TOP 100 RCA VICTOR HITS
1950-1969
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado - 1955
- All Shook Up - Elvis Presley - 1957
- Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Wanted - Perry Como - 1954
- Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley - 1957
- Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) - Eddie Fisher - 1954
- (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley - 1957
- I'm a Believer - The Monkees - 1967
- If - Perry Como - 1951
- Hound Dog - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Be My Love - Mario Lanza - 1951
- Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como - 1953
- It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley - 1960
- Sugar, Sugar - The Archies - 1969
- Rock and Roll Waltz - Kay Starr - 1956
- Don't - Elvis Presley - 1958
- Round and Round - Perry Como - 1957
- I Need You Now - Eddie Fisher - 1954
- I'm Walking Behind You - Eddie Fisher - 1953
- Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley - 1960
- The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler - 1966
- The Three Bells - The Browns - 1959
- In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans - 1969
- I'm Moving On - Hank Snow - 1950
- You You You - The Ames Brothers - 1953
- Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter with
Eddie Heywood - 1956 - I Don't Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow - 1954
- Stuck on You - Elvis Presley - 1960
- The Thing - Phil Harris - 1950
- The Loveliest Night of the Year - Mario Lanza - 1951
- Too Much - Elvis Presley - 1957
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens - 1961
- I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March - 1963
- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Patricia - Perez Prado - 1958
- Any Time - Eddie Fisher - 1952
- I Get Ideas - Tony Martin - 1951
- He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves - 1960
- Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como - 1956
- Daydream Believer - The Monkees - 1967
- Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley - 1958
- (Love Theme from) Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini - 1969
- Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka - 1962
- A Big Hunk O' Love - Elvis Presley - 1959
- Last Date - Floyd Cramer - 1960
- No Other Love - Perry Como - 1953
- Slow Poke - Pee Wee King - 1952
- It Isn't Fair - Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell - 1950
- Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley - 1962
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Hugo Montenegro - 1968
- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley - 1969
- Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees - 1966
- There's No Tomorrow - Tony Martin - 1950
- Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como - 1958
- Don't You Know - Della Reese - 1959
- Return to Sender - Elvis Presley - 1962
- The End of the World - Skeeter Davis - 1963
- Wish You Were Here - Eddie Fisher - 1952
- Chain Gang - Sam Cooke - 1960
- Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - Elvis Presley - 1958
- Surrender - Elvis Presley - 1961
- Sweet Violets - Dinah Shore - 1951
- Ringo - Lorne Greene - 1964
- Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley - 1961
- Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction - 1969
- The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - The Ames Brothers - 1955
- Papa Loves Mambo - Perry Como - 1954
- (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley - 1958
- A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You - The Monkees - 1967
- That's All I Want From You - Jaye P. Morgan - 1955
- Banana Boat (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte - 1957
- Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley - 1965
- Get Together - The Youngbloods - 1969
- We'll Sing in the Sunshine - Gale Garnett - 1964
- Rhumba Boogie - Hank Snow - 1951
- In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley - 1969
- Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant) - Vaughn Monroe - 1951
- Hoop-Dee-Doo - Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters - 1950
- Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano - 1968
- I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters - 1953
- One Night - Elvis Presley - 1958
- Java - Al Hirt - 1964
- I Wanna Play House With You - Eddy Arnold - 1951
- Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka - 1961
- A Bushel and a Peck - Perry Como and Betty Hutton - 1950
- Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson - 1958
- There's Been a Change in Me - Eddy Arnold - 1951
- Hard to Get - Gisele MacKenzie - 1955
- I'm Yours - Eddie Fisher - 1952
- Love Me - Elvis Presley - 1956
- Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin - 1960
- Crying in the Chapel - June Valli - 1953
- The Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold - 1955
- The Old Lamplighter - The Browns - 1960
- Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane - 1967
- I Really Don't Want to Know - Eddy Arnold - 1954
- Geisha Girl - Hank Locklin - 1957
- Dungaree Doll - Eddie Fisher - 1956
This list is comprised of songs released on RCA Victor Records and its subsidiary labels "X," Vik, Colgems and Calendar. Rankings are based on the popularity of each song during the period of 1950 through 1969.
Elvis Presley predictably leads all artists on the list with 26 hits (including five in the top ten and four more in the top 20), followed by Perry Como with ten entries (including one with The Fontane Sisters and another with Betty Hutton) and Eddie Fisher with seven. Eddy Arnold and The Monkees are next with four apiece and Hank Snow has three. The company's peak came in Presley's breakout year, 1956, represented by ten songs on the list, six of which are by the "Big E" himself.