1955 Top Ten Songs: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On (#5)

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In looking at the top five of the songs that are now 70 years old, I see a lot of things that were also on the 100 favorites lists. In fact, all five of the top five were on those two lists. A little spoiler: three country, two pop. This is country (so Linda? NO!!!!!). Here’s the next 1955 song. #5: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On - Kitty Wells Yeah, she’s back. The Queen of Country Music. She co-wrote this song, another one of those “hey, the man is doing the cheating” songs that got her into trouble with radio DJs with her signature song, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” Earlier in the countdown I featured Charline Arthur, who defied what “the men” told her that a “proper female singer” should be. They killed her career. Kitty Wells never did the Wanda Jackson suggestive songs (Jackson’s “Fujiyama Mama” was banned by a lot of stations) or the Arthur dancing, but she was a trailblazer for women in country music. And, unlike others, she COULDN’T be stopped. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On Written by Kitty Wells and Billy Wallace Recorded by Kitty Wells Released as a single, 1955 I don’t trust you no more: