| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Hound Dog [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14219.jpg "Hound Dog [article]") | 1. | 08/1956 | | 450
 | 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
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
| 2. | 10/1956 | | 439
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Melvin Endsley |
![Heartbreak Hotel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14212.jpg "Heartbreak Hotel [article]") | 3. | 03/1956 | | 425
| US ✫1
UK 2
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden |
| 4. | 06/1956 | | 381
| US 2
UK ✫1 | From the film The Man Who Knew Too Much
written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
| 5. | 09/1956 | | 377
| US 2
UK ✫1 | |
| 6. | 12/1956 | | 365
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | |
| 7. | 02/1956 | | 347
| US 4
UK ✫1 | |
| 8. | 07/1956 | | 341
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1 | hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
written by Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy |
| 9. | 02/1956 | | 334
| US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
written by Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy |
| 10. | 03/1956 | | 331
| US ✫1
UK 4 | written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Emmanuel Chabrier |
![Love Me Tender [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14222.jpg "Love Me Tender [article]") | 11. | 10/1956 | | 327
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country 3
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437] adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited), Ken Darby (uncredited) |
| 12. | 04/1956 | | 326
| US 4
UK ✫1 | written by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner |
| 13. | 12/1956 | | 320
| US ✫1
UK 11
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner |
![Don't Be Cruel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14218.jpg "Don't Be Cruel [article]") | 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
written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley |
| 15. | 10/1956 | | 307
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock |
| 16. | 04/1956 | | 305
| US ✫1
UK 9 | written by Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman |
| 17. | 09/1956 | | 303
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5 | written by Bob Davie, Marvin Moore |
![I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14216.jpg "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]") | 18. | 05/1956 | | 293
| US ✫1
UK 14
US country ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by Maurice Mysels, Ira Kosloff |
| 19. | 09/1956 | | 292
| US 3
UK 4 | written by Cole Porter |
| 20. | 02/1956 | | 291
| US 5
UK 2 | written by Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton |
![Blue Suede Shoes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7825.jpg "Blue Suede Shoes [article]") | 21. | 03/1956 | | 288
| US 2
UK 10
US country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 22. | 04/1956 | | 285
| US 6
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56] |
| 23. | 09/1956 | | 276
| US 5
UK 3 | written by Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster |
| 24. | 06/1956 | | 268
| US ✫1
UK 14 | written by Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 25. | 06/1956 | | 258
| US 7
UK 3 | |
| 26. | 04/1956 | | 252
| US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 27. | 04/1956 | | 249
| US 10
UK 2 | written by Johnny Cowell |
| 28. | 01/1956 | | 237
| US 6
UK 7
US R&B 7 | |
| 29. | 06/1956 | | 226
| US 5
UK 8 | written by Don Robertson |
| 30. | 02/1956 | | 223
| US ✫1 | |
| 31. | 10/1956 | | 221
| US 10
UK 5 | written by Robert Barron, Burt Long |
