Acclaimed Music - The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s

The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Year	Sample
1	6	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	1958	Listen
2	15	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	1956	Listen
3	27	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	1955
4	30	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	1959
5	35	The Crickets	That'll Be the Day	1957	Listen
6	58	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	1957
7	59	Bill Haley and His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock	1954
8	71	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	1955	Listen
9	73	Elvis Presley	That's All Right	1954	Listen
10	76	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Listen
11	79	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	1955	Listen
12	81	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	1956	Listen
13	88	Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	1958
14	89	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	1956
15	106	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	1957
16	116	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be-Bop-a-Lula	1956
17	119	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	1956	Listen
18	131	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	1955	Listen
19	143	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	1957
20	160	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	1954
21	174	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957
22	178	The Teenagers feat. Frankie Lymon	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	1955
23	184	The Everly Brothers	Bye Bye Love	1957
24	193	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	1955	Listen
25	198	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	Listen
26	200	Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	1958
27	202	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	1957
28	206	The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do Is Dream	1958
29	226	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	1951
30	227	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	1956
31	240	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	1955
32	244	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	1959
33	259	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love	1956	Listen
34	264	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	1959
35	274	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	1956	Listen
36	280	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	1958
37	281	Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man	1954
38	282	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Nite	1956
39	284	Link Wray	Rumble	1958
40	315	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Please Please Please	1956
41	322	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	1956
42	344	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	1959
43	367	Cliff Richard	Move It	1958
44	376	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	1953
45	379	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	1958
46	380	Ray Charles	I've Got a Woman	1954
47	394	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	1959
48	402	The Platters	The Great Pretender	1955
49	405	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	1956	Listen
50	418	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	1957
51	449	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	1952
52	457	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	1958
53	491	The Chords	Sh-Boom	1954
54	530	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	1954
55	535	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	1959
56	542	Jackie Wilson	Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)	1957
57	602	"Tennessee" Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	1955
58	604	Bo Diddley	I'm a Man	1955	Listen
59	607	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	1951
60	619	The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel	1953
61	639	Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk	1956
62	648	Les Paul & Mary Ford	How High the Moon	1951
63	674	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	1951
64	687	Hank Williams	I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	1952
65	702	Jerry Butler with The Impressions	For Your Precious Love	1958
66	715	Chuck Berry	Sweet Little Sixteen	1958
67	719	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	1957
68	729	Dion and The Belmonts	A Teenager in Love	1959
69	730	Miles Davis	So What	1959	Listen
70	735	Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton	Hound Dog	1953
71	748	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	1955	Listen
72	755	Buddy Holly	Rave On	1958
73	758	Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	1956	Listen
74	777	Muddy Waters	Rollin' Stone	1950
75	795	Lonnie Donegan	Rock Island Line	1955
76	802	The Crickets	Not Fade Away	1957	Listen
77	808	The Chantels	Maybe	1958
78	817	Little Willie John	Fever	1956
79	828	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	1956
80	829	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	1952
81	846	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	1956
82	852	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	1958
83	878	Chuck Berry	Rock and Roll Music	1957
84	893	Jacques Brel	Ne me quitte pas	1959
85	894	Peggy Lee	Fever	1958
86	906	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	1958
87	911	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	1958	Listen
88	921	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	1953
89	945	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	1955
90	949	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	1956	Listen
