List of number one hits in the US (1956)

This is a list of the number one hits on the Best Sellers in Stores charts (sales charts) determined by Billboard in the United States in 1956. The figures refer to the first-time combination of sales figures and radio and jukebox listings a Top 100, which is a precursor to the Billboard Hot 100 that is in use today . That year there were thirteen number-one singles and nine number-one albums.

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Singles

← 1955 ←	List of number one hits in the US			1957 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 31, 1955 - January 13, 1956 2 weeks (total 7) 7th Tennessee Ernie Ford with Jack Fascinato & His Orchestra Sixteen Tons Merle Travis - January 14, 1956 - February 17, 1956 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Dean Martin with Dick Stabile & His Orchestra Memories Are Made of This Terry Gilkyson , Richard Dehr, Frank Miller - February 18, 1956 - March 2, 1956 2 weeks (total 2) 2 The Platters The Great Pretender Buck Ram - March 3, 1956 - March 23, 1956 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus Rock and Roll Waltz Dick Ware, Shorty Allen - March 24, 1956 - May 4, 1956 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Les Baxter & His Orchestra & Chorus The Poor People of Paris (La goualante du pauvre Jean) Marguerite Monnot - May 5, 1956 - June 22, 1956 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Mae Boren Axton , Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley - June 23, 1956 - August 3, 1956 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Gogi Grant with Buddy Bregman & His Orchestra The Wayward Wind Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky - August 4, 1956 - August 17, 1956 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Pat Boone I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter - August 18, 1956 - September 14, 1956 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th The Platters My Prayer Georges Boulanger , Jimmy Kennedy - September 15, 1956 - November 2, 1956 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Elvis Presley Don't be Cruel Otis Blackwell - November 3, 1956 - November 23, 1956 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Jim Lowe with The High Fives The Green Door Hutch Davie, Marvin Moore - November 24, 1956 - December 7, 1956 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Elvis Presley, Vera Matson - December 8, 1956 - December 28, 1956 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra Singing the Blues Melvin Endsley -
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Albums

← 1955 ←	List of number one albums in the US			1957 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 31, 1955 - January 27, 1956 4 weeks (total of 25) 25th Doris Day Love Me or Leave Me - January 28, 1956 - March 23, 1956 8 weeks (8 in total) 8th Original motion picture soundtrack Oklahoma! - March 24, 1956 - May 4, 1956 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Harry Belafonte Belafonte - May 5, 1956 - July 13, 1956 10 weeks (total 10) 10 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley - July 14, 1956 - September 7, 1956 8 weeks (8 in total) 8th Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews My fair lady - September 8, 1956 - October 5, 1956 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Harry Belafonte Calypso - October 6, 1956 - October 19, 1956 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Original motion picture soundtrack The King and I - October 20, 1956 - December 7, 1956 7 weeks (total 11) 11 Harry Belafonte Calypso - December 8, 1956 - December 28, 1956 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Elvis Presley Elvis -
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Web links

• List of number one hits in the United States (1950–1959)
• Chartsurfer.de - Number 1 hits USA (1956)
• Billboard Google Books 1940-1964
• Billboard Magazine 1936 to 2014 (Free Archive)

literature

• Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2012, 14th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2
• Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums: 1955-2009, 7th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Tennessee Ernie Ford with Jack Fascinato His Orchestra - Sixteen Tons)
2. ↑ Discogs (Dean Martin with Dick Stabile & His Orchestra - Memories Are Made of This)
3. ↑ Discogs (The Platters - The Great Pretender)
4. ↑ Discogs (Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra & Chorus - Rock and Roll Waltz)
5. ↑ Discogs (Les Baxter & His Orchestra & Chorus - The Poor People of Paris (La goualante du pauvre Jean))
6. ↑ Discogs (Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel)
7. ↑ Discogs (Gogi Grant with Buddy Bregman & His Orchestra - The Wayward Wind)
8. ↑ Discogs (Pat Boone - I Almost Lost My Mind)
9. ↑ Discogs (The Platters - My Prayer)
10. ↑ Discogs (Elvis Presley - Don't be Cruel)
11. ↑ Discogs (Jim Lowe with The High Fives - The Green Door)
12. ↑ Discogs (Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender)
13. ↑ Discogs (Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra - Singing the Blues)
14. ↑ Discogs (Doris Day - Love Me or Leave Me)
15. ↑ Discogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Oklahoma!)
16. ↑ Discogs (Harry Belafonte - Belafonte)
17. ↑ Discogs (Elvis Presley - Elvis)
18. ↑ Discogs (Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews - My Fair Lady)
19. ↑ Discogs (Harry Belafonte - Calypso)
20. ↑ Discogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The King and I)
21. ↑ Discogs (Elvis Presley - Elvis)

See also: Number one hits in 1956 in Australia , Belgium , Germany , France and the United Kingdom .