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1955 in music

  

1955 in music

See also: 1954 in music,
other events of 1955,
1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

  • January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT." The label drops the list price on LP's from $5.95 to $3.98, EP's from $4.95 to $2.98, 45 EP's from $1.58 to $1.49 and 45's from $1.16 to $.89. Other record labels follow RCA's lead and begin to drop prices as well.
  • January 14 - In New York City, Alan Freed produces the first rock and roll concert.
  • February 26 - For the first time since they were introduced in 1949, 45 rpm discs begin to outsell the old standard 78s
  • Kay Starr leaves Capitol to sign with RCA
  • March 5 - Elvis Presley makes his first television appearance on a program called Louisiana Hayride.
  • The Patti Page Show premieres on NBC
  • The Frankie Laine Show premieres on CBS
  • March 7 - Carl Perkins' single "Blue Suede Shoes" enters the R&B charts, marking the first time a Country music artist has made it on the R&B charts.
  • March 15 - Colonel Tom Parker becomes Elvis Presley's manager
  • March 19 - The film Blackboard Jungle premieres in New York City. The film features Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" over the opening credits -- the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. This event causes a groundswell of sales for the recording and is credited with helping to launch in earnest the Rock and Roll Era.
  • July 9 - "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first Rock and roll single to reach Number One on the American charts
  • September 26 - "America's Sweethearts," Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds marry.
  • Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's musical careers begin as they copyright a song, "The Girl For Me," with the Library of Congress and begin singing together as a duo while still in high school in New York, New York.
  • Johnny Cash's musical career begins
  • Patsy Cline's musical career begins
  • Eddie Cochran's musical career begins
  • Little Richard's musical career begins
  • John Coltrane's musical career begins
  • Al Green's musical career begins
  • Clyde McPhatter launches a solo career
  • Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno meet and start their songwriting partnership
  • Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's wed

    Albums released

  • Day Dreams - Doris Day
  • Doris Day In Hollywood - Doris Day
  • Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs - Eddie Fisher
  • Especially For You... - Teresa Brewer
  • Exactly Like You - The Ames Brothers
  • Four Brothers - The Ames Brothers
  • Frankie - Frank Sinatra
  • Happy Holidays - Jo Stafford
  • The Hi-Lo's, I Presume - The Hi-Lo’s
  • I Cry For You - Johnnie Ray
  • I Love You - Eddie Fisher
  • I’m In The Mood For Love - Eddie Fisher
  • In A Blue Mood - Kay Starr
  • Jazz Spectacular - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
  • Love After Midnight" - Patti Page
  • Lovers' Laine - Frankie Laine
  • Memory Songs - Jo Stafford
  • Moments To Remember - The Four Lads
  • Music Ala Carte - The Crew Cuts
  • The One, The Only Kay Starr - Kay Starr
  • Our Town - Frank Sinatra
  • Romance On The Range - Patti Page
  • Satch Plays Fats - Louis Armstrong
  • Songs For Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra
  • Soft And Sentimental - Jo Stafford
  • Voice Of Our Choice - Guy Mitchell
  • Swing Easy - Frank Sinatra
  • Young At Heart - Doris Day & Frank Sinatra

    No. 1 hit singles


    These singles reached the top of Billboard magazine's charts in 1955.

    Top hits on record

    "Ain't That A Shame" - Pat Boone"Arrivederci Roma" - Georgia Gibbs"Band Of Gold" - Don Cherry"A Blossom Fell" - Nat King Cole"Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado"Cool Water" - Frankie Laine"Croce Di Oro" - Patti Page"Cry Me A River" - Julie London"Dance With Me, Henry" - Georgia Gibbs"Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" - Jaye P. Morgan"Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - Nat King Cole"Earth Angel" - The Crew Cuts"The Great Pretender" - The Platters"Hawk-Eye" - Frankie Laine"He" - Al Hibbler"Heart" - Eddie Fisher"How Important Can It Be?" - Joni James"Hummingbird" - Frankie Laine"Hummingbird" - Les Paul and Mary Ford"I Hear You Knocking" – Gale Storm"I Need You Now" - Eddie Fisher"I Want You To Be My Baby" - Georgia Gibbs"If I Give My Heart To You" - Doris Day"In The Beginning" - Frankie Laine"It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Somethin' Smith & The Redheads"Let Me Go, Lover" - Joan Weber"Let's Go Fishin'" - Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts"Love Me Or Leave Me" - Doris Day"Maybelline" - Chuck Berry"Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin"My Friend" - Frankie Laine"Never Look Back" - Doris Day"Only You (And You Alone)" - The Platters"Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & The Comets"Rock And Roll Waltz" - Kay Starr"Same Old Saturday Night" - Frank Sinatra"Seventeen" - The Fontane Sisters"Sincerely" – Maguire Sisters"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford"Sixteen Tons" - Frankie Laine"Smack Dab In The Middle" - The Mills Brothers"Song Of Seventeen" - Petty King"Stars Fell On Alabama" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton"Suddenly There's A Valley" - Gogi Grant"Teenage Prayer" – Gale Storm"That Old Feeling" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton"Tweedle Dee" - Georgia Gibbs "Unchained Melody" - Roy Hamilton"Unchained Melody" - Al Hibbler"A Woman In Love" - Frankie Laine"The Yellow Rose Of Texas" - Mitch Miller & The Gang

    Top R&B and Country Hits on record

    "Ain't That A Shame" - Fats Domino"Earth Angel" - Penguins"Flip, Flop & Fly" - Joe Turner"Tweedle Dee" - LaVern Baker

    Published popular music

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