The headline “14 hits from 1955 that marked a whole generation” is a nostalgic, opinion-based title rather than a factual claim. While different people would choose different songs, these are among the best-known hits from 1955:
- Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
- Maybellene – Chuck Berry
- Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
- Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino
- The Great Pretender – The Platters
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White – Pérez Prado
- Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Only You (And You Alone) – The Platters
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – The Four Aces
- Learnin’ the Blues – Frank Sinatra
- Unchained Melody – Les Baxter
- Pledging My Love – Johnny Ace
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett – Bill Hayes
- Earth Angel – The Penguins
Whether these “marked a whole generation” is subjective, but many were influential in the rise of rock and roll, doo-wop, and popular music in the mid-1950s.
