List of the best-selling singles in the USA (1956)
The list of the best-selling singles in the USA in 1956 was determined by the Billboard (magazine) according to the best sellers in stores charts (sales charts).
The data was supplemented from other sources with information on composers / lyricists, title of the B-side and US catalog number.
| rank | Interpreter | Title & composer | Label & catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvis Presley | " Heartbreak Hotel " (Axton, Durden, Presley) - B-Side: "I Was The One" | Victor 20-6420 |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" (Otis Blackwell) - B-Side: "Hound Dog" | Victor 20-6604 |
| 3 | Nelson Riddle Orchestra | "Lisboa Antigua" (Galhardo, Vale, Portela) - B-side: "Robin Hood" | Capitol 3287 |
| 4th | The Platters | "My Prayer" (Boulanger & Kennedy) - B-Side: "Heaven On Earth" | Mercury 70893 |
| 5 | Gogi Grant | "Wayward Wind" (Stan Lebousky & Herb Newman) - B-Side: "No More Than Forever" | Era 1013 |
| 6th | Elvis Presley | " Hound Dog " ( Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller ) - B-Side: "Don't Be Cruel" | Victor 20-6604 |
| 7th | Les Baxter Orchestra | "Pour People Of Paris (Jean's Song)" (La Gaualante de Pauvre-Jean, Marguerite Mo & Jack Lawrence) - B-Side: "Theme from Helen of Troy" | Capitol 3334 |
| 8th | Doris Day | "What Ever Will Be Will Be ( Que Sera, Sera )" (Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) - B-Side: "I Gotta Sing Away These Blues" | Columbia 40704 |
| 9 | Dean Martin | " Memories Are Made of This " (Gilkyson, Dehr, Miller) - B-Side: "Change of Heart" | Capitol 3295 |
| 10 | Kay Starr | "Rock And Roll Waltz" (Dick Ware & Shorty Allen) - B-Side: "I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times" | Victor 20-6359 |
| 11 | Morris Stoloff | "Moonglow And Theme From Picnic" (Hudson, Delange & Mills) - B-Side: "Theme from Picnic" | Decca 29838 |
| 12 | The Platters | "Great Pretender" (Buck Ram) - B-Side: "I'm Just a Dancing Partner" | Mercury 70753 |
| 13 | Pat Boone | "I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - B-Side: "I'm In Love With You" | Dot 15472 |
| 14th | Elvis Presley | "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff) - B-Side: "My Baby Left Me" | Victor 20-6540 |
| 15th | Elvis Presley | " Love Me Tender " (Elvis Presley & Vera Watson) - B-Side: "Any Way You Want Me" | Victor 20-6643 |
| 16 | Perry Como | "Hot Diggity" (Al Hoffman, Dick Marning) - B-Side: "Juke Box Baby" | Victor 20-6427 |
| 17th | Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra | "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood & Norman Gimble) - B-Side: "This Is Real" | Victor 20-6537 |
| 18th | Carl Perkins | " Blue Suede Shoes " (Carl Perkins) - B-Side: "Honey Don't" | Sun 234 |
| 19th | Jim Lowe | "Green Door" (Davis & Moore) - B-Side: "(Story of) The Little Man in Chinatown" | Dot 15486 |
| 20th | The Four Lads | "No Not Much" (Stillman & R. Allen) - B-Side: "I'll Never Know" | Columbia 40629 |
Remarks
- ^ Billboard Magazine , January 27, 1957, issue, p. 60