RetroJoe

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Top 40 Hits from 1956

Artist Song
Chuck Berry  Roll Over Beethoven (1956 #29) 
Little Richard  Long Tall Sally (1956 #6) 
Carl Perkins  Blue Suede Shoes (1956 #2) 
Bill Haley & His Comets  See You Later, Alligator (1956 #6) 
Little Richard  Tutti' Frutti (1956 #17) 
The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon  Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1956 #6, R&B Hit #1) 
The Turbans  When You Dance (1956 #33) 
Bill Doggett  Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) (Instrumental) (1956 #2) 
Gene Vincent  Blue Jean Bop (1956 #34) 
Bill Haley And His Comets  Rip It Up (1956 #25) 
Sil Austin  Slow Walk (Instrumental) (1956 #17) 
Fats Domino  I'm In Love Again (1956 #3) 
Elvis Presley  I Want You, I Need You, I Love (1956 #1) 
The Platters  (You've Got) The Magic Touch (1956 #4) 
The Four Lads  No, Not Much (1956 #2) 
Kay Starr  Rock & Roll Waltz (1956 #1) 
Les Baxter & His Orchestra  Poor People Of Paris (Instrumental) (1956 #1) 
The Clovers  Devil or Angel (1956, R&B Hit #3) 
The Five Satins  In the Still of the Night (1956 #24) 
Elvis Presley  Love Me Tender (1956 #1) 
The Platters  My Prayer (1956 #1) 
Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood  Canadian Sunset (Instrumental) (1956 #2) 
The Four Lads  Standing On The Corner (1956 #3) 
Fats Domino  My Blue Heaven (1956 #19) 
Rusty Draper  Are You Satisfied (1956 #11) 
The Dick Hyman Trio  Moritat (Three Penny Opera Theme) (Instrumental) (1956 #8) 
Jerry Vale  But You Don't Know Me (1956 #14) 
Patti Page  Allegheny Moon (1956 #2) 
Nelson Riddle  Lisbon Antigua (Instrumental) (1956 #1) 
Doris Day  Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) (1956 #2) 

Comment:

Elvis had the most hits this year, but I limited him to two songs in this mix to give room for others such as The Platters, Little Richard, The Four Lads, Fats Domino, plus Bill Haley & His Comets (used two songs each for all of them). Also included six instrumentals including Moritat, which was originally written in 1928 and eventually became known as Mack the Knife (used the same rhythm).

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Round Pin
Date: 11/6/2005
Nice lots of favs here.
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LSflip
Date: 11/7/2005
Oh, man, '56 was such a great year! I love all of these songs... the platters, the clovers, the five satins... so good!
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Raynes
Date: 4/27/2006
Don't you mean Little Richard had the #25 hit on Rip it Up. You have it listed at spot #10. I don't believe Bill Haley ever covered it