Bravo annual charts 1957
The song of the year 1957 in the annual charts of the youth magazine Bravo was Cindy, Oh Cindy , which was also a number one hit in Germany in the sales charts in both versions of Margot Eskens and Wolfgang Sauer . The Banana Boat Song stayed at number 1 on the sales charts for three months and was the international hit of the year in Germany. What was astonishing was that Elvis Presley's career hadn't made it into the Bravo charts at all. Doris Day from the USA was able to save her way into 1957 with her song Que serà from the Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much . She was already placed in 1956. Now she has been accompanied by Barbara Kist with her German cover version. The hits that came to Germany from the USA were also hits this year. The duet by Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby True Love from the film The Top Ten Thousand landed in 12th place . During this time, American music was more likely to be transported to Germany via the cinema. The most popular singer in Germany in 1957 was Caterina Valente , who, in addition to her 10th place, had other hits on the back seats, including a. in a duet with her brother Silvio Francesco .
- Banana Boat Song - Harry Belafonte - 507 points
- Cindy, Oh Cindy - Wolfgang Sauer - 478 points
- Cindy, oh, Cindy - Margot Eskens - 468 points
- Que Sera, Sera - Doris Day - 440 points
- White elder - Gitta Lind - 434 points
- Be satisfied! - Rodgers Duo - 412 points
- Homeless - Freddy Quinn - 375 points
- Que serà - Barbara Kist - 350 points
- Singin 'the Blues - Guy Mitchell - 328 points
- I would love to be with you - Caterina Valente - 325 points