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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 Other • Top 1000

Top Country Songs of 1956

1955 <-1956-> 1957
    

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1.
1956

According to My Heart / The Mother of a Honky Tonk Girl by Jim Reeves

from According to My Heart   
16



4
country




written by Gary Walker, Shorty Long & Bob Newman
2.
1956

Any Old Time by Webb Pierce

12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer]
3.
11/1956

Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) by Elvis Presley

from Any Way You Want Me EP   
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)
4.
11/1956

Auctioneer by Leroy Van Dyke

65

19
US
9
country




[Dot 45-15503]
written by Leroy Van Dyke & Buddy Black
5.
06/1956

Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent

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)
6.
1956

Before I Met You by Carl Smith

13



6
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis & Elmer Rader
7.
02/1956

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins   
316

2
US
✫1
country
2
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins
8.
06/1956

Boppin' the Blues by Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins   
22

70
US
7
country




[Sun 243]
written by Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin (as Howard "Curley" Griffin)
9.
08/1956

Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) by Eddy Arnold

7



15
country




[RCA 47-6601]
written by T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton
10.
1956

Cash on the Barrel Head by The Louvin Brothers

12



7
country




B side to You're Running Wild
[Capitol 3523]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charley Louvin)
11.
1956

Cause I Love You by Webb Pierce

17



3
country




[Decca 29805]
written by Webb Pierce & Danny Dill
12.
09/1956

Cheated Too by Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

7



14
country




[Hickory 1051]
written by Wilma Lee Cooper
13.
07/1956

Come Back to Me by Jimmy Newman

8



13
country




[Dot 1283]
written by Jimmy Newman
14.
1956

Conscience I'm Guilty by Hank Snow

16



4
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds
15.
05/1956

Crazy Arms by Ray Price

61

27
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Ralph Mooney & Chuck Seals
16.
08/1956

Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
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
17.
08/1956

Doorstep to Heaven by Carl Smith

13



6
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Leon Payne
18.
02/1956

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar   
16



4
country




as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (uncredited)
19.
03/1956

For Rent (One Empty Heart) by Sonny James

12



7
country




[Capitol 3357]
written by Sonny James & Jack Morrow
20.
12/1956

Go Away with Me by The Wilburn Brothers

13



6
country




[Decca 9-30087]
written by Dan Welch
21.
03/1956

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP   
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
22.
05/1956

Hold Everything (Till I Get Home) by Red Sovine

14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Hayes & Buddy Dee
23.
1956

Honky-Tonk Man by Johnny Horton

10



9
country




written by Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks & Howard Crockett (as Howard Hausey)
24.
1956

Hoping That You're Hoping by The Louvin Brothers

12



7
country




[Capitol 3413]
written by Betty E. Harrison
25.
08/1956

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
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
26.
1956

How Far Is Heaven by Kitty Wells

9



11
country




[Decca 29823]
written by Tillman Franks & Jimmie Davis
27.
1956

Hula Rock by Hank Snow

14



5
country




[RCA 47-6578]
written by Dusty Rose & Betty Rose
28.
10/1956

I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) by Marty Robbins

12



7
country




US B side to Singing the Blues
[Columbia 21545]
written by Marty Robbins
29.
01/1956

I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby by The Louvin Brothers

23



✫1
country




[Capitol 3300]
written by Autry Inman
30.
1956

I Feel Like Cryin' by Carl Smith

12



7
country




written by Werly Fairburn
31.
10/1956

I Gotta Know by Wanda Jackson

7



15
country




[Capitol 3485]
written by Thelma Blackmon
32.
04/1956

I Take the Chance by The Browns

20



2
country




as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charles Louvin)
33.
06/1956

I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar   
83

17
US
✫1
country




[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30]
[Sun 241]
written by Johnny Cash
34.
05/1956

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
326

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
14
UK
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff
35.
03/1956

I Want to Be Loved by Johnnie & Jack

8



13
country




as Johnnie & Jack & The Tennessee Mountain Boys with Ruby Wells
[RCA Victor 47-6395]
written by John Bailes & Walter Bailes
36.
03/1956

I Was the One by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP   
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
37.
1956

I'd Rather Stay Home by Kitty Wells

8



13
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
38.
1956

I'm Moving In by Hank Snow

9



11
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Hank Snow (as Clarence E. Snow)
39.
1956

I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt by Hank Thompson

7



14
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyla De Rouche & Orville Proctor
40.
1956

I'm Really Glad You Hurt Me by Webb Pierce

9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
41.
08/1956

I'm So in Love with You by The Wilburn Brothers

9



10
country




[Decca 9-29887]
written by John Skye & Sonny James
42.
09/1956

I'm a One-Woman Man by Johnny Horton

12



7
country




[Columbia 21538]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton
43.
1956

I've Changed by Carl Smith

9



11
country




[Columbia 21493]
written by Danny Dill
44.
1956

I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night by Faron Young

16



4
country




written by Ted Daffan
45.
11/1956

I've Got a New Heartache by Ray Price

20



2
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Ray Price & Wayne Walker
46.
03/1956

If Jesus Came to Your House by Red Sovine

7



15
country




[Decca 9-29825]
written by Bill Hamby & Clyde Chesser
47.
1956

It's a Great Life (If You Don't Weaken) / For the Love of a Woman Like You by Faron Young

14



5
country




written by Audrey Allison, Joe Allison, Faron Young, Gertrude Cox & Jack Rhodes
48.
1956

