The Top 100 International songs of the 50s, in Hellas

These are The 100 Most Popular International Songs of the 50s in Hellas, especially in Hellenic Radio Stations.

Ain't That A Shame - FATS DOMINO (single, 1955)

All I Have To Do Is Dream - THE EVERLY BROTHERS (single, 1958)

All Shook Up - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1957)

At The Hop - DANNY & THE JUNIORS (single, 1957)

Be-Bop-A-Lula - GENE VINCENT & HIS BLUE CAPS (single, 1956)

Blue Suede Shoes - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956)

Blueberry Hill - FATS DOMINO (single, 1956)

Bo Mambo - YMA SUMAC (LP Mambo! 1954)

Breathless - JERRY LEE LEWIS (single, 1958)

Broken-Hearted Melody - SARAH VAUGHAN (single, 1959)

Bye Bye Love - THE EVERLY BROTHERS (single, 1957)

C'est Si Bon - EARTHA KITT (single, 1953)

C'mon Everybody - EDDIE COCHRAN (b side on single, 1958)

Chantilly Lace - BIG BOPPER (single, 1958)

Charlie Brown - THE COASTERS (single, 1959)

Come Fly With Me - FRANK SINATRA (LP Come Fly With Me, 1958)

Crazy Love - PAUL ANKA (single, 1958)

Cry Me A River - JULIE LONDON (single, 1955)

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - HARRY BELAFONTE (LP Calypso, 1956)

Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend - MARILYN MONROE (single, 1953)

Dimples - JOHN LEE HOOKER (single, 1956)

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - PERRY COMO with THE RAMBLERS (single, 1952)

Fever - PEGGY LEE (single, 1958)

Good Golly,  Miss Molly - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1958)

Great Balls Of Fire - JERRY LEE LEWIS (single, 1957) Top 10

Guaglione - PEREZ PRADO (single, 1958)

Heartbreak Hotel - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956)

Hernando's Hideaway - ARCHIE BLEYER (single, 1954)

Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - PERRY COMO (single, 1956)

Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956) Top 10

I Only Have Eyes For You - THE FLAMINGOS (single, 1959)

I Put A Spell On You - SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS (single, 1956)

I Walk The Line - JOHNNY CASH & TENNESSEE TWO (single, 1956)

I Wanna Be Loved By You - MARILYN MONROE (OST Some Like It Hot, 1959)

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby? - DINAH WASHINGTON with QUINCY JONES & HIS ORCHESTRA (LP The Swingin' Miss "D", 1957)

Jailhouse Rock - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1957)

Johnny B. Goode - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1958) Top 10

Just Walkin' In The Rain - JOHNNIE RAY (single, 1956)

King Creole - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1958)

La Bamba - RITCHIE VALENS (single, 1958)

La Foule - EDITH PIAF (single, 1958)

Little Darlin' - THE DIAMONDS (single, 1957)

Living Doll - CLIFF RICHARD & THE DRIFTERS (single, 1959)

Lollipop - THE CHORDETTES (single, 1958)

Love Letters In The Sand - PAT BOONE (single, 1957)

Love Me Or Leave Me - NINA SIMONE (b side on single, 1959)

Love Me Tender - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956)

Love Potion No 9 - THE CLOVERS (single, 1959)

Lucille - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1957)

Mack The Knife - BOBBY DARIN (single, 1959)

Magic Moments - PERRY COMO (single, 1957)

Mambo Italiano - ROSEMARY CLOONEY (single, 1954)

Manish Boy - MUDDY WATERS (single, 1955)

March From The River Kwai & Colonel Bogey - MALCOLM ARNOLD (single, 1957)

Marina - ROCCO GRANATA (single, 1959)

Matilda, Matilda! - HARRY BELAFONTE (single, 1953)

Maybellene - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1955)

Mona Lisa - NAT KING COLE (single, 1950)

Mr. Sandman - THE CHORDETTES (single, 1954)

My Baby Just Cares For Me - NINA SIMONE (LP Little Girl Blue, 1959) Top 10

Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) - DOMENICO MODUGNO (single, 1958)

Oh! Carol / One Way Ticket - NEIL SEDAKA (single, 1959) Top 10

Only Sixteen - SAM COOKE (single, 1959)

Only You (And You Alone) - THE PLATTERS (single, 1955) Top 10

Padam Padam... - EDITH PIAF (single, 1951)

Papa Loves Mambo - PERRY COMO (single, 1954) Top 10

Peter Gunn Theme - DUANE EDDY (single, 1959)

Put Your Head On My Shoulder - PAUL ANKA (single, 1959)

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - DORIS DAY (single, 1956)

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) - NAT KING COLE (LP Cole Español, 1958)

Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet) - JACKIE WILSON (single, 1957)

Running Bear - JOHNNY PRESTON (single, 1959)

Sea Of Love - PHIL PHILIPS with the TWILIGHTS (single, 1959)

See You Later Alligator - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (single, 1956)

