The #1 song on August 24, 1955

Rock Around the Clock By Bill Haley & His Comets

Other #1 songs on August 24, 1955

UK #1 Song

Rose Marie
Slim Whitman

#1 R&B Song

Maybellene
Chuck Berry

#1 Country Song

I Don't Care
Webb Pierce

Notable August 24 birthdays in the 1950s

Ron Holloway
Saxophonist
Born August 24, 1953

Billy Chow
Movie Actor
Born August 24, 1958

Orson Scott Card
Novelist
Born August 24, 1951

Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Player
Born August 24, 1960

Vincent Paterson
Director
Born August 24, 1959

Francesca Zambello
Director
Born August 24, 1956

Stephen Fry
Movie Actor
Born August 24, 1957