The year was 1955. Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock blasted off and just around the corner on the charts was Elvis who had a minor hit in 1954 that made some waves with That’s Alright, Mama and Good Rockin’ Tonight. RCA bought his contract from Sun Records for $35K. The minimum wage reached new heights of $1.00 per hour. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke debuted on television. And we’ll be digging through the top ten charts of country, rhythm & blues, and pop in a year where the Cold War was a fact of life leading us to duck and cover. Tune in for some Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Four Aces, Mitch Miller, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry this week on our show that browses those dusty digital bins on a weekly basis on Community Radio here in Sonoma County.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Little Walter | My Babe | Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] |  |
| 3 | Etta James | The Wallflower | The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 | |
| 4 | Ray Charles | I Got a Woman | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 | |
| 5 | Al Hibbler | Unchained Melody | Your Hit Parade – 1955 | |
| 6 | Johnny Ace | Pledging My Love | The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 | |
| 7 | The Penguins | Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) | Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) | |
| 8 | Fats Domino | Ain't That A Shame | Rock And Rollin | |
| 9 | The Platters | Only You (And You Alone) | All-Time Greatest Hits | |
| 10 | Chuck Berry | Maybellene | Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings | |
| 11 | The Platters | The Great Pretender | All-Time Greatest Hits | |
| 12 | Hank Snow | Let Me Go Lover | The Essential Hank Snow | |
| 13 | Faron Young | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) | |
| 14 | Eddy Arnold | That Do Make It Nice | Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955 | |
| 15 | Webb Pierce | I Don't Care | Singles | |
| 16 | Carl Smith | Loose Talk | Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Webb Pierce | In The Jailhouse Now | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce | |
| 18 | Webb Pierce | Your Good For Nothing Heart | All Hits! [Disc 2] | |
| 19 | Webb Pierce | Love, Love, Love | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce | |
| 20 | Slim Whitman | Rose-Marie | Vintage Collections | |
| 21 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons | Classic Country | |
| 22 | Georgia Gibbs | Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower | Your Hit Parade – 1955 | |
| 23 | Pat Boone | Ain't That A Shame | Pat Boone/I'll Be Home | |
| 24 | The McGuire Sisters | Sincerely | The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2] | |
| 25 | The Four Aces | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing | The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957) | |
| 26 | Bill Hayes | Ballad of Davy Crockett | London American Label Year By Year 1956 | |
| 27 | Les Baxter | Unchained Melody | Instrumental Gold [Disc 1] | |
| 28 | Roger Williams | Autumn Leaves | Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) | |
| 29 | Mitch Miller & His Orchestra | The Yellow Rose Of Texas | Your Hit Parade – 1955 | |
| 30 | Bill Haley & The Comets | Rock Around The Clock | Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1 | |
| 31 | Pirez Prado | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White | Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] | |
| 32 | The Moonglows | Sincerely | Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] | |
| 33 | Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra | Melody Of Love | Your Hit Parade – 1955 | |
| 34 | Eddy Arnold | Just Call Me Lonesome | Welcome To My World [Disc 1] | |