Shake, Rattle & Roll - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (single, 1954)

Since I Don't Have You - THE SKYLINERS (single, December 1958)

Singin' In The Rain - GENE KELLY (OST Singin' In The Rain, 1952)

Sixteen Tons - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (single, 1955)

Splish Splash - BOBBY DARIN (single, 1958)

Stupid Cupid - CONNIE FRANCIS (single, 1958)

Summertime Blues - EDDIE COCHRAN (single, 1958)

Sway (Quien Sera) - DEAN MARTIN (single, 1954)

Take Five - DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET (single, 1959)

Tequila - THE CHAMPS (b side on single, 1958) Top 10

That'll Be The Day - THE CRICKETS (single, 1957)

That's Amore - DEAN MARTIN (single, 1953) 

That's All Right - ELVIS PRESLEY, SCOTTY & BILL (single, 1954)

The Wonder Of You - RAY PETERSON (single, 1959)

Theme From "A Summer Place" - PERCY FAITH & HIS ORCHESTRA (single, 1959)

Tutti Frutti - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1955) Top 10

Vaya Con Dios / Johnny Is The Boy For Me - LES PAUL & MARY FORD (single, 1953)

Venus - FRANKIE AVALON (single, 1959)

Wake Up Little Susie - THE EVERLY BROTHERS (single, 1957)

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (b side on single, 1954) Top 10

What'd I Say - RAY CHARLES (single, 1959) 

When I Fall In Love - NAT KING COLE (single, 1957)

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - JERRY LEE LEWIS (single, 1957)

Why Do Fools Fall In Love - FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS (single, 1956)

You Are My Destiny - PAUL ANKA (single, 1957)

Young Love - TAB HUNTER (single, 1957)

The most significant Hellenic music releases of the 50s.

Other International songs of the 50's, known in Hellas:

A Big Hunk O' Love - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1959)

Ain't Got No Home - CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY (single, 1956)

Beyond The Sea - BOBBY DARIN (single, 1959)

Bird Dog - THE EVERLY BROTHERS (single, 1958)

Blue Suede Shoes - CARL PERKINS (single, 1956)

Buona Sera - LOUIS PRIMA (single, 1956)

Catch A Falling Star - PERRY COMO (single, 1957)

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - PEREZ PRADO (single, 1955)

Come On, Let's Go - RITCHIE VALENS (single, 1958)

Cry - JOHNNIE RAY & THE FOUR LADS (single, 1951)

Desafinado - JOAO GILBERTO (single, 1958)

Devil Or Angel - THE CLOVERS (single, 1956)

Diana - PAUL ANKA (single, 1957)

Don't - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1958)

Donna - RITCHIE VALENS (single, 1958)

Eso Es El Amor - LES CHAKACHAS (single, 1958)

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - ELLA FITZGERALD (LP Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, 1956)

Fever - LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (single, 1956)

Glendora - PERRY COMO (single, 1956)

Goodnight My Love - JESSE BELVIN (single, 1956)

Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - RAY PETERSON (single, 1959)

Got My Mojo Working - MUDDY WATERS (single, 1957 / single, 1960)

Histoire D'un Amour - DALIDA (b side on single, 1957)

How High The Moon - LES PAUL & MARY FORD (single, 1951)

I Wonder Why - DION & THE BELMONTS (single, 1958)

I'm Walkin' - FATS DOMINO (single, 1957)

I've Got A Woman - RAY CHARLES (single, 1954)

I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man - MUDDY WATERS (single, 1954)

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - THE FOUR LADS (single, 1953)

It Doesn't Matter Anymore - BUDDY HOLLY (single, 1959)

It's All In The Game - TOMMY EDWARDS (single, 1958)

Jezebel - FRANKIE LAINE (single, 1951)

Kiss Me Another - GEORGIA GIBBS (single, 1956)

Kiss Of Fire - GEORGIA GIBBS (single, 1952)

(Let Me Be Your) Tenny Bear - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1957)

Let's Do It - EARTHA KITT with HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA (single, 1954 / LP That Bad Eartha, 1954)

Lisbon Antigua - NELSON RIDDLE (single, 1955)

Lonely Boy - PAUL ANKA (single, 1959)

Long Tall Sally - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1956)

Love & Marriage - FRANK SINATRA (single, 1955)

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing - FOUR ACES (single, 1955)

Mack The Knife - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (single, 1955)

Memories Are Made Of This - DEAN MARTIN (single, 1955)

Milord - EDITH PIAF (single, 1959)

Misty - JOHNNY MATHIS (single, 1959)

Mr. Blue - THE FLEETWOODS (single, 1959)

Mr. Lee - THE BOBBETTES (single, 1957)

Mystery Train - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1955)

Patricia - PEREZ PRADO (single, 1958)

Peggy Sue - BUDDY HOLLY (single, 1957)

Piove (Ciao, Ciao Bambina) - DOMENICO MODUGNO (single, 1959)

