User:FraDany/List of my number-one singles of the 1950s
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The Singles Chart is a weekly record chart based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday, first published in the week ending January 10, 1954. During the decade, a total of 41 singles reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1950s was the American singer and actor Elvis Presley, who topped the Singles Chart for 48 weeks with five different singles, more than any other artist. "Rock Around the Clock" by the American rock and roll band Bill Haley & His Comets, first released in 1954, was the biggest-selling single of the 1955 and the biggest-selling single of the decade. The first number-one single of the 1950s was "That's Amore" by American singer, actor and comedian Dean Martin – first released in November 1953. The final number one of the decade was "Oh! Carol" by American singer Neil Sedaka.