The following lists the number one singles on the Australian Singles Chart during the 1950s.
The source for this decade is the "Kent Music Report". These charts were calculated in the 1990s in retrospect, by David Kent, using archival data.
Note: during the 1950s, often more than one version of a particular song by different artists charted at the same time, thus more than one artist may be listed for a song. Different versions are separated by a semi-colon.
Note The decade's best charting single was The Harry Lime Theme by Anton Karas, although it only peaked at #3 in the Single charts.
scope=row style="background-color:lightblue" | The light blue background indicates the #1 song on the KMR End of Decade Chart |
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Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
7 January | Burl Ives | "Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)" | 6 weeks (2 weeks in 1949) | ||||
14 January | |||||||
21 January | |||||||
28 January | |||||||
4 February | Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters; Tony Pastor | ""A" You're Adorable" | 4 weeks | ||||
11 February | |||||||
18 February | |||||||
25 February | |||||||
4 March | Perry Como | "Forever And Ever"' | 3 weeks | ||||
11 March | |||||||
18 March | |||||||
25 March | Bing Crosby | "The Four Winds and the Seven Seas" | 3 weeks | ||||
1 April | |||||||
8 April | |||||||
15 April | Freddy Martin | "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" | 3 weeks | ||||
22 April | |||||||
29 April | |||||||
6 May | Buddy Clark | "You're Breaking My Heart" | 3 weeks | ||||
13 May | |||||||
20 May | |||||||
27 May | Guy Lombardo | "Hop Scotch Polka" | 2 weeks | ||||
3 June | |||||||
10 June | Donald Peers | "I Told Them All About You" | 2 weeks | ||||
17 June | |||||||
24 June | Donald Peers | "Music! Music! Music!" | 7 weeks | ||||
1 July | |||||||
8 July | |||||||
15 July | |||||||
22 July | |||||||
29 July | |||||||
5 August | |||||||
12 August | Gordon Jenkins | "My Foolish Heart" | 4 weeks | ||||
19 August | |||||||
26 August | |||||||
2 September | |||||||
9 September | Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=8 align="center" | "Quicksilver" | 8 weeks | |||
16 September | |||||||
23 September | |||||||
30 September | |||||||
7 October | |||||||
14 October | |||||||
21 October | |||||||
28 October | |||||||
4 November | Sammy Kaye | "Hollywood Square Dance" | 1 week | ||||
11 November | Dennis Day
| "Mona Lisa" | 5 weeks | ||||
18 November | |||||||
25 November | |||||||
2 December | |||||||
9 December | |||||||
16 December | Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" | 6 weeks | ||||
23 December | |||||||
30 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
6 January | Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers | "Goodnight Irene" | 6 weeks | ||||
13 January | |||||||
20 January | |||||||
27 January | Gordon Jenkins
| "Bewitched" | 5 weeks | ||||
3 February | |||||||
10 February | |||||||
17 February | |||||||
24 February | |||||||
3 March | Phil Harris | "The Thing" | 3 weeks | ||||
10 March | |||||||
17 March | |||||||
24 March | Art Mooney | "Silver Dollar" | 2 weeks | ||||
31 March | |||||||
7 April | Bing Crosby | "All My Love" | 1 week | ||||
14 April | Paul Weston & Norman Luboff Choir | "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" | 3 weeks | ||||
21 April | |||||||
28 April | |||||||
5 May | Pee Wee King | "Bonaparte's Retreat" | 2 weeks | ||||
12 May | |||||||
19 May | Pee Wee King | "Tennessee Waltz" | 3 weeks | ||||
26 May | |||||||
2 June | |||||||
9 June | Danny Kaye & Patty Andrews; Nat "King" Cole | "Orange Coloured Sky" | 1 week | ||||
16 June | Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter | "Aba Daba Honeymoon" | 4 weeks | ||||
23 June | |||||||
30 June | |||||||
7 July | |||||||
14 July | Perry Como | "If (They Made Me a King)" | 3 weeks | ||||
21 July | |||||||
28 July | |||||||
4 August | Guy Mitchell | "My Heart Cries For You" | 4 weeks | ||||
11 August | |||||||
