Effervescence Retro - December 16th, 1955 | Charts

Effervescence recognizes the chart positions of The New Musical Express (NME) Top 20 Weekly Singles Charts for this week in history. The same chart is recognized by The Official Chart Company, which compiles The Official UK Singles Chart today.

In The New Musical Express (NME) Top 20, the songs regularly shared a chart position due to finishing the week with the same sales figure (small sample size collated in the early days). For Effervescence continuity purposes, the song listed first on the source used will be given the higher of the shared positions. The only songs that can share a position are double A-side Singles. Both songs will be listed separately, with the same chart position for continuity purposes with double A-side singles.

The New Musical Express (NME) Top 20 chart was presented as a Top 20. It has been modified here using the same week's Billboard Magazine (USA) Weekly Singles Chart (Top 20) and then the previous week's chart positions to expand the chart, as needed, to complete a Top 40 for continuity purposes with Effervescence.

Clarity on how this chart is compiled:

The New Musical Express (NME) Top 20
Billboard Magazine (USA) Weekly Singles Chart
Any tracks that dropped out of the New Musical Express (NME) Top 20 from the previous week
Any tracks dropped out of the Billboard Magazine (USA) Weekly Singles Chart from the previous week
Anything that is not in any of the above but was in last week's Effervescence Retro chart (from highest to lowest) until 40 spots are filled

Effervescence reserves the right at any time, ever, to make any adjustments or include songs from the time that did not chart in either the New Musical Express (NME) Top 20 or the Billboard Magazine (USA) Weekly Singles Chart for this week

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Number
1 Up by 1

Christmas Alphabet
Dickie Valentine
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets
From the album: Rock Around the Clock
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
35
Number
3

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
The Four Aces
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
4

Let's Have A Ding Dong
Winifred Atwell
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
5

Twenty Tiny Fingers
Stargazers
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6

Meet Me On The Corner
Max Bygraves
Peak
6
Weeks
5
Number
7 Up by 4

When You Lose The One You Love
David Whitfield & Mantovani & His Orchestra
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 2

Hernando's Hideaway
Johnston Brothers
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
9 Down by 1

The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Mitch Miller
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
10 Down by 3

Ain't That A Shame
Pat Boone
Peak
7
Weeks
23
Number
11 Up by 1

Hawkeye
Frankie Laine
Peak
11
Weeks
4
Number
12 Down by 3

Suddenly There's A Valley
Petula Clark
Peak
9
Weeks
4
Number
13

The Singing Dogs (Medley)
Singing Dogs
Peak
13
Weeks
4
Number
14 Re-Entry

Suddenly There's A Valley
Lee Lawrence
Peak
14
Weeks
2
Number
15 Up by 5

Suddenly There's A Valley
Jo Stafford
From the album: You Belong to Me
Peak
15
Weeks
5
Number
16 Up by 1

On With The Motley
Harry Secombe
Peak
16
Weeks
2
Number
17 Debut

Twenty Tiny Fingers
Alma Cogan
Peak
17
Weeks
1
Number
18

Seventeen
Frankie Vaughan
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Debut

Arrivederci Darling
Anne Shelton
Peak
19
Weeks
1
Number
20 Debut

The Old Pi-Anna Rag
Dickie Valentine
Peak
20
Weeks
1
Number
21

Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Peak
21
Weeks
6
Number
22 Up by 2

I Hear You Knocking
Gale Storm
From the album: Presenting Gale Storm
Peak
22
Weeks
10
Number
23

Moments to Remember
The Four Lads
Peak
23
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 3

Memories Are Made of This
Dean Martin
From the album: Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 3

Autumn Leaves
Roger Williams
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 1

Only You (And You Alone)
The Platters
From the album: The Platters
Peak
24
Weeks
12
Number
27 Down by 1

Love And Marriage
Frank Sinatra
Peak
26
Weeks
7
Number
28

He
Al Hibbler
Peak
26
Weeks
13
Number
29

Only You (And You Alone)
The Hilltoppers
Peak
29
Weeks
7
Number
30 Up by 2

Daddy-O
The Fontane Sisters
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
31 Down by 1

It's Almost Tomorrow
The Dream Weavers
Peak
30
Weeks
4
Number
32 Up by 3

He
The McGuire Sisters
From the album: Our Golden Favorites
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
33 Up by 3

Cry Me a River
Julie London
From the album: Julie Is Her Name
Peak
33
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 1

The Shifting Whispering Sands
Rusty Draper
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
35 Down by 1

The Shifting Whispering Sands
Billy Vaughn Orchestra & Chorus
Peak
24
Weeks
14
Number
36 Down by 5

