| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 11/1955 | | 461
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1 | [Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis |
 | 2. | 08/1956 | | 450
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19]
US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 3. | 12/1955 | | 447
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Capitol 3295]
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller |
| 4. | 10/1956 | | 440
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | [Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley |
 | 5. | 04/1957 | | 439
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #352]
[RCA 47-6870]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley |
 | 6. | 03/1956 | | 426
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley |
| 7. | 02/1953 | | 412
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 39938]
written by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl & Al Stillman |
| 8. | 08/1959 | | 412
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 6 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251]
 [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960]
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
 | 9. | 10/1957 | | 409
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
[RCA Epa-4114+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 10. | 05/1952 | | 406
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Bbs 101]
written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli |
|
| 11. | 03/1955 | | 395
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | written by Louiguy, Jacques Larue & Mack David |
| 12. | 04/1958 | | 394
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #141]
charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
 | 13. | 07/1957 | | 390
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [ABC-Paramount 9831]
written by Paul Anka |
| 14. | 12/1952 | | 382
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [RCA 47-5064]
written by Slim Willet (as Winston L. Moore) |
| 15. | 08/1955 | | 382
| US ✫1
UK 2 | written by traditional |
| 16. | 01/1954 | | 381
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |  [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1953]
[Columbia 40108]
written by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster |
| 17. | 06/1956 | | 381
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
| 18. | 01/1957 | | 380
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 8 | [Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner |
| 19. | 09/1956 | | 378
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley |
| 20. | 10/1959 | | 374
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Mercury 71474]
written by The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson) |
| 21. | 12/1955 | | 374
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [RCA 47-6359]
written by Shorty Allen & Roy Alfred |
| 22. | 04/1954 | | 370
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Decca 29037]
written by Edith Lindeman & Carl Stutz |
 | 23. | 06/1957 | | 365
| US ✫1
UK 3
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [RCA 47-7000]
written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe |
| 24. | 12/1956 | | 365
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | [Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton |
| 25. | 05/1955 | | 364
| US ✫1
UK 2 | with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
[Capitol 3102]
written by Dolores Vicki Silvers |
| 26. | 02/1955 | | 364
| US ✫1
UK 2 | written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn |
| 27. | 08/1952 | | 359
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 39811]
written by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price & Redd Stewart |
| 28. | 08/1955 | | 359
| US ✫1
UK 2 | [Decca 29625]
written by Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster |
| 29. | 07/1957 | | 352
| US ✫1
UK 2 | [Coral 61851]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
| 30. | 09/1957 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
| 31. | 08/1957 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #39]
[Decca 30434]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty |
| 32. | 02/1956 | | 348
| US 4
UK ✫1 | [Dot 15443]
written by Ferdinand Washington & Stan Lewis |
| 33. | 08/1958 | | 347
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | new version of 1951-hit
[MGM 12688]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes |
 | 34. | 11/1957 | | 346
| US 2
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
[Sun 281]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer |
| 35. | 05/1957 | | 346
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 12 | [Dot 15570]
written by John Frederick Coots, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny |
| 36. | 03/1959 | | 345
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 16 | hit for Hank Snow in 1953 ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Bill Trader |
| 37. | 04/1959 | | 345
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | [Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin |
| 38. | 05/1953 | | 345
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | featuring Sally Sweetland
[RCA 47-5293]
written by Billy Reid |
| 39. | 02/1957 | | 344
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 14 | [Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann |
 | 40. | 01/1958 | | 343
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country 2
US R&B 4 | [RCA 47-7150]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 41. | 07/1956 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1 | hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
[Mercury 70893]
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy |
| 42. | 09/1958 | | 341
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 12 | [MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty |
| 43. | 04/1955 | | 339
| US 3
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29441]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North |
| 44. | 08/1954 | | 337
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40266]
written by Stuart Hamblen |
 | 45. | 08/1958 | | 336
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant |
| 46. | 02/1956 | | 335
| US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
[Gee 1002]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner |
| 47. | 12/1957 | | 333
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Arthur Singer, John Medora & David White |
| 48. | 11/1958 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1934
[Mercury 71383]
written by Otto Harbach & Jerome Kern |
| 49. | 03/1956 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK 4 | [RCA 47-6427]
