Pre-1960 - Standout Songs from Non-Tier 1 Albums

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The "5" Royales - "Dedicated to the One I Love"

Amos Milburn - "Chicken Shack Boogie"
Amos Milburn - "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey"

Big Bill Broonzy - "Long Tall Mama"

Big Bill Broonzy - "Worrying You Off My Mind-Part I"

The Big Bopper - "Chantilly Lace"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "A.B.C. Boogie"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Burn That Candle"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere)"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Happy Baby"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Razzle-Dazzle"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Shake, Rattle and Roll"

Bill Haley & the Comets - "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)"
Bill Haley & the Comets - "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"

Billie Holiday - "Good Morning Heartache"
Bing Crosby - "Swinging On a Star"
Bing Crosby - "Winter Wonderland"

Blind Blake - "Chump Man Blues"

Blind Samie - "Come Around to My House Mama"
Bobby Charles - "See You Later, Alligator"
Bobby Day - "Rockin' Robin"
Bo Diddley - "I'm A Man - Single Version"
Buddy Holly - "Everyday"
Buddy Holly - "Heartbeat"
Buddy Holly - "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
Buddy Holly - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
Buddy Holly - "Little Baby"
Buddy Holly - "Look At Me"
Buddy Holly - "Peggy Sue"
Buddy Holly - "Rave On"
Buddy Holly - "Take Your Time"

Buddy Holly - "Valley of Tears"

Buddy Holly - "What to Do"

Buddy Holly - "You're So Square (Baby, I Don't Care)"
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - "Fool's Paradise"
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - "It's So Easy"
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - "Think It Over"

Burl Ives - "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
Buster Brown - "Fannie Mae"
The Cadillacs - "Speedo"

Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes"

Carl Perkins - "Boppin' the Blues"

Carl Smith - "Back Up Buddy"

Carl Smith - "Go Boy Go"

Carl Smith - "I Just Dropped in to Say Goodbye"

Carl Smith - "It's a Lovely, Lovely World"

Carl Smith - "Just Wait Till I Get You Alone"

Carl Smith - "Let's Live a Little"

Carl Smith - "There's Nothing as Sweet as My Baby"

The Champs - "Tequila"

Charlie Walker - "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down"

Charlie Walker - "Who Will Buy the Wine"
The Chords - "Sh-Boom"
Chuck Berry - "Almost Grown"
Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode"
Chuck Berry - "Little Queenie"
Chuck Berry - "Maybellene"
Chuck Berry - "Rock and Roll Music"
Chuck Berry - "Roll Over Beethoven"
Chuck Berry - "Run Rudolph Run"
Chuck Berry - "Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller"
Chuck Berry - "Thirty Days"
Chuck Berry - "Too Much Monkey Business"
Chuck Berry - "You Can't Catch Me"
The Clovers - "Devil or Angel"
The Clovers - "Love Potion No. 9"
The Clovers - "One Mint Julep"
Clyde McPhatter - "A Lover's Question"

Clyde McPhatter - "Come What May"

The Coasters - "Down in Mexico"
The Coasters - "Yakety Yak"

The Crickets - "I'm Looking for Someone to Love"

The Crickets - "Maybe Baby"

The Crickets - "Not Fade Away"

The Crickets - "Oh, Boy!"

The Crickets - "Rock Me My Baby"

The Crickets - "Tell Me How"

The Crickets - "That'll Be the Day"

The Crickets - "You've Got Love"

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take Five"

Dean Martin - "I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls with Your Love Letters"
Dean Martin - "That's Amore"

Del Shannon - "Runaround Sue"

The Del-Vikings - "Come Along with Me"

The Del-Vikings - "Come Go with Me"

Dinah Washington - “What a Diff’rence a Day Made”
Dion & the Belmonts - "I Wonder Why"
Dion & the Belmonts - "A Teenager In Love"

The Drifters - "Money Honey"

The Drifters - "There Goes My Baby"
Eddie Cantor - "You'd Be Surprised"
Eddie Cochran - "C'Mon Everybody"
Eddie Cochran - "Summertime Blues"

Edith Piaf - "Mon manege a moi"

