Science Fair Project Encyclopedia

Jo Stafford - "You Belong To Me"
January 16 for 1 week
Kay Starr - "Comes A-long A-love"
January 23 for 1 week
Eddie Fisher - "Outside of Heaven"
January 30 for 1 week
Perry Como - "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
February 6 for 5 weeks
Guy Mitchell - "She Wears Red Feathers"
March 13 for 4 weeks
The Stargazers - "Broken Wings"
April 10 for 1 week
Lita Roza - "(How Much is) That Doggie in the Window"
April 17 for 1 week
Frankie Laine - "I Believe"
April 24 for 9 weeks
Eddie Fisher feat. Sally Sweetland - "I'm Walking Behind You"
June 26 for 1 week
Frankie Laine - "I Believe"
July 3 for 6 weeks
Mantovani - "The Song from the Moulin Rouge"
August 14 for 1 week
Frankie Laine - "I Believe"
August 21 for 3 weeks
Guy Mitchell - "Look at That Girl"
September 11 for 6 weeks
Frankie Laine - "Hey Joe"
October 23 for 2 weeks
David Whitfield - "Answer Me"
November 6 for 1 week
Frankie Laine - "Answer Me"
November 13 for 8 weeks
David Whitfield's version shared the number one position on December 11

1954

Frank Sinatra gets his first number one but has to wait until 1966 for his next chart-topping single

Record Mirror launched its chart on January 22.

Dickie Valentine - "The Finger Of Suspicion"
NME: January 7 for 1 week
Rosemary Clooney - "Mambo Italiano"
NME: January 14 for 1 week
Dickie Valentine - "The Finger Of Suspicion"
NME: January 21 for 2 weeks
Rosemary Clooney- "Mambo Italiano"
NME: February 4 for 2 weeks
RM: January 22 for 2 weeks
Dean Martin - "Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane"
RM: February 12 for 1 week
Ruby Murray - "Softly Softly"
NME: February 18 for 3 weeks
RM: March 12 for 1 week
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Give Me Your Word"
NME: March 11 for 7 weeks
RM: February 19 for 3 weeks and March 19 for 7 weeks
Perez Prado - "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"
NME: April 29 for 2 weeks
Tony Bennett - "Stranger In Paradise"
NME: May 13 for 2 weeks
RM: May 7 for 5 weeks
Eddie Calvert - "Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White)"
NME: May 27 for 4 weeks
Al Hibbler - "Unchained Melody"
RM: June 11 for 4 weeks
Jimmy Young - "Unchained Melody"
NME:June 24 for 3 weeks
Alma Cogan - "Dreamboat"
NME:July 15 for 2 weeks
RM: July 9 for 2 weeks
Slim Whitman - "Rose Marie"
NME:July 29 for 11 weeks
RM: July 23 for 9 weeks
Frankie Laine - "Cool Water"
RM: October 1 for 1 week
Jimmy Young - "The Man From Laramie"
NME:October 14 for 4 weeks
RM: October 8 for 5 weeks
Johnston Brothers - "Hernando's Hideaway"
NME:November 11 for 2 weeks
Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
NME:November 25 for 3 weeks
RM: November 12 for 9 weeks
Dickie Valentine - "Christmas Alphabet"
NME:December 16 for 3 weeks

Doris Day won an Academy Award for the song "Que Sera Sera" from the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Bill Haley and his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
January 6 for 2 weeks
Tennessee Ernie Ford - "Sixteen Tons"
January 20 for 4 weeks
Dean Martin - "Memories are Made Of This"
February 17 for 4 weeks
Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
March 16 for 2 weeks
Kay Starr with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra - "Rock And Roll Waltz"
March 30 for 1 week
Dreamweavers - "It's Almost Tomorrow"
April 6 for 1 week
Winifred Atwell - "The Poor People Of Paris"
April 13 for 3 weeks
Ronnie Hilton - "No Other Love"
May 4 for 6 weeks
Pat Boone - "I'll Be Home"
June 15 for 5 weeks
Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon - "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
July 20 for 3 weeks
Doris Day - "Que Sera Sera (whatever will be will be)"
August 10 for 6 weeks
Anne Shelton - "Lay Down Your Arms"
September 21 for 4 weeks
Frankie Laine - "A Woman In Love"
October 19 for 4 weeks
Johnnie Ray - "Just Walkin' In The Rain"
November 16 for 7 weeks

Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"
January 10 for 2 weeks
Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"
January 24 for 3 weeks
Michael Holliday - "The Story Of My Life"
February 14 for 2 weeks
Perry Como - "Magic Moments"
February 28 for 8 weeks
Marvin Rainwater - "Whole Lotta Woman"
April 25 for 3 weeks
Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now?"
May 16 for 6 weeks
Vic Damone - "On The Street Where You Live"
June 27 for 2 weeks
Everly Brothers - "All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
July 4 for 1 week; equal top with Vic Damone.
Everly Brothers - "All I Have To Do Is Dream"/"Claudette"
July 11 for 6 weeks
Kalin Twins - "When"
August 22 for 5 weeks
Connie Francis - "Who's Sorry Now/Stupid Cupid"
September 26 for 6 weeks
Tommy Edwards - "It's All In The Game"
November 7 for 3 weeks
Lord Rockingham's XI - "Hoots Mon"
November 28 for 3 weeks
Conway Twitty - "It's Only Make Believe"
December 19 for 5 weeks

Buddy Holly reaches number one two months after his death

Jane Morgan - "The Day The Rains Came"
January 23 for 1 week
Elvis Presley - "One Night/I Got Stung"
January 30 for 3 weeks
Shirley Bassey - "As I Love You"
February 20 for 4 weeks
Platters - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
March 20 for 1 week
Russ Conway - "Side Saddle"
March 27 for 4 weeks
Buddy Holly - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
April 24 for 3 weeks
Elvis Presley - "A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love"
May 15 for 5 weeks
Russ Conway - "Roulette"
June 19 for 2 weeks
Bobby Darin - "Dream Lover"
July 3 for 4 weeks
Cliff Richard and the Drifters - "Living Doll"
July 31 for 6 weeks
Craig Douglas - "Only Sixteen"
September 11 for 3 weeks
Jerry Keller - "Here Comes Summer"
October 9 for 1 week
Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife"
October 16 for 2 weeks
Cliff Richard and The Shadows - "Travellin' Light"
October 30 for 5 weeks
Adam Faith - "What Do You Want" (equal top for one week)
December 4 for 3 weeks
Emile Ford and the Checkmates - "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For"
December 18 for 6 weeks (equal top for one week)