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Elvis Presley had five songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1956, including " Heartbreak Hotel" and " Don't Be Cruel", the top two songs of the year.
The Platters had three songs on the year-end top 50.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales. [1]

No. Title Artist(s)
1 " Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley
2 " Don't Be Cruel"
3 " Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle
4 " My Prayer" The Platters
5 " The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant
6 " Hound Dog" Elvis Presley
7 " The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter
8 " Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Doris Day
9 " Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin
10 " (The) Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr
11 " Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff
12 " The Great Pretender" The Platters
13 " I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone
14 " I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" Elvis Presley
15 " Love Me Tender"
16 " Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" Perry Como
17 " Canadian Sunset" Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter
18 " Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins
19 " Green Door" Jim Lowe
20 " No, Not Much" The Four Lads
21 " Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett
22 " Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford
23 " Just Walkin' in the Rain" Johnnie Ray
24 " Allegheny Moon" Patti Page
25 " I'm in Love Again" Fats Domino
26 " Tonight You Belong to Me" Patience and Prudence
27 " Be-Bop-A-Lula" Gene Vincent
28 " Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
29 " Standing on the Corner" The Four Lads
30 " The Flying Saucer" Buchanan & Goodman
31 " Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" George Cates
32 " Ivory Tower" Cathy Carr
33 " See You Later Alligator" Bill Haley & His Comets
34 " I'll Be Home" Pat Boone
35 " On the Street Where You Live" Vic Damone
36 " (You've Got) The Magic Touch" The Platters
37 " Born to Be with You" The Chordettes
38 " Band of Gold" Don Cherry
39 " More" Perry Como
40 " Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell
41 " Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
42 " The Fool" Sanford Clark
43 " The Happy Whistler" Don Robertson
44 " True Love" Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
45 " Long Tall Sally" Little Richard
46 " A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" Teresa Brewer
47 "Transfusion" Nervous Norvus
48 " It Only Hurts for a Little While" The Ames Brothers
49 " A Tear Fell" Teresa Brewer
50 " Rock Island Line" Lonnie Donegan

See also

References

  1. ^ "1956's Top Popular Records" (PDF). The Billboard. Vol. 69, no. 4. January 26, 1957. p. 60.
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