# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley & His Comets | | 2:16 |
2 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 4.4 | 1:53 |
3 | Twist and Shout- cover recording of:
- Twist and Shout (in 1962)
- writer:
- Bert Russell (in 1961-02) and Phil Medley (in 1961-02)
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Progressive Music, Inc , Robert Mellin Ltd., Robert Mellin, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| The Isley Brothers | 3.5 | 2:32 |
4 | Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry | | 1:50 |
5 | Red River Rock | Johnny and the Hurricanes | | 2:08 |
6 | Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | | 2:04 |
7 | Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker | 4.65 | 2:24 |
8 | Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent | 5 | 2:36 |
9 | See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley & His Comets | | 2:19 |
10 | Sweets for My Sweet | The Drifters | | 2:33 |
11 | Lucille | Little Richard | | 2:24 |
12 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry | | 2:16 |
13 | Hippy Hippy Shake | The Swinging Blue Jeans | | 2:06 |
14 | Heartbreak Hotel- engineer:
- Bob Ferris
- bass:
- Bill Black (on 1956-01-10)
- drums (drum set):
- D.J. Fontana (on 1956-01-10)
- guitar:
- Chet Atkins (on 1956-01-10), Scotty Moore (on 1956-01-10) and Elvis Presley (on 1956-01-10)
- piano:
- Floyd Cramer (on 1956-01-10)
- lead vocals:
- Elvis Presley (on 1956-01-10)
- vocals:
- Elvis Presley , Ben Speer (on 1956-01-10), Lena Brock "Mom" Speer (on 1956-01-10) and Gordon Stoker (on 1956-01-10)
- publisher:
- Sony/ATV Songs LLC
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1956), BMG Music (in 1956) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-01-10)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 1), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 45) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 347)
- recording of:
- Heartbreak Hotel (on 1956-01-10)
- writer:
- Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley
- publisher:
- Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited , Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Unichappell Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス , コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Elvis Presley | 3.8 | 2:10 |
15 | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 2:53 |
16 | Goode | Chuck Berry | | 2:43 |
17 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | 4.25 | 2:05 |
18 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | 4 | 2:13 |
19 | Speedy Gonzales | Pat Boone | 5 | 2:35 |
20 | Love Me Tender- accordion:
- Carl Fortina (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04) and Dominic Frontiere (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- banjo:
- Luther "Red" Roundtree (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- bass:
- Meyer "Mike" Rubin (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- drums (drum set):
- Richard Cornell (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- guitar:
- Vito Mumolo (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- lead vocals:
- Elvis Presley (on 1956-09-01)
- vocals:
- Elvis Presley , Jon Dodson (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04, on 1956-09-01), Charles Prescott (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04, on 1956-09-01) and Rad Robinson (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04, on 1956-09-01)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1956), BMG Music (in 1956), RCA/Ariola International (in 1956) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- 20th Century Fox Music Stage 1 in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-24, on 1956-09-04)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 437)
- recording of:
- Love Me Tender (on 1956-08-24)
- lyricist:
- Ken Darby (in 1956)
- additional writer:
- Vera Matson (in 1956) and Elvis Presley (in 1956)
- composer:
- George R. Poulton (in 1861)
- publisher:
- ABG Elvis Songs, Carlin Music Corporation, Chrysalis Songs, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Elvis Presley Music Susan Aberbach Trust, R&H Music, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Williamson Music Company and Elvis Presley Music (from 1956 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック and 日音 Synch事業部
- is based on:
- Aura Lea
- recording of:
- Love Me Tender (from 1956-08-24 until 1956-09-04)
- lyricist:
- Ken Darby (in 1956)
- additional writer:
- Vera Matson (in 1956) and Elvis Presley (in 1956)
- composer:
- George R. Poulton (in 1861)
- publisher:
- ABG Elvis Songs, Carlin Music Corporation, Chrysalis Songs, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Elvis Presley Music Susan Aberbach Trust, R&H Music, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Williamson Music Company and Elvis Presley Music (from 1956 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック and 日音 Synch事業部
- is based on:
- Aura Lea
- recording of:
- Love Me Tender (on 1956-09-01)
- lyricist:
- Ken Darby (in 1956)
- additional writer:
- Vera Matson (in 1956) and Elvis Presley (in 1956)
- composer:
- George R. Poulton (in 1861)
- publisher:
- ABG Elvis Songs, Carlin Music Corporation, Chrysalis Songs, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Elvis Presley Music Susan Aberbach Trust, R&H Music, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Williamson Music Company and Elvis Presley Music (from 1956 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック and 日音 Synch事業部
- is based on:
- Aura Lea
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 2:42 |
21 | Tutti Frutti- recorded in:
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1955-09-14)
- producer:
- Robert Blackwell
- baritone saxophone:
- Alvin “Red” Tyler (on 1955-09-14)
- double bass:
- Frank Fields (on 1955-09-14)
- drums (drum set):
- Earl Palmer (on 1955-09-14)
- guitar:
- Justin Adams (on 1955-09-14)
- piano:
- Melvin Dowden (on 1955-09-14)
- tenor saxophone:
- Lee Allen (on 1955-09-14)
- lead vocals:
- Little Richard (on 1955-09-14)
- recorded at:
- J&M Music Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1955-09-14)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 1), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 35) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 43)
- recording of:
- Tutti Frutti (on 1955-09-14)
- lyricist:
- Dorothy LaBostrie and Richard Wayne Penniman
- composer:
- Dorothy LaBostrie , Joe Lubin and Richard Wayne Penniman
- publisher:
- ATV Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Venice, Venice Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Phonogram GmbH (in 1983)
| Little Richard | 4.3 | 2:25 |
22 | Do You Wanna Dance | Bobby Freeman | | 2:31 |
23 | God Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard | | 2:05 |
24 | The Great Pretender | The Platters | 5 | 2:38 |
25 | I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday | Fats Domino | | 2:22 |
26 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | 4.7 | 2:27 |
27 | Let’s Have a Party | Wanda Jackson | | 2:14 |
28 | Wooly Bully | Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs | 3.65 | 2:20 |
29 | Limbo Rock | Chubby Checker | | 2:27 |
30 | Rock and Roll | The Beatles | | 2:31 |
31 | Twenty Flight Rock | Eddie Cochran | | 1:43 |