Edith Piaf - "Non, je ne regrette rien"

Ella Fitzgerald - "Dream A Little Dream of Me"

Ella Fitzgerald - "Undecided"
Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up"

Elvis Presley - "Blue Suede Shoes"
Elvis Presley - "Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley - "Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock"

Elvis Presley - "My Baby Left Me"

Elvis Presley - "One-Sided Love Affair"

Elvis Presley - "Shake, Rattle & Roll"

Elvis Presley - "That's All Right"

Ernest Tubb - "Two Glasses Joe"

The Everly Brothers - “Bye Bye Love”
The Everly Brothers - "Cathy's Clown"

The Everly Brothers - "Wake Up Little Susie"

Faron Young - "Goin' Steady"

Faron Young - "I Can't Wait (For the Sun to Go Down)"

Faron Young - "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

Faron Young - "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young"
Fats Domino - "Ain't That A Shame"
Fats Domino - "All By Myself"
Fats Domino - "Blueberry Hill"
Fats Domino - "I'm Walkin'"
Fats Domino - "When the Saints Go Marching In"
The Five Satins - "In the Still of the Night"
The Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes for You"

The Flamingos - "I'm Coming Home"

Frank Sinatra - "Cheek to Cheek"

Frank Sinatra - "Come Dance with Me"

Frank Sinatra - "Come Fly with Me"

Frank Sinatra - "Dancing in the Dark"

Frank Sinatra - "I Could Have Danced All Night"

Frank Sinatra - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"

Frank Sinatra - "I Thought About You"

Frank Sinatra - "I Wish I Were In Love Again"

Frank Sinatra - "If I Had You"

Frank Sinatra - "I'll Be Around"

Frank Sinatra - "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"

Frank Sinatra - "Isle of Capri"

Frank Sinatra - "It All Depends On You"

Frank Sinatra - "Just In Time"

Frank Sinatra - "Night & Day"

Frank Sinatra - "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)"

Frank Sinatra - "Something's Gotta Give"

Frank Sinatra - "Too Marvelous for Words"

Frank Sinatra - "You Make Me Feel So Young"
Frankie Ford - "Sea Cruise"
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - "I Want You to Be My Girl"
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
Fred Astaire - "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Fred Astaire - "We Saw the Sea"
The Genies - "Who's That Knocking"

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - "Be-Bop-A-Lula"

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - "Red Blue Jeans and a Pony Tail"
George Jones - "Too Much Water"
Guitar Slim - "Well I Done Got Over It"

Hank Snow - "(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such As I"

Hank Snow - "Would You Mind"

Hank Williams - "Baby We're Really In Love"

Hank Williams - "Cold, Cold Heart"

Hank Williams - "Dear John"
Hank Williams - "Hey, Good Lookin'"

Hank Williams - "I Saw the Light"

Hank Williams - "I Won't Be Home No More"
Hank Williams - "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive"

Hank Williams - "Lost Highway"
Hank Williams - "Mind Your Own Business"

Hank Williams - "Moanin' the Blues"

Hank Williams - "Move It On Over"

Hank Williams - "Nobody's Lonesome for Me"

Hank Williams - "Settin' the Woods On Fire"

Hank Williams - "Take These Chains from My Heart"

Hank Williams - "Why Don't You Love Me"

Hank Williams - "Why Should We Try Anymore"

Hank Williams - "You Win Again"
Hank Williams - "Your Cheatin' Heart"

Harry Belafonte - "Banana Boat (Day-O)"

Harry Belafonte - "Come Back Liza"

Harry Belafonte - "I Do Adore Her"

Harry Belafonte - "Jamaica Farewell"

The Ink Spots - "The Gypsy"

The Ink Spots - "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire"
The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"

The Ink Spots - "I'm Beginning to See the Light"

The Ink Spots - "I'm Making Believe"

The Ink Spots - "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"

The Ink Spots - "My Prayer"

The Ink Spots - "Prisoner of Love"

Jackie Wilson - "That's Why (I Love You So)"
Jackie Wilson - "Reet Petite"
J.B. Lenoir - "Mama Talk to Your Daughter"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Breathless"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "High School Confidential"
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"

Jim Reeves - "Penny Candy"

Johnny Cash - "All Over Again"

Johnny Cash - "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"

Johnny Cash - "Big River"

Johnny Cash - "Five Feet High and Rising"

Johnny Cash - "Home of the Blues"

Johnny Cash - "I Still Miss Someone"
Johnny Cash - "I Walk the Line"

Johnny Cash - "There You Go"
The Kingston Trio - "M.T.A."

The Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"

Kitty Wells - "I Heard the Juke Box Playing"

Kitty Wells - "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"

Larry Williams - "Bony Moronie"
Larry Williams - "Slow Down"

Lead Belly - “Cotton Fields”

Lead Belly - “Frankie & Albert”

Leroy Carr - "Papa's On the House Top"
Link Wray & His Ray Men - "Rumble"
Little Richard - "Good Golly Miss Molly"

Little Richard - "Jenny, Jenny"

Little Richard - "Long Tally Sally"

Little Richard - "Lucille"

Little Richard - "Ready Teddy"

Little Richard - "Rip It Up"

Little Richard - "Slippin and Slidin (Peepin and Hidin)"

Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti"
Little Walter - "My Babe"

Louis Armstrong - "Life Is So Peculiar"

Louis Jordan - "Barnacle Bill the Sailor"

Louis Jordan - "Beware"
Louis Jordan - "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"

Louis Jordan - "Doug the Jitterbug"

Louis Jordan - "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) - 1943 Single Version"

Louis Jordan - "Louisville Lodge Meeting"

Louis Jordan - "Teardrops from My Eyes"

Miles Davis - "Freddie Freeloader"

Miles Davis - "So What"

The Mills Brothers - "I'll Be Around"
The Mills Brothers - "Paper Doll"

Milt Jackson - "The Late Late Blues"
The Monotones - "The Book of Love"

Muddy Waters - "Diamonds At Your Feet"

Muddy Waters - "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"

Nappy Brown - "Little by Little"

Nat King Cole - “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas”

Patsy Cline - "Crazy"

Patsy Cline - "Foolin' 'Round"

Patsy Cline - "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)"

Patsy Cline - "Heartaches"

Patsy Cline - "I Fall to Pieces"

Patsy Cline - "Lovesick Blues"
Patsy Cline - "Turn the Cards Slowly"

Patsy Cline - "Walkin' After Midnight"

Paul Anka - "Put Your Head On My Shoulder"
Peggy Lee - "Everybody Loves Somebody"
Peggy Lee - "Waitin' for the Train to Come"
The Penguins - "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)"
Perez Prado - "Mambo N. 8"
The Platters - "The Great Pretender"
The Platters - "Only You (And You Alone)"
Professor Longhair - "Bald Head"
Ray Charles - "I've Got a Woman"
Ruth Brown - "Lucky Lips"
Ruth Brown - "Teardrops from My Eyes"

Sam Cooke - "Little Things You Do"
Sam Cooke - "You Send Me"

Sarah Vaughan - "Black Coffee"
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "I Put a Spell On You"
The Silhouettes - "Get a Job"
The Skyliners - "Since I Don't Have You"
The Solitaires - "Walking Along"

Tom Lehrer - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City"

Woody Guthrie - "The Biggest Thing That Mas Has Ever Done"

Woody Guthrie - “Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road”

Woody Guthrie - "Car Song"

Woody Guthrie - "Do Re Mi"

Woody Guthrie - "Dust Bowl Refugee"

Woody Guthrie - "Dust Cain't Kill Me"

Woody Guthrie - “Dusty Old Dust (It’s Been Good to Know Yuh)”

Woody Guthrie - "Hard Ain't It Hard"

Woody Guthrie - “I Ain’t Got No Home In This Word Anymore”

Woody Guthrie - “Oregon Trail”

Woody Guthrie - “Rambling Round”

Woody Guthrie - “The Sinking of the Reuben James”

Woody Guthrie - "Talking Fishing Blues"

Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land"

Woody Guthrie - “When the Curfew Blows”

Woody Guthrie - “When the Curfew Blues”

Wynonie Harris - "Good Rockin' Tonight"