1950s UK Chart Singles

All of the UK Chart Singles number 1s from the 1950s


  1. Here in My Heart - Al Martino (Friday, November 14, 1952)
  2. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford (Friday, January 16, 1953)
  3. Comes A-Long A-Love - Kay Starr (Friday, January 23, 1953)
  4. Outside of Heaven - Eddie Fisher (Friday, January 30, 1953)
  5. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como (Friday, February 6, 1953)
  6. She Wears Red Feathers - Guy Mitchell (Friday, March 13, 1953)
  7. Broken Wings - The Stargazers (Friday, April 10, 1953)
  8. (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? - Lita Roza (Friday, April 17, 1953)
  9. I Believe - Frankie Laine (Friday, April 24, 1953)
  10. I'm Walking Behind You - Eddie Fisher (Friday, June 26, 1953)
  11. The Song from Moulin Rouge - Mantovani (Friday, August 14, 1953)
  12. Look At That Girl - Guy Mitchell (Friday, September 11, 1953)
  13. Hey Joe - Frankie Laine (Friday, October 23, 1953)
  14. Answer Me - David Whitfield (Friday, November 6, 1953)
  15. Answer Me - Frankie Laine (Friday, November 13, 1953)
  16. Oh Mein Papa - Eddie Calvert (Friday, January 8, 1954)
  17. I See the Moon - The Stargazers (Friday, March 12, 1954)
  18. Secret Love - Doris Day (Friday, April 16, 1954)
  19. Such a Night - Johnnie Ray (Friday, April 30, 1954)
  20. Cara Mia - David Whitfield (Friday, July 2, 1954)
  21. Little Things Mean a Lot - Kitty Kallen (Friday, September 10, 1954)
  22. Three Coins in the Fountain - Frank Sinatra (Friday, September 17, 1954)
  23. Hold My Hand - Don Cornell (Friday, October 8, 1954)
  24. My Son, My Son - Vera Lynn (Friday, November 5, 1954)
  25. This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney (Friday, November 26, 1954)
  26. Let's Have Another Party - Winifred Atwell (Friday, December 3, 1954)
  27. The Finger of Suspicion - Dickie Valentine (Friday, January 7, 1955)
  28. Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney (Friday, January 14, 1955)
  29. Softly, Softly - Ruby Murray (Friday, February 18, 1955)
  30. Give Me Your Word - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Friday, March 11, 1955)
  31. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) - Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra (Friday, April 29, 1955)
  32. Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett (Friday, May 13, 1955)
  33. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) - Eddie Calvert (Friday, May 27, 1955)
  34. Unchained Melody - Jimmy Young (Friday, June 24, 1955)
  35. Dreamboat - Alma Cogan (Friday, July 15, 1955)
  36. Rose Marie - Slim Whitman (Friday, July 29, 1955)
  37. The Man from Laramie - Jimmy Young (Friday, October 14, 1955)
  38. Hernando's Hideaway - Johnston Brothers (Friday, November 11, 1955)
  39. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (Friday, November 25, 1955)
  40. Christmas Alphabet - Dickie Valentine (Friday, December 16, 1955)
  41. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (Friday, January 6, 1956)
  42. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Friday, January 20, 1956)
  43. Memories Are Made of This - Dean Martin (Friday, February 17, 1956)
  44. It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dream Weavers (Friday, March 16, 1956)
  45. Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra (Friday, March 30, 1956)
  46. The Poor People of Paris - Winifred Atwell (Friday, April 13, 1956)
  47. No Other Love - Ronnie Hilton (Friday, May 4, 1956)
  48. I'll Be Home - Pat Boone (Friday, June 15, 1956)
  49. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (Friday, July 20, 1956)
  50. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day (Friday, August 10, 1956)
  51. Lay Down Your Arms - Anne Shelton (Friday, September 21, 1956)
  52. A Woman in Love - Frankie Laine (Friday, October 19, 1956)
  53. Just Walking in the Rain - Johnnie Ray (Friday, November 16, 1956)
  54. Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell (Friday, January 4, 1957)
  55. Singing the Blues - Tommy Steele (Friday, January 11, 1957)
  56. The Garden of Eden - Frankie Vaughan (Friday, January 25, 1957)
  57. Young Love - Tab Hunter (Friday, February 22, 1957)
  58. Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan (Friday, April 12, 1957)
  59. Rock-a-Billy - Guy Mitchell (Friday, May 17, 1957)
  60. Butterfly - Andy Williams (Friday, May 24, 1957)
  61. Yes Tonight Josephine - Johnnie Ray (Friday, June 7, 1957)
  62. Gamblin' Man - Lonnie Donegan (Friday, June 28, 1957)
  63. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (Friday, July 12, 1957)
  64. Diana - Paul Anka (Friday, August 30, 1957)
  65. That'll Be the Day - The Crickets (Friday, November 1, 1957)
  66. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte (Friday, November 22, 1957)
  67. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis (Friday, January 10, 1958)
  68. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (Friday, January 24, 1958)
  69. The Story of My Life - Michael Holliday (Friday, February 14, 1958)
  70. Magic Moments - Perry Como (Friday, February 28, 1958)
  71. Whole Lotta Woman - Marvin Rainwater (Friday, April 25, 1958)
  72. Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis (Friday, May 16, 1958)
  73. On the Street Where You Live - Vic Damone (Friday, June 27, 1958)
  74. All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers (Friday, July 4, 1958)
  75. When - The Kalin Twins (Friday, August 22, 1958)
  76. Carolina Moon - Connie Francis (Friday, September 26, 1958)
  77. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (Friday, November 7, 1958)
  78. Hoots Mon - Lord Rockingham%27s XI (Friday, November 28, 1958)
  79. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty (Friday, December 19, 1958)
  80. The Day the Rains Came - Jane Morgan (Friday, January 23, 1959)
  81. One Night - Elvis Presley (Friday, January 30, 1959)
  82. As I Love You - Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra (Friday, February 20, 1959)
  83. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters (Friday, March 20, 1959)
  84. Side Saddle - Russ Conway (Friday, March 27, 1959)
  85. It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly (Friday, April 24, 1959)
  86. A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley (Friday, May 15, 1959)
  87. Roulette - Russ Conway (Friday, June 19, 1959)
  88. Dream Lover - Bobby Darin (Friday, July 3, 1959)
  89. Living Doll - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Friday, July 31, 1959)
  90. Only Sixteen - Craig Douglas (Friday, September 11, 1959)
  91. Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller (Friday, October 9, 1959)
  92. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin (Friday, October 16, 1959)
  93. Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Friday, October 30, 1959)
  94. What Do You Want? - Adam Faith (Friday, December 4, 1959)
  95. What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? - Emile Ford and the Checkmates (Friday, December 18, 1959)