At My Front Door
Pat Boone
From the album: Pat Boone
Peak
26
Weeks
9
Number
37 Debut

Nuttin' For Christmas
Art Mooney & His Orchestra & Barry Gordon
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

A Woman In Love
The Four Aces
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Band Of Gold
Don Cherry
From the album: There Goes My Everything
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 26

Hey There
Johnnie Ray
Peak
5
Weeks
10

Dropouts

Number
15 Dropout

Blue Star (The Medic Theme)
Cyril Stapleton Orchestra & Julie Dawn
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
16 Dropout

Hey There
Rosemary Clooney
From the album: The Essential Rosemary Clooney
Peak
4
Weeks
35
Number
19 Dropout

Let's Get Together Again
The Big Ben Banjo Band
Peak
19
Weeks
1
Number
37 Dropout

You Are My Love
Joni James
From the album: Award Winning Album
Peak
35
Weeks
6
Number
38 Dropout

Croce di Oro
Patti Page
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
39 Dropout

It's Almost Tomorrow
Snooky Lanson
From the album: 10 Years Of Great Hits
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Dropout

The Man From Laramie
Jimmy Young
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
13

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MaxonWestley

Date

December 16, 1955

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2 1 Dickie Valentine – “Christmas Alphabet” 1(×1) 4

1 2 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rock Around the Clock” 1(×3) 35

3 3 The Four Aces – “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing” 2 17

4 4 Winifred Atwell – “Let's Have A Ding Dong” 3 7

5 5 Stargazers – “Twenty Tiny Fingers” 5 6

6 6 Max Bygraves – “Meet Me On The Corner” 6 5

11 7 David Whitfield & Mantovani & His Orchestra – “When You Lose The One You Love” 7 4

10 8 Johnston Brothers – “Hernando's Hideaway” 1(×2) 11

8 9 Mitch Miller – “The Yellow Rose Of Texas” 3 21

7 10 Pat Boone – “Ain't That A Shame” 7 23

12 11 Frankie Laine – “Hawkeye” 11 4

9 12 Petula Clark – “Suddenly There's A Valley” 9 4

13 13 Singing Dogs – “The Singing Dogs (Medley)” 13 4

RE 14 Lee Lawrence – “Suddenly There's A Valley” 14 2

20 15 Jo Stafford – “Suddenly There's A Valley” 15 5

17 16 Harry Secombe – “On With The Motley” 16 2

NE 17 Alma Cogan – “Twenty Tiny Fingers” 17 1

18 18 Frankie Vaughan – “Seventeen” 18 3

NE 19 Anne Shelton – “Arrivederci Darling” 19 1

NE 20 Dickie Valentine – “The Old Pi-Anna Rag” 20 1

21 21 Tennessee Ernie Ford – “Sixteen Tons” 21 6

24 22 Gale Storm – “I Hear You Knocking” 22 10

23 23 The Four Lads – “Moments to Remember” 23 16

27 24 Dean Martin – “Memories Are Made of This” 24 2

22 25 Roger Williams – “Autumn Leaves” 21 18

25 26 The Platters – “Only You (And You Alone)” 24 12

26 27 Frank Sinatra – “Love And Marriage” 26 7

28 28 Al Hibbler – “He” 26 13

29 29 The Hilltoppers – “Only You (And You Alone)” 29 7

32 30 The Fontane Sisters – “Daddy-O” 30 4

30 31 The Dream Weavers – “It's Almost Tomorrow” 30 4

35 32 The McGuire Sisters – “He” 30 6

36 33 Julie London – “Cry Me a River” 33 3

33 34 Rusty Draper – “The Shifting Whispering Sands” 26 12

34 35 Billy Vaughn Orchestra & Chorus – “The Shifting Whispering Sands” 24 14

31 36 Pat Boone – “At My Front Door” 26 9

NE 37 Art Mooney & His Orchestra & Barry Gordon – “Nuttin' For Christmas” 37 1

NE 38 The Four Aces – “A Woman In Love” 38 1

NE 39 Don Cherry – “Band Of Gold” 39 1

14 40 Johnnie Ray – “Hey There” 5 10

DROPOUTS:

15 -- Cyril Stapleton Orchestra & Julie Dawn – “Blue Star (The Medic Theme)” 2 12

16 -- Rosemary Clooney – “Hey There” 4 35

19 -- The Big Ben Banjo Band – “Let's Get Together Again” 19 1

37 -- Joni James – “You Are My Love” 35 6

38 -- Patti Page – “Croce di Oro” 35 3

39 -- Snooky Lanson – “It's Almost Tomorrow” 39 1

40 -- Jimmy Young – “The Man From Laramie” 1(×4) 13

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