18 August | |||||||
25 August | |||||||
1 September | Donald Peers & Jim Gussey | "Mockin' Bird Hill" | 1 week | ||||
8 September | Nat "King" Cole | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=9 align="center" | "Too Young" | 9 weeks | |||
15 September | |||||||
22 September | |||||||
29 September | |||||||
6 October | |||||||
13 October | |||||||
20 October | |||||||
27 October | |||||||
3 November | |||||||
10 November | Mario Lanza | "The Loveliest Night of the Year" | 2 weeks | ||||
17 November | |||||||
24 November | Guy Mitchell | "My Truly, Truly Fair" | 4 weeks | ||||
1 December | |||||||
8 December | |||||||
15 December | |||||||
22 December | Dinah Shore | "Sweet Violets" | 4 weeks | ||||
29 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
5 January | Dinah Shore | "Sweet Violets" | 4 weeks | ||||
12 January | |||||||
19 January | Tony Bennett | "Because of You" | 6 weeks | ||||
26 January | |||||||
2 February | |||||||
9 February | |||||||
16 February | |||||||
23 February | |||||||
1 March | Tony Bennett | "Cold, Cold Heart" | 2 weeks | ||||
8 March | |||||||
15 March | Louis Armstrong | "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" | 6 weeks | ||||
22 March | |||||||
29 March | |||||||
5 April | |||||||
12 April | |||||||
19 April | |||||||
26 April | Champ Butler
| "Down Yonder" | 2 weeks | ||||
3 May | |||||||
10 May | Pee Wee King | "Slow Coach (Slow Poke)" | 5 weeks | ||||
17 May | |||||||
24 May | |||||||
31 May | |||||||
7 June | |||||||
14 June | Johnnie Ray | "Cry" | 5 weeks | ||||
21 June | |||||||
28 June | |||||||
5 July | |||||||
12 July | |||||||
19 July | Eddie Fisher | "Tell Me Why" | 2 weeks | ||||
26 July | |||||||
2 August | Eddie Fisher | "Anytime" | 3 weeks | ||||
9 August | |||||||
16 August | |||||||
23 August | The Weavers | "Ay-Round the Corner" | 4 weeks | ||||
30 August | |||||||
6 September | |||||||
13 September | |||||||
20 September | Johnnie Ray | "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" | 2 weeks | ||||
27 September | |||||||
4 October | Al Martino | "Here in My Heart" | 4 weeks | ||||
11 October | |||||||
18 October | |||||||
25 October | |||||||
1 November | Ezio Pinza | "Some Enchanted Evening" | 3 weeks | ||||
8 November | |||||||
15 November | |||||||
22 November | Vera Lynn | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=6 align="center" | "Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart" | 7 weeks | |||
29 November | |||||||
6 December | |||||||
13 December | |||||||
20 December | |||||||
27 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
3 January | Vera Lynn | "Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart" | 7 weeks | ||||
10 January | Rosemary Clooney | "Half As Much" | 1 week | ||||
17 January | Jo Stafford
| "You Belong to Me" | 6 weeks | ||||
23 January | |||||||
31 January | |||||||
7 February | |||||||
14 February | |||||||
21 February | |||||||
28 February | Mario Lanza
| "Because You're Mine" | 2 weeks | ||||
7 March | |||||||
14 March | Eddie Fisher | "Lady of Spain" | 2 weeks | ||||
21 March | |||||||
28 March | Patti Page | "I Went to Your Wedding" | 4 weeks | ||||
4 April | |||||||
11 April | |||||||
18 April | |||||||
25 April | Louis Armstrong | "Takes Two to Tango" | 2 weeks | ||||
2 May | |||||||
9 May | Red Foley | "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | 2 weeks | ||||
16 May | |||||||
23 May | Teresa Brewer | "Till I Waltz Again With You" | 5 weeks | ||||
30 May | |||||||
6 June | |||||||
13 June | Dinah Shore | "Hi-Lili Hi-Lo" | 1 week | ||||
20 June | Teresa Brewer | "Till I Waltz Again With You" | 5 weeks | ||||
27 June | |||||||
4 July | Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes; Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters | "You're Just in Love" | 2 weeks | ||||
11 July | |||||||
18 July | Lawrence Welk | "Oh Happy Day" | 1 week | ||||
25 July | Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd | "Tell Me a Story" | 2 weeks | ||||
1 August | |||||||
