Top 18 1950s Love Songs, 50s Music

Love songs are what fill dance floors. They bring back memories and invoke a true feeling of love from within. Typically, couples will always dance to slow songs at wedding receptions. This post is focused on the most popular love songs of the 1950s. We have selected songs that also make fantastic first dance songs for brides and grooms.

The fifties were the dawn of Rock and Roll.  However, the mainstream included Doo-Wop, Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly, Country and many vocalists or Jazz artists.  Billboard nominated Elvis Presley as the artist of the decade of the Fifties.  If you are looking for a complete list of the best wedding songs from the 1950s, please visit our Top 100 Songs of the 1950s.

1950s Love Songs

18. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) – The Penguins
Released in 1954, Doo-Wop

17. In The Still of The Night – Five Satins
Released in 1956, Doo-Wop

16. To Know Him is To Love Him – The Teddy Bears
Released in 1958, Pop

15. That’s Amore – Dean Martin
Released in 1953, Pop

14. I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingos
Released in 1959, R&B

13. Memories Are Made Of This – Dean Martin
Released in 1956, Pop

12. You Send Me – Sam Cooke
Released in 1957, R&B

11. Pledging My Love – Johnny Ace
Released in 1955, R&B

10. For Your Precious Love – Jerry Butler & the Impressions
Released in 1958, R&B

9. Chances Are – Johnny Mathis
Released in 1957, Country

8. Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
Released in 1956, Rock

7. This I Swear – The Skyliners
Released in 1959, Doo-Wop

6. Only You – The Platters
Released in 1955, R&B

5. The Twelfth of Never – Johnny Mathis
Released in 1957, Country

4. When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
Released in 1956, R&B

3. A Kiss To Build A Dream On – Louis Armstrong
Released in 1951, Jazz

2. All The Way – Frank Sinatra
Released in 1951, Jazz

1. One in a Million – The Platters
Released in 1956, R&B