Editing 1956 in music (section)

==Albums released==
* ''Alors raconte''&nbsp;– [[Gilbert Bécaud]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|publisher=Library of Congress|year=1957|page=241}}</ref>
* ''The Ames Brothers With Hugo Winterhalter''&nbsp;– [[Ames Brothers]] and [[Hugo Winterhalter]]
* ''Asia Minor''''&nbsp;– [[Machito]] and his Afro-Cubans<ref>{{cite book|author=Maya Roy|title=Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to The Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers|year=2002|isbn=9781558762817|page=221}}</ref>
* ''[[Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings]]''&nbsp;– [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Black Coffee (Peggy Lee album)|Black Coffee]]''&nbsp;– [[Peggy Lee]]
* ''[[Bluejean Bop!]]''&nbsp;– [[Gene Vincent]]
* ''[[Blue Rose (album)|Blue Rose]]''&nbsp;– [[Rosemary Clooney]]
* ''[[The Boss of the Blues]]''&nbsp;– [[Big Joe Turner]]
* ''[[Calendar Girl (Julie London album)|Calendar Girl]]''&nbsp;– [[Julie London]]
* ''[[Calypso (album)|Calypso]]''&nbsp;– [[Harry Belafonte]], first LP to sell over a million copies
* ''[[The Champ (Jimmy Smith album)|The Champ]]''&nbsp;– [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]
* ''[[Chante Charles Aznavour, vol. 3|Charles Aznavour chante Charles Aznavour, vol. 3]]''&nbsp;– [[Charles Aznavour]]<ref>Raoul Bellaïche, ''Aznavour «Non je n'ai rien oublié»'' 2011 p1953</ref>
* ''[[Chet Baker Sings]]''&nbsp;– [[Chet Baker]]
* ''[[Chris Connor (album)|Chris Connor]]''&nbsp;– [[Chris Connor]]
* ''[[Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street]]''&nbsp;– [[Clifford Brown]] and [[Max Roach]]
* ''[[The Complete Porgy and Bess]]''&nbsp;– Original Broadway Cast
* ''[[Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings]]''&nbsp;– [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]]
* ''[[Day by Day (Doris Day album)|Day by Day]]''&nbsp;– [[Doris Day]]
* ''[[Dinner in Colombia]]''&nbsp;– [[Aldemaro Romero]]
* ''[[Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry]]''&nbsp;– [[Spike Jones]]
* ''[[Django (album)|Django]]''&nbsp;– [[Modern Jazz Quartet]]
* ''[[Ella and Louis]]''&nbsp;– [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Louis Armstrong]]
* ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook]]''&nbsp;– Ella Fitzgerald
* ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook]]''&nbsp;– Ella Fitzgerald
* ''[[Ellington at Newport]]''&nbsp;– [[Duke Ellington]]
* ''[[Elvis (1956 album)|Elvis]]''&nbsp;– [[Elvis Presley]]
* ''[[Elvis Presley (album)|Elvis Presley]]''&nbsp;– Elvis Presley (debut)
* ''[[Exactly Like You (album)|Exactly Like You]]''&nbsp;– The Ames Brothers
* ''Favorite Cowboy Songs''&nbsp;– [[Sons of the Pioneers]]
* ''[[Finger Style Guitar]]''&nbsp;– [[Chet Atkins]]
* ''[[Flight to Romance]]''&nbsp;– [[Aldemaro Romero]]
* ''[[Fontessa]]''&nbsp;– [[Modern Jazz Quartet]]
* ''The Four Aces''&nbsp;– [[The Four Aces]]
* ''[[Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color]]''&nbsp;– [[Frank Sinatra]]
* ''Frankie Laine & The Four Lads''&nbsp;– [[Frankie Laine]]
* ''A Girl Named Jo''&nbsp;– [[Jo Stafford]]
* ''Heimweh''&nbsp;– [[Freddy Quinn]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ursula Becher|title=Handbuch Medien im Geschichtsunterricht|language=de|publisher=Wochenschau-Verlag|isbn=9783879204304|page=448}}</ref>
* ''[[The Hi-Fi Nightingale]]''&nbsp;– [[Caterina Valente]]
* ''[[High Society (soundtrack)|High Society]]''&nbsp;– Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & [[Celeste Holm]]
* ''Holding Hands at Midnight''&nbsp;– [[Dinah Shore]]
* ''Howdy!''&nbsp;– [[Pat Boone]]
* ''[[Improvisations (Stéphane Grappelli album)|Improvisations]]''&nbsp;– [[Stéphane Grappelli]]
* ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Patti Page album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]]''&nbsp;– [[Patti Page]]
* ''[[Informal Jazz]]''&nbsp;– [[Elmo Hope]]
* ''Je me suis fait tout petit''&nbsp;– [[Georges Brassens]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Tinker|title=Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel: Personal and Social Narratives in Post-war Chanson|publisher=Liverpool University Press|year=2005|isbn=9780853237686|page=65}}</ref>
