| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Hound Dog [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14219.jpg "Hound Dog [article]") | 1. | 08/1956 | | 451
 | 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
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
![All Shook Up [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14233.jpg "All Shook Up [article]") | 2. | 04/1957 | | 440
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #352]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley |
| 3. | 10/1956 | | 440
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Melvin Endsley |
![Heartbreak Hotel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14212.jpg "Heartbreak Hotel [article]") | 4. | 03/1956 | | 426
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley |
![Mack the Knife [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_6052.jpg "Mack the Knife [article]") | 5. | 08/1959 | | 413
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 6 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
![Jailhouse Rock [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14242.jpg "Jailhouse Rock [article]") | 6. | 10/1957 | | 411
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 7. | 04/1958 | | 395
| 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
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
| 8. | 07/1957 | | 393
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Paul Anka |
| 9. | 02/1953 | | 383
| US 2
UK 2
US R&B 10 | written by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere |
| 10. | 01/1957 | | 381
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 8 | written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner |
![Running Bear [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23129.jpg "Running Bear [article]") | 11. | 10/1959 | | 374
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson) |
![(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14240.jpg "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear [article]") | 12. | 06/1957 | | 367
| US ✫1
UK 3
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe |
| 13. | 12/1956 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | |
| 14. | 11/1951 | | 362
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 15. | 03/1951 | | 358
| US ✫1
US R&B 2 | written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton |
| 16. | 04/1951 | | 356
| US ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee |
| 17. | 09/1957 | | 352
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
![That'll Be the Day [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7414.jpg "That'll Be the Day [article]") | 18. | 08/1957 | | 350
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #39]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty |
| 19. | 05/1957 | | 348
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 12 | written by J. Fred Coots, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny |
| 20. | 11/1957 | | 347
| US 2
UK ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer |
| 21. | 04/1959 | | 346
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Bobby Darin |
![(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14257.jpg "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I [article]") | 22. | 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
written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King & Anita Steiman |
| 23. | 02/1957 | | 345
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 14 | written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann |
![Don't [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14245.jpg "Don't [article]") | 24. | 01/1958 | | 343
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country 2
US R&B 4 | written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 25. | 07/1956 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1 | hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy |
![It's Only Make Believe [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_9609.jpg "It's Only Make Believe [article]") | 26. | 09/1958 | | 341
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 12 | written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty |
![Unchained Melody [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_1317.jpg "Unchained Melody [article]") | 27. | 04/1955 | | 339
| US 3
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | with Jack Pleis Orchestra
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North |
| 28. | 08/1958 | | 337
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | written by Boudleaux Bryant |
| 29. | 12/1957 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 30. | 02/1956 | | 335
| US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
written by Frankie Lymon & Morris Levy |
| 31. | 11/1958 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 3 | #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1934
written by Otto Harbach & Jerome Kern |
| 32. | 07/1955 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B 14 | written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew |
| 33. | 06/1959 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | written by Paul Anka |
![Love Me Tender [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14222.jpg "Love Me Tender [article]") | 34. | 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
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited) |
![Hard Headed Woman [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14251.jpg "Hard Headed Woman [article]") | 35. | 06/1958 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country 2
US R&B 2 | written by Claude Demetrius |
![(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4741.jpg "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]") | 36. | 01/1955 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 17
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) |
| 37. | 07/1959 | | 321
| US ✫1
UK 6
US country ✫1
US R&B 10 | written by Jean Villard Gilles, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld |
| 38. | 12/1956 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner |
| 39. | 04/1959 | | 317
| US ✫1
UK 16
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 |  [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 41339] |
| 40. | 02/1958 | | 313
| US 4
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby |
| 41. | 06/1958 | | 311
| US 5
UK ✫1
US country 13
US R&B ✫1 | |
![Don't Be Cruel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14218.jpg "Don't Be Cruel [article]") | 42. | 08/1956 | | 311
| 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
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley |
| 43. | 09/1958 | | 308
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | produced by Phil Spector