| 32. | 12/1956 | | 219
| US 3
UK 13 | |
| 33. | 06/1956 | | 219
| US 4
UK 10 | |
| 34. | 12/1956 | | 215
| US 4
UK 15
US R&B 14 | |
| 35. | 08/1956 | | 214
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 36. | 04/1956 | | 212
| US ✫1 | |
| 37. | 04/1956 | | 212
| US 6
UK 8 | |
| 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] |
| 39. | 11/1956 | | 201
| US 2
US country 10
US R&B 7 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
| 40. | 01/1956 | | 194
| US 8
UK 8 | as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
written by Lead Belly |
| 41. | 07/1956 | | 194
| US 2
US R&B 7 | written by Eddie Heywood |
| 42. | 04/1956 | | 191
| UK ✫1 | |
![Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11914.jpg "Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]") | 43. | 03/1956 | | 191
| US 8
UK 9 | as Dick Hyman Trio
written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 44. | 08/1956 | | 190
| US 59
UK ✫1 | written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard, Paddy Roberts |
| 45. | 08/1956 | | 183
| US 4
UK 28 | written by Billy Rose, Lee David |
| 46. | 03/1956 | | 182
| US 2 | written by Jack Fulton, Lois Steele |
| 47. | 06/1956 | | 179
| US 2 | |
| 48. | 01/1956 | | 178
| US 2 | |
| 49. | 03/1956 | | 172
| UK ✫1 | |
| 50. | 02/1956 | | 172
| 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 | written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener |
| 53. | 08/1956 | | 170
| US 3
US R&B 4 | |
| 54. | 06/1956 | | 164
| US 8
UK 18 | B side to More |
| 55. | 04/1956 | | 164
| US 4 | |
| 56. | 04/1956 | | 162
| US 3 | |
| 57. | 10/1956 | | 162
| US 3 | |
| 58. | 12/1956 | | 160
| UK ✫1 | written by Melvin Endsley |
| 59. | 07/1956 | | 159
| US 7
US country 14
US R&B 5 | |
| 60. | 04/1956 | | 159
| US 8
UK 18 | |
| 61. | 04/1956 | | 156
| US 18
UK 5 | |
| 62. | 08/1956 | | 156
| US 25
UK 4 | |
| 63. | 10/1956 | | 149
| US 9
UK 26 | as Vince Martin with The Tarriers
written by Robert Barron, Burt Long |
| 64. | 03/1956 | | 143
| US 10
UK 22 | B side to Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
| 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 | | 137
| US 6 | |
| 69. | 04/1956 | | 136
| US 6 | written by Jack Fulton, Lois Steele |
| 70. | 11/1956 | | 133
| US 12
UK 12 | |
| 71. | 07/1956 | | 131
| US 78
UK 3 | |
| 72. | 08/1956 | | 130
| US 7 | 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 |
![Blue Suede Shoes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14214.jpg "Blue Suede Shoes [article]") | 74. | 04/1956 | | 124
| US 20
UK 9 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423] [EP]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 75. | 10/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | |
| 76. | 03/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | [R] |
| 77. | 09/1956 | | 124
| UK 3 | |
| 78. | 04/1956 | | 121
| US 21
UK 8 | |
| 79. | 08/1956 | | 120
| US 8 | |
| 80. | 06/1956 | | 119
| US 8 | |
| 81. | 09/1956 | | 118
| US 15
UK 13 | |
| 82. | 11/1956 | | 117
| US 9 | |
| 83. | 01/1956 | | 116
| US 9 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 84. | 03/1956 | | 115
| US 9 | written by Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy |
| 85. | 03/1956 | | 114
| US 19
UK 19
US country 8 | US: B-side to Heartbreak Hotel |
| 86. | 04/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | |
| 87. | 09/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | |
| 88. | 06/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | |
| 89. | 09/1956 | | 114
| UK 4 | |
| 90. | 05/1956 | | 112
| US 16
UK 27
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 91. | 12/1956 | | 112
| US 11
UK 22 | written by Milton Kellem |
| 92. | 06/1956 | | 111
| US 28
