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Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play. Note: In the issues dated February 25, June 16, September 15, November 17, and December 22, Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on the Top 100.
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. [1]
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
Glenn Miller recorded the song that year for a number two hit and the Ink Spots' version featuring Bill Kenny reached number three, as well, that year. [1] It has been recorded many times since, but the biggest hit version was a doo-wop rendition in 1956 by the Platters , [ 2 ] whose single release reached number one on the Billboard Top 100 in ...
Cathy Carr went to number 2 on the Top 100. [2] Overseas, her version achieved number 2 on the Australian chart. Hank Locklin; Gale Storm went to number 6 on the Billboard pop charts; Porter Wagoner; Otis Williams and the Charms reached number 5 on Billboard's R&B chart and number 11 on the pop chart. [3] Connie Francis
A recording of the tune by Les Baxter's orchestra (Capitol Records catalog number 3336, with the flip side "Theme from 'Helen of Troy'") was a number-one hit on the Billboard chart in the US in 1956: for four weeks on the Best Sellers in Stores chart, [5] [6] for six weeks on the Most Played by Jockeys and Hot 100 charts, and for three weeks on the Most Played on Jukeboxes chart.
Taken in 1956, the picture (photographed by Antony Armstrong-Jones) shows the royal siblings standing in a room full of mirrors. In the photo, the future king is sporting a long-sleeved shirt ...
It became the best-selling R&B song in January 1956, [5] and reached No. 2 on the Top 100 chart on Billboard in February 1956. [6] It was also the 12th best-selling singles of 1956. [7] The Platters performed "The Great Pretender" and "Only You" in the 1956 musical film Rock Around the Clock., [8] and was also in the film American Graffiti.