8 August | Patti Page | "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" | 2 weeks | ||||
15 August | |||||||
22 August | Percy Faith | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=6 align="center" | "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)" | 6 weeks | |||
29 August | |||||||
5 September | |||||||
12 September | |||||||
19 September | |||||||
26 September | |||||||
3 October | Frank Chacksfield | "Terry's Theme from "Limelight" (Eternally)" | 1 week | ||||
10 October | Frank Sinatra | "I'm Walking Behind You" | 4 weeks | ||||
17 October | |||||||
24 October | |||||||
31 October | |||||||
7 November | Les Paul & Mary Ford | "Vaya con Dios" | 4 weeks | ||||
14 November | |||||||
21 November | |||||||
28 November | |||||||
5 December | Silvana Mangano | "Anna (The Baion)" | 1 week | ||||
12 December | Jimmy Boyd | "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" | 3 weeks | ||||
19 December | |||||||
26 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
2 January | Nat "King" Cole | "Pretend" | 7 weeks | ||||
9 January | |||||||
16 January | |||||||
23 January | |||||||
30 January | |||||||
6 February | |||||||
13 February | |||||||
20 February | The Ames Brothers | "You, You, You" | 1 week | ||||
27 February | Tony Bennett | "Rags to Riches" | 5 weeks | ||||
6 March | |||||||
13 March | |||||||
20 March | |||||||
27 March | |||||||
3 April | Frank Chacksfield | "Ebb Tide" | 2 weeks | ||||
10 April | |||||||
17 April | Dean Martin | "That's Amore" | 3 weeks | ||||
24 April | |||||||
1 May | |||||||
8 May | Eddie Fisher | "Oh My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" | 4 weeks | ||||
15 May | |||||||
22 May | |||||||
29 May | |||||||
5 June | Nat "King" Cole Frankie Laine | "Answer Me, My Love" "Answer Me, Lord Above" | 4 weeks | ||||
12 June | |||||||
19 June | |||||||
26 June | |||||||
3 July | Frank Sinatra | "Young at Heart" | 3 weeks | ||||
10 July | |||||||
17 July | |||||||
24 July | Perry Como | "Wanted" | 1 weeks | ||||
31 July | Frank Weir
| bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=8 align="center" | "The Happy Wanderer" | 8 weeks | |||
7 August | |||||||
14 August | |||||||
21 August | |||||||
28 August | |||||||
4 September | |||||||
11 September | |||||||
18 September | |||||||
25 September | Frank Sinatra | "Three Coins in the Fountain" | 2 weeks | ||||
2 October | |||||||
9 October | The Gaylords | "The Little Shoemaker" | 2 weeks | ||||
16 October | |||||||
23 October | Kitty Kallen | "Little Things Mean a Lot" | 5 weeks | ||||
30 October | |||||||
6 November | |||||||
13 November | |||||||
20 November | |||||||
27 November | Dean Martin | "Sway" | 1 week | ||||
4 December | The Crew Cuts | "Sh-Boom" | 4 weeks | ||||
11 December | |||||||
18 December | |||||||
25 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
1 January | The Four Lads | "Skokiaan" | 2 weeks | ||||
8 January | |||||||
15 January | Mario Lanza | "Serenade (From "The Student Prince")" | 2 weeks | ||||
22 January | |||||||
29 January | Don Cornell
| bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=6 align="center" | "Hold My Hand" | 6 weeks | |||
5 February | |||||||
12 February | |||||||
19 February | |||||||
26 February | |||||||
5 March | |||||||
12 March | Eddie Fisher | "I Need You Now" | 3 weeks | ||||
19 March | |||||||
26 March | |||||||
2 April | The Four Aces | "Mr Sandman" | 4 weeks | ||||
9 April | |||||||
16 April | |||||||
23 April | |||||||
30 April | Joan Weber | "Let Me Go, Lover" | 2 weeks | ||||
7 May | |||||||
14 May | Dean Martin | "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" | 2 weeks | ||||
21 May | |||||||
28 May | The Four Aces | "Melody of Love" | 6 weeks | ||||
4 June | |||||||
11 June | |||||||
18 June | |||||||
25 June | |||||||
2 July | |||||||
9 July | Victor Young | "The High and the Mighty" | 3 weeks | ||||
16 July | |||||||
23 July | |||||||
30 July | Les Baxter | "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" | 3 weeks | ||||
6 August | |||||||
