What were popular songs in 1954?
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Below, you will find a link to the Top 40 listings for 1954.  It includes great songs by The Four Aces, Guitar Slim, Les Paul & Mary Ford, The Midnighters, The Mills Brothers, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, and Louis Armstrong, as well as rather off-the-wall hits like Andy Griffith's "What It Was, Was Football".
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George Harrison - My Sweet Lord\nlots of Talking Heads songs\nthere's a sitar in "Venus in Furs" by the Velvet Underground, dl that!
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this past week - songs from the 21st century\n\nnext week - Country
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Keep in mind this is my opinion, but here goes,\n\n1. You Light Up My Life = Debby Boone (heard it way too many times when I was a kid. I wanted to murder Pat Boone's Daughter.)\n\n2.The Lonely Goatheard by Julie Andrews and the cast of Sound of Music (you know the lay-ee-oh-lay-ee-oh-lay song?...Enough!!!)\n\nand 3. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go by WHAM!(Just keep it on repeat for about five minutes and you'll see what I mean.)
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Hello Goodbye by the Beatles\nThatll be the Day by Buddy Holly\nShe Loves You by the Beatles\nJohnny B Goode by Chuck Berry and\nHound Dog by Elvis
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"Got to Get You Into My Life" by the Beatles. "Vehicle" by Ides of March. Lots of hits by Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Sly & the Family Stone.
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Wind Beneath my Wings is played a lot.  Also a lot of hymns or classical music without lyrics. Greensleeves and stuff like that.
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Patsy Cline\n\nWalkin' After Midnight
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I would say, man it is quite a few, but in the category pop rock, probably Richard Marx's Right Here Waiting for You or OMD "If you Leave." Now, if you talking about modern pop rock, probably Evanscence's Bring Me to Life. I love that song.
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November Rain ... Guns N Roses ...( :) \nWhite Wedding .... Billy idol\nGet down on it .... cool and the Gang\nThe Birdie song.... ( sad but it works )\nSaterday night .... Winfield\nMacreena..... ???\nCan you Fell it ... Jackson 5 ( the chimp is a option... lol )\nSummer Jam.. .. united nations\nIts Raining men .... The Weather Girls ..( crap but a dance hit )\n\nHope this helps.\nEnjoy the party... :)
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crazy by gnarls barkley\nany song by louis xiv [finding out true love is blind, paper doll, etc.]\nany song by franz feridnand  [take me out, michael, the fallen, etc.]\nany song by rooney  [daisy duke, if it were up to me, etc.]\nany song by j.c. chasez  [build my world, 100 ways, come to me, etc.]\nany song by the bravery  [unconditional, no brakes, out of line, etc.]\nany song by bloc party  [helicopter, this modern love, banquet, etc.]\nany song by tom petty [refugee, mary jane's last dance, free fallin', etc.]\nany song by jack johnson  [gone, better together, good people, etc.]\netc. etc.
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"Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran (I think)\n"My Life" - Billy Joel\n"Our House" - Madness\n"Whip It" - Devo\n"Lola" - Kinks
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"tears in heaven"\n"wonderful tonight"\n"sunshine of your love"\n"layla" (acoustic or not)\n"change the world"\n"blue eyes blue"
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1.  "Beast of Burden"  by  The Rolling Stones\n2.  "Good Day Sunshine"  by  The Beatles\n3.  "Sky Pilot"  by  Eric Burdon and the Animals\n4.  "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"  by  Gerry and the Pacemakers\n5.  "Groovy Kind of Love"  by  The Mindbenders\n6.  ?\n7.  "Hold Me Now"  by  The Thompson Twins\n8.  "Time Has Come Today"  by  The Chambers Brothers
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Billboard didn't start calculating its Music Popularity Chart until 1940, but here are the top songs according to one one site.\n\nTop 20 Songs of 1935\nhttp://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Home.html\n\n1. On The Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple \n2. Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire\n3. Blue Moon - Glen Gray\n4. You're The Top - Cole Porter \n5. It Ain't Necessarily So - Leo Reisman \n6. Red Sails In The Sunset - Guy Lombardo or Bing Crosby\n7. Top Hat - Fred Astaire \n8. Truckin' - Fats Waller \n9. Lullaby of Broadway - Dorsey Brothers or Little Jack Little\n10. Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life - Nelson Eddie \n11. I'm In The Mood For Love - Little Jack Little or Louis Armstrong\n12. Lovely To Look At - Eddy Duchin\n13. Chasing Shadows - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra\n14. In A Little Gypsy Tea Room - Bob Crosby\n15. She's a Latin From Manhattan - Victor Young\n16. Isle of Capri - Ray Noble\n17. And Then Some - Ozzie Nelson\n18. You Are My Lucky Star - Eddy Duchin\n19. The Music Goes Round and Round - Edyth Wright, Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven\n20. Lady In Red - Louis Prima or Xavier Cugat
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search the net for ballads
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May 10, 1954\n\nhttp://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9343590?tocId=9343590