Juke Box Blues by June Carter Cash

9



10
country




written by Maybelle Carter & Helen Carter
49.
1956

Just One More by George Jones

from 14 Top Country Favorites   
17



3
country




[Starday 264]
written by George Jones
50.
09/1956

Just as Long as You Love Me by The Browns

8



11
country




as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin
51.
04/1956

Little Rosa by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce

14



5
country




[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
52.
1956

Lonely Side of Town by Kitty Wells

12



7
country




written by Roy Botkin
53.
11/1956

Love Me by Elvis Presley

from Elvis [1956 album]   
211

2
US
10
country
7
R&B


US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
54.
10/1956

Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley

from Love Me Tender EP   
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)
55.
05/1956

My Baby Left Me by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
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)
56.
1956

My Lips Are Sealed by Jim Reeves

from Country Side   
11



8
country




[RCA 47-6517]
written by Ben Weisman, Hal Blair & Bill Peppers
57.
1956

No One but You by Kitty Wells & Red Foley

17



3
country




written by Eddie Smith
58.
01/1956

Only You, Only You by Charlie Walker

10



9
country




[Decca 9-29715]
written by Jack Newman & Charlie Walker
59.
09/1956

Poor Man's Riches by Benny Barnes

20



2
country




written by Benny Barnes & Dee Marais
60.
1956

Run Boy by Ray Price

14



5
country




written by Hy Heath
61.
07/1956

Searching (For Someone Like You) by Kitty Wells

17



3
country




[Decca 9-29956]
written by Pee Wee Maddux
62.
04/1956

Seasons of My Heart by Jimmy Newman

10



9
country




[Dot 1278]
written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards
63.
09/1956

Singing the Blues by Marty Robbins

from Marty's Greatest Hits   
82

17
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 21545]
written by Melvin Endsley
64.
02/1956

So Doggone Lonesome by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar   
16



4
country




[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash
65.
08/1956

Sweet Dreams by Don Gibson

10



9
country




[MGM 12194]
written by Don Gibson
66.
1956

Sweet Dreams / Until I Met You by Faron Young

20



2
country




[Capitol F3443]
written by Don Gibson
67.
1956

Teenage Boogie by Webb Pierce

9



10
country




[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce
68.
02/1956

That's All by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites   
66

17
US
12
country




[Capitol 3343]
written by Merle Travis
69.
03/1956

The Blackboard of My Heart by Hank Thompson

16



4
country




[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyle Gaston & Hank Thompson
70.
11/1956

The Cat Came Back by Sonny James

38



12
country


30
UK
[Capitol 3542]
written by Sonny James
71.
07/1956

The Fool by Sanford Clark

137

7
US
14
country
5
R&B


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

These Hands by Hank Snow

14



5
country




[RCA 47-6379]
written by Eddie Noack
73.
01/1956

Trouble in Mind by Eddy Arnold

12



7
country




[RCA Victor 47-6365]
written by Richard M. Jones
74.
11/1956

Tryin' to Forget the Blues by Porter Wagoner

from Your Old Love Letters   
8



11
country




[RCA Victor 47-6598]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
75.
1956

Turn Her Down / I'll Be Satisfied with Love by Faron Young

10



9
country




written by Ted Edlin, Faron Young, Wayne Walker & Gary Bryant
76.
06/1956

Twenty Feet of Muddy Water by Sonny James

9



11
country




[Capitol 3441]
written by Bill Smith
77.
05/1956

Uncle Pen by Porter Wagoner

from A Slice of Life   
7



14
country




[RCA Victor 47-6494]
written by Bill Monroe
78.
07/1956

Waltz of the Angels by Wynn Stewart

from Wynn Stewart   
7



14
country




[Capitol 3408]
written by Dick Reynolds & Jack Rhodes
79.
11/1956

Wasted Words by Ray Price

16



4
country




[Columbia 21562]
written by Don Gibson
80.
1956

We'll Find a Way by Webb Pierce

12



7
country




[Decca 29974]
written by Webb Pierce
81.
1956

What Am I Worth by George Jones

from Grand Ole Opry's New Star   
12



7
country




written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards
82.
03/1956

What Would You Do? (If Jesus Came to Your House) by Porter Wagoner

from The Porter Wagoner Show   
11



8
country




[RCA Victor 47-6421]
written by Yolanda Adams, Errol McCalla Jr., Jonathan Broussard & Marcus Ecby
83.
1956

Why Baby Why by Hank Locklin

10



9
country




written by Darrell Edwards & George Jones
84.
1956

Wicked Lies by Carl Smith

10



9
country




[Columbia 21552]
written by Joe H. Brewster, Pearl D. Jones & Carl Smith
85.
09/1956

Without Your Love by Bobby Lord

9



10
country




[Columbia 21539]
written by Wanda Jackson
86.
1956

Yes I Know Why by Webb Pierce

20



2
country




written by Webb Pierce
87.
06/1956

You Are the One by Carl Smith

16



4
country




[Columbia 21522]
written by Pat Patterson & Leon Payne
88.
09/1956

You Don't Know Me by Eddy Arnold

9



10
country




[RCA 47-6502]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
89.
1956

You Done Me Wrong by Ray Price

12



7
country




[Columbia 21510]
written by Shirley Jones & Ray Price
90.
1956

You Gotta Be My Baby by George Jones

from Grand Ole Opry's New Star   
12



7
country




[Starday 247]
written by George Jones
91.
1956

You and Me by Red Foley

17



3
country




written by Johnnie Wright, Jack Anglin & Jim Anglin
92.
1956

You're Free to Go by Carl Smith

13



6
country




written by Don Robertson & Lou Herscher
93.
01/1956

You're Not Play Love by The Wilburn Brothers

8



13
country




[Decca 9-29747]
written by Jimmy Lee Fautheree (as Jimmy Fautheree)
94.
1956

You're Running Wild by The Louvin Brothers

12



7
country




[Capitol 3523]
written by Don Winters & Ray Edenton
95.
1956

You're Still Mine by Faron Young

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)
96.
12/1956

Young Love by Sonny James

337

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