List of Best Selling Country Singles in the United States (1956)
This is the list of the best-selling country and western singles in the USA in 1956. The list was determined by Billboard (magazine) according to the "C&W Charts according to Best Sellers in Stores". The data was supplemented by further information from other sources.
| rank | Interpreter | Title & composer | Label & catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Price | "Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney & Charles Seals) - B-Side: "You Done Me Wrong" | Columbia 21510 |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | " Heartbreak Hotel " (Axton, Durden, Presley) - B-Side: "I Was The One" (Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude Demetrius & Hal Blair) | Victor 20-6420 |
| 3 | Johnny Cash | " I Walk the Line " (Johnny Cash) - B-Side: " Get Rhythm " (Johnny Cash) | Sun 241 |
| 4th | Carl Perkins | " Blue Suede Shoes " (Carl Perkins) - B-Side: "Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) | Sun 234 |
| 5 | Kitty Wells | "Searching" () - B-Side: "I'd Rather Stay Home" | Decca 29956 |
| 6th | Elvis Presley | "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff) - B-Side: "My Baby Left Me" | Victor 20-6540 |
| 7th | Elvis Presley | B: Side "Don't Be Cruel" (Otis Blackwell) - A-Side: "Hound Dog" | Victor 20-6604 |
| 8th | Red Sovine & Webb Pierce | "Why Baby Why" () - B-Side: "Missing You" | Decca 29755 |
| 9 | Elvis Presley | "I Forget To Remember To Forget" () - B-Side: "Mystery Train" | Victor 20-6357, Sun 223 |
| 10 | Marty Robbins | "Singing The Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - B-Side: "I Can't Quit" | Columbia 21545 |
| 11 | Elvis Presley | " Hound Dog " ( Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller ) - B-Side: "Don't Be Cruel" | Victor 20-6604 |
| 12 | Red Foley & Kitty Wells | "You And Me" () - B-Side: "No One But You" | Decca 29740 |
| 13 | Faron Young | "Sweet Dreams" () - B-Side: "Until I Met You" | Capitol 3443 |
| 14th | Johnny Cash | "So Doggone Lonesome" (Johnny Cash) - B-Side: " Folsom Prison Blues " (Johnny Cash) | Sun 232 |
| 15th | Tennessee Ernie Ford | "Sixteen Tons" () - B-Side: "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry" | Capitol |
| 16 | Webb Pierce | "Love Love Love" () - B-Side: "If You Were Me" | Decca 29662 |
| 17th | Louvin Brothers | "I Don't Believe You Met My Baby" () - B-Side: "No One But You" | Capitol 1300 |
| 18th | Jim Ed Brown & Maxine Brown | "I Take The Chance" () - B-Side: "Goo Goo Dada" | Victor 20-6440 |
| 19th | Hank Thompson | "Blackboard Of My Heart" () - B-Side: "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt" | Capitol 1343 |
| 20th | Gene Vincent | " Be-Bop-A-Lula " (Gene Vincent) - B-Side: "Woman Love" | Capitol 3450 |
Remarks
- ↑ Overview from Billboard magazine, issue of January 26, 1957, p. 64
- ↑ A-side see place 11
- ↑ 21st place of the best-selling country singles of 1955; Billboard Magazine, Jan. 7, 1956 issue, p. 20
literature
- Whitburn, Joel: The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944-2006. 2nd Edition. Menomonee Falls / Wisconsin: Record Research, 2006