Editing 1956 in music (section)

==Top hits on record==
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*"[[The ABC's of Love]]" – [[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers]]
*"[[Ain't Got No Home (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)|Ain't Got No Home]]"&nbsp;– [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]]
*"[[Allegheny Moon]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[And This Is My Beloved]]" – [[Mario Lanza]]
*"[[Any Way You Want Me (Elvis Presley song)|Any Way You Want Me]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[Are You Satisfied? (song)|Are You Satisfied?]]" – [[Rusty Draper]]
*"[[Bambino (Dalida song)|Bambino]]"&nbsp;– [[Dalida]]
*"[[Be-Bop-A-Lula]]" – [[Gene Vincent]] and His Blue Caps
*"[[Blue Suede Shoes]]" – [[Carl Perkins]]
*"[[Blueberry Hill]]" – [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[Canadian Sunset]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[:fr:C'est Noël|C'est Noël]]" – [[Fernandel]]
*"Chain Gang" – [[Bobby Scott (musician)|Bobby Scott]]
*"[[Che bambola]]" – [[Fred Buscaglione]] (Italy)
*"[[Church Bells May Ring]]" recorded by
** [[The Willows (group)|The Willows]]
** [[The Diamonds]]
*"Confidential" – Sonny Knight
*"[[Don't Be Cruel]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[Don't Forbid Me]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
*"[[The Fool (Sanford Clark song)|The Fool]]" – [[Sanford Clark]]
*"[[Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
*"Fujiyama Mama" – [[Wanda Jackson]]
*"[[Glad Rag Doll]]" – [[Kay Starr]]
*"[[Gonna Get Along Without You Now]]" – [[Patience and Prudence]]
*"[[The Great Pretender]]" – [[The Platters]]
*"[[The Green Door]]" – [[Jim Lowe]]
*"[[Happiness is a Thing Called Joe]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)|Happiness Street]]" recorded by
** [[Georgia Gibbs]]
** [[Tony Bennett]]
*"[[The Happy Whistler]]" – [[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]]
*"[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[Hell Hath No Fury (Frankie Laine song)|Hell Hath No Fury]]"&nbsp;– [[Frankie Laine]]
*"Hot Dog ! That Made Him Mad" – [[Wanda Jackson]]
*"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
*"[[I Almost Lost My Mind]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
*"[[I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[I Gotta Get Myself a Woman]]" - [[The Drifters]]
*"[[I Promise to Remember]]" – [[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers]]
*"[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]"&nbsp;– [[Doris Day]]
*"[[I Walk the Line]]" – [[Johnny Cash]]
*"I Want to Be Loved" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[I Want You, I Need You, I Love You]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[I Want You to Be My Girl]]" – [[The Teenagers|The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon]]
*"[[I Was the One]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[I'll Be Home]]" – [[Pat Boone]]
*"[[Innamorata (song)|Innamorata]]" – [[Dean Martin]]
*"[[It's Almost Tomorrow]]" – [[The Dream Weavers]]
*"[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]]
*"[[Ivory Tower (1956 song)|Ivory Tower]]" – [[Cathy Carr (singer)|Cathy Carr]]
*"[[Just Walkin' in the Rain]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Lonesome Road]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Long Tall Sally]]" – [[Little Richard]]
*"[[Love Me Tender (song)|Love Me Tender]]" – [[Elvis Presley]]
*"[[Mama from the Train]]" – [[Patti Page]]
*"[[The Man That Got Away]]" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"[[Memories Are Made Of This]]" – [[Dean Martin]]
*"[[Miracle of Love (song)|Miracle of Love]]" – [[Eileen Rodgers]]
*"[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]" – [[Fats Domino]]
*"[[My Prayer]]" – [[The Platters]]
*"[[No, Not Much]]" – [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[On the Road to Mandalay]]" – [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[On the Street Where You Live]]" – [[Vic Damone]]
*"[[Picnic (song)|Picnic]]" – [[The McGuire Sisters]]
*"[[Refrain (Lys Assia song)|Refrain]]" – [[Lys Assia]]<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kaelin, Pierre|date=3 May 1956|title=Grand-Prix Eurovision 1956 de la Chanson européenne à Radio-Lausanne|language=fr|page=13|newspaper=[[La Liberté (Switzerland)|La Liberté]]|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19560503-01.2.69|oclc=643528928}}</ref>
*"[[Roll Over Beethoven]]" – [[Chuck Berry]]
*"[[See You Later Alligator]]" – [[Bill Haley and His Comets]]
*"[[Shake a Hand]]" – [[Johnnie Ray]]
*"[[Siempre hace frío]]" – [[Cuco Sánchez]]<ref>{{cite web |title="Siempre hace frío" by Cuco Sánchez |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MYksdXTQVM  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4MYksdXTQVM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=6 August 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"[[Singing the Blues]]" – [[Guy Mitchell]]
*"[[Soft Summer Breeze]]" – [[Eddie Heywood]]
*"[[Song for a Summer Night]]" – [[Mitch Miller|Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus]]
*"[[Standing on the Corner (show tune)|Standing on the Corner]]" – [[The Four Lads]]
*"[[Suddenly There's a Valley]]" – [[Gogi Grant]]
*"[[A Tear Fell]]" – [[Teresa Brewer]]
*"[[That's All There Is to That]]" – [[Nat King Cole]]
*"[[(Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm|(Themes from) ''The Man with the Golden Arm'']]" – [[Richard Maltby Sr.|Richard Maltby & His Orchestra]]
*"[[Tonight You Belong to Me]]"&nbsp;– [[Patience and Prudence]]
*"[[True Love (Cole Porter song)|True Love]]" [[Grace Kelly]] and [[Bing Crosby]]
*"[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti-Frutti]]" – [[Little Richard]]
*"[[Twenty Flight Rock]]" – [[Eddie Cochran]]
*"[[Walk Hand in Hand]]" – [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]]
*"[[The Wayward Wind]]" – [[Gogi Grant]]
*"[[Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)]]" – [[Doris Day]]
*"[[Who Can Explain?]]" – [[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers]]
*"[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]"&nbsp;– [[The Teenagers|The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon]]
*"[[Without Him]]"&nbsp;– [[Frankie Laine]]
*"[[You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)|You Don't Know Me]]" – [[Jerry Vale]]
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