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US Top 100 Singles Week Ending 2nd November, 1955

Issue Date 12th November 1955

BEGINNING THIS WEEK: THE TOP 100 SINGLES BASED ON SALES/AIRPLAY/AND

JUKE BOX PLAY (Last Week and Weeks on Chart carried over from last weeks

sales only chart) (Also Double-Sided Records are now split again)

TW LW TITLE-Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Position on seperate charts)

(Peak Position)

1 2 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING

The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-11 (3 weeks at #1)

(2S/1A/1J) (1)

2 1 AUTUMN LEAVES

Roger Williams (Kapp)-13 (1S/3A/3J) (1)

3 4 MOMENTS TO REMEMBER

The Four Lads (Columbia)-11 (3S/2A/4J) (3)

4 3 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-15

(4S/4A/2J) (1)

5 8 THE SHIFTING WHISPERING SANDS (Parts 1 and 2)

Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-8 (10S/5A/14TJ) (5)

6 12 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING

Gale Storm (Dot)-4 (8S/6A/8J) (6)

7 6 THE SHIFTING, WHISPERING SANDS

Randy Draper (Mercury)-7 (7S/16A/5J) (6)

8 13 AT MY FRONT DOOR (Crazy Little Mama)

Pat Boone (Dot)-3 (9S/13A/10TJ) (8)

9 5 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)

The Platters (Mercury)-7 (6S/10A/13J) (5)

10 7 HE

Al Hibbler (Decca)-7 (11S/11A/19TJ) (7)

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11 11 MY BONNIE LASSIE

The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-6 (15S/14A) (11)

12 15 TINA MARIE

Perry Como (RCA Victor)-13 (20S/20A/10TJ) (6)

13 9 BLACK DENIM TROUSERS

The Cheers (Capitol)-8 (12S/12A) (6)

14 14 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY

Gogi Grant (Era)-6 (14S/15A) (14)

15 19T SEVENTEEN

The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-12 (22S/6J) (6)

16 -- LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 (19S/9A) (16)

17 17 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

Johnny Desmond (Coral)-14 (7J) (6)

18 -- ONLY YOU (And You Alone)

The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca (Dot)-1 (23S/17A) (18)

19 25 THE LONGEST WALK

Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-10 (12TJ) (13)

20 23 SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY

Jo Stafford (Columbia)-3 (21S) (20)

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21 18 AIN'T THAT A SHAME

Pat Boone (Dot)-19 (9J) (2)

22 19T YOU ARE MY LOVE

Joni James (MGM)-4 (25S/8A) (19)

23 16 SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Nat King Cole (Capitol)-4 (13S/19A) (16)

24 -- WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE

Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra (Capitol)-13 (18J) (10)

25 -- YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

Don Cornell (Coral)-1 (25)

26 16 FORGIVE MY HEART

Nat King Cole (Capitol)-4 (13S) (16)

27 -- SIXTEEN TONS

Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)-1 (5S/7A) (27)

28 24 SEVENTEEN

Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (King)-18 (16J) (5)

29 -- IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW

The Dream Weavers (Decca)-1 (24S) (29)

30 10 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING

Don Cornell (Coral)-10 (18S/14TJ) (7)

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31 -- SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY

Julius LaRosa (Cadence)-2 (22)

32 10 THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

Don Cornell (Coral)-10 (18S/14TJ) (10)

33 -- WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE

Mindy Carson (Columbia)-9 (20)

34 -- CROCE DI ORO (Cross Of Gold)

Patti Page (Mercury)-1 (34)

35 -- NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU (Like These Arms Of Mine)

Georgie Shaw (Decca)-1 (35)

36 -- DOGFACE SOLDIER

Russ Morgan (Decca)-1 (36)

37 -- PEPPER-HOT BABY

Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-1 (37)

38 -- BLACK DENIM TROUSERS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS

Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-1 (38)

39 -- MY BOY-FLAT TOP

Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (King)-1 (39)

40 -- AMUKIRIKI (The Lord Willing)

Les Paul and Mary Ford (Capitol)-1 (40)

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41 21 AT MY FRONT DOOR

The Eldorados (Vee Jay)-5 (17S) (21)

42 -- MAYBELLENE

Chuck Berry (Chess)-11 (17J) (5)

43 -- SONG OF THE DREAMER

Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-9 (16)

44 -- AUTUMN LEAVES

Steve Allen with George Cates and His

Orchestra and Chorus (Coral)-1 (44)

45 22 HE

The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-3 (16S/19J) (22)

46 -- BURN THAT CANDLE

Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (46)

47 -- THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

Stan Freberg (Capitol)-1 (47)

