of 1956 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

1955 <-1956-> 1957
Top songs: #1: Hound Dog by Elvis Presley - #2: Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell - #3: Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley - #4: Don't Forbid Me by Pat Boone - #5: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by Doris Day
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Hound Dog
#1
08/1956

Hound Dog
Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
475 pts
1
US
1
ctry
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
Singing the Blues
#2
10/1956

Singing the Blues
Guy Mitchell

471 pts
1
US


4
R&B
1
UK
[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley
Heartbreak Hotel
#3
03/1956

Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP   
466 pts
1
US
1
ctry
3
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley
#4
12/1956

Don't Forbid Me
Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits   Pat's Great Hits
429 pts
1
US


10
R&B
2
UK
[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
#5
06/1956

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
Doris Day

418 pts
2
US




1
UK
from the film The Man Who Knew Too Much
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
#6
09/1956

Just Walking in the Rain
Johnnie Ray

417 pts
2
US




1
UK
[Columbia 40729]
written by Johnny Bragg & Robert Riley
My Prayer
#7
07/1956

My Prayer
The Platters

408 pts
1
US


1
R&B
4
UK
hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
[Mercury 70893]
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
#8
02/1956

Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

from The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon   
379 pts
6
US


1
R&B
1
UK
as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
[Gee 1002]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner
#9
03/1956

Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
Perry Como

378 pts
1
US




4
UK
[RCA 47-6427]
written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Emmanuel Chabrier
#10
02/1956

I'll Be Home
Pat Boone

from Pat Boone   
376 pts
4
US




1
UK
[Dot 15443]
written by Ferdinand Washington & Stan Lewis
#11
04/1956

On the Street Where You Live
Vic Damone

375 pts
4
US




1
UK
[Columbia 40654]
written by Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
#12
12/1956

Young Love
Sonny James

357 pts
1
US
1
ctry
3
R&B
11
UK
[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner
Blueberry Hill
#13
10/1956

Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino

from This Is Fats Domino!   This Is Fats Domino!
352 pts
2
US


1
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock
Love Me Tender
#14
10/1956

Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley

from Love Me Tender EP   
352 pts
1
US
3
ctry
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 & Ken Darby
The Green Door
#15
09/1956

The Green Door
Jim Lowe

349 pts
1
US


5
R&B
8
UK
[Dot 15486]
written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
#16
05/1956

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

from The Real Elvis EP   
344 pts
1
US
1
ctry
3
R&B
14
UK
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff
Blue Suede Shoes
#17
02/1956

Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins   
334 pts
2
US
1
ctry
2
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins
A Tear Fell
#18
02/1956

A Tear Fell
Teresa Brewer

331 pts
5
US




2
UK
[Coral 61590]
written by Eugene Randolph & Dorian Burton
The Wayward Wind
#19
04/1956

The Wayward Wind
Gogi Grant

324 pts
1
US




9
UK
[Era 1013]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman
#20
09/1956

True Love
Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

317 pts
3
US




4
UK
written by Cole Porter
Long Tall Sally
#21
04/1956

Long Tall Sally
Little Richard

from Here's Little Richard   Here's Little Richard
316 pts
6
US


1
R&B
3
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman
#22
09/1956

Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits   Pat's Great Hits
301 pts
5
US




3
UK
[Dot 15490]
written by Dimitri Tiomkin & Paul Francis Webster
#23
06/1956

I Almost Lost My Mind
Pat Boone

from Pat's Great Hits   Pat's Great Hits
299 pts
1
US




14
UK
[Dot 15472]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter
Don't Be Cruel
#24
08/1956

Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP   
288 pts
1
US
1
ctry
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
#25
04/1956

Walk Hand in Hand
Tony Martin

279 pts
10
US




2
UK
[RCA 47-6493]
written by Johnny Cowell
#26
06/1956

A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer

277 pts
7
US




3
UK
[Coral 61636]
written by Bob Merrill
#27
04/1956

I'm in Love Again
Fats Domino

from Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin'   
276 pts
3
US


1
R&B
12
UK
[Imperial 5386]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
See You Later, Alligator
#28
01/1956

See You Later, Alligator
Bill Haley & His Comets

257 pts
6
US


7
R&B
7
UK
[Decca 29791]
written by Robert Guidry
#29
06/1956

Born to Be with You
The Chordettes

244 pts
5
US




8
UK
[Cadence 1291]
written by Don Robertson
#30
06/1956

More
Perry Como

242 pts
4
US




10
UK
[RCA 47-6554]
written by Alex Alstone & Tom Glazer
#31
12/1956

Moonlight Gambler
Frankie Laine

241 pts
3
US




13
UK
[Columbia 40780]
written by Bob Hilliard & Philip Springer
The Banana Boat Song
#32
12/1956

The Banana Boat Song
The Tarriers

234 pts
4
US


14
R&B
15
UK
[Glory 249]
written by traditional
#33
08/1956

Lay Down Your Arms
Anne Shelton

232 pts
59
US




1
UK
[Columbia 40759]
written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard & Paddy Roberts
#34
04/1956

The Happy Whistler
Don Robertson

231 pts
6
US




8
UK
instrumental
[Capitol 3391]
written by Don Robertson
#35
02/1956

Poor People of Paris
Les Baxter

231 pts
1
US






instrumental
[Capitol 3336]
written by Marguerite Monnot
#36
04/1956

Moonglow and Theme from Picnic
Morris Stoloff and His Orchestra

230 pts
1
US






instrumental
written by Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson, George Duning & Steve Allen
#37
08/1956

Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)
Bill Doggett

from Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk   
230 pts
2
US


1
R&B


instrumental
[King 4950]
written by Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott & Shep Shepherd
Cindy, Oh Cindy
#38
10/1956

Cindy, Oh Cindy
Eddie Fisher

227 pts
10
US




5
UK
[RCA 47-6677]
written by Robert Barron & Burt Long
Love Me
#39
11/1956

Love Me
Elvis Presley

from Elvis [1956 album]   
223 pts
2
US
10
ctry
7
R&B


US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
#40
12/1956

Blue Monday
Fats Domino

from This Is Fats Domino!   This Is Fats Domino!
219 pts
5
US


1
R&B
23
UK
[Imperial 5417]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
#41
04/1956

No Other Love
Ronnie Hilton

218 pts






1
UK
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
#42
03/1956

Poor People of Paris
Winifred Atwell

217 pts






1
UK
[London 1628]
written by Marguerite Monnot & Jack Lawrence
Singing the Blues
#43
12/1956

Singing the Blues
Tommy Steele

217 pts






1
UK
written by Melvin Endsley
Canadian Sunset
#44
07/1956

Canadian Sunset
Hugo Winterhalter and Eddie Heywood

214 pts
2
US


7
R&B


instrumental
[RCA Victor 6537]
written by Eddie Heywood
Be-Bop-A-Lula
#45
06/1956

Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gene Vincent

211 pts
7
US
5
ctry
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 & Tex Davis
#46
01/1956

Rock Island Line
Lonnie Donegan

208 pts
8
US




8
UK
as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
[London 1650]
written by Lead Belly
#47
03/1956

Mr. Wonderful
Peggy Lee

207 pts
14
US




5
UK
[Decca 29834]
written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss & Larry Holofcener
#48
01/1956

Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera)
Dick Hyman

200 pts
8
US




9
UK
as Dick Hyman Trio
[MGM 12149 A]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
#49
06/1956

Allegheny Moon
Patti Page

199 pts
2
US






[Mercury 70878]
written by Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
#50
03/1956

Ivory Tower
Cathy Carr

198 pts
2
US






[Fraternity 734]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele
#51
01/1956

No, No, Not Much
The Four Lads

198 pts
2
US






written by Robert Allen & Al Stillman
#52
04/1956

The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
Bill Haley & His Comets

194 pts
18
US




5
UK
written by traditional
Tonight You Belong to Me
#53
08/1956

Tonight You Belong to Me
Patience & Prudence

193 pts
4
US




28
UK
[Liberty 55022]
written by Billy Rose & Lee David
Rip It Up
#54
08/1956

Rip It Up
Bill Haley & His Comets

192 pts
25
US




4
UK
written by John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell
#55
08/1956

The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 & 2)
Buchanan and Goodman

187 pts
3
US


4
R&B


[novelty]
[Luniverse 101]
written by Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman
#56
04/1956

Lost John / Stewball
Lonnie Donegan

187 pts






2
UK
as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

written by traditional & Lonnie Donegan
Green Door
#57
11/1956

Green Door
Frankie Vaughan

187 pts






2
UK
written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore
#58
06/1956

All Star Hit Parade
Various Artists

187 pts






2
UK
charity record
written by various
#59
03/1956

(You've Got) The Magic Touch
The Platters

178 pts
4
US


4
R&B


written by Buck Ram
#60
04/1956

Standing on the Corner
The Four Lads

168 pts
3
US






[Columbia 40674]
written by Frank Loesser
#61
10/1956

Hey, Jealous Lover
Frank Sinatra

168 pts
3
US






[Capitol 3552]
written by Sammy Cahn, Bee Walker & Kay Twomey
#62
07/1956

Rockin' Through the Rye
Bill Haley & His Comets

from Rock 'n Roll Stage Show   
167 pts
78
US




3
UK
written by Arrett Keefer & Bill Haley
#63
06/1956

Glendora
Perry Como

165 pts
8
US




18
UK
B side to More
[RCA 47-6554]
written by Ray Stanley
Long Tall Sally
#64
04/1956

Long Tall Sally
Pat Boone

165 pts
8
US




18
UK
[Dot 15457]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman
#65
04/1956

Moonglow & Theme from Picnic
George Cates

158 pts
4
US






instrumental
written by Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson, George Duning & Steve Allen
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody)
#66
11/1956

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody)
Jerry Lewis

from Jerry Lewis Just Sings   Jerry Lewis Just Sings
158 pts
12
US




12
UK
written by Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz & Joe Young
#67
10/1956

St Therese of the Roses
Malcolm Vaughan

157 pts






3
UK
written by Art Strauss & Remus Harris
My September Love
#68
03/1956

My September Love
David Whitfield

157 pts






3
UK
R
[London 1654]
written by Richard Mullan & Tolchard Evans
#69
09/1956

Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call / Ying Tong Song
The Goons

