(Saturday, August 27, 1955) — “Ain’t That a Shame” by Fats Domino was the #16 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week. The song is ranked #438 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”

(Saturday, August 13, 1955) — “Hummingbird” by Les Paul & Mary Ford was the #8 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.

(Saturday, July 23, 1955) — “Learnin’ the Blues” by Frank Sinatra was the #2 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for two weeks.

(Saturday, July 23, 1955) — “Razzle-Dazzle” by Bill Haley and His Comets was the #15 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.

(Saturday, July 9, 1955) — “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets, widely considered to be the record that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world, was the #1 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for eight consecutive weeks (July 9/16/23/30, Aug. 6/13/20/27, 1955).

The song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”

Video: 'Chuck Berry - Maybelline (1955)'

(Saturday, May 21, 1955, afternoon) — Chuck Berry today recorded “Maybellene,” his first single release and his first hit, at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago for Chess Records.

(Saturday, May 21, 1955) — “Dance with Me, Henry” by Georgia Gibbs was the #2 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for one week.

(Saturday, May 14, 1955) — “Unchained Melody” by Les Baxter was the #2 song on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for six weeks.