* ''[[The Lark in the Morning (album)|The Lark in the Morning]]''&nbsp;– [[Liam Clancy]] and [[Tommy Makem]]
* ''Latin Kick''&nbsp;– [[Cal Tjader]]
* ''[[Lennie Tristano (album)|Lennie Tristano]]''&nbsp;– [[Lennie Tristano]]
* ''Listen To The Hi-Lo's''&nbsp;– [[The Hi-Lo's]]
* ''[[Lonely Girl (album)|Lonely Girl]]''&nbsp;– [[Julie London]]
* ''Love Songs Sung''&nbsp;– [[Dinah Shore]]
* ''Lullaby Time''&nbsp;– Bing Crosby
* ''[[Manhattan Tower (Patti Page album)|Manhattan Tower]]''&nbsp;– [[Patti Page]]
* ''[[Max Roach + 4]]''&nbsp;– [[Max Roach]]
* ''[[Miles Davis Volume 1]]''&nbsp;– Miles Davis
* ''[[Miles Davis Volume 2]]''&nbsp;– Miles Davis
* ''[[Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet]]''&nbsp;– Miles Davis
* ''[[Miles Davis with Horns]]''&nbsp;– [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[The Misty Miss Christy]]'' – [[June Christy]]
* ''[[Moondog (1956 album)|Moondog]]''&nbsp;– [[Moondog]]
* ''Music and Memories''&nbsp;– [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* ''[[Music for Two in Love]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
* ''[[New Jazz Conceptions]]''&nbsp;– [[Bill Evans]]
* ''[[Nursery Days]]''&nbsp;– [[Woody Guthrie]]
* ''[[Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues]]''&nbsp;– [[Odetta]]
* ''[[On the Sunny Side (The Four Lads album)|On the Sunny Side]]''&nbsp;– [[The Four Lads]]
* ''[[Page Three&nbsp;– Easy Listening]]''&nbsp;– [[Patti Page]]
* ''Pat Boone''&nbsp;– [[Pat Boone]]
* ''Pick a Polka''&nbsp;– [[Lawrence Welk]]
* ''[[Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day]]''&nbsp;– [[Anita O'Day]]
* ''[[Pithecanthropus Erectus (album)|Pithecanthropus Erectus]]''&nbsp;– [[Charles Mingus]]
* ''The Platters''&nbsp;– [[The Platters]]
* ''[[Playboys (Chet Baker & Art Pepper album)|Playboys]]''&nbsp;– [[Chet Baker]] and [[Art Pepper]]
* ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show]]''&nbsp;– [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
* ''[[Rock, Rock, Rock (soundtrack)|Rock, Rock, Rock]]''&nbsp;– Various Artists
* ''Say It with Music''&nbsp;– [[Lawrence Welk]]
* ''Shillelaghs and Shamrocks''&nbsp;– Bing Crosby
* ''Singin' And Swingin' ''&nbsp;– [[The Mills Brothers]]
* ''[[Ski Trails]]''&nbsp;– [[Jo Stafford]]
* ''Song Favorites''&nbsp;– [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* ''Songs by Kay Starr''&nbsp;– [[Kay Starr]]
* ''[[Songs for Swingin' Lovers!]]''&nbsp;– Frank Sinatra
* ''[[Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around]]''&nbsp;– Bing Crosby
* ''[[Songs of Faith (Aretha Franklin album)|Songs of Faith]]''&nbsp;– [[Aretha Franklin]]
* ''[[Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child]]''&nbsp;– [[Woody Guthrie]]
* ''[[Squeeze Play (album)|Squeeze Play]]''&nbsp;– [[John Serry, Sr.]]
* ''Swingin' with Her Nibs''&nbsp;– [[Georgia Gibbs]]
* ''[[That Towering Feeling!]]''&nbsp;– [[Vic Damone]]
* ''[[The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon]]'' – [[The Teenagers|The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon]]
* ''[[Tenor Madness]]''&nbsp;– [[Sonny Rollins]]
* ''[[This Is Sinatra!]]''&nbsp;– Frank Sinatra
* ''[[Three Ragas]]''&nbsp;– [[Ravi Shankar]]
* ''[[Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet]]''&nbsp;– [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]
* ''[[The Toshiko Trio]]''&nbsp;– [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]
* ''[[Tragic Songs of Life (The Louvin Brothers album)|Tragic Songs of Life]]''&nbsp;– [[The Louvin Brothers]]
* ''[[The Unique Thelonious Monk]]''&nbsp;– [[Thelonious Monk]]
* ''[[Venezuelan Fiesta]]''&nbsp;– Aldemaro Romero
* ''[[The Voices of Patti Page]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
* ''La Découverte du Brésil'', ''Invocation pour la Défense de la Patrie'', ''Chôros n<sup>o</sup> 10''&nbsp;– [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Chœrs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française; Maria Kareska, soprano; Chorale des {{ill|Jeunesses musicales de France|fr}}; direction Heitor Villa-Lobos. 2 LPs. Columbia (France) FCX 602 & 603
* ''[[Whims of Chambers]]''&nbsp;– [[Paul Chambers]]
* ''[[The Wildest!]]''&nbsp;– [[Louis Prima]]
* ''[[Work Time]]''&nbsp;– Sonny Rollins
* ''[[You Go to My Head (album)|You Go to My Head]]''&nbsp;– Patti Page