Other #1 songs on December 15, 1955
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Hands Off

Priscilla Bowman with Jay McShann and his Orchestra

#1 song in the UK

Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley & His Comets

#1 song

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato

Notable December 15 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Melanie Chartoff

Actress

Born December 15, 1950

Rudi Protrudi

Rock Musician, Artist, and Actor

Born December 15, 1952

J. M. DeMatteis

Writer

Born December 15, 1953

Mark Warner

Politician

Born December 15, 1954

John Lee Hancock

Filmmaker

Born December 15, 1956

Mario Marois

Former Ice Hockey Defenceman

Born December 15, 1957

Richard Kastle

Classical Pianist and Composer

Born December 15, 1958

Sylvester James Gates

Physicist

Born December 15, 1950

Julie Taymor

Film and Theatre Director and Writer

Born December 15, 1952