Poor People Of Paris - LES BAXTER (single, 1956)

Rawhide - FRANKIE LAINE (single, 1959)

Rip It Up - LITTLE RICHARD (single, 1956)

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - JERRY LEWIS (single, 1956)

Rockin' Robin - BOBBY DAY (single, 1958)

Roll Over Beethoven - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1956)

Sh-Boom - THE CREW CATS (single, 1954)

Sleep Walk - SANTO & JOHNNY  (single, 1959)

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - THE PLATTERS (single, 1958)

So What - MILES DAVIS (LP Kind Of Blue, 1959)

Suzie Q - DALE HAWKINS (single, 1957)

Sweet Little Sixteen - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1958)

Tammy - DEBBIE REYNOLDS (single, 1957)

Teach Me Tiger - APRIL STEVENS (single, 1959)

Teen Beat - SANDY NELSON (single, 1959)

The Great Pretender - THE PLATTERS (single, 1955)

The Purple People Eater - SHEB WOOLEY (single, 1958)

The Third Man Theme - ANTON KARAS (single, 1949)

There's No Business Like Show Business - ETHEL MERMAN (OST There's No... 1954)

To Know Him Is To Love Him - THE TEDDY BEARS (single, 1958)

Uska Dara - EARTHA KITT (single, 1953)

Venezuela - HARRY BELAFONTE (b side on single, 1956)

What A Diff'rence A Day Makes - DINAH WASHINGTON (single, 1959)

Who Do You Love? - BO DIDDLEY (single, 1956)

Who's Sorry Now - CONNIE FRANCIS (single, 1957)

Witch Doctor - DAVID SEVILLE (single, 1958)

Yakety Yak - THE COASTERS (single, 1958)

You Don't Know Me - JERRY VALE (single, 1956)

You Send Me - SAM COOKE (single, 1957)

Relative unknown original 50s versions of covers well known in Hellas:

Cerisier Rose Et Pommier Blanc - ANDRE CLAVEAU (single, 1950)

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - PEREZ PREDO (single, 1955)

Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - MODERN ROMANCE (single, 1982)

Fever - LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (single, 1956) 

Fever - PEGGY LEE (single, 1958) 

Fever - ELVIS PRESLEY (LP Elvis Is Back!, 1960)

Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now - TERESA BREWER (single, 1952)

Gonna Get Along Without You Now - VIOLA WILLS (1979)

Hound Dog - BIG MAMA THORNTON (single, 1953)

Hound Dog - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1956)

Hurt - ROY HAMILTON (single, 1954)

Hurt - TIMI YURO (1961)

A Chi - FAUSTO LEALI (1967)

I'll Be Satisfied - JACKIE WILSON (single, 1959) 

I'll Be Satisfied - SHAKIN' STEVENS (single, 1982)

In Other Words - KAYE BALLARD (single, 1954)

Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - JULIE LONDON (1963)

Und Jetzt Ist Es Still - HORST WINTER (single, 1948)

It's All So Quiet! - BETTY HUTTON (single, 1951)

It's All So Quiet - BJORK (single, 1995)

Just Make Love To Me - MUDDY WATERS (single, 1954)

I Just Want To Make Love To You - ETTA JAMES (b side on single, 1961)

Kaw Liga - HANK WILLIAMS (single, 1953)

Kaw Liga - THE RESIDENTS (1986)

Mystery Train - LITTLE JUNIOR'S BLUE FLAMES (single, 1953)

Mystery Train - ELVIS PRESLEY (single, 1955)

Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir - ALFREDO DE ANGELIS feat. CARLOS DANTE (LP Nobleza De Arrabal, 1953) 

Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir - ALBERTO CASTILLO (1953) 

La Foule - EDITH PIAF (1957) 

Amor De Mis Amores - PACO (1988) 

Quien Sera - PABLO BELTRAN RUIZ (LP South Of The Border Cha-Cha-Cha, 1953) 

Sway - DEAN MARTIN (1954)

Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) - EDDIE MILLER & HIS OKLAHOMANS (single, 1950) 

Release Me - LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS (single, 1962) 

Release Me - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (single, 1967)

Rock Around The Clock - SONNY DAE & HIS KNIGHTS (single, 1954) 

(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (single, 1954)

Solidao (Cançào Do Mar) - AMALIA RODRIGUES (LP Amalia Rodrigues, 1955) 

Cancao Do Mar - DULCE PONTES (1993) 

Harem - SARAH BRIGHTMAN (2003)

The Hammer Song - THE WEAVERS (single, 1950) 

If I Had A Hammer - TRINI LOPEZ (single, 1963)

The Wild One - JOHNNY O'KEEFE & THE DEE JAYS (EP Shakin' At The Stadium, 1958)
Real Wild Child (Wild One) - IGGY POP (LP Blah Blah Blah, 1986)

Walking By Myself - JIMMY ROGERS (b side on single, 1956) 

Walking By Myself - GARY MOORE (LP Still Got The Blues, 1990)