| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 08/1956 | | 451
 | US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19]
US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 2. | 10/1956 | | 440
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | [Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley |
 | 3. | 03/1956 | | 426
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley |
 | 4. | 06/1956 | | 382
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
| 5. | 09/1956 | | 378
| US 2
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley |
| 6. | 12/1956 | | 366
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | [Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton |
| 7. | 02/1956 | | 348
| US 4
UK ✫1 | [Dot 15443]
written by Ferdinand Washington & Stan Lewis |
| 8. | 07/1956 | | 342
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1 | hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
[Mercury 70893]
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy |
| 9. | 02/1956 | | 335
| US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner |
| 10. | 03/1956 | | 332
| US ✫1
UK 4 | [RCA 47-6427]
written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Emmanuel Chabrier |
| 11. | 10/1956 | | 328
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country 3
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437]
adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited) |
| 12. | 04/1956 | | 327
| US 4
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40654]
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner |
| 13. | 12/1956 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner |
 | 14. | 08/1956 | | 311
| US ✫1
US country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197]
charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley |
| 15. | 10/1956 | | 308
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock |
| 16. | 04/1956 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 9 | [Era 1013]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman |
| 17. | 09/1956 | | 304
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5 | [Dot 15486]
written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore |
 | 18. | 05/1956 | | 294
| US ✫1
UK 14
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff |
| 19. | 09/1956 | | 293
| US 3
UK 4 | written by Cole Porter |
| 20. | 02/1956 | | 292
| US 5
UK 2 | [Coral 61590]
written by Eugene Randolph & Dorian Burton |
 | 21. | 03/1956 | | 289
| US 2
UK 10
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 22. | 09/1956 | | 277
| US 5
UK 3 | [Dot 15490]
written by Dimitri Tiomkin & Paul Francis Webster |
| 23. | 06/1956 | | 269
| US ✫1
UK 14 | [Dot 15472]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 24. | 06/1956 | | 259
| US 7
UK 3 | [Coral 61636]
written by Bob Merrill |
| 25. | 04/1956 | | 257
| US 6
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Little Richard (as Richard Penniman) |
| 26. | 04/1956 | | 253
| US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | [Imperial 5386]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew |
| 27. | 04/1956 | | 250
| US 10
UK 2 | [RCA 47-6493]
written by Johnny Cowell |
| 28. | 01/1956 | | 237
| US 6
UK 7
US R&B 7 | [Decca 29791]
written by Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry) |
| 29. | 06/1956 | | 227
| US 5
UK 8 | [Cadence 1291]
written by Don Robertson |
 | 30. | 02/1956 | | 224
| US ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Capitol 3336]
written by Marguerite Monnot & Jack Lawrence |
| 31. | 10/1956 | | 222
| US 10
UK 5 | [RCA 47-6677]
written by Robert Barron & Burt Long |
| 32. | 06/1956 | | 220
| US 4
UK 10 | [RCA 47-6554]
written by Alex Alstone & Tom Glazer |
| 33. | 12/1956 | | 220
| US 3
UK 13 | [Columbia 40780]
written by Bob Hilliard & Philip Springer |
| 34. | 12/1956 | | 215
| US 4
UK 15
US R&B 14 | written by traditional |
| 35. | 08/1956 | | 215
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | [King 4950]
written by Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott & Shep Shepard |
| 36. | 04/1956 | | 213
| US ✫1 | [instrumental]
written by Eddie Delange, George Duning, Irving Mills & Will Hudson |
| 37. | 04/1956 | | 213
| US 6
UK 8 | [instrumental]
[Capitol 3391]
written by Don Robertson |
| 38. | 06/1956 | | 210
| US 7
UK 16
US country 5
US R&B 8 | as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves (disputed credits) & Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis (disputed credits) |
| 39. | 11/1956 | | 202
| US 2
US country 10
US R&B 7 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 40. | 01/1956 | | 194
| US 8
UK 8 | as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
[London 1650]
written by Lead Belly |
| 41. | 07/1956 | | 194
| US 2
US R&B 7 | [instrumental]
written by Eddie Heywood |
| 42. | 04/1956 | | 192
| UK ✫1 | written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II |
 | 43. | 03/1956 | | 192
| US 8
UK 9 | as Dick Hyman Trio
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
| 44. | 08/1956 | | 191
| US 59
UK ✫1 | [Columbia 40759]
written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard & Paddy Roberts |
| 45. | 08/1956 | | 184
| US 4
UK 28 | [Liberty 55022]
written by Billy Rose & Lee David |
