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Throughout most of the 1950s, the magazine published the following charts to measure a song's popularity: Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
Considered one of the greatest rock songs, “Great Balls of Fire” was featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. Jerry Lee Lewis was on piano and vocals, and the song sold more than a million copies ...
Bing Crosby had three songs on the year-end top 30. The Ames Brothers had three songs on the year-end top 30. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1950 according to retail sales.
Billboard Pop Memories is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1994, each featuring ten hit recordings spanning a five- or ten-year period from the 1920s through the 1950s. The tracks from the 1940s and 1950s compilations were major hits on the various Billboard magazine best-sellers, jockeys and jukebox charts.
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1950 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100 , Billboard published multiple singles charts each week.
These are the songs that reached number one on the Top 40 Best Sellers chart in 1950 as published by Cash Box magazine. Artists were not specified in the charts of this time period so songs may represent more than one version. The artist who most popularized each song is listed.
List of best-selling sheet music; List of best-selling music artists; List of best-selling albums; List of best-selling albums of the 21st century; List of highest-certified music artists in the United States: This lists the top 100 certified music artists (albums), and the top 50 certified music artists (digital singles).
Elvis Presley had five songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1956, including "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Don't Be Cruel", the top two songs of the year. The Platters had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales. [1]