Make a compilation album from 1955 tracks

We move back to the first year in this series. I can't really go back further with any kind of authority. Although I know some songs from before this period of time, I am certainly not fluid enough to start making compilations on those. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the time can take up the reigns, in spite of a somewhat limited interest in this.
Anyhow
Make (a) compilation(s) of songs that express 1955 musically for you.
They don't have to be singles
They don't have to be anything like mine.

Rock and Roll
Baby Lets Play House - Elvis Presley
Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino
Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Elvis Presley
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Shake Rattle And Roll - Bill Haley and the Comets
Only You - the Platters
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry

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Favorites from 55:

B.B. King – Everyday I Have The Blues
Big Joe Turner – Flip, Flop And Fly
Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock
Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry – Maybellene
Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
Etta James – Good Rockin’ Daddy
Fats Domino – Ain’t That A Shame
Johnny Cash – Folsom County Prison
Johnny Cash – Hey Porter
Johnny Cash – Cry! Cry! Cry!
Little Richard – Tutti-Fruitti
The Moonglows – Sincerely
Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
The Platters – The Great Pretender
The Platters – Only You

54 and earlier favorites:
Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle & Roll
Bill Haley & His Comets - Shake Rattle & Roll
Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
The Chords - Sh-Boom
Elvis Presley - That's All Right
Fats Domino - Reeling And Rocking
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
The Penguins - Earth Angel
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
The Spaniels - Good Night, Well It's Time To Go
Willie Mabon - I Don't Know

 

Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Bill Hayes

In the Jailhouse Now- Webb Pierce

Live Fast Love Hard, Die Young - Faron Young

Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler

Cherry pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado

 

As I did for 1956, here's a list of 20 songs from 1955 (in no particular order):

1. "The Great Pretender" - The Platters
2. "Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin
3. "I Hear You Knocking" - Smiley Lewis
4. "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces
5. "Baby Let's Play House" - Elvis Presley
6. "Maybelline" - Chuck Berry
7. "He's A Tramp" - Peggy Lee
8. "Earth Angel" - The Penguins
9. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" - Frank Sinatra
10. "Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
11. "Whatever Lola Wants" - Gwen Verdon (Adler/Ross)
12. "Bo Diddley" - Bo Diddley
13. "Hey, Porter" - Johnny Cash
14. "Ain't That A Shame" - Fats Domino
15. "A Fool For You" - Ray Charles
16. "The Door Is Still Open (To My Heart)" - The Cardinals
17. "Cherry Pink (and April Blossom White)" - Perez Prado
18. "Manish Boy" - Muddy Waters
19. "A Blossom Fell" - Nat King Cole
20. "Unchained Melody" - Les Baxter

 

1955:

Frankie Lymon & Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Etta James - The Wallflower
Nappy Brown - Don't Be Angry
Five Keys - Close Your Eyes
Wrens - Come Back My Love
Moonglows - Most of All
Cadillacs - Speedo
Cleftones - You Baby You
Harptones - Life Is But A Dream
Turbans - When You Dance
Platters - Only You
Platters - Great Pretender
Chuck Berry - Maybeliene
Shirley & Lee - Feel So Good
Moonglows - In My Diary
Clyde McPhatter - Seven Days
Hearts - Lonely Nights
Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame
Moonglows - Sincerely
Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love (though was released Dec 1954)
Nat King Cole - A Blossom Fell
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra - I Get Along Without You Very Well
Julie London - 'S Wonderful
Julie London - Glad There Was You
Dinah Washington - This Can't Be Love
Dinah Washington - I Could Write A Book

 

There's more R&R than I realized in 1955. But add some of those solid country and blues hits, and there's quite a good compilation there.