# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1957 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308 "2014-08-23T18:27:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/1 "2014-08-23T18:27:26Z")
The reaction to my first #1 retrospective thread has been boffo, and since I’ve never been one to stick to a schedule, I figured it’s about time to soldier on and look at the second full year in the history of the Hot (then Top) 100: 1957. As a side note; it occurs often in the history of the charts, as it does here, that a single stays at #1 over the New Year. For the sake of completeness, I’ve decided that I will include those songs in the voting for both years. That being said, here are the songs that made #1 in the US in 1957. What’s your favorite? Previous polls: [1955-56](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731649) [2012](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=675664) [2013](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=710843) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/2 "2014-08-23T18:36:22Z")
I considered Little Susie for a moment, then remembered the awesomeness of ‘All Shook Up’. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/3 "2014-08-23T18:59:36Z")
Much weaker set of songs then the previous year. I went with Jailhouse Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/4 "2014-08-23T19:19:43Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > Much weaker set of songs then the previous year. I went with Jailhouse Rock. Agreed–I’m having a hard time finding one I like in this list. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/5 "2014-08-23T19:43:36Z")
Elvis, “All Shook Up” (followed by Sam Cooke, “You Send Me,” followed by Everly Brothers, “Wake Up Little Susie”) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/6 "2014-08-23T22:42:04Z")
I have a hard time trying to resolve my like for a song I heard then(as a teenager) and how I like the song now. Not always the same. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/7 "2014-08-24T15:03:58Z")
This poll was more difficult:( How do I choose between Jailhouse Rock and All Shook Up? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/8 "2014-08-25T17:43:40Z")
As much as I love “All Shook Up,” I to go with “You Send Me.” I agree that this is a weak set of songs compare with '55-'56 and 1958. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/9 "2014-08-25T19:28:45Z")
Ditto the weak song year (and, God, wait until we get to the early 1960’s). Went with Jailhouse Rock because, you know, it’s all gay and shit. 😉 > [@](#): > > Number forty-seven said to number three: > “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see. > I sure would be delighted with your company, > come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me.” > Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock. > Everybody in the whole cell block > was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock. Keep 'em coming, Smapti! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/10 "2014-08-27T13:33:51Z")
Unfortunately, I don’t have the bandwidth to keep up with these, but enjoying perusing them. Too bad that the focus is, understandably, just on #1’s - songs like Susie Q, which have endured longer than most of the #1’s listed here, don’t get consideration. An immortal riff composed and performed by one of the all-time great Masters of the Telecaster, James Burton, then a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/11 "2014-08-31T00:42:58Z")
Sam Cooke, with _ **Jailhouse Rock** _ a close second. ---
**Author:** ![johnvp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@johnvp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnvp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/12 "2014-09-26T00:55:18Z")
1957 was my favorite year for good songs, but not these #1’s. Song that I thought were #1’s which beat all these are Buddy Knox “Party Doll,” Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” and Sonny James “Young Love.” ---
**Author:** ![johnvp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@johnvp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnvp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/13 "2014-09-26T14:25:12Z")
By the way, I couldn’t resist mentioning the song that didn’t do that well in Billboard but counting subsequent years sales would be the all-time #1 for records originally released in 1957. It was #1 on local Hartford radio in '57. Bobby Helms- Jingle Bell Rock ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/14 "2014-09-26T15:33:51Z")
Sam Cooke. Then the Everly Brothers. Elvis was always overrated. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/15 "2014-09-26T15:44:26Z")
Communist. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/16 "2014-09-26T23:13:15Z")
> [@Monstera\_deliciosa](#): > > As much as I love “All Shook Up,” I to go with “You Send Me.” Ditto. How can you can you not love: You send me right round, baby Right round like a record, baby Right round, right round He was way ahead of his time. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/17 "2014-10-24T17:05:46Z")
I picked You Send Me but I agree with the other contenders. A much better year than the one that followed it! ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1957/696308/18 "2014-10-24T22:54:56Z")
“Wake Up Little Susie” was the easy choice for me. Sam Cooke was a far second.