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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z OtherTop 1000

Top Country Songs of 1956

1955 <-1956-> 1957
    

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1956
1.
16



4
country




2.
12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer]
3.
13



6
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis & Elmer Rader
4.
12



7
country




B side to You're Running Wild
[Capitol 3523]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charley Louvin)
5.
17



3
country




[Decca 29805]
written by Webb Pierce & Danny Dill
6.
16



4
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds
7.
10



9
country




written by Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks & Howard Crockett (as Howard Hausey)
8.
12



7
country




[Capitol 3413]
written by Betty E. Harrison
9.
9



11
country




[Decca 29823]
written by Tillman Franks & Jimmie Davis
10.
14



5
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Dusty Rose & Betty Rose
11.
12



7
country




written by Werly Fairburn
12.
8



13
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
13.
9



11
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Hank Snow (as Clarence E. Snow)
14.
7



14
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyla De Rouche & Orville Proctor
15.
9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
16.
9



11
country




[Columbia 21493]
written by Danny Dill
17.
16



4
country




written by Ted Daffan
18.
14



5
country




19.
9



10
country




20.
17



3
country




[Starday 264]
written by George Jones
21.
12



7
country




written by Roy Botkin
22.
11



8
country




[RCA 47-6517]
written by Ben Weisman, Hal Blair & Bill Peppers
23.
17



3
country




written by Eddie Smith
24.
14



5
country




written by Hy Heath
25.
20



2
country




[Capitol F3443]
written by Don Gibson
26.
9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
27.
14



5
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Eddie Noack
28.
10



9
country




29.
12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Webb Pierce
30.
12



7
country




31.
10



9
country




32.
10



9
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Joe H. Brewster, Pearl D. Jones & Carl Smith
33.
20



2
country




written by Webb Pierce
34.
12



7
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Shirley Jones & Ray Price
35.
12



7
country




[Starday 247]
written by George Jones
36.
17



3
country




37.
13



6
country




38.
12



7
country




[Capitol 3523]
written by Don Winters & Ray Edenton
39.
17



3
country




US B side to I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
[Capitol 3369]
written by Faron Young & Ed Thorpe (as Eddie Thorpe)
40.
01/1956
23



✫1
country




[Capitol 3300]
written by Autry Inman
41.
01/1956
8



13
country




[Decca 9-29747]
written by Jimmy Lee Fautheree (as Jimmy Fautheree)
42.
01/1956
10



9
country




[Decca 9-29715]
written by Jack Newman & Charlie Walker
43.
01/1956
12



7
country




[RCA Victor 47-6365]
written by Richard M. Jones
44.
02/1956
16



4
country




[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash
45.
02/1956
16



4
country




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (uncredited)
46.
02/1956
316

2
US
✫1
country
2
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins
47.
02/1956
66

17
US
12
country




[Capitol 3343]
written by Merle Travis
48.
03/1956
440

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley
49.
03/1956
8



13
country




as Johnnie & Jack & The Tennessee Mountain Boys with Ruby Wells
[RCA Victor 47-6395]
written by John Bailes & Walter Bailes
50.
03/1956
66

19
US
8
country




US: B-side to Heartbreak Hotel
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude Demetrius & Hal Blair
51.
03/1956
12



7
country




[Capitol 3357]
written by Sonny James & Jack Morrow
52.
03/1956
7



15
country




[Decca 9-29825]
written by Bill Hamby & Clyde Chesser
53.
03/1956
16



4
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyle Gaston & Hank Thompson
54.
03/1956
11



8
country




55.
04/1956
10



9
country




[Dot 1278]
written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards
56.
04/1956
14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
57.
04/1956
20



2
country




as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charles Louvin)
58.
05/1956
14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Hayes & Buddy Dee
59.
05/1956
61

27
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Ralph Mooney & Chuck Seals
60.
05/1956
326

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
14
UK
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff
61.
05/1956
38

31
US
13
country




US: B-side to I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Arthur Big Boy Crudup (as Arthur Crudup)
62.
05/1956
7



14
country




[RCA Victor 47-6494]
written by Bill Monroe
63.
06/1956
83

17
US
✫1
country




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30]
[Sun 241]
written by Johnny Cash
64.
06/1956
200

7
US
5
country
8
R&B
16
UK
as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
[Capitol 3450]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves (disputed credits) & Tex Davis (disputed credits)
65.
06/1956
16



4
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Pat Patterson & Leon Payne
66.
06/1956
22

70
US
7
country




[Sun 243]
written by Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin (as Howard "Curley" Griffin)
67.
06/1956
9



11
country




[Capitol 3441]
written by Bill Smith
68.
07/1956
8



13
country




[Dot 1283]
written by Jimmy Newman
69.
07/1956
17



3
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Pee Wee Maddux
70.
07/1956
7



14
country




[Capitol 3408]
written by Dick Reynolds & Jack Rhodes
71.
07/1956
137

7
US
14
country
5
R&B


[Dot 45-15481]
written by Naomi Ford & Lee Hazlewood
72.
08/1956
13



6
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Leon Payne
73.
08/1956
449

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
2
UK
[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
74.
08/1956
273

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B


[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
75.
08/1956
9



10
country




[Decca 9-29887]
written by John Skye & Sonny James
76.
08/1956
10



9
country




[MGM 12194]
written by Don Gibson
77.
08/1956
7



15
country




[RCA 47-6601]
written by T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton
78.
09/1956
9



10
country




[RCA 47-6502]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
79.
09/1956
12



7
country




[Columbia 21538]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton
80.
09/1956
9



10
country




[Columbia 21539]
written by Wanda Jackson
81.
09/1956
8



11
country




as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin
82.
09/1956
82

17
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21545]
written by Melvin Endsley
83.
09/1956
7



14
country




[Hickory 1051]
written by Wilma Lee Cooper
84.
09/1956
20



2
country




85.
10/1956
12



7
country




US B side to Singing the Blues
[Columbia 21545]
written by Marty Robbins
86.
10/1956
7



15
country




[Capitol 3485]
written by Thelma Blackmon
87.
10/1956
333

✫1
US
3
country
3
R&B
11
UK
[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)
88.
11/1956
64

27
US
3
country
12
R&B


US: B-side to Love Me Tender
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens)
89.
11/1956
20



2
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Ray Price & Wayne Walker
90.
11/1956
38



12
country


30
UK
[Capitol 3542]
written by Sonny James
91.
11/1956
211

2
US
10
country
7
R&B


US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
92.
11/1956
8



11
country




[RCA Victor 47-6598]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
93.
11/1956
16



4
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Don Gibson
94.
11/1956
65

19
US
9
country




[Dot 45-15503]
written by Leroy Van Dyke & Buddy Black
95.
12/1956
13



6
country




[Decca 9-30087]
written by Dan Welch
96.
12/1956
337

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
11
UK
[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

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