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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]
In 1956, the following five charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
Pages in category "1956 songs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 269 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Top Songs of the 1950s Keystone - Getty Images. ... (1956) Another of Elvis’s greatest songs, “Hound Dog,” was first recorded by Black rhythm and blues singer Big Mama Thorton. When Elvis ...
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.
List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1956; List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1956; ... Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1956
In 1956, Billboard magazine published three charts specifically covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues and related African-American-oriented music genres. The R&B Best Sellers in Stores chart ranked records based on their "current national selling importance at the retail level", based on a survey of record ...
Tell Me Why (1956 song) That's All There Is to That (Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm; There You Go (Johnny Cash song) There's a Love Knot in My Lariat; There's No Room in My Heart for the Blues; To the Ends of the Earth (song) Tom Hark; Too Close for Comfort (1956 song) Too Much Monkey Business; Train Kept A-Rollin' Train of Love