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1956 Music VF charts

1955 <-1956-> 1957

Cover Date down upTitle • Artist down up
Album		Points
 down up		Charts PeaksComment
Hound Dog [article]1.08/1956
Hound Dog by Elvis Presley 

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MP3

from The Real Elvis EP   COVER

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556
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; written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller ; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
2.10/1956
Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell 

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MP3

552
US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4
Heartbreak Hotel [article]3.03/1956
Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley 

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from Heartbreak Hotel EP   COVER

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MP3

517
US ✫1
UK 2
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
4.12/1956
Don't Forbid Me by Pat Boone 

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MP3

from Pat's Great Hits   COVER

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MP3

436
US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10
5.02/1956
Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers 

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MP3

405
US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1		as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
Don't Be Cruel [article]6.08/1956
Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley 

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MP3

from The Real Elvis EP   COVER

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MP3

402
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
Love Me Tender [article]7.10/1956
Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley 

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from Love Me Tender EP   COVER

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398
US ✫1
UK 11
US Country 3
US R&B 3		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437] adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
8.07/1956
My Prayer by The Platters 

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MP3

395
US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1		hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
9.12/1956
Young Love by Sonny James 

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MP3

380
US ✫1
UK 11
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3
10.09/1956
The Green Door by Jim Lowe 

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MP3

360
US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5
11.10/1956
Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino 

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from This Is Fats Domino!   COVER

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360
US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
12.04/1956
Long Tall Sally by Little Richard 

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340
US 6
UK 3
US R&B ✫1		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]13.05/1956
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You by Elvis Presley 

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MP3

from The Real Elvis EP   COVER

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336
US ✫1
UK 14
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3
Blue Suede Shoes [article]14.03/1956
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins 

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MP3

330
US 2
UK 10
US Country ✫1
US R&B 2		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
15.04/1956
I'm in Love Again by Fats Domino 

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from Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin'   COVER

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299
US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1
16.01/1956
See You Later, Alligator by Bill Haley & His Comets 

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MP3

289
US 6
UK 7
US R&B 7
17.12/1956
The Banana Boat Song by The Tarriers 

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MP3

261
US 4
UK 15
US R&B 14
18.06/1956
Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent 

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MP3

260
US 7
UK 16
US Country 5
US R&B 8		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
19.08/1956
Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) by Bill Doggett 

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260
US 2
US R&B ✫1
20.11/1956
Love Me by Elvis Presley 

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from Elvis [1956 album]   COVER

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239
US 2
US Country 10
US R&B 7		US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP; written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
21.07/1956
Canadian Sunset by Hugo Winterhalter and Eddie Heywood 

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234
US 2
US R&B 7
22.03/1956
(You've Got) The Magic Touch by The Platters 

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212
US 4
US R&B 4
23.07/1956
The Fool by Sanford Clark 

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205
US 7
US Country 14
US R&B 5
24.08/1956
The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2) by Buchanan and Goodman 

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MP3

203
US 3
US R&B 4
25.05/1956
Treasure of Love by Clyde McPhatter 

video

MP3

112
US 16
UK 27
US R&B ✫1
Tutti Frutti [article]26.01/1956
Tutti Frutti by Little Richard 

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MP3

112
US 17
UK 29
US R&B 2		[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
27.07/1956
Rip It Up by Little Richard 

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MP3

109
US 17
UK 30
US R&B ✫1
28.03/1956
Ivory Tower by The Charms 

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MP3

107
US 11
US R&B 5		as Otis Williams and His Charms
29.11/1956
Since I Met You Baby by Ivory Joe Hunter 

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MP3

100
US 12
US R&B ✫1
30.12/1956
Jim Dandy by LaVern Baker 

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98
US 17
US R&B ✫1		as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
31.09/1956
You'll Never Never Know by The Platters 

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90
US 11
US R&B 9
32.04/1956
I Want You to Be My Girl by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers 

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MP3

89
US 13
US R&B 3
33.04/1956
My Blue Heaven by Fats Domino 

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from Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin'   COVER

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88
US 19
US R&B 5		B side to I'm in Love Again; #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1927
34.03/1956
Eddie My Love by The Teen Queens 

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MP3

87
US 14
US R&B 2
35.07/1956
When My Dreamboat Comes Home by Fats Domino 

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from Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin'   COVER

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84
US 14
US R&B 2		hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937
36.07/1956
That's All There Is to That by Nat King Cole 

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MP3

83
US 16
US R&B 15		as Nat "King" Cole and the Four Knights
37.09/1956
It Isn't Right by The Platters 

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MP3

81
US 13
US R&B 10		B side to You'll Never Never Know
38.08/1956
Let the Good Times Roll by Shirley & Lee 

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MP3

78
US 20
US R&B ✫1
39.07/1956
Stranded in the Jungle by The Cadets 

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MP3

74
US 15
US R&B 4
40.11/1956
Slow Walk by Sil Austin 

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MP3

73
US 17
US R&B 3

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