Here are the new entries ranked from best to worst:
This is really the first batch of records that tells me that rock n roll has properly arrived. The best record "At The Hop" is one of those records that I've known all my life that showcases how teenagers used to live in the 50s.
Instrumental rock has also arrived in the shape of "Raunchy" by Bill Justis, a record that's perhaps best known as the tune that George Harrison played when he auditioned to be in the Beatles.
Elvis Presley had 19 hits prior to 1958 but this is the first time he entered the charts in January and he did it twice. Chart topper "Jailhouse Rock" is the better known of these records and the better one in my opinion, though both are my least favourite of what I'd describe as being cool records for the time.
We have the debut of Sam Cooke which is "You Send Me", a pretty well known record that topped the American charts but only made number 29 here. It's one of 7 records that wouldn't feature if the charts were still a Top 20.
If it was still a Top 20 we'd only have 1 version of "Love Me Forever" which is the Marion Ryan version. However I prefer the Eydie Gorme version, though I don't particularly like either.
We would still have all 3 versions of "The Story Of My Life" if it was still a Top 20. It was the first Burt Bacharach and Hal David composition to make the UK charts but none of the versions were the original. Michael Holiday had the chart topper and once again we have Gary Miller providing an alternative version of a song. None of them are to my liking.
Down the bottom we have "Bye Bye Baby" by Johnny Otis Show which I guess you could describe as being the 50s equivalent of Jive Bunny. Not quite bad enough to give a zero to but it was close.
Overall I'd say the positives are rock n roll and the negatives are the same songs being repeated.
Score: 36
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