Number-one hits of 1957 (USA)
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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States
during the year 1957 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1957, the following four charts were produced:
NOTE: Billboard changed its issue dates from a Saturday to a Monday schedule on April 29, thus causing a one-week inconsistency.
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during the year 1957 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1957, the following four charts were produced:
- Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
- Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxJukeboxA jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media...
es across the United States (this chart was discontinued in June 1957). - Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.
NOTE: Billboard changed its issue dates from a Saturday to a Monday schedule on April 29, thus causing a one-week inconsistency.
Issue Date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Top 100 |
January 5 | "Singing the Blues Singing the Blues "Singing the Blues" is a popular song written by Melvin Endsley and published in 1956. The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent nine weeks at #1 on the U.S... " Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell, born Albert George Cernik, was an American pop singer, successful in his homeland, the U.K. and Australia... |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
January 12 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
January 19 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
January 26 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
February 2 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
February 9 | "Too Much Too Much (Elvis Presley song) "Too Much" is a #1 song recorded in a hit version by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1956. It was written by Bernard Weinman and Lee Rosenberg. It was first recorded in 1954 by Bernard Hardison on Republic Records... "/ "Playing for Keeps" Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... |
"Young Love" Sonny James Sonny James James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love". Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23 No. 1... |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Don't Forbid Me Don't Forbid Me "Don't Forbid Me" is a popular song by Charles Singleton, that was a #1 hit for Pat Boone in 1957. The song was recorded by The Million Dollar Quartet on December 4 1956 and recorded as an instrumental version done by Bert Kaempfert.... " Pat Boone Pat Boone Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an American singer, actor and writer who has been a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He covered black artists' songs and sold more copies than his black counterparts... |
February 16 | "Too Much" Elvis Presley |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter Tab Hunter Tab Hunter is an American actor, singer, former teen idol and author who has starred in over forty major films.-Background:... |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
February 23 | "Too Much" Elvis Presley |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Don't Forbid Me" Pat Boone |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
March 2 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
March 9 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Too Much"/ "Playing for Keeps" Elvis Presley |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
March 16 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
March 23 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
March 30 | "Party Doll Party Doll "Party Doll" is a 1957 rockabilly song written by Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen. It was performed by Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids and became a hit on the Roulette label.... " Buddy Knox Buddy Knox Buddy Knox was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1957 rockabilly hit song, "Party Doll".-Biography:... |
"Butterfly Butterfly (1957 song) "Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources... " Andy Williams Andy Williams Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,... |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Butterfly" Andy Williams |
April 6 | "Round and Round Round and Round (Shapiro/Stallman song) "Round and Round" is a popular song by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman published in 1956. A version of the song recorded by Perry Como was a big hit in 1957... " Perry Como Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr... |
"Butterfly" Andy Williams |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter |
"Butterfly" Andy Williams |
April 13 | "All Shook Up All Shook Up "All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and composed by Otis Blackwell. Elvis Presley's single topped the U.S. Pop chart on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks. It also topped the R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to... " Elvis Presley |
"Round and Round" Perry Como |
"Butterfly" Charlie Gracie Charlie Gracie Charlie Gracie is an American rock pioneer and singer. He was born the same day as another rock and roll singer, Bobby Darin.His father encouraged him to play the guitar... |
"Butterfly" Andy Williams |
April 20 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"Round and Round" Perry Como |
"Butterfly" Charlie Gracie |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
April 27 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
April 29 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
May 6 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
May 13 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
May 20 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
May 27 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
June 3 | "Love Letters in the Sand Love Letters in the Sand "Love Letters in the Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. The song was "inspired" by an 1881 composition, "The Spanish Cavalier"... "/ Bernardine Pat Boone |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
June 10 | "Love Letters in the Sand"/ "Bernardine" Pat Boone |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
June 17 | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
June 24 | "Love Letters in the Sand"/ "Bernardine" Pat Boone |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
- | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
July 1 | "Love Letters in the Sand"/ "Bernardine" Pat Boone |
"Love Letters In the Sand" Pat Boone |
- | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
July 8 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
- | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
July 15 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
July 22 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
July 29 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
August 5 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
August 12 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
August 19 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/ "Loving You" Elvis Presley |
"Tammy Tammy (song) "Tammy" is a popular song with music by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans. It was published in 1957 and debuted in the film Tammy and the Bachelor. It was nominated for the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song.... " Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds is an American actress, singer, and dancer.She was initially signed at age 16 by Warner Bros., but her career got off to a slow start. When her contract was not renewed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave her a small, but significant part in the film Three Little Words , then signed her to... |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
August 26 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
"Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
- | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley |
September 2 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
"Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
- | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
September 9 | "Diana Diana (song) "Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957. It was inspired by a high school friend named Diana Ayoub. The original Paul Anka 1957 recording reached number one on the Billboard "Best Sellers In Stores" chart and has reportedly sold over 9 million copies... " Paul Anka Paul Anka Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"... |
"Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
- | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
September 16 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
"Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
- | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
September 23 | "That'll Be the Day That'll Be the Day "That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison and recorded by various artists including The Crickets and Linda Ronstadt. It was also the first song to be recorded by The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that subsequently became The Beatles... " The Crickets Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll... |
"Honeycomb Honeycomb (song) "Honeycomb" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954. The best-selling version was recorded by Jimmie Rodgers and charted at number one on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957. "Honeycomb" also reached number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart and number seven on the Country & Western Best Sellers... " Jimmie Rodgers Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer) James Frederick "Jimmie" Rodgers is an American singer. He is not related to the country singer of the same name.-Career:... |
- | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
September 30 | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
"Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
- | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds |
October 7 | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
"Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
- | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
October 14 | "Wake Up Little Susie Wake Up Little Susie "Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337... " The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing... |
"Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
- | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers |
October 21 | "Jailhouse Rock Jailhouse Rock (song) "Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock... "/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Chances Are Chances Are (song) "Chances Are" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman. It was published in 1957. The song was one of a large number of compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s. It was listed on Billboards "Most Played by Jockeys" survey for Johnny... " Johnny Mathis Johnny Mathis John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts... |
- | "Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
October 28 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
- | "Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
November 4 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
November 11 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
November 18 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
November 25 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
December 2 | "You Send Me You Send Me -Background:Cooke made a demo recording of "You Send Me" featuring only his own guitar accompaniment in the winter of 1955. The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December 1956 in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke... "/ "Summertime, Pt 1 Summertime (song) "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.... " Sam Cooke Sam Cooke Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and... |
"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
December 9 | "You Send Me"/ "Summertime, Pt 1" Sam Cooke |
"You Send Me" Sam Cooke |
- | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
December 16 | "Jailhouse Rock"/ "Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"April Love" Pat Boone |
- | "You Send Me" Sam Cooke |
December 23 | "April Love"/ "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano is a song written by Leon René and first recorded by The Ink Spots in May 1940.The Ink Spots' recording of the song reached # 4 on the US charts, and a recording by Glenn Miller reached # 2 the same year. Other recordings were made at about the same time by... " Pat Boone |
"April Love" Pat Boone |
- | "You Send Me" Sam Cooke |
December 30 | "April Love" Pat Boone |
"April Love" Pat Boone |
- | "April Love" Pat Boone |