINGDOM'S (NME) WEEKLY SINGLES CHART FOR:DECEMBER 25,1955 TW LW Wks Title Artist 1 1 6 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET-DICKIE VALENTINE 2 2 14 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-Bill Haley & The Comets 3 4 7 MEET ME ON THE CORNER-Max Bygraves 4 5 9 LET'S HAVE A DING DONG-Winifred Atwell 5 3 7 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING-Four Aces 6 6 8 TWENTY TINY FINGERS-Stargazers 7 7 6 HAWKEYE-Frankie Laine 8 9 6 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Petula Clark 9 8 13 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-Mitch Miller 10 13 2 NEVER DO A TANGO WITH AN ESKIMO-Alma Cogan 11 11 13 HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY-Johnston Brothers 12 10 6 WHEN YOU LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE-David Whitfield 13 12 4 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Jo Stafford 14 14 7 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-Pat Boone 15 15 4 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY-Lee Lawrence 16 19 2 SOMEONE ON YOUR MIND-Jimmy Young 17 18 3 ARRIVEDERCI DARLING-Anne Shelton 18 20 3 THE OLD PIANNA RAG Dickie Valentine 19 16 5 SEVENTEEN-Boyd Bennett 20 17 4 ON WITH THE MOTLEY-Harry Secombe