List of Billboard number-one singles of 1957
This is a list of number-one songs in the
Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100
, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1957, the following five charts were produced:
- Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
- Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States (this chart was discontinued in June 1957).
- Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.[1][2] It served as The Billboard's lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.[3]
- Top 100 – an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.
NOTE: Billboard changed its issue dates from a Saturday to a Monday schedule on April 29, thus causing a one-week inconsistency. This would later be changed back from a Monday to a Saturday schedule on January 6, 1962. In addition, the Top 100 reported a tie for the number-one single for the issues dated April 20 and December 9, while the Honor Roll of Hits reported a tie for the number-one song for the issue dated November 4. Billboard also considered the following B-sides as sharing the number-one spot with its A-side on one of its charts:
- "Playing for Keeps" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; February 9);[a]
- "Playing for Keeps" (Elvis Presley; Most Played in Jukeboxes; March 9);
- "Bernardine" (Pat Boone; Best Sellers in Stores; June 3–July 4);[b]
- "Loving You" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; July 8–August 19);
- "Treat Me Nice" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; October 21–November 18, December 16);
- "Summertime" (Sam Cooke; Best Sellers in Stores; December 2–9); and
- "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" (Pat Boone; Best Sellers in Stores; December 23). [c]
Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Honor Roll of Hits | Top 100 | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 5 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra |
"Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra |
"Singing the Blues" | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra |
[4] |
January 12 | [5] | |||||
January 19 | [6] | |||||
January 26 | [7] | |||||
February 2 | "Young Love" | [8] | ||||
February 9 | "Too Much"/"Playing for Keeps" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
"Young Love" Sonny James |
"Don't Forbid Me" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra |
[9] | ||
February 16 | "Too Much" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra and Chorus |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra and Chorus |
[10] | ||
February 23 | "Don't Forbid Me" Pat Boone with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra |
[11] | ||||
March 2 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra and Chorus |
"Young Love" Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra and Chorus |
[12] | |||
March 9 | "Too Much"/"Playing for Keeps" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
[13] | ||||
March 16 | "Young Love" Tab Hunter with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra and Chorus |
[14] | ||||
March 23 | [15] | |||||
March 30 | "Party Doll" Buddy Knox with the Rhythm Orchids |
"Butterfly" Andy Williams with Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer |
"Party Doll" | "Butterfly" Andy Williams with Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer |
[16] | |
April 6 | "Round and Round" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers |
"Butterfly" | [17] | |||
April 13 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
"Round and Round" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers |
"Butterfly" Charlie Gracie with Orchestra and Chorus Under Direction of Bernie Lowe |
[18] | ||
April 20 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires "Round and Round" Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers |
[19] | ||||
April 27 | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
"All Shook Up" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
"All Shook Up" | "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
[20] | |
April 29 | [21] | |||||
May 6 | [22] | |||||
May 13 | [23] | |||||
May 20 | [24] | |||||
May 27 | [25] | |||||
June 3 | "Love Letters in the Sand"/"Bernardine" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
[26] | ||||
June 10 | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
"Love Letters in the Sand" | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
[27] | ||
June 17 | "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
[28] | ||||
June 24 | "Love Letters in the Sand"/"Bernardine" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
Chart discontinued | [29] | |||
July 1 | [30] | |||||
July 8 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
[31] | ||||
July 15 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
[32] | ||||
July 22 | [33] | |||||
July 29 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires |
[34] | ||||
August 5 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" | [35] | ||||
August 12 | [36] | |||||
August 19 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds with Orchestra Conducted by Joseph Gershenson |
"Tammy" | [37] | |||
August 26 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds with Orchestra Conducted by Joseph Gershenson |
[38] | ||||
September 2 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds with Orchestra Conducted by Joseph Gershenson |
[39] | ||||
September 9 | "Diana" Paul Anka with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Don Costa |
[40] | ||||
September 16 | "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds with Orchestra Conducted by Joseph Gershenson |
[41] | ||||
September 23 | "That'll Be the Day" The Crickets |
"Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra |
[42] | |||
September 30 | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra |
[43] | ||||
October 7 | "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra |
[44] | ||||
October 14 | "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers |
"Honeycomb" | [45] | |||
October 21 | "Jailhouse Rock"/"Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"Chances Are" Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and his Orchestra |
"Wake Up Little Susie" | "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers |
[46] | |
October 28 | "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers |
[47] | ||||
November 4 | "Jailhouse Rock" "Wake Up Little Susie" |
"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
[48] | |||
November 11 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | [49] | ||||
November 18 | "Jailhouse Rock" | [50] | ||||
November 25 | "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley |
"You Send Me" | [51] | |||
December 2 | "You Send Me"/"Summertime" Sam Cooke with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra |
[52] | ||||
December 9 | "You Send Me" Sam Cooke with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra |
"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley "You Send Me" Sam Cooke with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra |
[53] | |||
December 16 | "Jailhouse Rock"/"Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley |
"April Love" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
"April Love" | "You Send Me" Sam Cooke with Bumps Blackwell Orchestra |
[54] | |
December 23 | "April Love"/"When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
"Raunchy" | [55] | |||
December 30 | "April Love" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
"April Love" Pat Boone with Orchestra Conducted by Billy Vaughn |
[56] |
Notes
- ^ Following this week, Billboard listed only "Too Much" for the remainder of the disc's occupation in the number-one slot.
- ^ Excluding June 17, which only list "Love Letters in the Sand" as the number-one single.
- ^ Following this week, Billboard listed only "April Love" for the remainder of the disc's occupation in the number-one slot.
See also
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