13 August | |||||||
20 August | Bill Haley & His Comets | "Rock Around the Clock" | 6 weeks | ||||
27 August | |||||||
3 September | |||||||
10 September | |||||||
17 September | |||||||
24 September | |||||||
1 October | Darryl Stewart | "A Man Called Peter" | 1 week | ||||
8 October | Al Hibbler | "Unchained Melody" | 5 weeks | ||||
15 October | |||||||
22 October | |||||||
29 October | |||||||
5 November | |||||||
12 November | Frank Sinatra | "Learnin' the Blues" | 1 week | ||||
19 November | Tony Bennett | "Stranger in Paradise" | 3 weeks | ||||
26 November | |||||||
3 December | |||||||
10 December | "Tennessee" Ernie Ford | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | 4 weeks | ||||
17 December | |||||||
24 December | |||||||
31 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
7 January | "The Yellow Rose of Texas" | 6 weeks | |||||
14 January | |||||||
21 January | |||||||
28 January | |||||||
4 February | |||||||
11 February | |||||||
18 February | "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
| "Sixteen Tons" | 6 weeks | ||||
25 February | |||||||
3 March | |||||||
10 March | |||||||
17 March | |||||||
24 March | |||||||
31 March | Al Hibbler | "He" | 2 weeks | ||||
7 April | |||||||
14 April | Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" | 5 weeks | ||||
21 April | |||||||
28 April | |||||||
5 May | |||||||
12 May | |||||||
19 May | Louis Armstrong | "Mack the Knife" | 4 weeks | ||||
26 May | |||||||
2 June | |||||||
9 June | |||||||
16 June | Kay Starr | "The Rock and Roll Waltz" | 5 weeks | ||||
23 June | |||||||
30 June | |||||||
7 July | |||||||
14 July | |||||||
21 July | The Platters | "The Great Pretender" | 3 weeks | ||||
28 July | |||||||
4 August | |||||||
11 August | Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" | 1 week | ||||
18 August | Morris Stoloff | "Moonglow and Love Theme (from 'Picnic')" | 1 week | ||||
25 August | Joe "Fingers" Carr | "Portuguese Washerwomen" | 3 weeks | ||||
1 September | |||||||
8 September | |||||||
15 September | Doris Day | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | 8 weeks | ||||
22 September | |||||||
29 September | |||||||
6 October | |||||||
13 October | |||||||
20 October | |||||||
27 October | |||||||
3 November | |||||||
10 November | Perry Como | "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" | 4 weeks | ||||
17 November | |||||||
24 November | |||||||
1 December | |||||||
8 December | Johnnie Ray | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=4 align="center" | "Just Walking in the Rain" | 9 weeks | |||
15 December | |||||||
22 December | |||||||
29 December |
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
5 January | Johnnie Ray | "Just Walking in the Rain" | 9 weeks | ||||
12 January | |||||||
19 January | |||||||
26 January | |||||||
2 February | |||||||
9 February | Rosemary Clooney | "Hey There" | 4 weeks | ||||
16 February | |||||||
23 February | |||||||
2 March | |||||||
9 March | Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" | 6 weeks | ||||
16 March | |||||||
23 March | |||||||
30 March | |||||||
6 April | |||||||
13 April | |||||||
20 April | Eddie Fisher | "Cindy, Oh Cindy" | 2 weeks | ||||
27 April | |||||||
4 May | Tab Hunter | "Young Love" | 3 weeks | ||||
11 May | |||||||
18 May | |||||||
25 May | Terry Gilkyson and The Easy Riders | "Marianne" | 3 weeks | ||||
1 June | |||||||
8 June | |||||||
15 June | Jim Lowe | "Green Door" | 1 week | ||||
22 June | Perry Como | "Round and Round" | 8 weeks | ||||
29 June | |||||||
6 July | |||||||
13 July | |||||||
20 July | |||||||
27 July | |||||||
3 August | |||||||
10 August | |||||||
17 August | Marty Robbins | "A White Sport Coat" | 4 weeks | ||||
24 August | |||||||
31 August | |||||||
7 September | |||||||
14 September | Johnny Mathis | "Wonderful! Wonderful!" | 1 week | ||||
21 September | Pat Boone | "Love Letters in the Sand" | 5 weeks | ||||
28 September | |||||||
5 October | |||||||
12 October | |||||||
19 October | |||||||
26 October | Bing Crosby
| bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=8 align="center" | "Around the World" | 8 weeks | |||
2 November | |||||||
9 November | |||||||
16 November | |||||||
23 November | |||||||
30 November | |||||||
7 December | |||||||
14 December | |||||||
21 December | Paul Anka | "Diana" | 8 weeks | ||||
28 December |
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
4 January | Paul Anka | "Diana" | 8 weeks | ||||
11 January | |||||||
18 January | |||||||
24 January | |||||||
1 February | |||||||
8 February | |||||||
15 February | Pat Boone | "April Love" | 6 weeks | ||||
22 February | |||||||
1 March | |||||||
8 March | |||||||
15 March | |||||||
22 March | |||||||
29 March | Johnny Mathis | "The Twelfth of Never" | 1 week | ||||
5 April | Perry Como | "Catch a Falling Star" | 8 weeks | ||||
12 April | |||||||
19 April | |||||||
26 April | |||||||
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10 May | |||||||
17 May | |||||||
24 May | |||||||
31 May | Laurie London | "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | 4 weeks | ||||
7 June | |||||||
14 June | |||||||
21 June | |||||||
28 June | The Platters | "Twilight Time" | 4 weeks | ||||
5 July | |||||||
12 July | |||||||
19 July | |||||||
26 July | The Music of David Seville | "Witch Doctor" | 1 week | ||||
2 August | "The Purple People Eater" | 6 weeks | |||||
9 August | |||||||
16 August | |||||||
23 August | |||||||
30 August | |||||||
6 September | Slim Dusty | "A Pub With No Beer" | 1 week | ||||
13 September | Sheb Wooley | "The Purple People Eater" | 6 weeks | ||||
20 September | The Kalin Twins | "When" | 1 week | ||||
27 September | Perez Prado | "Patricia" | 1 week | ||||
4 October | The Everly Brothers | "Bird Dog" | 3 weeks | ||||
11 October | |||||||
18 October | |||||||
25 October | Domenico Modugno
| "Volare" | 7 weeks | ||||
1 November | |||||||
8 November | |||||||
15 November | |||||||
22 November | |||||||
29 November | |||||||
6 December | |||||||
13 December | Tommy Edwards | "It's All in the Game" | 1 week | ||||
20 December | The Kingston Trio | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=2 align="center" | "Tom Dooley" | 8 weeks | |||
27 December | |||||||
Date | Artist | Single | Weeks at number one | ||||
3 January | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | 8 weeks | ||||
10 January | |||||||
17 January | |||||||
23 January | |||||||
31 January | |||||||
7 February | |||||||
14 February | The Platters | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=10 align="center" | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | 10 weeks | |||
21 February | |||||||
28 February | |||||||
7 March | |||||||
14 March | |||||||
21 March | |||||||
28 March | |||||||
4 April | |||||||
11 April | |||||||
18 April | |||||||
25 April | Chris Barber's Jazz Band | "Petite Fleur" | 1 week | ||||
2 May | Frankie Avalon | "Venus" | 2 weeks | ||||
9 May | |||||||
16 May | Elvis Presley | "A Fool Such as I" | 6 weeks | ||||
23 May | |||||||
30 May | |||||||
6 June | |||||||
13 June | |||||||
20 June | |||||||
27 June | Lloyd Price | "Personality" | 5 weeks | ||||
4 July | |||||||
11 July | |||||||
18 July | |||||||
25 July | |||||||
1 August | "The Battle of New Orleans" | 6 weeks | |||||
8 August | |||||||
15 August | |||||||
22 August | |||||||
29 August | |||||||
5 September | |||||||
12 September | Conway Twitty | "Mona Lisa" | 2 weeks | ||||
19 September | |||||||
26 September | The Browns | "The Three Bells" | 5 weeks | ||||
3 October | |||||||
10 October | |||||||
17 October | |||||||
24 October | |||||||
31 October | Johnnie Ray | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | 2 weeks | ||||
7 November | |||||||
14 November | Col Joye and the Joy Boys | "Oh Yeah Uh Huh" | 4 weeks | ||||
21 November | |||||||
28 November | |||||||
5 December | |||||||
12 December | Bill Haley & His Comets | "Joey's Song" / "Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty?" | 8 weeks (5 weeks in 1960) | ||||
19 December | |||||||
26 December | |||||||