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In 1956, the following five charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
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 ...
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
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.
It was performed by Little Richard and was released in December 1956. In the US, the song peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart and No. 7 on the R&B Best Sellers Chart. [1] Overseas, "The Girl Can't Help It" peaked at No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] It was ranked at No. 413 on Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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 the summer, and ranked four for the year. [3] This version also went to #1 on both the R&B Airplay and R&B Juke Box chart. [4]
Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1956; Billboard Top R&B Records of 1956; F. ... (Germany) L. List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1956;