The Top 200 Songs from the 1950s

Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	6	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	1958	Listen
2	15	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	1956	Listen
3	27	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	1959
4	28	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	1955
5	43	The Crickets	That'll Be the Day	1957	Listen
6	45	Bill Haley and His Comets	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock	1954
7	57	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Listen
8	64	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	1957
9	72	Elvis Presley	That's All Right (Mama)	1954	Listen
10	75	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	1956
11	78	Chuck Berry	Maybellene	1955	Listen
12	79	Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	1958
13	85	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	1955	Listen
14	92	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	1956	Listen
15	93	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	1956	Listen
16	104	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	1957
17	124	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire	1957
18	125	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be Bop a Lula	1956
19	135	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	1956	Listen
20	144	The Everly Brothers	Bye Bye Love	1957
21	151	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle and Roll	1954
22	152	Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	1958
23	161	The Teenagers Feat. Frankie Lymon	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	1956
24	171	The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do Is Dream	1958
25	177	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	1955	Listen
26	189	Sam Cooke	You Send Me	1957
27	203	Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957
28	213	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	Listen
29	228	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	1956
30	230	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	1959
31	233	The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	1959
32	240	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	1955
33	245	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	1958
34	249	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	1956
35	262	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	1958
36	266	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	1953
37	269	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	1959
38	277	Link Wray	Rumble	1958
39	282	Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man	1954
40	289	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	1951
41	310	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	1956
42	317	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love	1956	Listen
43	324	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Please Please Please	1956
44	329	The Platters	The Great Pretender	1955
45	354	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	1954
46	367	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	1956	Listen
47	370	Cliff Richard	Move It	1958
48	371	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	1952
49	391	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	1959
50	394	"Tennessee" Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	1955
51	410	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	1959
52	420	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	1957
53	426	Hank Williams	I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	1952
54	479	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Teardrops	1958
55	487	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	1956	Listen
56	517	Buddy Holly	Rave On	1958
57	539	Jackie Wilson	Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)	1957
58	558	Elmore James	Dust My Broom	1951
59	580	Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton	Hound Dog	1953
60	588	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	1957
61	600	Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame	1955	Listen
62	603	Les Paul & Mary Ford	How High the Moon	1951
63	617	Ray Charles	I've Got a Woman	1955
64	624	Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk	1956
65	647	The Crickets	Not Fade Away	1957	Listen
66	648	The Orioles	Crying in the Chapel	1953
67	664	Miles Davis	So What	1959	Listen
68	703	Ray Price	Crazy Arms	1956
69	721	Lonnie Donegan	Rock Island Line	1954
70	723	Bo Diddley	I'm a Man	1955	Listen
71	730	Dave Brubeck	Take Five	1959	Listen
72	740	The Chords	Sh-Boom	1954
73	746	Little Willie John	Fever	1956
74	748	Dion and The Belmonts	A Teenager in Love	1959
75	750	The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)	1955
76	765	Marty Robbins	El Paso	1959	Listen
77	773	Muddy Waters	Rollin' Stone	1950
78	781	Peggy Lee	Fever	1958
79	788	Ritchie Valens	Donna	1958
80	819	Dion and The Belmonts	I Wonder Why	1958
81	822	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957
82	840	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon of Kentucky	1954	Listen
83	854	Chuck Berry	Sweet Little Sixteen	1958
84	867	The Champs	Tequila	1958
85	874	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	1956	Listen
86	883	Mickey and Sylvia	Love Is Strange	1956
87	891	Danny and The Juniors	At the Hop	1957
88	921	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	1953
89	928	Jerry Butler with The Impressions	For Your Precious Love	1958
90	933	Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	1956	Listen
91	946	Hank Williams	Hey Good Lookin'	1951
92	953	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	1958	Listen
93	959	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	1952
94	969	The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	1958
95	979	The Coasters	Young Blood	1957
96	981	The Chantels	Maybe	1958
97	983	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	1954	Listen
98	1002	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	1951
99	1004	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	1956
100	1008	Chuck Berry	Rock and Roll Music	1957
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