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Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play. Note: In the issues dated February 25, June 16, September 15, November 17, and December 22, Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on the Top 100.
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]
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1956; F. List of number-one singles of 1956 (France) G. List of number-one hits of 1956 (Germany) L. List of Billboard number-one country ...
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
In 1956, Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States. At the start of the year, the charts were published under the titles Most Played in Juke Boxes , Best Sellers in Stores, and Most Played By Jockeys , with the genre denoted in an overall page heading.
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1956 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1956.. The track lineup includes three songs that reached the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart — two of the tracks "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" are treated as a single No. 1 track.
Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1956 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales, juke box plays, and jockey plays. [1] Ray Price's "Crazy Arms was the year's No. 1 record on both the retail and jockey charts.