List of number-one singles from the 1950s (UK)

This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1950s. The source for this decade is the New Musical Express chart.

=1952=

1 Al Martino - "Here In My Heart"
#:November 14 for 9 weeks

=1953=

1 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "You Belong to Me"
#:January 16 for 1 week2 Kay Starr - "Comes A-Long A-Love"
#:January 23 for 1 week3 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra & Chorus - "Outside Of Heaven"
#:January 30 for 1 week4 Perry Como with The Ramblers - "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"
#:February 6 for 5 weeks5 Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus - "She Wears Red Feathers"
#:March 13 for 4 weeks6 The Stargazers - "Broken Wings"
#:April 10 for 1 week7 Lita Roza - "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window"
#:April 17 for 1 week8 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
#:April 24 for 9 weeks9 Eddie Fisher feat. Sally Sweetland, with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - "I'm Walking Behind You"
#:June 26 for 1 week10 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
#:July 3 for 6 weeks11 Mantovani & His Orchestra - "The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)"
#:August 14 for 1 week12 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "I Believe"
#:August 21 for 3 weeks12 Guy Mitchell - "Look At That Girl"
#:September 11 for 6 weeks14 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Hey Joe"
#:October 23 for 2 weeks15 David Whitfield with Stanley Black & His Orchestra - "Answer Me"
#:November 6 for 1 week16 Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra - "Answer Me"
#:November 13 for 8 weeks
#:David Whitfield's version shared the number one position on December 11

=1954=

1 Eddie Calvert - "Oh Mein Papa"
#:January 8 for 9 weeks2 The Stargazers - "I See the Moon"
#:March 12 for 5 weeks3 Doris Day - "Secret Love"
#:April 16 for 1 week4 The Stargazers - "I See the Moon"
#:April 23 for 1 week5 Johnnie Ray - "Such a Night"
#:April 30 for 1 week6 Doris Day - "Secret Love"
#:May 7 for 8 weeks7 David Whitfield with Mantovani - "Cara Mia"
#:July 2 for 10 weeks8 Kitty Kallen - "Little Things Mean a Lot"
#:September 10 for 1 week9 Frank Sinatra - "Three Coins in the Fountain"
#:September 17 for 3 weeks10 Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand"
#:October 8 for 4 weeks11 Vera Lynn - "My Son, My Son"
#:November 5 for 2 weeks12 Don Cornell - "Hold My Hand"
#:November 19 for 1 week13 Rosemary Clooney - "This Ole House"
#:November 26 for 1 week14 Winifred Atwell - "Let's Have Another Party"
#:December 3 for 5 weeks

=1955=

"Record Mirror" launched its chart on January 22.

1 Dickie Valentine - "Finger Of Suspicion"
#:NME: January 7 for 1 week2 Rosemary Clooney - "Mambo Italiano"
#:NME: January 14 for 1 week3 Dickie Valentine - "The Finger Of Suspicion"
#:NME: January 21 for 2 weeks4 Rosemary Clooney- "Mambo Italiano"
#:NME: February 4 for 2 weeks
#:RM: January 22 for 2 weeks5 Dean Martin - "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane"
#:RM: February 12 for 1 week6 Ruby Murray - "Softly, Softly"
#:NME: February 18 for 3 weeks
#:RM: March 12 for 1 week7 Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Give Me Your Word"
#:NME: March 11 for 7 weeks
#:RM: February 19 for 3 weeks and March 19 for 7 weeks8 Perez Prado - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"
#:NME: April 29 for 2 weeks9 Tony Bennett - "Stranger in Paradise"
#:NME: May 13 for 2 weeks
#:RM: May 7 for 5 weeks10 Eddie Calvert - "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"
#:NME: May 27 for 4 weeks11 Al Hibbler - "Unchained Melody"
#:RM: June 11 for 4 weeks12 Jimmy Young - "Unchained Melody"
#:NME:June 24 for 3 weeks13 Alma Cogan - "Dreamboat"
#:NME:July 15 for 2 weeks
#:RM: July 9 for 2 weeks14 Slim Whitman - "Rose Marie"
#:NME:July 29 for 11 weeks
#:RM: July 23 for 9 weeks15 Frankie Laine - "Cool Water"
#:RM: October 1 for 1 week16 Jimmy Young - "The Man From Laramie"
#:NME:October 14 for 4 weeks
#:RM: October 8 for 5 weeks17 Johnston Brothers - "Hernando's Hideaway"
#:NME:November 11 for 2 weeks18 Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
#:NME:November 25 for 3 weeks
#:RM: November 12 for 9 weeks19 Dickie Valentine - "Christmas Alphabet"
#:NME:December 16 for 3 weeks

