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Top 50s Pop Music Groups, Singers and Hit Songs

Everly Brothers, Bill Haley And His Comets Are Among Most Popular

© Daniel Workman

Aug 5, 2008
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Big name solo artists like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Chuck Berry have about 3 times as many top ten most-requested hits from the 1950s as groups like the Coasters.

According to Pop Culture Madness data, solo singers generated over 60% of the most requested songs for all years during the 1950s.

The lists below show the most requested bands and solo artists from that era.

The most popular performer from these lists is the King, Elvis Presley, who has more hits from the fifties than any other singer including Frank Sinatra or music group including the Coasters.

Top Ten Pop Music Groups from 50s

The bands listed below generated 41 of the top-requested songs that Pop Culture Madness tracks for all years in the 1950s. Of those, 9 are top 10 in-demand songs.

  1. Coasters … 6 hits none in top 10 (average song in top 27)
  2. Platters … 5 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 10)
  3. Bill Haley And His Comets … 5 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 13)
  4. Everly Brothers … 5 hits none in top 10 (average in top 19)
  5. Ames Brothers … 5 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 20)
  6. Les Paul And Mary Ford … 4 hits none in top 10 (average in top 14)
  7. Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers … 3 hits with 2 in top 10 (average in top 14)
  8. Chordettes … 3 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 23)
  9. Four Lads … 3 hits none in top 10 (average in top 19)
  10. Dion And The Belmonts … 2 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 8).

Highest-Placing 50s Song For Each Top Ten Music Group

Of the top ten groups below, Bill Haley And His Comets had the only number one song during the fifties. The single Rock Around The Clock was later revived as theme music from the television hit Happy Days that ran from 1974 to 1984, and to this day still attracts younger audiences through reruns.

  1. Yakety Yak (Coasters) – number 12 from 1958
  2. Only You And You Alone (Platters) – number 4 from 1955
  3. Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley And His Comets) – number 1 from 1955
  4. Til I Kissed You (Everly Brothers) – number 14 from 1959
  5. Rag Mop (Ames Brothers) – number 6 from 1950
  6. Vaya Con Dios (Les Paul And Mary Ford) – number 11 from 1953
  7. Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers) – number 5 from 1956
  8. Mr. Sandman (Chordettes) – number 6 from 1954
  9. Standing On The Corner (Four Lads) – number 12 from 1956
  10. A Teenager In Love (Dion And The Belmonts) – number 5 from 1959.

Top Ten Solo Singers from 1950s

The following individual singers accounted for 67 of the most-requested songs for all years in the 1950s. In addition, these solo performers recorded 28 of the top 10 in-demand songs.

  1. Elvis Presley … 11 hits with 4 in top 10 (average song in top 14)
  2. Frank Sinatra … 8 hits with 5 in top 10 (average in top 12)
  3. Perry Como … 8 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 17)
  4. Chuck Berry … 7 hits with 4 in top 10 (average in top 14)
  5. Patti Page … 7 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 11)
  6. Nat King Cole … 6 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 13)
  7. Fats Domino … 5 hits with 4 in top 10 (average in top 8)
  8. Rosemary Clooney … 5 hits with 3 in top 10 (average in top 11)
  9. Johnny Mathis … 5 hits with 1 in top 10 (average in top 28)
  10. Eddie Fischer … 5 hits none in top 10 (average in top 21).

Highest-Placing 50s Song For Each Top Ten Solo Singer

Both Elvis Presley and Nat King Cole sang two number one requested singles from the fifties that even today are much requested.

  1. Love Me Tender and Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley) – number 1 from 1956 and 1957
  2. Love and Marriage (Frank Sinatra) – number 2 from 1955
  3. A Bushel and a Peck (Perry Como) – number 5 from 1950
  4. Johnnie B. Goode (Chuck Berry) – number 2 from 1958
  5. The Doggie In The Window (Patti Page) – number 4 from 1953
  6. Unforgettable and Too Young (Nat King Cole) – number 1 from 1951 and 1952
  7. Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) – number 2 from 1957
  8. Just The Two of Us (Rosemary Clooney) – number 2 from 1952
  9. Chances Are (Johnny Mathis) – number 7 from 1957
  10. Lady of Spain (Eddie Fischer) – number 15 from 1952.

Sources for this Article

This article presents independent calculations and insights based on Pop Music Charts song data presented by Pop Culture Madness.


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