Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s

The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	8	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	1958	Listen
2	14	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	1956	Listen
3	28	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	1955
4	29	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	1959
5	34	The Crickets	That'll Be the Day	1957	Listen
6	39	Bill Haley and His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock	1954
7	53	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Listen
8	56	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	1957
9	67	Elvis Presley	That's All Right (Mama)	1954	Listen
10	72	Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	1958
11	80	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	1955	Listen
12	81	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	1956
13	86	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	1955	Listen
14	89	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	1956	Listen
15	92	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	1956	Listen
16	93	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	1957
17	103	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	1957
18	121	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	1954
19	133	Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	1958
20	134	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be Bop a Lula	1956
21	135	The Everly Brothers	Bye Bye Love	1957
22	147	The Teenagers Feat. Frankie Lymon	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	1956
23	148	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	1956	Listen
24	166	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	Listen
25	167	The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do Is Dream	1958
26	178	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	1955	Listen
27	188	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	1956
28	189	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	1959
29	195	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	1956
30	197	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957
31	201	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	1958
32	202	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	1957
33	207	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	1959
34	215	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	1958
35	226	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	1959
36	255	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	1955
37	260	Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man	1954
38	281	The Platters	The Great Pretender	1955
39	285	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	1956
40	295	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	1954
41	306	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	1951
42	316	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	1952
43	319	Link Wray	Rumble	1958
44	326	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	1959
45	332	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	1953
46	334	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	1956	Listen
47	339	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Please Please Please	1956
48	357	"Tennessee" Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	1955
49	359	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love	1956	Listen
50	383	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	1957
51	384	Cliff Richard	Move It	1958
52	390	Hank Williams	I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	1952
53	404	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	1959
54	431	Buddy Holly	Rave On	1958
55	439	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	1956	Listen
56	460	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	1958
57	476	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	1951
58	479	Jackie Wilson	Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)	1957
59	512	Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton	Hound Dog	1953
60	528	The Crickets	Not Fade Away	1957	Listen
61	534	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	1955	Listen
62	555	Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk	1956
63	558	Les Paul & Mary Ford	How High the Moon	1951
64	561	The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel	1953
65	570	Ray Charles	I've Got a Woman	1955
66	601	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	1956
67	621	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	1957
68	641	Dion and The Belmonts	A Teenager in Love	1959
69	647	Little Willie John	Fever	1956
70	651	The Chords	Sh-Boom	1954
71	673	Ritchie Valens	Donna	1958
72	704	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	1955
73	705	Dion and The Belmonts	I Wonder Why	1958
74	735	The Champs	Tequila	1958
75	749	Dave Brubeck	Take Five	1959	Listen
76	756	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon of Kentucky	1954	Listen
77	764	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	1953
78	773	Mickey and Sylvia	Love Is Strange	1956
79	780	Danny and The Juniors	At the Hop	1957
80	796	Chuck Berry	Sweet Little Sixteen	1958
81	797	Marty Robbins	El Paso	1959	Listen
82	817	The Coasters	Young Blood	1957
83	821	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	1952
84	830	The Chantels	Maybe	1958
85	835	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	1958	Listen
86	853	The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	1958
87	856	Hank Williams	Hey Good Lookin'	1951
88	857	Jerry Butler with The Impressions	For Your Precious Love	1958
89	862	Muddy Waters	Rollin' Stone	1950
90	883	Miles Davis	So What	1959	Listen
91	887	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957
92	895	Bo Diddley	I'm a Man	1955	Listen
