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The First US Top 100 November 12th 1955
The First US Top 100 November 12th 1955

Various Artists
Styles: America's Greatest Hits, Pop
Catalogue Number: ACQCD7062
This release is an adjunct to our hugely popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series which over the years has provided annual collections of the biggest hits of each year in the Billboard pop charts. On November 12th 1955 Billboard magazine in the USA published their first chart which was called the Top 100. Up until that point they had published charts called Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played By Jockeys and Most Played in Juke Boxes. This new chart was based on a combined tabulation of Dealer, Disk Jockey and Juke Box Operator replies to The Billboard’s weekly popular record Best Seller and Most Played surveys. This 100-track 4-CD set includes all of the records in that first Top 100 chart. It’s an interesting and unusual chart, with multiple versions of several high profile songs, and multiple entries for several artists, some of whom charted both sides of releases separately. Alongside the big names, it includes a significant number of collectible obscurities, especially towards the bottom end of the chart, and for collectors it will be a must-have snapshot of a significant date in US chart history.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
2 Autumn Leaves Roger Williams
3 Moments To Remember Four Lads
4 The Yellow Rose Of Texas Mitch Miller
5 The Shifting Whispering Sands Part 1 Billy Vaughn Orchestra
6 I Hear You Knocking Gale Storm
7 The Shifting Whispering Sands Rusty Draper
8 At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) Pat Boone
9 Only You (And You Alone) Platters
10 He Al Hibbler
11 My Bonnie Lassie Ames Brothers
12 Tina Marie Perry Como
13 Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots The Cheers
14 Suddenly There's A Valley Gogi Grant
15 Seventeen Fontane Sisters
16 Love And Marriage Frank Sinatra
17 The Yellow Rose Of Texas Johnny Desmond
18 Only You (And You Alone) The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca
19 The Longest Walk Jaye P. Morgan
20 Suddenly There's A Valley Jo Stafford
21 Ain't That A Shame Pat Boone
22 You Are My Love Joni James
23 Someone You Love Nat King Cole
24 Wake The Town And Tell The People Les Baxter, His Chorus And Orchestra
25 Young Abe Lincoln Don Cornell
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Forgive My Heart Nat King Cole
2 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford
3 Seventeen Boyd Bennett And His Rockets
4 It's Almost Tomorrow The Dream Weavers
5 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Don Cornell
6 Suddenly There's A Valley Julius Larosa
7 The Bible Tells Me So Don Cornell
8 Wake The Town And Tell The People Mindy Carson
9 Croce Di Oro Patti Page
10 No Arms Can Ever Hold You (Like These Arms Of Mine) Georgie Shaw
11 Dogface Soldier Russ Morgan And His Orchestra
12 Pepper-Hot Baby Jaye P. Morgan
13 Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots Vaughn Monroe
14 My Boy Flat Top Boyd Bennett And His Rockets
15 Amukiriki ( The Lord Willing) Les Paul & Mary Ford
16 At My Front Door The El Dorados
17 Maybellene Chuck Berry And His Combo
18 Song Of The Dreamer Eddie Fisher
19 Autumn Leaves Steve Allen With George Cates Orchestra
20 He McGuire Sisters
21 Burn The Candle Bill Haley and His Comets
22 The Yellow Rose Of Texas Stan Freberg
23 I Want You To Be My Baby Georgia Gibbs
24 My Boy Flat Top Dorothy Collins
25 Daddy-O Bonnie Lou
Disk 3:
Track Title Artist
1 The Bonnie Blue Gal Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus
2 No Arms Can Ever Hold You Pat Boone
3 I Want You To Be My Baby Lillian Briggs
4 Autumn Leaves Victor Young & His Singing Strings
5 Love And Marriage Dinah Shore
6 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley and His Comets
7 Rememb'ring Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy
8 Cry Me A River Julie London
9 Suddenly There's A Valley Mills Brothers
10 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing David Rose & His Orchestra
11 Learnin' To Love Peggy King
12 Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie Bill Haley and His Comets
13 Croce Di Oro Joan Regan
14 Autumn Leaves Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus
15 Same Old Saturday Night Frank Sinatra
16 Magic Fingers Eddie Fisher
17 Autumn Leaves Jackie Gleason & His Orchestra
18 If You Don't Want My Love Jaye P. Morgan
19 Suddenly There's A Valley Patty Andrews
20 All At Once You Love Her Perry Como
21 Times Two I Love You Three Chuckles
22 Paper Roses Lola Dee
23 Hawk-Eye Frankie Laine
24 The Bible Tells Me So Nick Noble
25 (I Want To Go Where You Go, Do What You Do) Then I'll Be Happy Eddie Fisher
Disk 4:
Track Title Artist
1 Day By Day The Four Freshmen
2 Autumn Leaves Ray Charles Singers
3 Pet Me Poppa Rosemary Clooney
4 Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Woody Herman & His Orchestra
5 Daddy-O The Fontane Sisters
6 The Rose Tattoo Perry Como
7 Why Don't You Write Me The Jacks
8 Gum Drop Crew-Cuts
9 Hard To Get Gisele MacKenzie
10 Sweet Kentucky Rose Kitty Kallen
11 Ain't That A Shame Fats Domino
12 No Arms Can Ever Hold You Gaylords
13 Seventeen Rusty Draper
14 An Occasional Man Jeri Southern
15 When All The Streets Are Dark Somethin' Smith And The Redheads
16 You're So Nice To Be Near The Loreleis
17 Come Home Bubber Johnson
18 I'll Never Stop Loving You Doris Day
19 It's Obdacious Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra
20 Give Me Love The McGuire Sisters
21 Magic Melody Les Paul & Mary Ford
22 It's Almost Tomorrow Snooky Lanson
23 When You Dance The Turbans
24 Searching The Hilltoppers Featuring Jimmy Sacca
25 Johnnie's Comin' Home Johnnie Ray
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