1957 in music

UK Singles Chart

Artist of the Year 1957

Elvis Presley

25 crowns · 32 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 220

Top artists of 1957

#	Artist	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Elvis Presley	220	25	32
2	Pat Boone	203	2	30
3	Lonnie Donegan	169	4	19
4	HBHarry Belafonte	146	0	18
5	Guy Mitchell	137	3	19
6	TSTommy Steele and the Steelmen	135	0	8
7	JRJohnnie Ray	122	2	13
8	Little Richard	111	5	11
9	FVFrankie Vaughan	99	4	11
10	Paul Anka	87	3	17

Every #1 song of 195713 songs reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart

First week at #1	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
Jan 4, 1957	Singing the Blues	Guy Mitchell	3
Jan 11, 1957	Singing the Blues	Tommy Steele and the Steelmen	1
Jan 25, 1957	The Garden of Eden	Frankie Vaughan	4
Feb 22, 1957	Young Love	Tab Hunter	7
Apr 12, 1957	Cumberland Gap	Lonnie Donegan	5
May 17, 1957	Rock-A-Billy	Guy Mitchell	1
May 24, 1957	Butterfly	Andy Williams	2
Jun 7, 1957	Yes Tonight Josephine	Johnnie Ray	3
Jun 28, 1957	Gamblin' Man/Putting on the Style	Lonnie Donegan	2
Jul 12, 1957	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	7
Aug 30, 1957	Diana	Paul Anka	9
Nov 1, 1957	That'll Be the Day	The Crickets	3
Nov 22, 1957	Mary's Boy Child	Harry Belafonte	6

Biggest songs of 1957Songs that entered the chart in 1957, by Record Power

#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks	Record Power
1	Diana	Paul Anka	#1	25	69.7
2	Island in the Sun	Harry Belafonte	#3	25	62.9
3	Love Letters in the Sand	Pat Boone	#2	21	61.1
4	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	#1	21	60.6
5	Young Love	Tab Hunter	#1	18	54.1
6	Gamblin' Man/Putting on the Style	Lonnie Donegan	#1	19	53.6
7	When I Fall in Love	Nat King Cole	#2	20	53.0
8	April Love	Pat Boone	#7	23	51.1
9	All the Way/Chicago	Frank Sinatra	#3	20	50.9
10	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	#3	19	49.2

Artist of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works