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TRAX TOP 5000

The greatest songs in Billboard Hot 100 history, ranked by TRAX score — a composite of peak position, weeks charted, and milestone bonuses.

DecadeAll1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
PeakAll#1 OnlyTop 10Top 40

#1–#75 of 75 · 1950s · #1 Only

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Wanted

Wanted

Perry Como

1954#127wk

8,038

#2

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock

Bill Haley & His Comets

1955#138wk

7,971

#3

Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

Pérez Prado

1955#128wk

7,842

#4
Hey There

Hey There

Rosemary Clooney

1954#127wk

7,788

#5
Little Things Mean A Lot

Little Things Mean A Lot

Kitty Kallen

1954#127wk

7,727

#6
Make Love To Me!

Make Love To Me!

Jo Stafford

1954#125wk

7,571

#7

Love Letters In The Sand

Pat Boone

1957#134wk

7,222

#8
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Roger Williams

1955#126wk

7,158

#9
I Need You Now

I Need You Now

Eddie Fisher

1954#123wk

6,837

#10

Mack The Knife

Bobby Darin

1959#126wk

6,810

#11
All Shook Up

All Shook Up

Elvis Presley

1957#130wk

6,770

#12

Tammy

Debbie Reynolds

1957#131wk

6,768

#13

The Green Door

Jim Lowe

1956#126wk

6,737

#14
Sh-Boom

Sh-Boom

Crew-Cuts

1954#122wk

6,659

#15

Singing The Blues

Guy Mitchell

1956#125wk

6,452

#16
Unchained Melody

Unchained Melody

Les Baxter

1955#121wk

6,408

#17
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts

1955#126wk

6,381

#18
Learnin' The Blues

Learnin' The Blues

Frank Sinatra

1955#121wk

6,300

#19

Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley

1957#127wk

6,013

#20
Sixteen Tons

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

1955#122wk

6,003

#21

My Prayer

Platters

1956#123wk

6,002

#22
Ain't That A Shame

Ain't That A Shame

Pat Boone

1955#120wk

5,941

#23
Memories Are Made Of This

Memories Are Made Of This

Dean Martin

1956#124wk

5,915

#24
Secret Love

Secret Love

Doris Day

1954#121wk

5,900

#25
Oh! My Pa-pa

Oh! My Pa-pa

Eddie Fisher

1954#117wk

5,847

#26
The Rock and Roll Waltz

The Rock and Roll Waltz

Kay Starr

1956#125wk

5,844

#27

The Ballad Of Davy Crockett

Bill Hayes

1955#120wk

5,837

#28
Sincerely

Sincerely

The McGuire Sisters

1955#120wk

5,832

#29

Honeycomb

Jimmie Rodgers

1957#128wk

5,693

#30

The Yellow Rose Of Texas

Mitch Miller with his Orchestra and Chorus

1955#119wk

5,683

#31

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

Elvis Presley

1957#125wk

5,681

#32
The Battle Of New Orleans

The Battle Of New Orleans

Johnny Horton

1959#121wk

5,603

#33
The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

The Platters

1956#124wk

5,471

#34

Wake Up Little Susie

The Everly Brothers

1957#126wk

5,452

#35
At The Hop

At The Hop

Danny & the Juniors

1958#121wk

5,291

#36

Round And Round

Perry Como

1957#129wk

5,290

#37

It's All In The Game

Tommy Edwards

1958#122wk

5,283

#38

Young Love

Tab Hunter

1957#121wk

5,089

#39

You Send Me

Sam Cooke

1957#126wk

5,040

#40

Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio

1958#121wk

4,995

#41
Mr. Sandman

Mr. Sandman

Chordettes, The

1954#115wk

4,981

#42

April Love

Pat Boone

1957#126wk

4,842

#43
To Know Him, Is To Love Him

To Know Him, Is To Love Him

The Teddy Bears

1958#123wk

4,821

#44

Mr. Blue

The Fleetwoods

1959#120wk

4,820

#45

Don't Forbid Me

Pat Boone

1957#120wk

4,764

#46

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Platters

1959#119wk

4,718

#47
It's Only Make Believe

It's Only Make Believe

Conway Twitty

1958#121wk

4,705

#48
All I Have To Do Is Dream

All I Have To Do Is Dream

The Everly Brothers

1958#117wk

4,672

#49
Three Coins In The Fountain

Three Coins In The Fountain

FOUR ACES

1954#116wk

4,642

#50
Witch Doctor

Witch Doctor

David Seville

1958#116wk

4,616

#51

Tequila

The Champs

1958#119wk

4,571

#52
Patricia

Patricia

Perez Prado and His Orchestra

1958#121wk

4,376

#53

Little Star

The Elegants

1958#119wk

4,366

#54
Heartaches By The Number

Heartaches By The Number

Guy Mitchell

1959#120wk

4,361

#55

Stagger Lee

Lloyd Price

1959#121wk

4,339

#56

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)

Domenico Modugno

1958#116wk

4,329

#57
Venus

Venus

Frankie Avalon

1959#117wk

4,312

#58
Lonely Boy

Lonely Boy

Paul Anka

1959#115wk

4,156

#59

The Three Bells

Browns

1959#117wk

4,151

#60

Don't

Elvis Presley

1958#120wk

4,081

#61

Butterfly

Andy Williams

1957#120wk

4,043

#62
Let Me Go, Lover!

Let Me Go, Lover!

Joan Weber

1955#114wk

3,985

#63

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny

1959#118wk

3,858

#64

Twilight Time

The Platters

1958#117wk

3,831

#65

Get A Job

Silhouettes

1958#115wk

3,829

#66

Come Softly To Me

The Fleetwoods

1959#116wk

3,774

#67
Why

Why

Frankie Avalon

1959#116wk

3,773

#68
Yakety Yak

Yakety Yak

the Coasters

1958#116wk

3,642

#69

Poor Little Fool

Ricky Nelson

1958#115wk

3,641

#70

The Happy Organ

Dave 'Baby' Cortez

1959#117wk

3,515

#71
The Purple People Eater

The Purple People Eater

Sheb Wooley

1958#113wk

3,479

#72

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

1959#116wk

3,439

#73
Rags to Riches

Rags to Riches

Tony Bennett

1954#112wk

3,245

#74
A Big Hunk O' Love

A Big Hunk O' Love

Elvis Presley

1959#114wk

3,062

#75

The Chipmunk Song

Chipmunks, The

1958#113wk

3,045

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.