Songs · UK Singles Chart
- Record Power
- 2.0
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #18
- 1 week there · Oct 21, 1955
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 1
- October 1955
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Band of the Royal Air Force | primary | 100% | 2.0 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Oct 21, 1955 on the timeline →- #1The Man from LaramieJimmy Young
- #2Blue Star (the Medic Theme)Cyril Stapleton & Julie Dawn
- #3The Yellow Rose of TexasMitch Miller
- #4Ev'RywhereDavid Whitfield
- #5Rose MarieSlim Whitman
- #6Cool WaterFrankie Laine & the Mellomen
- #7The Breeze and ICaterina Valente
- #8Rock Around The ClockBill Haley And His Comets
- #9Hey ThereJohnnie Ray
- #10Hey ThereRosemary Clooney
- #10Hernando's HideawayJohnston Brothers
The #1 songs of 1955
1955 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1955.
- The Finger of Suspicion · Dickie Valentine & Stargazers
- Mambo Italiano · Rosemary Clooney & the Mellomen
- Softly Softly · Ruby Murray
- Give Me Your Word · Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White · Perez Prado
- Stranger in Paradise · Tony Bennett
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White · Eddie Calvert
- Unchained Melody · Jimmy Young
- Dreamboat · Alma Cogan
- Rose Marie · Slim Whitman
- The Man from Laramie · Jimmy Young
- Hernando's Hideaway · Johnston Brothers
- Rock Around The Clock · Bill Haley And His Comets
- Christmas Alphabet · Dickie Valentine
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