List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s
Number-one singles

List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s

Section Title: Number-one singles
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No.	Artist	Single	Week ending date	Weeks at number one

1952

1	Al Martino	"Here in My Heart"	14 November 1952	9

1953

2	Jo Stafford	"You Belong to Me"	16 January 1953	1

3	Kay Starr	"Comes A-Long A-Love"	23 January 1953	1

4	Eddie Fisher	"Outside of Heaven"	30 January 1953	1

5	Perry Como	"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"	6 February 1953	5

6	Guy Mitchell	"She Wears Red Feathers"	13 March 1953	4

7	The Stargazers	"Broken Wings"	10 April 1953	1

8	Lita Roza	"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"	17 April 1953	1

9	Frankie Laine	"I Believe" †	24 April 1953	9

10	Eddie Fisher	"I'm Walking Behind You"	26 June 1953	1

re	Frankie Laine	"I Believe" †	3 July 1953	6

11	Mantovani	"The Song from Moulin Rouge"	14 August 1953	1

re	Frankie Laine	"I Believe" †	21 August 1953	3

12	Guy Mitchell	"Look At That Girl"	11 September 1953	6

13	Frankie Laine	"Hey Joe"	23 October 1953	2

14	David Whitfield	"Answer Me"	6 November 1953	1

15	Frankie Laine	"Answer Me"	13 November 1953	8

re	David Whitfield	"Answer Me"	11 December 1953	1

1954

16	Eddie Calvert	"Oh Mein Papa"	8 January 1954	9

17	The Stargazers	"I See the Moon"	12 March 1954	5

18	Doris Day	"Secret Love" †	16 April 1954	1

re	The Stargazers	"I See the Moon"	23 April 1954	1

19	Johnnie Ray	"Such a Night"	30 April 1954	1

re	Doris Day	"Secret Love" †	7 May 1954	8

20	David Whitfield	"Cara Mia"	2 July 1954	10

21	Kitty Kallen	"Little Things Mean a Lot"	10 September 1954	1

22	Frank Sinatra	"Three Coins in the Fountain"	17 September 1954	3

23	Don Cornell	"Hold My Hand"	8 October 1954	4

24	Vera Lynn	"My Son, My Son"	5 November 1954	2

re	Don Cornell	"Hold My Hand"	19 November 1954	1

25	Rosemary Clooney	"This Ole House"	26 November 1954	1

26	Winifred Atwell	"Let's Have Another Party"	3 December 1954	5

1955

27	Dickie Valentine	"The Finger of Suspicion"	7 January 1955	1

28	Rosemary Clooney	"Mambo Italiano"	14 January 1955	1

re	Dickie Valentine	"The Finger of Suspicion"	21 January 1955	2

re	Rosemary Clooney	"Mambo Italiano"	4 February 1955	2

29	Ruby Murray	"Softly, Softly"	18 February 1955	3

30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	"Give Me Your Word"	11 March 1955	7

31	Perez "Prez" Prado and his Orchestra	"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"	29 April 1955	2

32	Tony Bennett	"Stranger in Paradise"	13 May 1955	2

33	Eddie Calvert	"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"	27 May 1955	4

34	Jimmy Young	"Unchained Melody"	24 June 1955	3

35	Alma Cogan	"Dreamboat"	15 July 1955	2

36	Slim Whitman	"Rose Marie" †	29 July 1955	11

37	Jimmy Young	"The Man from Laramie"	14 October 1955	4

38	Johnston Brothers	"Hernando's Hideaway"	11 November 1955	2

39	Bill Haley & His Comets	"Rock Around the Clock" ‡	25 November 1955	3

40	Dickie Valentine	"Christmas Alphabet"	16 December 1955	3

1956

re	Bill Haley & His Comets	"Rock Around the Clock" ‡	6 January 1956	2

41	Tennessee Ernie Ford	"Sixteen Tons"	20 January 1956	4

42	Dean Martin	"Memories Are Made of This"	17 February 1956	4

43	The Dream Weavers	"It's Almost Tomorrow"	16 March 1956	2

44	Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra	"Rock and Roll Waltz"	30 March 1956	1