written by Phil Spector |
| 44. | 10/1956 | | 308
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock |
![Too Much [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14230.jpg "Too Much [article]") | 45. | 01/1957 | | 306
| US ✫1
UK 6
US country 3
US R&B 3 | written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman |
| 46. | 09/1956 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5 | written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore |
![A Big Hunk O' Love [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14259.jpg "A Big Hunk O' Love [article]") | 47. | 07/1959 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B 10 | |
| 48. | 06/1950 | | 303
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [R]
written by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| 49. | 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
written by Sharon Sheeley |
| 50. | 12/1959 | | 300
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 3 | written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones & Charles Merenstein |
| 51. | 03/1959 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 6
US R&B 5 | written by Gretchen Christopher |
| 52. | 03/1957 | | 299
| US 2
UK 3
US R&B 2 | written by Maurice Williams |
| 53. | 02/1958 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 54. | 11/1951 | | 295
| US 2
US R&B 6 | B side to Cry |
![Wear My Ring Around Your Neck [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14249.jpg "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck [article]") | 55. | 04/1958 | | 294
| US 2
UK 3
US country 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody |
| 56. | 04/1958 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn & Buck Ram |
![I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14216.jpg "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]") | 57. | 05/1956 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 14
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff |
| 58. | 10/1959 | | 292
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B 19 | written by Harlan Howard |
| 59. | 05/1957 | | 292
| US 2
UK 6
US country ✫1
US R&B 5 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #207]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant |
| 60. | 08/1959 | | 291
| US 4
UK 2
US country 8
US R&B 22 | |
![Blue Suede Shoes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7825.jpg "Blue Suede Shoes [article]") | 61. | 03/1956 | | 289
| US 2
UK 10
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 62. | 02/1959 | | 281
| US ✫1
UK 16
US AC ✫1
US R&B 10 | written by Ed Marshall & Peter DeAngelis |
| 63. | 12/1958 | | 280
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
[ABC 9972] |
| 64. | 09/1958 | | 277
| US ✫1
UK 5
US R&B 9 | traditional american folk song, 1866
[Capitol 4049]
written by Dave Guard |
| 65. | 06/1958 | | 272
| US ✫1
UK 8
US country 18
US R&B ✫1 | as Perez Prado & His Orchestra |
| 66. | 08/1957 | | 272
| US ✫1
UK 30
US country 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Roulette 4015] |
| 67. | 01/1957 | | 272
| US 5
UK 2
US R&B 7 | |
| 68. | 11/1959 | | 270
| US 3
UK 3
US R&B 14 | written by Joe Turner Layton & Henry Creamer |
| 69. | 12/1959 | | 269
| US 2
UK 12
US country ✫1
US R&B 13 | [RCA Victor 47-7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison |
| 70. | 02/1959 | | 268
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B 2 | |
| 71. | 08/1959 | | 268
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 5 | rock version of "red river valley" |
| 72. | 05/1958 | | 266
| US 3
UK 2
US R&B 9 | |
| 73. | 11/1957 | | 264
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #194]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty |
| 74. | 12/1959 | | 262
| US 4
UK 4
US R&B 12 | |
![Lipstick on Your Collar [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_9538.jpg "Lipstick on Your Collar [article]") | 75. | 05/1959 | | 262
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 10 | |
| 76. | 06/1957 | | 260
| US 3
UK 8
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #61] |
| 77. | 11/1957 | | 258
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B 3 | |
| 78. | 04/1959 | | 257
| US 2
UK 9
US R&B ✫1 | [ABC-Par 10018]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price |
| 79. | 04/1956 | | 257
| US 6
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman |
| 80. | 12/1958 | | 257
| US 2
UK 4
US R&B 11 | written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine |
| 81. | 11/1957 | | 253
| US 2
UK 11
US country 6
US R&B ✫1 | written by Bill Justis & Sid Manker |
| 82. | 04/1956 | | 253
| US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 83. | 08/1959 | | 252
| US 2
UK 7
US R&B 12 | written by Paul Anka |
| 84. | 01/1959 | | 250
| US 5
UK 3
US R&B 28 | as Chris Barber's Jazz Band
written by Sidney Bechet |
| 85. | 06/1958 | | 250
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B 18 | [MGM 12651]
written by Sheb Wooley |
| 86. | 02/1957 | | 250
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B 10 | written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann |
![Yakety Yak [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_42030.jpg "Yakety Yak [article]") | 87. | 06/1958 | | 249
| US ✫1
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 88. | 11/1957 | | 249
| US 3
UK 7
US country 6
US R&B 8 | [Roulette 4031]
written by The Weavers |
![Witch Doctor [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_10939.jpg "Witch Doctor [article]") | 89. | 04/1958 | | 249
| US ✫1
UK 11
US R&B ✫1 | written by David Seville (as Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) |
| 90. | 12/1955 | | 246
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #351]
written by Buck Ram |
| 91. | 03/1958 | | 243
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B 3 | written by Beverly Ross & Julius Dixson |
| 92. | 07/1959 | | 240
| US ✫1
UK 22
US R&B 4 | |
| 93. | 03/1951 | | 238
| US 6
US R&B 4 | hit for Bing Crosby in 1931 |
| 94. | 01/1956 | | 237
| US 6
UK 7
US R&B 7 | |
![You Send Me [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_36406.jpg "You Send Me [article]") | 95. | 10/1957 | | 232
| US ✫1
UK 29
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #115]
written by Sam Cooke |
| 96. | 11/1959 | | 229
| US ✫1
UK 20
US R&B 6 | |
| 97. | 10/1959 | | 229
| US 9
UK 3
US R&B 27 | [dedicated to Carole King]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 98. | 03/1959 | | 226
| US 9
UK 3
US R&B 30 | B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You
written by Dorsey Burnette |
| 99. | 07/1955 | | 226
| US 5
UK 16
US R&B 7 | written by Boyd Bennett |
| 100. | 09/1958 | | 221
| US 7
UK 3
US R&B 19 | as Tommy Dorsey Orchestra starring Warren Covington
written by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar |
