Top Songs of the 1950s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
[RCA Epa-4114+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[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

[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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #39]
[Decca 30434]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
[Cadence 1337]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
[Sun 281]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer

[RCA 47-7150]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[RCA 47-7000]
written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe

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

B side to My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
[Imperial 5528]
written by Sharon Sheeley

[RCA 47-7240]
written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody

instrumental
[Challenge 1016]
written by Daniel Flores

hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956 ; charted as One Night / I Got Stung in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7410]
written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King & Anita Steiman

[RCA 47-6800]
written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman

[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sidney Wyche

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 Victor 47-7506]
written by Sid Wayne & Bix Reichner

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #207]
[Cadence 1315]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #194]
[Coral 61885]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff

[Atco 6116]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins

[Swan 4043]
written by Joe Turner Layton & Henry Creamer

charted as One Night / I Got Stung in UK charts
[RCA 47-7410]
written by Aaron Schroeder & David Hill

[Cadence 1355]
written by Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant

instrumental
[Phillips Int'l 3519]
written by Bill Justis & Sid Manker

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #61]
[Sun 267]
written by Dave "Curlee" Williams & James Faye "Roy" Hall

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

instrumental
[Canadian American 103]
written by Santo Farina & Johnny Farina

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #272]
[Chess 1683]
written by Chuck Berry

[Imperial 5386]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

written by Charles E. Calhoun

[Atco 6117]
written by Bobby Darin & Murray Kaufman

as Buddy Holly & The Crickets
[Brunswick 55035]
written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman & Norman Petty

B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You
[Imperial 5565]
written by Dorsey Burnette

charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Roy Orbison

[Sun 288]
written by Otis Blackwell

[Decca 29791]
written by Robert Guidry

[Del-Fi 4110]
written by Ritchie Valens

[Imperial 5428]
written by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Chess 1653]
written by Chuck Berry

as Buddy Holly & The Crickets
[Brunswick 55053]
written by Norman Petty & Charles Hardin

B side to Young Blood
[Atco 6087]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Specialty 645]
written by Harry Akst & Benny Davis

[Imperial 5417]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

R
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

[Atco 6146]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
[Capitol 3450]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves & Tex Davis

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #94]
[Specialty 624]
written by John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell

[Swan 4031]
written by Bob Crewe, Frank Slay & Frederick Picariello

[Imperial 5565]
written by Baker Knight

written by Bill Haley

written by traditional

[RCA Epa-1-1515+]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
[Capitol 4096]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell

[RCA Epa-4319+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Imperial 5463]
written by Pearl Lendhurst

[Imperial 5503]
written by Dorsey Burnette & Johnny Burnette

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #442]
[Specialty 611]
written by Richard Penniman

[Imperial 5595]
written by Johnny Burnette

charted as Valley of Tears / It's You I Love from June 3rd in US R&B charts
[Imperial 5442]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Atco 6127]
written by Woody Harris

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #154]
[Coral 61985]
written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman & Norman Petty

[Sun 296]
written by Jerry Lee Lewis & Ron Hargrave

[Specialty 598]
written by Albert Collins & Little Richard

B side to Just a Little Too Much
[Imperial 5595]
written by Baker Knight

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423] [EP]
[RCA 47-6492 (u)]
written by Carl Perkins

US B-side to Don't
[RCA 47-7150]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Kelly Owens

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #7]
[Chess 1691]
written by Chuck Berry

written by Tommy Steele, Lionel Bart & Michael Pratt

R
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

B side to Bird Dog
[Cadence 1350]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

B side to Valley of Tears
[Imperial 5442]
written by Antoine Domino

[Imperial 5545]
written by Baker Knight

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #128]
[Chess 1671]
written by Chuck Berry

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #413]
[Specialty 591]
written by Bobby Troup

[Specialty 579]
written by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #431] aka Ain't That a Shame
[Imperial 5348]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
[Specialty 561]
written by Richard Penniman & Dorothy LaBostrie

written by Jimmy Bennett, Lionel Bart & Michael Pratt

B side to Take A Message to Mary
[Cadence 1364]
written by Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

as Cliff Richard with The Drifters
[Capitol 4096]
written by Ian Ralph Samwell

[1954 recording]
[RCA Victor 47-6640]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

[novelty]
[Atco 6141]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

US B-side to (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
[RCA Epa-1-1515+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[London 1735]
written by Lionel Bart & Michael Pratt

US B-side to Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
written by Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon

hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937
[Imperial 5396]
written by Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin

[Capitol 3763]
written by Bernice Bedwell

written by Jimmie Hodges

US B-side to A Big Hunk O' Love
[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter

[Coral 62006]
written by Bobby Darin & Woody Harris

US B-side to Jailhouse Rock
[RCA 47-7035]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

as Cliff Richard & The Drifters
written by Ian Ralph Samwell & Joseph Seener

as Bill Haley & Haley's Comets
written by Bill Haley & Marshall Lytle

B side to Heeby-Jeebies
written by John Marascalco & Richard Penniman