This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley2 "Don't Be Cruel"3 "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle4 "My Prayer" The Platters5 "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant6 "Hound Dog" Elvis Presley7 "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter8 "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Doris Day9 "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin10 "(The) Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr11 "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff12 "The Great Pretender" The Platters13 "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone14 "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" Elvis Presley15 "Love Me Tender"16 "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" Perry Como17 "Canadian Sunset" Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter18 "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins19 "Green Door" Jim Lowe20 "No, Not Much" The Four Lads21 "Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett22 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford23 "Just Walkin' in the Rain" Johnnie Ray24 "Allegheny Moon" Patti Page25 "I'm in Love Again" Fats Domino26 "Tonight You Belong to Me" Patience and Prudence27 "Be-Bop-A-Lula" Gene Vincent28 "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers29 "Standing on the Corner" The Four Lads30 "The Flying Saucer" Buchanan & Goodman31 "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" George Cates32 "Ivory Tower" Cathy Carr33 "See You Later Alligator" Bill Haley & His Comets34 "I'll Be Home" Pat Boone35 "On the Street Where You Live" Vic Damone36 "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" The Platters37 "Born to Be with You" The Chordettes38 "Band of Gold" Don Cherry39 "More" Perry Como40 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell41 "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino42 "The Fool" Sanford Clark43 "The Happy Whistler" Don Robertson44 "True Love" Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly45 "Long Tall Sally" Little Richard46 "A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" Teresa Brewer47 "Transfusion" Nervous Norvus48 "It Only Hurts for a Little While" The Ames Brothers49 "A Tear Fell" Teresa Brewer50 "Rock Island Line" Lonnie Donegan
See also 1956 in music List of Billboard number-one singles of 1956
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