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1955 HIT PARADE WINNERS
FIRST PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT                       15
      Lyrics: Tom Blackburn; Music: George Burns
  LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING               17
      Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster; Music: Sammy Fain
      Introduced in the non-musical film: Love is a Many Splendored Thing
      Academy Award winner in 1955
  LEARNIN' THE BLUES                            12
      Dolores Vicki Silvers
  TWEEDLE DEE                                   15
      Winfield Scott
  SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE                        10
      Johnny Mercer
      Introduced in the musical film: Daddy Long Legs
  CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE           17
      Lyrics: Mack David; Music: R. S. Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi)
  ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK                         12
      Max C. Freedman and Jimmy De Knight
      Featured in the musical film: Blackboard Jungle
  MELODY OF LOVE                                20
      Tom Glazer and Hans Engelmann
      Originally written in 1903, revived in 1955
  UNCHAINED MELODY                              17
      Lyrics: Hy Zaret; Music: Alex North
      Introduced in the non-musical film: Unchained
  AUTUMN LEAVES                                 16
      Lyrics: Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert; Music: Joseph Kosma
  SIXTEEN TONS                                  07
      Merle Travis
      Originally written in 1947, revived in 1955
  YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS                          14
      Originally  the Civil War march "The Gallant Hood Of Texas". The
      composer (1858) was only identified by the initials "J.K".
      Lyricist Don George adapted the tune in 1955 as "The Yellow Rose
      of Texas".


SECOND PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  SINCERELY                                     11
      Harvey Fuqua and Alan Freed
  HARD TO GET                                   O8
      Jack Segal
      Written for the Television program Justice
  KO-KO-MO                                      07
      Eunice Levy, Jake Porter and Forrest Wilson
  AIN'T THAT A SHAME                            06
      David Bartholomew and Antoine "Fats" Domino


THIRD PLACE SONGS - (TOTAL WEEKS)

  LOVE & MARRIAGE                               08
      Lyrics: Sammy Cahn; Music: James Van Heusen
  HEART                                         07
      Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
  HE                                            08
      Lyrics: Richard Mullan; Music: Jack Richards

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