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Most Played by Jockeys
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January 7
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"
Sixteen Tons
"
Tennessee Ernie Ford
with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato
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"
Memories Are Made of This
"
Dean Martin
with Orchestra conducted by
Dick Stabile
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"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato
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"Sixteen Tons"
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"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato
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[4]
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January 14
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"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile
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"Memories Are Made of This"
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"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile
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[5]
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January 21
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[6]
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January 28
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"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile
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[7]
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February 4
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[8]
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February 11
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[9]
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February 18
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"
Rock and Roll Waltz
"
Kay Starr
with
Hugo Winterhalter
's Orchestra and Chorus
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"
The Great Pretender
"
The Platters
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"The Great Pretender"
The Platters
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[10]
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February 25
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"
Lisbon Antigua
"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
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"The Great Pretender"
The Platters
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"Rock and Roll Waltz"
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"The Great Pretender"
The Platters
"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
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[11]
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March 3
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"Lisbon Antigua"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
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"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
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"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
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[12]
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March 10
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"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
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[13]
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March 17
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"
The Poor People of Paris
"
Les Baxter
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"Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)"
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[14]
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March 24
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"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter
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"Rock and Roll Waltz"
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"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter
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[15]
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March 31
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"Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)"
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[16]
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April 7
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[17]
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April 14
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"Lisbon Antigua"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
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"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter
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[18]
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April 21
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"
Heartbreak Hotel
"/"
I Was the One
"
Elvis Presley
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"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter
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[19]
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April 28
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[20]
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May 5
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
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"
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
"
Perry Como
with
Mitchell Ayres
& His Orchestra & the
Ray Charles Singers
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"Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was the One"
Elvis Presley
|
"Heartbreak Hotel"
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
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[21]
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May 12
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
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[22]
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May 19
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"Hot Diggity"
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[23]
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May 26
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"Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was the One"
Elvis Presley
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
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[24]
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June 2
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"
Moonglow and Theme from
Picnic
"
Morris Stoloff
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
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"Moonglow and Theme from
Picnic
"
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[25]
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June 9
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[26]
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June 16
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"
The Wayward Wind
"
Gogi Grant
with Orchestra Under Direction of
Buddy Bregman
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman
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[27]
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June 23
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"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman
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"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman
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[28]
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June 30
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"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman
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[29]
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July 7
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"Wayward Wind"
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[30]
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July 14
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[31]
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July 21
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[32]
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July 28
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"
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
"/"
My Baby Left Me
"
Elvis Presley
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"
I Almost Lost My Mind
"
Pat Boone
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[33]
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August 4
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"
My Prayer
"/"Heaven on Earth"
The Platters
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"I Almost Lost My Mind"
Pat Boone
|
[34]
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August 11
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[35]
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August 18
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"
Hound Dog
"/"
Don't Be Cruel
"
Elvis Presley
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"My Prayer"
The Platters
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"My Prayer"
|
"My Prayer"
The Platters
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[36]
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August 25
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"My Prayer"
The Platters
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[37]
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September 1
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"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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[38]
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September 8
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"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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[39]
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September 15
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"My Prayer"
The Platters
"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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[40]
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September 22
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"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley
|
"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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[41]
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September 29
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"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley
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"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley
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"Don't Be Cruel"
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[42]
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October 6
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"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley
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[43]
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October 13
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[44]
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October 20
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[45]
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October 27
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[46]
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November 3
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"
Love Me Tender
"
Elvis Presley
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"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley
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"Love Me Tender"
|
"
Green Door
"
Jim Lowe
with The High Fives
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[47]
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November 10
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"Love Me Tender"/"
Any Way You Want Me
"
Elvis Presley
|
[48]
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November 17
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"Green Door"
Jim Lowe with The High Fives
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"Green Door"
Jim Lowe with The High Fives
"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley
|
[49]
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November 24
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"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley
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"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley
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[50]
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December 1
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[51]
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December 8
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"
Singing the Blues
"
Guy Mitchell
with
Ray Conniff
& his Orchestra
|
"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
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"Love Me Tender"/"Any Way You Want Me"
Elvis Presley
|
"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
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[52]
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December 15
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"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
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"Singing the Blues"
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[53]
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December 22
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"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley
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[54]
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December 29
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"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
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[55]
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