Show 40, “Top Hits of 1955,” tracks all the No. 1 Billboard hits plus a few other interesting songs from this year when rock-and-roll was just peeking over the horizon. Performers include Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Nat King Cole, Bill Haley and His Comets, Frank Sinatra, The Fontaine Sisters, and a German musician who called himself “Crazy Otto.”

PlaylistShow 40Top Hits of 1955  Playlist  1Mr. SandmanThe Chordettes 2Let Me Go LoverJoan Weber 3Heart of StoneThe Fontane Sisters 4SincerelyThe McGuire Sisters 5Ballad of Davy CrocketFess Parker 6Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom WhitePerez Prado and his Orchestra 7Rock Around The ClockBill Haley and His Comets 8The Yellow Rose of TexasMitch Miller 9Love is a Many Splendored ThingThe Four Aces 10Autumn LeavesRoger Williams 11Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford 12Ain’t That a ShamePat Boone  13A Blossom Fell Nat King Cole 14Unchained MelodyAl Hibbler 15Crazy Otto MedleyCrazy Otto 16Learning the BluesFrank Sinatra