This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1957 according to 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] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
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