re	The Dream Weavers	"It's Almost Tomorrow"	6 April 1956	1

45	Winifred Atwell	"The Poor People of Paris"	13 April 1956	3

46	Ronnie Hilton	"No Other Love"	4 May 1956	6

47	Pat Boone	"I'll Be Home" †	15 June 1956	5

48	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	20 July 1956	3

49	Doris Day	"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)"	10 August 1956	6

50	Anne Shelton	"Lay Down Your Arms"	21 September 1956	4

51	Frankie Laine	"A Woman in Love"	19 October 1956	4

52	Johnnie Ray	"Just Walking in the Rain"	16 November 1956	7

1957

53	Guy Mitchell	"Singing the Blues"	4 January 1957	1

54	Tommy Steele	"Singing the Blues"	11 January 1957	1

re	Guy Mitchell	"Singing the Blues"	18 January 1957	1

55	Frankie Vaughan	"The Garden of Eden"	25 January 1957	4

re	Guy Mitchell	"Singing the Blues"	1 February 1957	1

56	Tab Hunter	"Young Love"	22 February 1957	7

57	Lonnie Donegan	"Cumberland Gap"	12 April 1957	5

58	Guy Mitchell	"Rock-a-Billy"	17 May 1957	1

59	Andy Williams	"Butterfly"	24 May 1957	2

60	Johnnie Ray	"Yes Tonight Josephine"	7 June 1957	3

61	Lonnie Donegan	"Puttin' On the Style" / "Gamblin' Man"	28 June 1957	2

62	Elvis Presley	"All Shook Up"	12 July 1957	7

63	Paul Anka	"Diana" †	30 August 1957	9

64	The Crickets	"That'll Be the Day"	1 November 1957	3

65	Harry Belafonte	"Mary's Boy Child"	22 November 1957	7

1958

66	Jerry Lee Lewis	"Great Balls of Fire"	10 January 1958	2

67	Elvis Presley	"Jailhouse Rock" †	24 January 1958	3

68	Michael Holliday	"The Story of My Life"	14 February 1958	2

69	Perry Como	"Magic Moments"	28 February 1958	8

70	Marvin Rainwater	"Whole Lotta Woman"	25 April 1958	3

71	Connie Francis	"Who's Sorry Now"	16 May 1958	6

72	Vic Damone	"On the Street Where You Live"	27 June 1958	2

73	The Everly Brothers	"All I Have to Do Is Dream" / "Claudette"	4 July 1958	7

74	The Kalin Twins	"When"	22 August 1958	5

75	Connie Francis	"Carolina Moon" / "Stupid Cupid"	26 September 1958	6

76	Tommy Edwards	"It's All in the Game"	7 November 1958	3

77	Lord Rockingham's XI	"Hoots Mon"	28 November 1958	3

78	Conway Twitty	"It's Only Make Believe"	19 December 1958	5

1959

79	Jane Morgan	"The Day the Rains Came"	23 January 1959	1

80	Elvis Presley	"I Got Stung" / "One Night"	30 January 1959	3

81	Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra	"As I Love You"	20 February 1959	4

82	The Platters	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	20 March 1959	1

83	Russ Conway	"Side Saddle"	27 March 1959	4

84	Buddy Holly	"It Doesn't Matter Anymore"	24 April 1959	3

85	Elvis Presley	"A Fool Such As I" / "I Need Your Love Tonight"	15 May 1959	5

86	Russ Conway	"Roulette"	19 June 1959	2

87	Bobby Darin	"Dream Lover"	3 July 1959	4

88	Cliff Richard and The Shadows	"Living Doll" †	31 July 1959	6

89	Craig Douglas	"Only Sixteen"	11 September 1959	4

90	Jerry Keller	"Here Comes Summer"	9 October 1959	1

91	Bobby Darin	"Mack the Knife"	16 October 1959	2

92	Cliff Richard and The Shadows	"Travellin' Light"	30 October 1959	5

93	Adam Faith	"What Do You Want?"	4 December 1959	3

94	Emile Ford and the Checkmates	"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"	18 December 1959	6

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"What Do You Want?" became Adam Faithś first number one hit in the UK Singles Chart.

final_sentence: "What Do You Want?" became Adam Faithś first number one hit in the UK Singles Chart.