Other #1 songs on July 17, 1955
Across genres and charts

I Don't Care by Webb Pierce

#1 country song

I Don't Care

Webb Pierce

Dreamboat by Alma Cogan

#1 song in the UK

Dreamboat

Alma Cogan

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets

#1 song

Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley & His Comets

Notable July 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Phoebe Snow

Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist

Born July 17, 1950

Lucie Arnaz

Actress

Born July 17, 1951

David Hasselhoff

Actor, Singer, and Television Personality

Born July 17, 1952

J. Michael Straczynski

Writer and Filmmaker

Born July 17, 1954

Bryan Trottier

And American Ice Hockey Player and Coach

Born July 17, 1956

Wendy Freedman

Astronomer

Born July 17, 1957

Susan Silver

Music Manager

Born July 17, 1958

Mark Bowden

Journalist and Writer

Born July 17, 1951

Nicolette Larson

Singer

Born July 17, 1952

Robert R. McCammon

Writer

Born July 17, 1952