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
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