Show 40, “Top Hits of 1955,” tracks all the No. 1 Billboard hits plus a few other interesting songs from this year when rock-and-roll was just peeking over the horizon. Performers include Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Nat King Cole, Bill Haley and His Comets, Frank Sinatra, The Fontaine Sisters, and a German musician who called himself “Crazy Otto.”
| Show 40 | Top Hits of 1955 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | |
| 2 | Let Me Go Lover | Joan Weber | |
| 3 | Heart of Stone | The Fontane Sisters | |
| 4 | Sincerely | The McGuire Sisters | |
| 5 | Ballad of Davy Crocket | Fess Parker | |
| 6 | Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado and his Orchestra | |
| 7 | Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 8 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Mitch Miller | |
| 9 | Love is a Many Splendored Thing | The Four Aces | |
| 10 | Autumn Leaves | Roger Williams | |
| 11 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 12 | Ain’t That a Shame | Pat Boone | |
| 13 | A Blossom Fell | Nat King Cole | |
| 14 | Unchained Melody | Al Hibbler | |
| 15 | Crazy Otto Medley | Crazy Otto | |
| 16 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra | |
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