* 1999: His 1955 recording of his song " Bo Diddley " inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame as a recording of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

* A Mighty Man is He ( 1955 ), play, wrote song Rag Me That Mendelssohn March

Dootone Records released The Penguins ' single " Hey Senorita " in late 1954 as the intended A-side, but a radio DJ flipped the record over to the B-side: " Earth Angel " worked its way up to # 1 on the Billboard charts ( the only Penguins song ever to fly that high ), and held that place for three weeks early in 1955.

* " Arrivederci Roma ", a 1955 popular song by Renato Rascel

It was not until 1955, when " Rock Around the Clock " was used under the opening credits of the film Blackboard Jungle, that the song truly took off.

The producers were looking for a song to represent the type of music the youth of 1955 was listening to, and the elder Ford borrowed several records from his son's collection, one of which was Haley's " Rock Around the Clock " and this was the song chosen.

The song re-entered the UK charts to reach number one in November 1955, and after a three-week break returned there for a further three weeks in January 1956.

The original theme song to Captain Kangaroo ( titled " Puffin ' Billy ") was used from 1955 to 1974.

The theme song, as recorded by The Four Aces, went to # 1 on the charts for four weeks in 1955 ( in the midst of the rock-and-roll era ) and won the Academy Award for Best Song.

Several weeks later, on December 19, 1955, Perkins and his band recorded the song during a session at Sun Studio in Memphis.

Phillips suggested changes to the lyrics (" Go, cat, go ") and the band changed the end of the song to a " boogie vamp ". On Ozark Jubilee Presley left Sun for a larger opportunity with RCA in November, and on December 19, 1955, Phillips, who had begun recording Perkins in late 1954, told Perkins, " Carl Perkins, you're my rockabilly cat now.

The opening Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin sequence in the 1955 film Oklahoma !, with Gordon MacRae singing the famous song while riding a horse past the stalks of corn " as high as a elephant's eye ", was filmed in Amado.

The train station sequence in the 1955 film classic Oklahoma !, with Gene Nelson singing and dancing the song " Kansas City " partly atop a moving train, was filmed in Elgin.

Axton subsequently presented the song to Presley in November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville.

Presley had first performed " Heartbreak Hotel " during a live show in December 1955 during a tour of the Louisiana Hayride, but the song gained strong popularity after his appearance on Stage Show in March 1956.

The song was written in 1955 by Mae Boren Axton, a high school teacher with a background in musical promotion, and Jacksonville based singer – songwriter Tommy Durden.

With a publishing deal in place, Axton arranged through Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker to present the song to Presley at the annual Country Music Disc Jockey Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was to be named the most promising male country star of 1955.

After signing with RCA on November 21, 1955, Presley accepted Axton's offer of a third of the royalties if he made the song his first single on his new label.

Presley performed the song for the first time in Swifton, Arkansas on December 9, 1955, and declared to the audience that it would be his first hit.

The soundtrack also contained use of the 1955 song " Unchained Melody ", composed by Alex North with lyrics by Hy Zaret, which appears in both instrumental form and the 1965 recording by The Righteous Brothers.

Produced by Milt Gabler, the recording was initially only moderately successful, but when it was used as the theme song for the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, it became the first international rock and roll hit, and the first such recording to go to No. 1 on the American musical charts.

" Louie Louie " is an American rock ' n ' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955.

* 1875 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist ( d. 1955 )

In 1955, at age 18, she married Richard Carleton Meeker whom Mary described as " the boy next door ," and within six weeks she was pregnant with her only child, Richard, Jr. ( born July 3, 1956 ).

* 1955 – Mary Landrieu, American politician

* Noel Coward & Mary Martin-Together With Music ( 1955 )

* Richard III ( 1955 ): Elizabeth was portrayed by Mary Kerridge.

* Performers Playing Opposite Sex: While several performers have won Tonys for roles that have involved cross dressing, only two have won for playing a character of the opposite sex: Mary Martin in the title role of Peter Pan ( 1955 ) and Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ( 2003 ).

Katherine Kiernan Maria " Kate " Mulgrew ( born April 29, 1955 ) is an American actress, most noted for her roles on Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Kathryn Janeway and Ryan's Hope as Mary Ryan.

He was married three times – Jean Enfield ( one daughter Mary Raymer, marriage ended in divorce in 1955 ), Laura Rae Araujo ( married in Mexico April 6, 1957, two daughters Michelle Beuttel and Katrina, divorced in Los Angeles June 1969 ).

* Mary Jo Codey ( born 1955 ), former First Lady of New Jersey.

Incarnation-St. James Catholic School ( formerly Incarnation School ), constructed in 1955, is a Pre-K to 8th grade parish school administered by The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and overseen by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton.

St. Gregory the Great Catholic School opened in 1955 under the Sisters of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Congregation.

* Mary Castle ( 1931 – 1998 ), actress who appeared with Jim Davis in the syndicated western television series Stories of the Century ( 1954 – 1955 )

Sir Anthony and his wife Mary had four children: Alexandra Mary ( born 1955 ), Antonia Ruth and Joanna Cynthia ( twins, born 1957 ), and Edward Anthony Morys ( born 1960 ).

* Small-part actress Mary Gregory was seen, starting in 1955, in well over a hundred TV episodes, including first season's " The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street " and third season's " The Shelter ".

Between 1870 and 1955, a feast was celebrated in honor of St. Joseph as Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the latter title having been given to him by Pope Pius IX.

Edward Fry was the father of the art critic and artist Roger Fry and the social reformers, Joan Mary Fry ( 1862 – 1955 ), Margery Fry ( 1874 – 1958 ) and Ruth Fry ( 1878 – 1962 ).

Extracts from the play were also used in Laurence Olivier's 1955 filmic adaptation of Richard III, starring Olivier himself as Richard, Cedric Hardwicke as Edward, John Gielgud as George and Mary Kerridge as Queen Elizabeth.

* Many Rivers to Cross ( 1955 ) Role: Mary Stuart Cherne

Mary Loretta Landrieu ( ; born November 23, 1955 ) is the senior United States Senator from the State of Louisiana and a member of the Democratic Party.

It was rededicated in 1955 to Mary, Queen of the World, by Pope Pius XII at the request of cardinal Paul-Émile Léger.

In the famous Mary Martin musical version of the play, which opened on Broadway in 1954 and was first televised in 1955, Tinker Bell was represented by a darting light, as on stage, accompanied by bell-like sounds.

The Gate and, across Bank Road, County Hall The hydro closed in 1955 and re-opened in 1956 as “ County Offices ”, when Derbyshire County Council moved its headquarters from St Mary ’ s Gate in Derby.

Catherine Theresa Mary Andrea " Cathy " Jones ( born April 6, 1955, in St. John's, Newfoundland ) is a Canadian comedian and writer.