Other #1 songs on December 20, 1955
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Hands Off

Priscilla Bowman with Jay McShann and his Orchestra

#1 song in the UK

Christmas Alphabet

Dickie Valentine

#1 song

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato

Notable December 20 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Marta Russell

Journalist

Michael Badalucco

Actor

Guy Babylon

Keyboardist and Composer

Mike Watt

Musician

Doug Nordquist

High Jumper

Sandra Cisneros

Writer

Blanche Baker

Actress

Anita Ward

Singer and Musician

James Thomson

Developmental Biologist