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January 7. "Sixteen Tons". Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato. "Memories Are Made of This". Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile. "Sixteen Tons". Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato. "Sixteen Tons".
Elvis Presley had five songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1956, including "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Don't Be Cruel", the top two songs of the year. The Platters had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales.
Cash achieved the first of his thirteen country number ones when he topped the juke box chart with " I Walk the Line ", [9] a track which Rolling Stone magazine ranked as the greatest country song of all time in 2014, [10] and its flip side " Get Rhythm ". Price, Red Sovine and the Louvin Brothers also achieved their debut chart-toppers in 1956.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. The chart was first issued in the magazine issue of August 4, 1958. Prior to that, Billboard published four popular song charts; the Top 100, the first Billboard chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play; Best Sellers in Stores, ranking the best-selling singles in retail ...
Elvis Presley, Frankie Vaughan and Lonnie Donegan were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1956. The 1955 Christmas number-one, "Christmas Alphabet" by Dickie Valentine, remained at number-one for the first week of 1956. The first new number-one single of the year was "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie ...
Crossword (1966; two unsold pilots hosted by George Fenneman) The Cross-Wits (1975–1980) and its revival, The New Cross Wits (1986–1987) Merv Griffin's Crosswords (2007–2008) The Cube (2021–present; began as a 2010 unsold pilot hosted by Neil Patrick Harris)
July 22. July 29. August 5. August 12. Don't Go Near the Water. William Brinkley. August 19. August 26. September 2.
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1956 (see 1956 in film): 1956. Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1956: 1984: Michael Anderson: