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<h2>1955</h2>
 
<table> 
<tr> 
<td>Name of Song</td>
<td>Buy It</td>
<td>Name of Artist</td>
<td>Date First at Number One</td>
<td>Length at Number One</td>
<td>Lyrics Link</td>
<td>YouTube Link</td>
 </tr>
 
<tr> 
<td>Rock Around the Clock</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001JXQG0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=countyh-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B0001JXQG0">Click Me</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haley_And_The_Comets%20">Bill Haley and The Comets</a></td>
 
<td>9 Jul 1955</td>
 
<td>8 weeks</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bill-haley/rock-around-the-clock/">Lyrics</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM">Click Me</a></td>
 </tr>
 
<tr> 
<td>The Yellow Rose of Texas</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XVRAX6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=countyh-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B000XVRAX6">Click Me</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Miller">Mitch Miller</a></td>
 
<td>3 Sep 1955</td>
 
<td>6 weeks</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.37thtexas.org/html/YelRoselyr.html">Lyrics</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRG70I92N4">Click Me</a></td>
 </tr>
 
<tr> 
<td>Love is a Many Splendored Thing</td>
 
<td>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7GABC?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=countyh-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B000E7GABC">Click Me</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Aces">The Four Aces</a></td>
 
<td>8 Oct 1955</td>
 
<td>2 weeks</td>
 
<td><a href="http://artists.letssingit.com/various-artists-lyrics-love-is-a-many-splendored-thing-vd5wb2x">Lyrics</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXPe3SvocM">Click Me</a></td>
 </tr>
 
<tr> 
<td>Autumn Leaves</td>
 
<td>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002Q9T?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=countyh-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B000002Q9T">Click Me</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_%28pianist%29">Roger Williams</a></td>
 
<td>29 Oct 1955</td>
 
<td>4 weeks</td>
 
<td>Instrumental</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cwXzT-NEgE">Click Me</a></td>
 </tr>
 
<tr> 
<td>Sixteen Tons</td>
 
<td>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJDQ5G?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=countyh-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B000VJDQ5G">Click Me</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford">Tennessee Ernie Ford</a></td>
 
<td>26 Nov 1955</td>
 
<td>7 weeks</td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/classic-country/sixteen-tons---tennessee-ernie-ford-14930.html">Lyrics</a></td>
 
<td><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU">Click Me</a></td>
 </tr>
 </table>

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