157 pts






3
UK
written by Terence Milligan & Tony Carbone
#70
02/1956

Three Penny Opera Theme (Mack the Knife)
Louis Armstrong

154 pts
20
US




8
UK
with His All-Stars
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
#71
04/1956

Too Young to Go Steady
Nat King Cole

from This Is Nat "King" Cole   
152 pts
21
US




8
UK
[Capitol 3390]
written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
#72
04/1956

Mountain Greenery
Mel Tormé

147 pts






4
UK
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
#73
09/1956

More
Jimmy Young

147 pts






4
UK
written by Alex Alstone & Tom Glazer
#74
06/1956

I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas / Bluebottle Blues
The Goons

147 pts






4
UK
written by Terence Milligan & Tony Carbone
#75
09/1956

Giddy Up A Ding Dong
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys

147 pts






4
UK
written by Freddie Bell & Pep Lattanzi
Blue Suede Shoes
#76
04/1956

Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley

from Elvis Presley   
147 pts
20
US




9
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423] [EP]
[RCA 47-6492 (u)]
written by Carl Perkins
#77
07/1956

The Fool
Sanford Clark

145 pts
7
US
14
ctry
5
R&B


[Dot 45-15481]
written by Naomi Ford & Lee Hazlewood
#78
10/1956

Cindy, Oh Cindy
The Tarriers

140 pts
9
US




26
UK
as Vince Martin with The Tarriers
[Glory 247]
written by Robert Barron & Burt Long
#79
03/1956

Juke Box Baby
Perry Como

139 pts
10
US




22
UK
B side to Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
[RCA 47-6427]
written by Joe Sherman & Noel Sherman
The Wayward Wind
#80
06/1956

The Wayward Wind
Tex Ritter

138 pts
28
US




8
UK
[Capitol 3430]
written by Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman
#81
05/1956

Treasure of Love
Clyde McPhatter

from Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters   
135 pts
16
US


1
R&B
27
UK
[Atlantic 1092]
written by Joe Shapiro & Lou Stallman
#82
09/1956

The Great Pretender / Only You
The Platters

134 pts






5
UK
written by Ande Rand
#83
02/1956

Memories Are Made of This
Dave King

134 pts






5
UK
featuring The Keynotes
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
#84
09/1956

(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley & His Comets

134 pts






5
UK
R
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight
#85
12/1956

Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
Patience & Prudence

132 pts
11
US




22
UK
written by Milton Kellem
A Rose and a Baby Ruth
#86
11/1956

A Rose and a Baby Ruth
George Hamilton IV

131 pts
6
US






[Colonial 420]
written by John D. Loudermilk
#87
04/1956

Ivory Tower
Gale Storm

131 pts
6
US






[Dot 45-15458]
written by Jack Fulton & Lois Steele
#88
10/1956

The Garden of Eden
Joe Valino

126 pts
12
US




23
UK
written by Dennise Norwood
Rip It Up
#89
07/1956

Rip It Up
Little Richard

from Here's Little Richard   Here's Little Richard
125 pts
17
US


1
R&B
30
UK
[Specialty 579]
written by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco
#90
06/1956

Experiments with Mice
Johnny Dankworth

123 pts
61
US




7
UK
and His Orchestra
[Capitol 3499]
written by Johnny Dankworth
Tutti Frutti
#91
01/1956

Tutti Frutti
Little Richard

from Here's Little Richard   Here's Little Richard
122 pts
17
US


2
R&B
29
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
[Specialty 561]
written by Richard Penniman & Dorothy LaBostrie
#92
06/1956

Who Are We
Ronnie Hilton

122 pts






6
UK
written by Jerry Livingston & Paul Francis Webster
#93
09/1956

When Mexico Gave Up the Rumba
Mitchell Torok

122 pts






6
UK
written by Gale Jones
Canadian Sunset
#94
08/1956

Canadian Sunset
Andy Williams

from The Wonderful World of Andy Williams   
119 pts
7
US






[Cadence 1297]
written by Eddie Heywood & Norman Gimbel
Paralyzed
#95
12/1956

Paralyzed
Elvis Presley

from Elvis [1956 album]   
114 pts
59
US




8
UK
US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
#96
11/1956

Since I Met You Baby
Ivory Joe Hunter

112 pts
12
US


1
R&B


[Atlantic 1111]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter
#97
03/1956

Main Title Theme from Man with the Golden Arm
Billy May

110 pts
49
US




9
UK
written by Elmer Bernstein & Sylvia Fine
#98
10/1956

Make It a Party
Winifred Atwell

110 pts






7
UK
written by various
#99
09/1956

Bring a Little Water Sylvie / Dead or Alive
Lonnie Donegan

110 pts






7
UK
as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
written by Huddie Ledbetter & Lonnie Donegan
#100
05/1956

Portuguese Washerwoman
Joe Fingers Carr

110 pts
19
US




20
UK
[Capitol 3418]
written by André Popp & Roger Lucchesi

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