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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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1.
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
2.
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
3.
12/1956
337

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
11
UK
[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner
4.
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)
5.
05/1956
326

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
14
UK
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff
6.
02/1956
316

2
US
✫1
country
2
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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)
10.
07/1956
137

7
US
14
country
5
R&B


[Dot 45-15481]
written by Naomi Ford & Lee Hazlewood
11.
06/1956
83

17
US
✫1
country




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30]
[Sun 241]
written by Johnny Cash
12.
09/1956
82

17
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21545]
written by Melvin Endsley
13.
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
14.
02/1956
66

17
US
12
country




[Capitol 3343]
written by Merle Travis
15.
11/1956
65

19
US
9
country




[Dot 45-15503]
written by Leroy Van Dyke & Buddy Black
16.
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)
17.
05/1956
61

27
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Ralph Mooney & Chuck Seals
18.
11/1956
38



12
country


30
UK
[Capitol 3542]
written by Sonny James
19.
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)
20.
01/1956
23



✫1
country




[Capitol 3300]
written by Autry Inman
21.
06/1956
22

70
US
7
country




[Sun 243]
written by Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin (as Howard "Curley" Griffin)
22.
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)
23.
11/1956
20



2
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Ray Price & Wayne Walker
24.
20



2
country




written by Webb Pierce
25.
20



2
country




[Capitol F3443]
written by Don Gibson
26.
09/1956
20



2
country




27.
07/1956
17



3
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Pee Wee Maddux
28.
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)
29.
17



3
country




30.
17



3
country




written by Eddie Smith
31.
17



3
country




[Starday 264]
written by George Jones
32.
17



3
country




[Decca 29805]
written by Webb Pierce & Danny Dill
33.
06/1956
16



4
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Pat Patterson & Leon Payne
34.
03/1956
16



4
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyle Gaston & Hank Thompson
35.
02/1956
16



4
country




[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash
36.
11/1956
16



4
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Don Gibson
37.
02/1956
16



4
country




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (uncredited)
38.
16



4
country




written by Ted Daffan
39.
16



4
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds
40.
16



4
country




41.
14



5
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Eddie Noack
42.
14



5
country




written by Hy Heath
43.
14



5
country




44.
14



5
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Dusty Rose & Betty Rose
45.
04/1956
14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
46.
05/1956
14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Hayes & Buddy Dee
47.
13



6
country




48.
13



6
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis & Elmer Rader
49.
12/1956
13



6
country




[Decca 9-30087]
written by Dan Welch
50.
08/1956
13



6
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Leon Payne
51.
12



7
country




[Capitol 3523]
written by Don Winters & Ray Edenton
52.
12



7
country




[Starday 247]
written by George Jones
53.
12



7
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Shirley Jones & Ray Price
54.
12



7
country




55.
12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Webb Pierce
56.
12



7
country




written by Roy Botkin
57.
12



7
country




written by Werly Fairburn
58.
12



7
country




[Capitol 3413]
written by Betty E. Harrison
59.
12



7
country




B side to You're Running Wild
[Capitol 3523]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charley Louvin)
60.
12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer]
61.
09/1956
12



7
country




[Columbia 21538]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton
62.
03/1956
12



7
country




[Capitol 3357]
written by Sonny James & Jack Morrow
63.
10/1956
12



7
country




US B side to Singing the Blues
[Columbia 21545]
written by Marty Robbins
64.
01/1956
12



7
country




[RCA Victor 47-6365]
written by Richard M. Jones
65.
11



8
country




[RCA 47-6517]
written by Ben Weisman, Hal Blair & Bill Peppers
66.
03/1956
11



8
country




67.
10



9
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Joe H. Brewster, Pearl D. Jones & Carl Smith
68.
10



9
country




69.
10



9
country




70.
10



9
country




written by Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks & Howard Crockett (as Howard Hausey)
71.
04/1956
10



9
country




[Dot 1278]
written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards
72.
01/1956
10



9
country




[Decca 9-29715]
written by Jack Newman & Charlie Walker
73.
08/1956
10



9
country




[MGM 12194]
written by Don Gibson
74.
9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
75.
9



10
country




76.
9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
77.
09/1956
9



10
country




[RCA 47-6502]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
78.
08/1956
9



10
country




[Decca 9-29887]
written by John Skye & Sonny James
79.
09/1956
9



10
country




[Columbia 21539]
written by Wanda Jackson
80.
9



11
country




[Columbia 21493]
written by Danny Dill
81.
9



11
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Hank Snow (as Clarence E. Snow)
82.
9



11
country




[Decca 29823]
written by Tillman Franks & Jimmie Davis
83.
06/1956
9



11
country




[Capitol 3441]
written by Bill Smith
84.
09/1956
8



11
country




as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin
85.
11/1956
8



11
country




[RCA Victor 47-6598]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
86.
8



13
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
87.
07/1956
8



13
country




[Dot 1283]
written by Jimmy Newman
88.
01/1956
8



13
country




[Decca 9-29747]
written by Jimmy Lee Fautheree (as Jimmy Fautheree)
89.
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
90.
7



14
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyla De Rouche & Orville Proctor
91.
05/1956
7



14
country




[RCA Victor 47-6494]
written by Bill Monroe
92.
07/1956
7



14
country




[Capitol 3408]
written by Dick Reynolds & Jack Rhodes
93.
09/1956
7



14
country




[Hickory 1051]
written by Wilma Lee Cooper
94.
03/1956
7



15
country




[Decca 9-29825]
written by Bill Hamby & Clyde Chesser
95.
10/1956
7



15
country




[Capitol 3485]
written by Thelma Blackmon
96.
08/1956
7



15
country




[RCA 47-6601]
written by T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton

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