List of Best Selling Country Singles in the United States (1955)
This is the list of the best-selling country and western singles in the US in 1955. The list was determined by Billboard (magazine) according to the "C&W Charts according to retail sales". The data was supplemented by further information from other sources.
| rank | Interpreter | Title & composer | Label & catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webb Pierce | "In The Jailhouse Now" () - B-Side: "I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love with You" | Decca 29391 |
| 2 | Kitty Wells | "Makin Believe" () - B-Side: "Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On?" | Decca 29419 |
| 3 | Webb Pierce | "I Don't Care" () - B-Side: "Your Good For Nothing" | Decca 29480 |
| 4th | Carl Smith | "Loose Talk" () - B-Side: "More Than Anything Else" | Columbia 21317 |
| 5 | Porter wagoner | "Satisfied Mind" () - B-Side: "Itchin 'For My Baby" | Victor 20-6105 |
| 6th | Eddy Arnold & Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra | "Cattle Call" - B-Side: "Kentuckian Song" | Victor 20-6139 |
| 7th | Faron Young | "Live Fast, Love Hard And Die Young" () - B-Side: "Forgive Me, Dear" | Capitol 3056 |
| 8th | Faron Young | "If You Ain't Lovin '" () - B-Side: "If That's The Fashion" | Capitol 2953 |
| 9 | Hank Snow | "Yellow Roses" () - B-Side: "Would You Mind?" | Victor 20-6057 |
| 10 | Eddy Arnold | "I've Been Thinking" () - B-Side: "Don't Forget" | Victor 20-6000 |
| 11 | Webb Pierce | "More And More" () - B-Side: "You're Not Mine Anymore" | Decca 29252 |
| 12 | Webb Pierce | "Love, Love, Love" () - B-Side: "If You Were Mine" | Decca 29662 |
| 13 | Red and Betty Foley | "Satisfied Mind" () - B-Side: "How About Me" | Decca 29526 |
| 14th | Tennessee Ernie Ford | "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" () - B-Side: "Farewell" | Capitol 3058 |
| 15th | Eddy Arnold | "Just Call Me Lonesome" () - B-Side: "That Do Make It Nice" | Victor 20-6198 |
| 16 | Carl Smith | "There She Goes" () - B-Side: "Old Lonesome Times" | Columbia 21382 |
| 17th | Ginny Wright & Tom Tall | "Are You Mine?" () - B-side: "" | Fabor |
| 18th | Jean Shepard | "Satisfied Mind" () - B-Side: "You Can Take Possession" | Capitol 3118 |
| 19th | Hank Snow | "Let Me Go, Lover" () - B-Side: "I've Forgotten You" | Victor 20-5960 |
| 20th | Faron Young | "All Right" () - B-Side: "Go Back, You Fool" | Capitol 3169 |
| 21st | Tennessee Ernie Ford | "Sixteen Tons" () - B-Side: "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" | Capitol 3362 |
| 22nd | Carl Smith | "Kisses Don't Lie" () - B-side: "No, I Don't Believe I Will" | Columbia 21340 |
| 23 | Red Foley | "Hearts Of Stone" () - B-side: "Never" | Decca 29375 |
| 24 | Stuart Hamblen | "This Old House" (Stuart Hamblen) - B-Side: "When My Lord Picks Up The Phone" | Victor 20-5739 |
| 25th | Eddy Arnold | "Kentuckian Song" () - A-Side: "Cattle Call" | Victor 20-6139 |
Remarks
- ↑ Overview from Billboard-Magazin, issue of January 7, 1956, p. 20
- ↑ Number 22 in the 1956 annual pop charts
- ↑ 13th place in the C&W annual charts in 1954
- ↑ A-side see above place 6
literature
Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944-2006. 2nd edition Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin: Record Research, 2006