written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Emmanuel Chabrier |
| 50. | 12/1952 | | 329
| US ✫1
UK 3
US country 7 | [Christmas]
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor |
 | 51. | 10/1956 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country 3
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437]
adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited) |
 | 52. | 01/1955 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 17
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) |
 | 53. | 06/1958 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country 2
US R&B 2 | [RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius |
| 54. | 06/1959 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | [ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka |
 | 55. | 07/1955 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B 14 | [Dot 15377]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew |
| 56. | 04/1956 | | 327
| US 4
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40654]
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner |
| 57. | 09/1954 | | 327
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [Coral 61206]
written by Jack Lawrence & Richard Myers |
| 58. | 05/1952 | | 326
| US ✫1
UK 3 | with Percy Faith & his Orchestra
[Columbia 39710]
written by Curley Williams |
| 59. | 02/1955 | | 320
| US 2
UK 3 | written by Howard Barnes, Harold Cornelius & Dominic John |
| 60. | 12/1953 | | 320
| US 6
UK ✫1 | written by Paul Burkhard |
| 61. | 07/1959 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 6
US country ✫1
US R&B 10 | [RCA 47-7555]
written by Jean Villard Gilles, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld |
| 62. | 12/1956 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner |
 | 63. | 03/1959 | | 317
| US 4
UK ✫1 | US: B-side to (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA 47-7506]
written by Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner |
 | 64. | 04/1959 | | 315
| US ✫1
UK 16
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood |
| 65. | 02/1958 | | 313
| US 4
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby |
| 66. | 08/1956 | | 312
| US ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197]
charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley |
| 67. | 06/1958 | | 311
| US 5
UK ✫1
US country 13
US R&B ✫1 | [Decca 30642]
written by Jack Reardon & Paul Evans |
| 68. | 09/1958 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | produced by Phil Spector
written by Phil Spector |
| 69. | 10/1956 | | 307
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock |
| 70. | 04/1956 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 9 | [Era 1013]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman |
 | 71. | 01/1957 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 6
US country 3
US R&B 3 | [RCA 47-6800]
written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman |
| 72. | 09/1956 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5 | [Dot 15486]
written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore |
| 73. | 03/1955 | | 305
| US 5
UK 3
US country 4 | [Capitol 3058]
written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn |
 | 74. | 07/1959 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B 10 | [RCA 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche (as Sidney Wyche) |
| 75. | 01/1958 | | 304
| US 4
UK ✫1 | B side to Catch a Falling Star
[RCA Victor 7128]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 76. | 07/1958 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 4
US country 3
US R&B 3 | B side to My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
[Imperial 5528]
written by Sharon Sheeley |
| 77. | 02/1953 | | 303
| US 2
UK 2
US R&B 10 | [Capitol F2346]
written by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere |
| 78. | 12/1959 | | 300
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 3 | [Cub 9049]
written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones & Charles Merenstein |
| 79. | 03/1959 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 6
US R&B 5 | [Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher |
| 80. | 02/1958 | | 298
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Challenge 1016]
written by Daniel Flores |
| 81. | 03/1957 | | 298
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 2 | [Mercury 71060]
written by Maurice Williams |
| 82. | 04/1955 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 10 | [Capitol 3055]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North |
| 83. | 07/1954 | | 296
| US ✫1
UK 4 | [Columbia 40266]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross |
| 84. | 06/1954 | | 295
| US 10
UK ✫1 | written by Mantovani (as Tulio Trapani) & Bunny Lewis (as Lee Lange) |
 | 85. | 05/1956 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 14
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff |
| 86. | 04/1958 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Mercury 71289]
written by Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn & Buck Ram |
 | 87. | 04/1958 | | 294
| US 2
UK 3
US country 3
US R&B ✫1 | [RCA 47-7240]
written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody |
| 88. | 03/1954 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 4 | [RCA 47-5647]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele |
 | 89. | 11/1953 | | 293
| US 2
UK 2 | [Capitol 2589]
written by Jack Brooks |
| 90. | 05/1954 | | 293
| US 4
UK ✫1 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 1954]
[Capitol 2816]
written by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn |
| 91. | 10/1959 | | 293
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B 19 | [Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard |
 | 92. | 09/1956 | | 292
| US 3
UK 4 | written by Cole Porter |
| 93. | 02/1956 | | 291
| US 5
UK 2 | [Coral 61590]
written by Eugene Randolph & Dorian Burton |
| 94. | 05/1957 | | 291
| US 2
UK 6
US country ✫1
US R&B 5 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #207]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
| 95. | 08/1959 | | 291
| US 4
UK 2
US country 8
US R&B 22 | written by Don Everly |
| 96. | 11/1951 | | 290
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Churchill Kohlman |
| 97. | 03/1956 | | 290
| US 2
UK 10
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 98. | 11/1951 | | 289
| US ✫1
US country ✫1 | as Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
vocals by Redd Stewart
written by Chilton Price, Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart |
| 99. | 03/1951 | | 286
| US ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton |
| 100. | 04/1951 | | 285
| US ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee |
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