93	900	Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	1956	Listen
94	904	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	1956	Listen
95	907	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy	1956
96	912	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	1958
97	913	Chuck Berry	Rock and Roll Music	1957
98	939	Johnny Horton	The Battle of New Orleans	1959
99	945	Jimmy Forrest	Night Train	1952
100	948	The Monotones	The Book of Love	1958
101	950	The Del-Vikings	Come Go with Me	1957
102	980	Lefty Frizzell	If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)	1950
103	1003	The Dells	Oh What a Nite	1956
104	1011	Lonnie Donegan	Rock Island Line	1954
105	1017	The Isley Brothers	Shout Pt. 2	1959
106	1029	The Cadillacs	Speedo	1955
107	1042	Dale Hawkins	Suzie-Q	1957
108	1055	Johnnie Ray	Cry	1951
109	1056	Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	1950
110	1060	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	1958
111	1076	The Moonglows	Sincerely	1955
112	1102	Guitar Slim	The Things That I Used to Do	1954
113	1136	Little Richard	Lucille	1957
114	1178	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	1958
115	1204	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	1951
116	1207	The Clovers	Love Potion No. 9	1959
117	1210	Little Walter	Juke	1952
118	1218	The Weavers	Goodnight Irene	1950
119	1223	Chuck Berry	Memphis, Tennessee	1959
120	1232	Little Willie John	Need Your Love So Bad	1956
121	1249	Peggy Lee	Fever	1958
122	1254	George Jones	White Lightning	1959
123	1256	Conway Twitty	It's Only Make Believe	1958
124	1265	Frank Sinatra	One for My Baby	1958
125	1273	The Chordettes	Mr Sandman	1954
126	1275	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	1957
127	1285	Ruth Brown	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	1953
128	1286	James Brown	Try Me	1958
129	1304	Hank Ballard and The Midnighters	Work with Me Annie	1954
130	1309	Jim Reeves	He'll Have to Go	1959
131	1326	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	1950
132	1340	Webb Pierce	There Stands the Glass	1953
133	1341	Phil Phillips with The Twilights	Sea of Love	1959
134	1345	Little Richard	Rip It Up	1956
135	1372	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	1956	Listen
136	1390	The Silhouettes	Get a Job	1958
137	1404	Buddy Holly	Everyday	1957
138	1408	The Falcons	You're So Fine	1959
139	1434	Chuck Berry	Back in the USA	1959
140	1437	The Coasters	Searchin'	1957
141	1482	Bud Powell	Un Poco Loco	1951	Listen
142	1499	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	1956
143	1511	Julie London	Cry Me a River	1955
144	1516	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	1954	Listen
145	1542	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	1958
146	1568	Fats Domino	Blue Monday	1956	Listen
147	1570	The Diamonds	Little Darlin'	1957
148	1599	The Shirelles	Dedicated to the One I Love	1959
149	1613	Billy Ward & The Dominos	Sixty Minute Man	1951
150	1633	The Elegants	Little Star	1958
151	1643	The El Dorados	At My Front Door	1955
152	1652	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	1956
153	1689	Slim Harpo	I'm a King Bee	1957
154	1698	Jacques Brel	Ne Me Quitte Pas	1959
155	1719	The Platters	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1958
156	1738	The Cadets	Stranded in the Jungle	1956
157	1751	Bobby Bland	Further Up the Road	1957
158	1768	Chan Romero	Hippy Hippy Shake	1959
159	1773	Little Richard	Keep a Knockin'	1957
160	1780	The Five Royales	Dedicated to the One I Love	1958
161	1791	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone to Love	1950
162	1834	Nina Simone	I Loves You, Porgy	1959
163	1837	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	1956
164	1879	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent	1956
165	1885	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	1952
166	1894	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire	1953
167	1897	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	1957	Listen
168	1910	Nolan Strong & The Diablos	The Wind	1954
169	1917	Elmore James	The Sky Is Crying	1959
170	1920	Lowell Fulson	Reconsider Baby	1954
171	1932	Modern Jazz Quartet	Django	1955	Listen
172	1948	Johnny Otis	Willie and the Hand Jive	1958
173	1950	Professor Longhair and His Blues Scholars	Tipitina	1953
174	1958	Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns	Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu	1957
175	1981	Johnny Ace	Pledging My Love	1955
176	1982	Patti Page	Tennessee Waltz	1950
177	1992	Billy Lee Riley	Flying Saucer's Rock'n'Roll	1957
178	1998	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	1959
179	2039	Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	1959	Listen
180	2040	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	1956
181	2044	Johnny Cash	I Still Miss Someone	1959
182	2055	Elvis Presley	Baby, Let's Play House	1955	Listen
183	2056	The Everly Brothers	Bird Dog	1958
184	2060	Bobby Freeman	Do You Want to Dance	1958
185	2074	Erroll Garner	Misty	1954
186	2076	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues	1956
187	2080	Frankie Ford	Sea Cruise	1959
188	2089	Lloyd Price	Personality	1959
189	2117	Johnny Mathis	Chances Are	1957
190	2129	Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side of Life	1952
191	2164	Count Basie	April in Paris	1955	Listen
192	2170	Eddy Arnold & His Guitar	The Cattle Call	1955
193	2174	Little Anthony and The Imperials	Tears on My Pillow	1958
194	2183	Little Walter	Mean Old World	1952
195	2200	Lefty Frizzell	Always Late (with Your Kisses)	1951
196	2211	The Diamonds	The Stroll	1957
197	2219	Richard Berry	Louie Louie	1956
198	2221	Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns	Don't You Just Know It	1958
199	2226	Billy Ward & The Dominos	The Bells	1953
200	2227	John Cage	4:33	1952