The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.
#1,601–#1,700 of 2,297 · 1950s
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Young Abe Lincoln
Don Cornell
269
Flower Of Love
Crests, The
269
Bluebirds Over The Mountain
Ersel Hickey
269
Cherie, I Love You
Pat Boone
268
Little By Little
Micki Marlo With Don Costa His Orchestra & Chorus
267
I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
Rosemary Clooney
267
Have Faith
Gene Allison
266
Memories Of You
Hugo Winterhalter
265
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Gloria Mann
265
Mau-Mau
Wailers, The
264
I Can't Stop Loving You
Don Gibson
264

Passing Strangers
Sarah Vaughan
262
Because You're Young
Jimmie Rodgers
261
Next Time You See Me
Little Junior Parker
260
Miami
Eugene Church
259
White Lightning
George Jones
259
Experience Unnecessary
Sarah Vaughan
259
The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)
Pat Boone
258
You're The Greatest
Billy Scott
257
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
256
You'll Get Yours
Frank Sinatra
255

Lola's Theme
Muir Mathieson
253
No Other Arms, No Other Lips
Four Aces
253
Forever
Sam Cooke
253
Giant
Les Baxter, His Chorus And Orchestra
253
Good And Lonesome
Kay Starr
253
The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
Teresa Brewer
253
The Answer To A Maiden's Prayer
June Valli
252
Crackin' Up
Bo Diddley
252
Intermission Riff
Bernie Lowe
252
Two Lost Souls
Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan
251
Softly, Softly
Jaye P. Morgan
251
How Important Can It Be?
Teresa Brewer
251
The Bandit (O'Cangaceiro)
Eddie Barclay Et Son Orchestre
251
Oh
P. W. Hunt
251
Tower's Trot (And Then You Do That Step)
Dick Jacobs
251
Swingin' Daddy
Buddy Knox
249

CHRISTMAS DRAGNET (Parts I & II)
Stan Freberg
249
Sal's Got A Sugar Lip
Johnny Horton
249
Love Me Or Leave Me
Lena Horne
249
Dance Only With Me
Perry Como
249
Such A Night
Johnnie Ray
249
1492
Betty Johnson
249
Pepper Hot Baby
Gisele MacKenzie
248
White Silver Sands
Owen Bradley
248
Sincerely
The Moonglows
247
(I'm Always Hearing) Wedding Bells
Eddie Fisher
247
Fooled
Perry Como
247
A Fallen Star
Nick Noble
247
77 Sunset Strip
The Big Sound Of Don Ralke
246
Kansas City
Rocky Olson
246
A Beautiful Friendship
Ella Fitzgerald
245
There Comes A Time
Jack Scott
245
If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
Vera Lynn
245
Please Don't Do It
Dale Wright
244
So Long, My Love
Frank Sinatra
244
Silhouettes
Steve Gibson & The Red Caps
244
Nuttin' For Christmas
Stan Freberg
243
It Happens to Be Me
Nat "King" Cole (Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra)
243
Fire Of Love
Jody Reynolds
243
In The Alps
Lawrence Welk
243
Teenager's Mother (Are You Right?)
Bill Haley and His Comets
242
Beyond The Sunset
Pat Boone
242
Real Wild Child
Ivan
241
Moonlight Bay
Drifters, The
240
Lost In The Shuffle
Jaye P. Morgan
239
Sh-Boom
Stan Freberg
239
Off Shore
Richard Hayman & His Orchestra
239
I'll Never Say ''Never Again'' Again
Dinah Shore
239
Medic
Les Baxter
239
Around The World In Eighty Days
McGuire Sisters, The
239
I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You)
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
238
Happiness
Billy & Lillie
238
Colonel Bogey
Edmundo Ros
238
It's Yours
DeCastro Sisters, The
238
Melancholy Me
Eddy Howard & His Orchestra
237
You're Cheatin' Yourself (If You're Cheatin' On Me)
Frank Sinatra
237
South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)
Frank Sinatra
237
Confession Of A Sinner
Stylers, The
237
Into The Night
Dream Weavers, The
236
Chapel Of Dreams
The Dubs
236
Make Yourself Comfortable
Andy Griffith
235
Let Me Go, Lover!
Sunny Gale
235
Wicked Ruby
Danny Zella and His Zell Rocks
234
When Will I Know
George Hamilton IV
233
Ebb Tide
Vic Damone
233
You Shouldn't Do That
Sal Mineo
233
Clay Idol
Betty Johnson
233
Dumplin's
Doc Bagby
232
Don't Ask Me (To Be Lonely)
Dubs, The
232
We Told You Not To Marry
Titus Turner
232
I Must Be Dreaming
Nat "King" Cole
232
Fancy Nancy
Skip and Flip
232
Of This I'm Sure
Four Aces* Featuring Al Alberts
231
Never Let Me Go
Nat "King" Cole
231
Still
Fontane Sisters
231
Rock Love
Fontane Sisters
231
My Man
Peggy Lee
231
I Love You Madly
The Four Coins
231
Make Her Mine
Nat King Cole
229
About TRAX Score: Calculated from peak position (101 − peak), milestone week bonuses (60× top 40, 90× top 10, 99× weeks at #2, 100× weeks at #1), plus a weekly positional sum (126 − position for each charted week). Higher is better.