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1957:
There are four sources listed for end of year rankings. Billboard magazine is considered the standard and issued several weekly charts and a Top 100 at the end of the year. Cashbox also published its own weekly charts and compiled a year end Top 50 from 1956 to 1960, and then a Top 100 after that. Gilbert & Theroux published "The Top Ten 1956 - Present" in 1981 in which they ranked the Top 40 for each of those years. The EE rank is a calculated rank based on the weekly Billboard Top Twenty which includes all weeks a record was in the top twenty, allowing credit for performance by records that crossed over from one year to another. Any record that made the top forty of at least one of these sources is listed below -- click on the header to sort.. To view the listing for a specific source, click on the appropriate button to the left.
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Each ranking source had its own #1 in 1957. For Billboard it was Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up." Cashbox cited "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds as the top record while Gilbert & Theroux named Pat Boone's "Loveletters in the Sand" as number one. The EE calculated top spot went to "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell, a song Billboard included in both the 1956 and 1957 year end chart. Along with its #1 ranking by G&T, "Loveletters In the Sand" was #2 in the other three charts and is recognized as the consensus #1 for 1957.
title artist BillBoard Rank Cashbox Ranking GT rank

EE Rank
All Shook Up Elvis Presley 1 8 3 3
April Love Pat Boone 36 18
The Banana Boat Song The Tarriers 26 26 33
Banana Boat (Day-O) Harry Belafonte 15 23 19 30
Be Bop Baby Ricky Nelson 42 37 29
Butterfly Andy Williams 36 21 26 22
Butterfly Charlie Gracie 31 32 42
Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers 11 7 8 8
Chances Are Johnny Mathis 39 18
Come Go With Me The Dell-Vikings 18 18 15 34
Dark Moon Gale Storm 29 31 34 24
Diana Paul Anka 24 16 17
Don't Forbid Me Pat Boone 6 10 14
Fascination Jane Morgan 52 24 36 55
Gone Ferlin Husky 23 32 31 25
Honeycomb Jimmie Rodgers 27 14 20 15
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down Billy Williams 45 17 33 44
I'm Walkin' Fats Domino 38 30 39 41
It's Not For Me To Say Johnny Mathis 34 3 18 35
Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 16 11 11 7
Little Darlin' The Diamonds 3 6 4 10
Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone 2 2 1 2
Love Me Elvis Presley 56 32
Marianne Terry Gilkyson & The Easyriders 37 29 38 38
Moonlight Gambler Frankie Laine 32 23
My Special Angel Bobby Helms 53 39 45
Party Doll Buddy Knox 13 14 26
Rainbow Russ Hamilton 41 38 36
Raunchy Bill Justis 55 45 31
Round and Round Perry Como 10 9 13
School Day Chuck Berry 22 33 29 40
Searchin' The Coasters 21 34 30 12
Send For Me Nat King Cole 40 42 23 37
Silhouettes The Rays 35 19 27 20
Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell 7 24 1
So Rare Jimmy Dorsey 5 9 7 5
Tammy Debbie Reynolds 12 1 6 4
Teddy Bear Elvis Presley 14 15 12 6
Teenage Crush Tommy Sands 33 40 40 39
A Teenager's Romance Ricky Nelson 25 37 57
That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly & the Crickets 30 28 27
Too Much Elvis Presley 9 28 17 46
Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers 19 12 13 11
A White Sport Coat Marty Robbins 17 27 22 19
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis 28 35 35 28
Young Love Sonny James 8 5 21
Young Love Tab Hunter 4 2 9
You Send Me Sam Cooke 20 22 21 16