The Top 5 Songs for each of our 4 Years at Central

Each of the songs can be downloaded in Mp3 format by clicking on them.

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The full list of the top 100 songs of each of the 4 years is here.

1955

1955 1 Perez Prado Cherry pink and apple blossom white
1955 2 Bill Haley and the Comets Rock around the clock
1955 3 Mitch Miller The yellow rose of Texas
1955 4 Crew Cuts Earth angel
1955 5 Chuck Berry Maybellene

1955 Rock 'n' Roll Musician Bill Haley Records "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK"
1955--Movie Star James Dean is killed in a car crash
1955--Jonas Salk's Vaccine against polio is in widespread use

1956

1956 1 Elvis Presley Heartbreak hotel
1956 2 Elvis Presley Don't be cruel
1956 3 Fats Domino Ain't that a shame
1956 4 Platters My prayer
1956 5 Gogi Giant The wayward wind

1956--TV News Show "The Huntley & Brinkley Report" started
1956--David Niven stars in the Film "AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS"
1956--Grace Kelley marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco
1956--Heavyweight undefeated Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano retires
1956--Elvis Presley records his first hit record "HEARTBREAK HOTEL"

1957

1957 1 Elvis Presley All shook up
1957 2 Pat Boone Love letters in the sand
1957 3 Diamonds Little darlin'
1957 4 Tab Hunter Young love
1957 5 Nat King Cole Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

1957--Dr. Seuss publishes the children's book "The CAT IN THE HAT"
1957--The USSR launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Satellite

1958

1958 1 Penguins Earth angel
1958 2 Everly Brothers All I have to do is dream
1958 3 Elvis Presley Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes
1958 4 David Seville Witch doctor
1958 5 Ritchie Valens La bamba

1958--Arnold Plamer wins the Master Golf Tournament for the first time
1958--NASA is founded "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration"
1958--The USA launches two Scientific Satellites The Explorer I and the Vanguard I
1958-- "Doctor Zhivago" is publish by Russian Writer Boris Pasteinak
1958--The novel "BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS" is publish by American writer Truman Capote
1958--Wilson Greatbatch invents an artificial pacemaker to control heartbeat

All 20 songs can be burned to a CD that will play in your car or home stereo. If you need this done for you send me $15 Bucks a few more if you are international. if you are strapped send less. If you are really hurtin' let me know and I'll send one free. Any profit will be used to offset the cost of operating this site.

If you have a few more favorites from the big list let me know and I will try to sneak them on the same CD.

Here is a sample CD that was ordered by one of our classmates