The #1 song on August 23, 1955

Rock Around the Clock By Bill Haley & His Comets

Other #1 songs on August 23, 1955

UK #1 Song

Rose Marie
Slim Whitman

#1 R&B Song

Maybellene
Chuck Berry

#1 Country Song

I Don't Care
Webb Pierce

Notable August 23 birthdays in the 1950s

Skipp Sudduth

Born August 23, 1956
Charles Busch

Born August 23, 1954
Mark Hudson

Born August 23, 1951