| 46. | 03/1956 | | 182
| US 2 | [Fraternity 734]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele |
| 47. | 06/1956 | | 180
| US 2 | [Mercury 70878]
written by Al Hoffman & Dick Manning |
| 48. | 01/1956 | | 179
| US 2 | written by Robert Allen, Jimmy Arnold & Al Stillman |
| 49. | 03/1956 | | 173
| UK ✫1 | [London 1628]
written by Marguerite Monnot & Jack Lawrence |
| 50. | 02/1956 | | 173
| UK ✫1 | written by Gene Adkinson & Wade Buff |
| 51. | 03/1956 | | 172
| US 4
US R&B 4 | |
| 52. | 03/1956 | | 171
| US 14
UK 5 | [Decca 29834]
written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss & Larry Holofcener |
| 53. | 08/1956 | | 171
| US 3
US R&B 4 | [novelty] |
| 54. | 06/1956 | | 165
| US 8
UK 18 | B side to More
[RCA 47-6554]
written by Ray Stanley |
| 55. | 04/1956 | | 164
| US 4 | [instrumental]
written by Eddie Delange, George Duning, Irving Mills & Will Hudson |
| 56. | 04/1956 | | 163
| US 3 | [Columbia 40674]
written by Frank Loesser |
| 57. | 10/1956 | | 162
| US 3 | [Capitol 3552] |
| 58. | 12/1956 | | 160
| UK ✫1 | written by Melvin Endsley |
| 59. | 04/1956 | | 159
| US 8
UK 18 | [Dot 15457]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Little Richard (as Richard Penniman) |
| 60. | 04/1956 | | 156
| US 18
UK 5 | written by traditional |
| 61. | 08/1956 | | 156
| US 25
UK 4 | written by John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell |
| 62. | 10/1956 | | 149
| US 9
UK 26 | as Vince Martin with The Tarriers
[Glory 247]
written by Robert Barron & Burt Long |
| 63. | 07/1956 | | 148
| US 7
US country 14
US R&B 5 | [Dot 15481]
written by Naomi Ford |
| 64. | 03/1956 | | 144
| US 10
UK 22 | B side to Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
[RCA 47-6427]
written by Joe Sherman & Noel Sherman |
| 65. | 04/1956 | | 139
| UK 2 | as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group |
| 66. | 11/1956 | | 139
| UK 2 | written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore |
| 67. | 06/1956 | | 139
| UK 2 | |
| 68. | 11/1956 | | 138
| US 6 | [Colonial 420]
written by John D. Loudermilk |
| 69. | 04/1956 | | 136
| US 6 | [Dot 45-15458]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele |
| 70. | 11/1956 | | 132
| US 12
UK 12 | written by Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz & Joe Young |
| 71. | 07/1956 | | 131
| US 78
UK 3 | written by Arrett Keefer & Bill Haley |
| 72. | 08/1956 | | 131
| US 7 | [Cadence 1297]
written by Eddie Heywood & Norman Gimbel |
| 73. | 02/1956 | | 125
| US 20
UK 8 | Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
| 74. | 04/1956 | | 125
| US 20
UK 9 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423]
[EP]
[RCA 47-6492 (u)]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 75. | 03/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | [R]
[London 1654]
written by Richard Mullan & Tolchard Evans |
| 76. | 10/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | |
| 77. | 09/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | |
| 78. | 04/1956 | | 121
| US 21
UK 8 | [Capitol 3390]
written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh |
| 79. | 08/1956 | | 120
| US 8 | written by R. Allen |
| 80. | 06/1956 | | 119
| US 8 | [Dot 15470]
written by Jimmy Drake |
| 81. | 09/1956 | | 118
| US 15
UK 13 | written by Jesse Stone |
| 82. | 11/1956 | | 117
| US 9 | [Bally 1020] |
| 83. | 01/1956 | | 116
| US 9 | written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht |
| 84. | 03/1956 | | 115
| US 9 | written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner |
| 85. | 03/1956 | | 115
| US 19
UK 19
US country 8 | US: B-side to Heartbreak Hotel
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude DeMetris & Hal Blair |
| 86. | 04/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart |
| 87. | 09/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | written by Alex Alstone & Tom Glazer |
| 88. | 06/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | |
| 89. | 09/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | written by Freddie Bell & Pep Lattanzi |
| 90. | 05/1956 | | 113
| US 16
UK 27
US R&B ✫1 | [Atlantic 1092]
written by Joe Shapiro & Lou Stallman |
| 91. | 12/1956 | | 112
| US 11
UK 22 | written by Milton Kellem |
| 92. | 06/1956 | | 111
| US 28
UK 8 | [Capitol 3430]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman |
| 93. | 08/1956 | | 111
| US 10 | [Decca 29982]
written by Alan White & Leroy Lovett |
| 94. | 07/1956 | | 107
| US 17
UK 30
US R&B ✫1 | [Specialty 579]
written by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco |
| 95. | 10/1956 | | 107
| US 12
UK 23 | written by Dennise Norwood |
| 96. | 09/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | |
| 97. | 02/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | featuring The Keynotes
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller |
| 98. | 09/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | [R]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) |
| 99. | 09/1956 | | 101
| US 10 | [Dot 15490] |
 | 100. | 01/1956 | | 101
| US 17
UK 29
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
[Specialty 561]
written by Little Richard (as Richard Penniman) & Dorothy LaBostrie |
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