Top 50 Hits of 1956/Top 50 Songs of 1956

Billboard Year-End Hot 50 chart for 1956. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. For detailed information on how Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article "Billboard Hot 100".

1. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
2. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
3. Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle
4. My Prayer - The Platters
5. The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
6. The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
7. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) - Doris Day
8. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
9. Memories Are Made of This - Dean Martin
10. 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. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
16. Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como
17. Canadian Sunset - Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter
18. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
19. The Green Door - Jim Lowe
20. No Not Much - The Four Lads
21. Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett
22. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
23. Just Walking 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 & Prudence
27. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
28. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & 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 - Stanford 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