=1956=

1 Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
#:January 6 for 2 weeks2 Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Sixteen Tons"
#:January 20 for 4 weeks3 Dean Martin - "Memories are Made Of This"
#:February 17 for 4 weeks4 Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
#:March 16 for 2 weeks5 Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra - "Rock And Roll Waltz"
#:March 30 for 1 week6 Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
#:April 6 for 1 week7 Winifred Atwell - "The Poor People Of Paris"
#:April 13 for 3 weeks8 Ronnie Hilton - "No Other Love"
#:May 4 for 6 weeks9 Pat Boone - "I'll Be Home"
#:June 15 for 5 weeks10 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
#:July 20 for 3 weeks11 Doris Day - "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
#:August 10 for 6 weeks12 Anne Shelton- "Lay Down Your Arms"
#:September 21 for 4 weeks13 Frankie Laine - "A Woman In Love"
#:October 19 for 4 weeks14 Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' In The Rain"
#:November 16 for 7 weeks

=1957=

1 Guy Mitchell - "Singing the Blues":January 4, January 18 and February 1 for 1 week each2 Tommy Steele - "Singing the Blues":January 11 for 1 week3 Frankie Vaughan - "The Garden of Eden":January 25 for 4 weeks (1 week tied)4 Tab Hunter - "Young Love":February 22 for 7 weeks5 Lonnie Donegan - "Cumberland Gap":April 12 for 5 weeks6 Guy Mitchell - "Rock-a-Billy":May 17 for 1 week7 Andy Williams - "Butterfly":May 24 for 2 weeks8 Johnnie Ray - "Yes Tonight Josephine":June 7 for 3 weeks9 Lonnie Donegan - "Gamblin' Man / Puttin' On the Style":June 28 for 2 weeks10 Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up":July 12 for 7 weeks11 Paul Anka - "Diana":August 30 for 9 weeks12 Buddy Holly and The Crickets - "That'll Be the Day":November 1 for 3 weeks13 Harry Belafonte - "Mary's Boy Child":November 22 for 7 weeks

=1958=

1Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire":January 10 for 2 weeks2Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock":January 24 for 3 weeks3Michael Holliday - "The Story Of My Life":February 14 for 2 weeks4Perry Como - "Magic Moments":February 28 for 8 weeks5Marvin Rainwater - "Whole Lotta Woman":April 25 for 3 weeks6Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now?":May 16 for 6 weeks7Vic Damone - "On the Street Where You Live":June 27 for 2 weeks8Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette":July 4 for 1 week; equal top with Vic Damone.9Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream"/"Claudette":July 11 for 6 weeks10Kalin Twins - "When":August 22 for 5 weeks11Connie Francis - "Carolina Moon/Stupid Cupid":September 26 for 6 weeks12Tommy Edwards - "It's All in the Game":November 7 for 3 weeks13Lord Rockingham's XI - "Hoots Mon":November 28 for 3 weeks14Conway Twitty - "It's Only Make Believe":December 19 for 5 weeks

=1959=

1 Jane Morgan - "The Day the Rains Came":January 23 for 1 week2 Elvis Presley - "One Night / I Got Stung":January 30 for 3 weeks3 Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra - "As I Love You":February 20 for 4 weeks4 The Platters - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes":March 20 for 1 week5 Russ Conway - "Side Saddle":March 27 for 4 weeks6 Buddy Holly - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore":April 24 for 3 weeks7 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - "A Fool Such As I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight":May 15 for 5 weeks8 Russ Conway - "Roulette":June 19 for 2 weeks9 Bobby Darin - "Dream Lover":July 3 for 4 weeks10 Cliff Richard and the Drifters - "Living Doll":July 31 for 6 weeks11 Craig Douglas - "Only Sixteen":September 11 for 4 weeks12 Jerry Keller - "Here Comes Summer":October 9 for 1 week13 Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife":October 16 for 2 weeks14 Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "Travellin' Light":October 30 for 5 weeks15 Adam Faith - "What Do You Want?" (equal top for one week):December 4 for 3 weeks16 Emile Ford and The Checkmates - "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?":December 18 for 6 weeks (equal top for one week)

Continues to List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

ee also

* List of Number 1 singles (UK)
* UK Singles Chart