TOP 100 DOT HITS
1951-1969
- Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone - 1957
- Young Love - Tab Hunter - 1957
- Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs - 1963
- The Green Door - Jim Lowe - 1956
- April Love - Pat Boone - 1957
- Wipe Out - The Surfaris - 1963
- I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone - 1956
- Calcutta - Lawrence Welk - 1961
- Don't Forbid Me - Pat Boone - 1957
- Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters - 1955
- Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn - 1955
- Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone - 1955
- Come Go With Me - The Dell-Vikings - 1957
- The Crazy Otto - Johnny Maddox - 1955
- I Hear You Knocking - Gale Storm - 1955
- Moody River - Pat Boone - 1961
- Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn - 1958
- Pink Shoe Laces - Dodie Stevens - 1959
- Dark Moon - Gale Storm - 1957
- I'll Be Home - Pat Boone - 1956
- P.S. I Love You - The Hilltoppers - 1953
- The Shifting, Whispering Sands - Billy Vaughn - 1955
- Pipeline - The Chantays - 1963
- Friendly Persuasion - Pat Boone - 1956
- Seventeen - The Fontane Sisters - 1955
- Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar - 1957
- Why Baby Why - Pat Boone - 1957
- Susie Darlin' - Robin Luke - 1958
- Trying - The Hill Toppers - 1952
- The Fool - Sanford Clark - 1956
- Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed - 1968
- At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) - Pat Boone - 1955
- Deck of Cards - Wink Martindale - 1959
- Only You (And You Alone) - The Hilltoppers - 1955
- Whispering Bells - The Dell-Vikings - 1957
- Marianne - The Hilltoppers - 1957
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor (On the Bedpost
Over Night?) - Lonnie Donegan - 1961 - Speedy Gonzales - Pat Boone - 1962
- Transfusion - Nervous Norvus - 1956
- A Wonderful Time Up There - Pat Boone - 1958
- Teen Age Prayer - Gale Storm - 1956
- Ivory Tower - Gale Storm - 1956
- Daddy-O - The Fontane Sisters - 1955
- Till Then - The Hilltoppers - 1954
- Ninety-Nine Ways - Tab Hunter - 1957
- Tutti Frutti - Pat Boone - 1956
- To Be Alone - The Hilltoppers - 1953
- Eddie My Love - The Fontane Sisters - 1956
- It's Too Soon to Know - Pat Boone - 1958
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - Gale Storm - 1956
- You Cheated - The Shields - 1958
- Sugar Moon - Pat Boone - 1958
- Hot Pastrami - The Dartells - 1963
- If Dreams Came True - Pat Boone - 1958
- I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You) -
The Hilltoppers - 1953 - Bernardine - Pat Boone - 1957
- From the Vine Came the Grape - The Hilltoppers - 1954
- A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn - 1962
- Memories Are Made of This - Gale Storm - 1956
- Wonderland by Night - Louis Prima - 1961
- Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward - 1963
- Remember You're Mine - Pat Boone - 1957
- One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) -
Barry Young - 1965 - Daisy Petal Pickin' - Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs - 1964
- Four Walls - Jim Lowe - 1957
- Long Tall Sally - Pat Boone - 1956
- It's Almost Tomorrow - Snooky Lanson - 1955
- Two Hearts - Pat Boone - 1955
- Weepin' and Cryin' - Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring
Tommy Brown - 1952 - Chains of Love - Pat Boone - 1956
- Confidential - Sonny Knight - 1956
- A Fallen Star - Jimmy Newman - 1957
- Twixt Twelve and Twenty - Pat Boone - 1959
- Cinderella - Jack Ross - 1962
- (Welcome) New Lovers - Pat Boone - 1960
- Look For a Star - Billy Vaughn - 1960
- Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark - 1969
- Raunchy - Billy Vaughn - 1958
- With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Pat Boone - 1959
- Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers - 1968
- Big Cold Wind - Pat Boone - 1961
- Talkin' to the Blues - Jim Lowe - 1957
- Am I That Easy to Forget - Debbie Reynolds - 1960
- Jimmy Brown the Newsboy - Mac Wiseman - 1959
- Last Date - Lawrence Welk - 1960
- When the White Lilacs Bloom Again - Billy Vaughn - 1956
- You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander - 1962
- For a Penny - Pat Boone - 1959
- For My Good Fortune - Pat Boone - 1958
- Letter From Sherry - Dale Ward - 1964
- Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke - 1956
- Step Out of Your Mind - The American Breed - 1967
- La Paloma - Billy Vaughn - 1958
- Little Red Rooster - Margie Day with Griffin Brothers
Orchestra - 1951 - There's a Gold Mine in the Sky - Pat Boone - 1957
- Ape Call - Nervous Norvus - 1956
- Dutchman's Gold - Walter Brennan - 1960
- Tra-La-La - Griffin Brothers featuring Tommy Brown - 1951
- Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin - 1968
- Darling Dear - The Counts - 1954
This list is comprised of songs released on Dot Records and its short-lived subsidiary labels Crystalette and Acta. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1951 through 1969.
Pat Boone leads all artists on the list with 28 hits, four of which are in the top ten. Billy Vaughn and The Hilltoppers share a distant runner-up spot with eight apiece. Gale Storm is next with six and The Fontane Sisters have four. Jim Lowe and The Griffin Brothers each appear three times. The mid-'50s were the strongest hitmaking period for the company; the years 1955 through 1958 account for more than half the total entries. Overall, 73 songs from the 1950s are on the list versus 27 from the 1960s.