48 -- I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY

Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-4 (22)

49 -- MY BOY-FLAT TOP

Dorothy Collins (Coral)-1 (49)

50 -- DADDY-O

Bonnie Lou (King)-1 (50)

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51 -- THE BONNIE BLUE GAL

Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (51)

52 13 NO OTHER ARMS (No Arms Can Ever Hold You)

Pat Boone (Dot)-3 (9S/10TJ) (13)

53 -- I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY

Lillian Briggs (Epic)-4 (23)

54 -- AUTUMN LEAVES

Victor Young and His Singing Strings (Decca)-1 (54)

55 -- LOVE AND MARRIAGE

Dinah Shore (RCA Victor)-1 (55)

56 -- (We're Gonna) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-25 (1)

57 -- REMEMB'RING

Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy (Columbia)-1 (57)

58 -- CRY ME A RIVER

Julie London (Liberty)-1 (58)

59 -- SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY

The Mills Brothers (Decca)-1 (59)

60 -- LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING

David Rose and His Orchestra (MGM)-1 (60)

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61 -- LEARNIN' TO LOVE

Peggy King (Columbia)-1 (61)

62 -- ROCK-A-BEATIN' BOOGIE

Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (62)

63 -- CROCE DI ORO

Joan Regan (London)-1 (63)

64 -- AUTUMN LEAVES

Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (64)

65 -- SAME OLD SATURDAY NIGHT

Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 (65)

66 -- MAGIC FINGERS

Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-1 (66)

67 -- AUTUMN LEAVES

Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra (Capitol)-1 (67)

68 -- IF YOU DON'T WANT MY LOVE

Jaye P. Morgan (RCA Victor)-1 (68)

69 -- SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY

Patty Andrews (Capitol)-1 (69)

70 -- ALL AT ONE YOU LOVE HER

Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (70)

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71 -- TIMES TWO, I LOVE YOU

The Three Chuckles (X)-1 (71)

72 -- PAPER ROSES

Lola Dee (Wing)-1 (72)

73 -- HAWK-EYE

Frankie Laine (Columbia)-1 (73)

74 -- THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO

Nick Noble (Wing)-4 (22)

75 -- I WANNA GO WHERE YOU GO, DO WHAT YOU DO (Then I'll Be Happy)

Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-1 (75)

76 -- DAY BY DAY

The Four Freshmen (Capitol)-1 (76)

77 -- AUTUMN LEAVES

Ray Charles Singers (MGM)-1 (77)

78 -- PET ME, POPPA

Rosemary Clooney (Columbia)-1 (78)

79 -- LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING

Woody Herman and His Orchestra (Capitol)-1 (79)

80 -- DADDY-O

The Fontane Sisters (RCA Victor)-1 (80)

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81 -- THE ROSE TATTOO

Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (81)

82 -- WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME

The Jacks (RPM)-1 (82)

83 -- GUM DROP

The Crew-Cuts (Mercury)-9 (10)

84 -- HARD TO GET

Gisele MacKenzie (X)-20 (5)

85 -- SWEET KENTUCKY ROSE

Kitty Kallen (Decca)-1 (85)

86 -- AIN'T IT A SHAME

Fats Domino (Imperial)-9 (16)

87 -- NO ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU

The Gaylords (Mercury)-1 (87)

88 -- SEVENTEEN

Rusty Draper (Mercury)-5 (18)

89 -- AN OCCASIONAL MAN

Jeri Southern (Decca)-1 (89)

90 -- WHEN ALL THE STREETS ARE DARK

Somethin' Smith and the Redheads (Epic)-1 (90)

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91 -- YOU'RE SO NICE TO BE NEAR

The Loreleis (Spotlight)-1 (91)

92 -- COME HOME

Bubber Johnson (King)-1 (92)

93 -- I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU

Doris Day (Columbia)-10 (15)

94 -- IT'S OBDACIOUS

Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra (Mercury)-1 (94)

95 -- GIVE ME LOVE

The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-1 (95)

96 -- MAGIC MELODY

Les Paul and Mary Ford (Capitol)-1 (96)

97 -- IT'S ALMOST TOMORROW

Snooky Lanson (Dot)-1 (97)

98 -- WHEN YOU DANCE

The Turbans (Herald)-1 (98)

99 -- SEARCHING

The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca (Dot)-1 (99)

100 -- JOHNNIE'S COMIN' HOME

Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-1 (100)

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T=Tie for the position on the chart

S=Sales Chart Position

A=Airplay (Jockeys) Chart Position

J=Juke Box Chart Position

Compiled from national sales, CHR (Top 40) radio station airplay, and

juke box play by Billboard

Copyright 1955 Billboard Publications

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