91	960	Danny and The Juniors	At the Hop	1957
92	973	Dion and The Belmonts	I Wonder Why	1958
93	979	The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	1958
94	981	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon of Kentucky	1954	Listen
95	990	Johnnie Ray	Cry	1951
96	996	Dave Brubeck Quartet	Take Five	1959	Listen
97	1018	Mickey and Sylvia	Love Is Strange	1956
98	1022	Marty Robbins	El Paso	1959	Listen
99	1045	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957
100	1046	Nina Simone	My Baby Just Cares for Me	1958
101	1101	Little Walter	Juke	1952
102	1102	The Coasters	Young Blood	1957
103	1119	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	1954	Listen
104	1123	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	1957
105	1127	The Monotones	Book of Love	1958
106	1129	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy	1956
107	1132	The Champs	Tequila	1958
108	1160	Hank Williams	Hey Good Lookin'	1951
109	1176	Dale Hawkins	Susie-Q	1957
110	1199	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	1956	Listen
111	1233	Chuck Berry	Memphis, Tennessee	1959
112	1235	The Dells	Oh What a Nite	1956
113	1238	The Cadillacs	Speedoo	1955
114	1262	Julie London	Cry Me a River	1955
115	1305	Little Richard	Lucille	1957
116	1316	Slim Harpo	I'm a King Bee	1957
117	1317	Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	1950
118	1331	Little Willie John	Need Your Love So Bad	1956
119	1359	Ritchie Valens	Donna	1958
120	1373	Guitar Slim	The Things That I Used to Do	1953
121	1375	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	1956
122	1388	Chuck Berry	Back in the U.S.A.	1959
123	1402	Phil Phillips with The Twilights	Sea of Love	1959
124	1428	Jimmy Forrest	Night Train	1952
125	1438	The Clovers	Love Potion No. 9	1959
126	1439	Lefty Frizzell	If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)	1950
127	1476	The Del-Vikings	Come Go with Me	1957
128	1484	The Moonglows	Sincerely	1954
129	1536	Johnny Otis	Willie and the Hand Jive	1958
130	1539	George Jones	White Lightning	1959
131	1543	Ruth Brown	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	1953
132	1545	Conway Twitty	It's Only Make Believe	1958
133	1548	John Cage	4:33	1952
134	1568	The Weavers	Goodnight Irene	1950
135	1588	Little Richard	Rip It Up	1956
136	1593	Buddy Holly	Everyday	1957
137	1609	Lefty Frizzell	Always Late (with Your Kisses)	1951
138	1653	Johnny Horton	The Battle of New Orleans	1959
139	1663	James Brown	Try Me	1958
140	1672	The Falcons	You're So Fine	1959
141	1691	Frank Sinatra	One for My Baby	1958
142	1699	Johnny Cash	I Still Miss Someone	1958
143	1705	Billy Riley	Flying Saucer's Rock'n'Roll	1957
144	1738	The Elegants	Little Star	1958
145	1750	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	1951
146	1753	The Silhouettes	Get a Job	1958
147	1777	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	1958
148	1800	The Coasters	Searchin'	1957
149	1809	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	1957
150	1812	Bud Powell	Un Poco Loco	1951	Listen
151	1813	Count Basie	April in Paris	1955	Listen
152	1823	Webb Pierce	There Stands the Glass	1953
153	1833	Professor Longhair and His Blues Scholars	Tipitina	1953
154	1836	Hank Ballard and The Midnighters	Work with Me Annie	1954
155	1850	Chan Romero	Hippy Hippy Shake	1959
156	1877	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire	1953
157	1890	The Chordettes	Mr Sandman	1954
158	1891	Etta James	The Wallflower (aka "Roll with Me Henry")	1955
159	1935	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	1956
160	1943	Jim Reeves	He'll Have to Go	1959
161	1950	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Summertime	1957
162	1951	The Shirelles	Dedicated to the One I Love	1959
163	1956	The Diamonds	Little Darlin'	1957
164	1969	Billy Riley	Red Hot	1958
165	1978	Bo Diddley	Say Man	1959	Listen
166	2018	Duke Ellington	Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue	1956
167	2032	Fats Domino	Blue Monday	1956	Listen
168	2033	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	1959
169	2040	Patti Page	Tennessee Waltz	1950
170	2044	The El Dorados	At My Front Door	1955
171	2080	Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns	Don't You Just Know It	1958
172	2093	Nina Simone	I Loves You, Porgy	1959
173	2107	The "5" Royales	Dedicated to the One I Love	1958
174	2111	Little Richard	Keep a Knockin'	1957
175	2127	Elvis Presley	Baby Let's Play House	1955	Listen
176	2157	Elmore James	The Sky Is Crying	1959
177	2203	The Cadets	Stranded in the Jungle	1956
178	2216	The Everly Brothers	Bird Dog	1958
179	2224	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	1952
180	2228	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	1956
181	2236	The Diamonds	The Stroll	1957
182	2238	Shirley and Lee	Let the Good Times Roll	1956
183	2263	Bobby Bland	Farther Up the Road	1957
184	2270	Lowell Fulson	Reconsider Baby	1954
185	2297	The "5" Royales	Think	1957
186	2300	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent	1956
187	2319	Johnny Mathis	Chances Are	1957
188	2337	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues	1956
189	2356	Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	1959	Listen
190	2363	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	1950
191	2366	Nolan Strong & The Diablos	The Wind	1954
192	2397	The Crows	Gee	1953
193	2405	Chuck Willis	C.C. Rider	1957
194	2409	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone to Love	1950
195	2412	Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns	Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu	1957
196	2421	The Capris	There's a Moon Out Tonight	1958
197	2452	Frankie Ford	Sea Cruise	1959
198	2490	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	1954
199	2548	Roy Orbison	Ooby Dooby	1956
200	2578	Bobby Freeman	Do You Want to Dance	1958