UK 8 | written by Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman |
| 93. | 08/1956 | | 111
| US 10 | |
| 94. | 10/1956 | | 107
| US 12
UK 23 | |
| 95. | 07/1956 | | 107
| US 17
UK 30
US R&B ✫1 | |
![Tutti Frutti [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_26084.jpg "Tutti Frutti [article]") | 96. | 01/1956 | | 107
| US 17
UK 29
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
written by Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie |
| 97. | 09/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | |
| 98. | 02/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | featuring The Keynotes
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller |
![(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4753.jpg "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]") | 99. | 09/1956 | | 103
| UK 5 | [R]
written by Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) |
| 100. | 09/1956 | | 101
| US 10 | |
| 101. | 03/1956 | | 100
| US 11
US R&B 5 | as Otis Williams and His Charms
written by Jack Fulton, Lois Steele |
| 102. | 11/1956 | | 98
| US 12
US R&B ✫1 | written by Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 103. | 06/1956 | | 96
| US 61
UK 7 | |
| 104. | 05/1956 | | 96
| US 19
UK 20 | |
| 105. | 06/1956 | | 95
| UK 6 | |
| 106. | 09/1956 | | 95
| UK 6 | |
| 107. | 05/1956 | | 94
| US 11 | |
| 108. | 12/1956 | | 92
| US 17
US R&B ✫1 | as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
written by Lincoln Chase |
| 109. | 03/1956 | | 90
| US 49
UK 9 | |
| 110. | 09/1956 | | 90
| US 55
UK 9 | [1954 recording]
written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
| 111. | 04/1956 | | 88
| US 13
US R&B 3 | |
| 112. | 09/1956 | | 87
| US 11
US R&B 9 | |
| 113. | 03/1956 | | 87
| US 14
US R&B 2 | written by Aaron Collins |
| 114. | 12/1956 | | 86
| US 59
UK 8 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP |
| 115. | 10/1956 | | 86
| UK 7 | |
| 116. | 09/1956 | | 86
| UK 7 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group |
| 117. | 04/1956 | | 86
| US 25
UK 18 | |
| 118. | 07/1956 | | 85
| US 14
US R&B 2 | hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 |
| 119. | 11/1956 | | 84
| US 17
US country ✫1 | written by Melvin Endsley |
| 120. | 04/1956 | | 80
| US 19
US R&B 5 | B side to I'm in Love Again; #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1927
written by Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting |
| 121. | 10/1956 | | 80
| US 14 | |
| 122. | 06/1956 | | 79
| US 11 | |
| 123. | 09/1956 | | 79
| US 13
US R&B 10 | B side to You'll Never Never Know |
| 124. | 08/1956 | | 77
| US 20
US R&B ✫1 | written by Leonard Lee |
| 125. | 07/1956 | | 77
| US 15
US R&B 4 | |
| 126. | 10/1956 | | 76
| US 11 | written by Al Frisch, Sid Wayne |
| 127. | 10/1956 | | 76
| US 11 | |
| 128. | 07/1956 | | 76
| US 16
US R&B 15 | as Nat "King" Cole and the Four Knights |
| 129. | 06/1956 | | 75
| UK 8 | |
| 130. | 12/1956 | | 75
| UK 8 | |
| 131. | 10/1956 | | 75
| US 11 | |
![Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34916.jpg "Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]") | 132. | 02/1956 | | 74
| US 11 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 133. | 09/1956 | | 74
| US 11 | written by Bob Hilliard |
| 134. | 01/1956 | | 74
| US 11 | written by Arthur Korb, Charles Purvis, Milton Yakus |
| 135. | 03/1956 | | 74
| UK 9 | written by Buck Ram |
| 136. | 03/1956 | | 74
| UK 9 | |
| 137. | 11/1956 | | 74
| US 17
US R&B 3 | |
| 138. | 03/1956 | | 74
| US 11 | written by Aaron Collins |
| 139. | 03/1956 | | 73
| US 27
UK 21 | |
![Tutti Frutti [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_31609.jpg "Tutti Frutti [article]") | 140. | 01/1956 | | 72
| US 12 | written by Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie |
| 141. | 09/1956 | | 71
| US 12 | as Helmut Zacharias & His Magic Violin |
| 142. | 05/1956 | | 71
| US 13 | |
| 143. | 12/1956 | | 71
| US 20
US R&B 3 | as Clarence "Frogman" Henry |
| 144. | 02/1956 | | 71
| US 13 | written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener |
| 145. | 12/1956 | | 70
| US 13 | |
| 146. | 07/1956 | | 70
| US 14 | written by Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold |
| 147. | 02/1956 | | 69
| US 12 | written by Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy |
| 148. | 11/1956 | | 69
| US 17
US R&B 8 | |
| 149. | 07/1956 | | 69
| US 24
US R&B ✫1 | written by Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport) |
| 150. | 05/1956 | | 69
| US 30
UK 24 | |
| 151. | 08/1956 | | 69
| US 13 | as Billy Ward & His Dominoes |
| 152. | 05/1956 | | 69
| US 13 | |
| 153. | 04/1956 | | 69
| US 14 | |
| 154. | 08/1956 | | 68
| US 15 | written by Cole Porter |
| 155. | 01/1956 | | 68
| US 13 | |
| 156. | 04/1956 | | 68
| US 16
US R&B 15 | |
| 157. | 08/1956 | | 68
| US 11 | |
| 158. | 11/1956 | | 67
| US 19
US country 9 | |
| 159. | 01/1956 | | 67
| US 44
UK 15 | |
| 160. | 03/1956 | | 67
| US 14 | written by Elmer Bernstein |
| 161. | 11/1956 | | 66
| US 27
US country 3
US R&B 12 | US: B-side to Love Me Tender |
| 162. | 04/1956 | | 66
| UK 11 | featuring The Keynotes |
| 163. | 09/1956 | | 66
| UK 11 | |
| 164. | 04/1956 | | 66
| US 16 | |
| 165. | 06/1956 | | 65
| US 18
US R&B 9 | as The Jay Hawks |
| 166. | 02/1956 | | 65
| UK 10 | |
| 167. | 01/1956 | | 65
| UK 10 | with The Mellomen
written by Merle Travis |
| 168. | 01/1956 | | 65
| UK 10 | |
| 169. | 01/1956 | | 65
| UK 10 | |
| 170. | 12/1956 | | 64
| US 20
US R&B 7 | B side to One in a Million |
![I Walk the Line [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22870.jpg "I Walk the Line [article]") | 171. | 09/1956 | | 64
| US 17 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30] |
| 172. | 09/1956 | | 64
| US 24
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #90] |
| 173. | 09/1956 | | 64
| US 15 | written by Billy Rose, Lee David |
| 174. | 09/1956 | | 64
| US 16 | written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard, Paddy Roberts |
| 175. | 03/1956 | | 63
| US 14 | written by Aaron Collins |
| 176. | 02/1956 | | 63
| US 15 | |
| 177. | 1956 | | 62
| US 27
US country ✫1 | |
| 178. | 11/1956 | | 61
| US 34
UK 26 | |
| 179. | 03/1956 | | 61
| US 16 | |
| 180. | 03/1956 | | 60
| US 17 | |
| 181. | 10/1956 | | 59
| US 16 | |
| 182. | 09/1956 | | 59
| US 16 | B side to The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins)
written by Sid Lippman, Sylvia Dee |
![Theme from the Threepenny Opera [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5113.jpg "Theme from the Threepenny Opera [article]") | 183. | 03/1956 | | 59
| UK 12 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 184. | 05/1956 | | 59
| US 37
UK 24 | |
| 185. | 05/1956 | | 59
| US 16 | |
| 186. | 05/1956 | | 58
| US 17 | |
| 187. | 07/1956 | | 57
| US 52
UK 18 | |
| 188. | 08/1956 | | 57
| US 17 | |
| 189. | 03/1956 | | 57
| US 17 | |
| 190. | 09/1956 | | 57
| US 25
US R&B 6 | |
| 191. | 03/1956 | | 56
| UK 13 | |
| 192. | 03/1956 | | 56
| UK 13 | |
| 193. | 07/1956 | | 56
| UK 13 | written by Johnny Cowell |
| 194. | 11/1956 | | 56
| UK 13 | written by Al Frisch, Sid Wayne |
| 195. | 10/1956 | | 56
| UK 13 | |
| 196. | 08/1956 | | 56
| US 18 | |
| 197. | 12/1956 | | 56
| US 12 | written by Jester Hairston |
![Mack the Knife [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_25142.jpg "Mack the Knife [article]") | 198. | 02/1956 | | 56
| US 17 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 199. | 10/1956 | | 56
| US 19 | |
| 200. | 07/1956 | | 56
| US 24
US R&B 9 | |
