Top 100 Hits of 1956
Chart #
Song
Artist
1.
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
1
2.
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley - #1 (Site Ranking)
1
3.
Don't Forbid Me
Pat Boone
1
4.
The Great Pretender
The Platters
1
5.
Green Door
Jim Lowe - Photo
1
6.
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
Perry Como
1
7.
I Almost Lost My Mind
Pat Boone - State Fair
1
8.
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Elvis Presley - Sun Studio
1
9.
Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley - Movie Photo
1
10.
My Prayer
The Platters
1
11.
Rock & Roll Waltz
Kay Starr - Album Covers
1
12.
Singing the Blues
Guy Mitchell
1
13.
The Wayward Wind
Gogi Grant
1
14.
Allegheny Moon
Patti Page
2
15.
Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins
2
16.
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino - info
2
17.
Ivory Tower
Cathy Carr
2
18.
Just Walking in the Rain
Johnnie Ray
2
19.
Love Me
Elvis Presley
2
20.
No, Not Much
The Four Lads
2
21.
Que Sera, Sera
Doris Day - Films
2
22.
The Flying Saucer
Buchanan & Goodman (break-ins)
3
23.
Hey! Jealous Lover
Frank Sinatra
3
24.
I'm In Love Again
Fats Domino
3
25.
Moonlight Gambler
Frankie Laine
3
26.
Standing on the Corner
The Four Lads
3
27.
True Love
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
3
28.
I'll Be Home
Pat Boone
4
29.
(You've Got) The Magic Touch
The Platters
4
30.
More
Perry Como - Album
4
31.
Oh, What a Night
The Dells
4
32.
On the Street Where You Live
Vic Damone
4
33.
Tonight You Belong To Me
Patience & Prudence
4
34.
Born to Be With You
The Chordettes
5
35.
Friendly Persuasion
Pat Boone
5
36.
A Tear Fell
Teresa Brewer
5
37.
Long Tall Sally
Little Richard
6
38.
A Rose and a Baby Ruth
George Hamilton IV
6
39.
See You Later, Alligator
Bill Haley & His Comets
6
40.
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gene Vincent
7
41.
Canadian Sunset
Andy Williams
7
42.
The Fool
Sanford Clark
7
43.
A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer
7
44.
Theme from "Song for a Summer Night"
(Instrumental)
Mitch Miller
8
45.
Glendora
Perry Como - Photo
8
46.
Rock Island Line
Lonnie Donegan
8
47.
Transfusion
Nervous Norvus
8
48.
Cindy, Oh Cindy
Vince Martin & the Tarriers
9
49.
I Dreamed
Betty Johnson
9
50.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Gale Storm
with
photos
9
51.
After the Lights Go Down Low
Al Hibbler
10
52.
Chains of Love
Pat Boone
10
53.
Juke Box Baby
Perry Como
10
54.
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
Jerry Lewis
10
55.
Ruby Baby
The Drifters
10
56.
Walk Hand In Hand
Tony Martin
10
57.
Eddie My Love
The Fontane Sisters
11
58.
Go on with the Wedding
Patti Page
11
59.
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
Patience & Prudence
11
60.
In the Middle of the House
Vaughn Monroe
11
61.
It Only Hurts for a Little While
The Ames Brothers
11
62.
Mama from the Train
Patti Page
11
63.
Night Lights
Nat King Cole
11
64.
Two Different Worlds
Don Rondo
11
65.
You'll Never Know
The Platters
11
66.
Garden of Eden
Joe Valino
12
67.
Mary's Boy Child
Harry Belafonte
12
68.
Since I Met You Baby
Ivory Joe Hunter
12
69.
Tutti Frutti
Pat Boone - Photo
12
70.
The Chain Gang
Bobby Scott
13
71.
(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know
Frank Sinatra
13
72.
I Want You to Be My Girl
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - History
13
73.
It Isn't Right
The Platters
13
74.
Mr. Wonderful
Sarah Vaughan
13
75.
Picnic
The McGuire Sisters
13
76.
St. Therese of the Roses
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
13
77.
The Church Bells May Ring
The Diamonds
14
78.
Jamaica Farewell
Harry Belafonte
14
79.
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Fats Domino
14
80.
You Don't Know Me
Jerry Vale - Photo
14
81.
Liptick & Candy & Rubbersole Shoes
Julius LaRosa
15
82.
Stranded in the Jungle
The Cadets
15
83.
Tonight You Belong To Me
Lawrence Welk - Lennon Sisters
15
84.
True Love
Jane Powell
15
85.
Can You Find It in Your Heart
Tony Bennett
16
86.
Graduation Day
vs
Graduation Day
The Rover Boys
vs
Four Freshmen
16
87.
A House with Love in It
The Four Lads
16
88.
Lay Down Your Arms
The Chordettes
16
89.
Petticoats of Portugal
Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
16
90.
R-O-C-K
Bill Haley & His Comets
16
91.
That's All There Is To That
Nat King Cole - fan site
16
92.
Treasure of Love
Clyde McPhatter
16
93.
Boll Weevil
Teresa Brewer
17
94.
The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins)
The Four Lads
17
95.
Confidential
Sonny Knight
17
96.
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
17
97.
Jim Dandy
LaVern Baker & The Gliders (Cues)
17
98.
Rip It Up
Little Richard
17
99.
Seven Days
Dorothy Collins - photo
17
100.
That's All
Tennessee Ernie Ford
17