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.
#1–#75 of 75 · 1950s · #1 Only
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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
Rosemary Clooney
1954#127wk
7,788
#5
Little Things Mean A Lot
Kitty Kallen
1954#127wk
7,727
#6
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
Roger Williams
1955#126wk
7,158
#9
I Need You Now
Eddie Fisher
1954#123wk
6,837
#10
Mack The Knife
Bobby Darin
1959#126wk
6,810
#11
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
Crew-Cuts
1954#122wk
6,659
#15
Singing The Blues
Guy Mitchell
1956#125wk
6,452
#16
Unchained Melody
Les Baxter
1955#121wk
6,408
#17
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
1955#126wk
6,381
#18
Learnin' The Blues
Frank Sinatra
1955#121wk
6,300
#19
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
1957#127wk
6,013
#20
Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
1955#122wk
6,003
#21
My Prayer
Platters
1956#123wk
6,002
#22
Ain't That A Shame
Pat Boone
1955#120wk
5,941
#23
Memories Are Made Of This
Dean Martin
1956#124wk
5,915
#24
Secret Love
Doris Day
1954#121wk
5,900
#25
Oh! My Pa-pa
Eddie Fisher
1954#117wk
5,847
#26
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
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
Johnny Horton
1959#121wk
5,603
#33
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
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
Chordettes, The
1954#115wk
4,981
#42
April Love
Pat Boone
1957#126wk
4,842
#43
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
Conway Twitty
1958#121wk
4,705
#48
All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
1958#117wk
4,672
#49
Three Coins In The Fountain
FOUR ACES
1954#116wk
4,642
#50
Witch Doctor
David Seville
1958#116wk
4,616
#51
Tequila
The Champs
1958#119wk
4,571
#52
Patricia
Perez Prado and His Orchestra
1958#121wk
4,376
#53
Little Star
The Elegants
1958#119wk
4,366
#54
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
Frankie Avalon
1959#117wk
4,312
#58
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!
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
Frankie Avalon
1959#116wk
3,773
#68
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
Sheb Wooley
1958#113wk
3,479
#72
Kansas City
Wilbert Harrison
1959#116wk
3,439
#73
Rags to Riches
Tony Bennett
1954#112wk
3,245
#74
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.