Most Popular Songs of 1956
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| Position | Billboard Hit | Artist |
| 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 | (The) 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 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley |
| 16 | Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) | Perry Como |
| 17 | Canadian Sunset | Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter |
| 18 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 19 | Green Door | Jim Lowe |
| 20 | No, Not Much | The Four Lads |
| 21 | Honky Tonk | Bill Doggett |
| 22 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 23 | Just Walkin' 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 and Prudence |
| 27 | Be-Bop-A-Lula | Gene Vincent |
| 28 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | The Teenagers |
| 29 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads |
| 30 | The Flying Saucer | Buchanan and Goodman |
| 31 | Moonglow and Theme from Picnic | George Cates |
| 32 | Ivory Tower | Cathy Carr |
| 33 | See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley and 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 | Sanford Clark |
| 43 | The Happy Whistler | Don Robertson |
| 44 | True Love | Bing Crosby and 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 |
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