RADIO STATION WMGM'S (NEW YORK CITY) TOP SINGLES OF 1956 (TOP 14)* |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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May 23, 2016 at 09:48 PM |
RADIO STATION WMGM'S (NEW YORK CITY) TOP SINGLES OF 1956 (TOP 14)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViMF510wqWA
1-DON'T BE CRUEL-ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA-OCTOBER 1078 2-MY PRAYER-PLATTERS-MERCURY-August 1012 3-LOVE ME TENDER-ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA-November 980 4-MOONGLOW & THEME FROM PICNIC-MORRIS STOLOFF-Decca-June 948 5-LISBON ANTIGUA-NELSON RIDDLE-Capitol-March 942 6-JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN-JOHNNIE RAY-Columbia-November 890 7-WHATEVER WILL BE,WILL BE-DORIS DAY-Columbia-August 878 8-THE GREAT PRETENDER-Platters-Mercury-February 854 9-HEARTBREAK HOTEL-Elvis Presley-RCA-May 848 10-POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS-Les Baxter-Capitol-April 844 11-Memories Are Made Of This-Dean Martin-Capitol-January 836 12-Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett-King-October 826 13-True Love-Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly-Capitol-November 814 14-I Want You,I Need You, I Love You-Elvis Presley-RCA-July 812 15-Wayward Wind-Gogi Grant-ERA-July 808 16-Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood-RCA-October 806 17-He-Al Hibbler-Decca-January 764 18-Rock And Roll Waltz-Kay Starr-RCA-February 754 19-Hound Dog-Elvis Presley-RCA-September 740 20-Green Door-JIM LOWE-DOT-November 738 21-Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Gee-April 696 22-It's Almost Tomorrow-Dream Weavers-Decca-January 678 23-I Hear You Knocking-Gale Storm-Dot-January 666 24-Allegheny Moon-Patti Page-Mercury-August 658 25-Ivory Tower-Cathy Carr-Fraternity-June 646 26-He-McGuire Sisters-Coral-January 638 27-No,Not Much-Four Lads-Columbia-March 628 28-Hot Diggity-Perry Como-RCA-May 614 29-Tonight You Belong To Me-Patience & Prudence-Liberty-October 604 30-On The Street Where You Live-Vic Damone-Columbia-July 602 31-Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins-Sun-April 602 32-Standing On The Corner-Four Lads-Columbia-July 588 33-Cindy,Oh Cindy-Vince Martin & The Tarriers-RCA-December 568 34-See You Later,Alligator-Bill Haley & The Comets-Decca-February 508 35-Friendly Persuasion-Pat Boone-Dot-November 452 36-I Almost Lost My MindPat Boone-Dot-August 442 37-Hey,Jealous Lover-Frank Sinatra-Capitol-December 436 38-Band Of Gold-Don Cherry-Columbia-January 422 39-Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Gale Storm-Dot-April 420 40-Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Diamonds-Mercury-April 420 41-Love And Marriage-Frank Sinatra-Capitol-December 416 42-I'll Be Home-Pat Boone-Dot-April 400 43-Soft Summer Breeze-Eddie Heywood-Mercury-October 396 44-(You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters-Mercury-May 386 45-The Flying Saucer(Parts 1 & 2)Buchanan & Goodman-Luniverse-September 378 46-A Tear Fell-Teresa Brewer-Coral-April 368 47-I'll Be Home-Flamingos-Checker-April 366 48-I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino-Imperial-July 360 49-Rose And A Baby Ruth-George Hamilton IV-ABC Paramount-December 344 50-Be-Bop-A-Lula-Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps-Capitol-July 332 51-It's Almost Tomorrow-Jo Staffoed-Columbia-January 332 52-Dungaree Doll-Eddie Fisher-RCA-January 328 53-Love Me-Elvis Presley-RCA-December 306 54-Moritat(A Theme From The Three Penny Opera)-Dick Hyman Trio-MGM-March 300 55-You Don't Know Me-Jerry Vale-Columbia-September 270 56-Rock Island Line-Lonnie Donegan-London-May 250 57-Juke Box Baby-Perry Como-RCA-March 246 58-I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenager-Gee-May 244 59-Cindy,Oh Cindy-Eddie Fisher-RCA-November 242 60-Long Tall Sally-Little Richard-Specialty-May 242 61-Themes From ?The Man With The Golden Arm?-Dick Jacobs-Coral-April 228 62-You'll Never Never Know-Platters-Mercury-November 216 63-Walk Hand In Hand-Tony Martin-RCA-June 200 64-Angels In The Sky-Crew Cuts-Mercury-January 196 65-A Teenage Prayer-Gale Storm-Dot-January 194 66-A Teenage Prayer-Gloria Mann-Sound-January 194 67-In The Still Of The Nite-The Five Satins-Ember-August 174 68-Moritat(A Theme...Penny Opera)-Richard Hayman&Jan August-Mercury-March 160 69-Song For A Summer Night-Mitch Miller-Columbia-October 154 70-Born To Be With You-Chordettes-Cadence-July 154 71-Happy Whistler-Don Robertson-Capitol-June 154 72-Chain Gang-Bobby Scott-ABC Paramount-February 154 73-Tutti' Frutti-Pat Boone?Dot-March 152 74-Tutti' Frutti-Little Richard?Specialty-March 152 75-Band Of Gold-Kit Carson-Capitol-January 146 76-Transfusion-Nervous Norvous-Dot-July 144 77-Memories Are Made Of This-Gale Storm-Dot-January 140 78-Nuttin' For Christmas-Barry Gordon/Art Mooney-MGM-January 134 79-Nuttin? For Christmas-Ricky Zahnd & Blue Jeaners?Columbia-January 134 80-Graduation Day-Rover Boys-ABC Paramount-June 120 81-More-Perry Como-RCA-July 114 82-Gonna Get Along Without You Now-Patience & Prudence-Liberty-December 108 83-Themes From ?The Man With The Golden Arm?-Richard Maltby-April 106 84-Themes From ?The Man With The Golden Arm?-Elmer Bernstein?Decca-April 106 85-Themes From ?The Man With The Golden Arm?-Billy May?Capitol-April 106 86-Nuttin? For Christmas-Joe Ward?King-January 90 87-Ivory Tower-Otis Williams & The Charms-De Luxe-May 86 88-Long Tall Sally-Pat Boone-Dot-May 80 89-The Fool-Sanford Clark-Dot-September 72 90-The Fool-Gallahads-Jubilee-September 72 91-Sweet Old Fashioned Girl-Teresa Brewer-Coral-July 72 92-Eddie My Love-Fontane Sisters-Dot-April 70 93-Eddie My Love-Teen Queens?RPM-April 70 94-Eddie My Love-Chordettes?Cadence-April 70 95-Moonglow And Theme From ?Picnic?-George Cates & Orchestra?Coral-May 44 96-Can You Find It In Your Heart-Tony Bennett-Columbia-May 38 97-Glendora-Perry Como-RCA-July 36 98-That's All There Is To Tha-Nat "King" Cole/Four Knights-Capitol-Sept. 36 99-Two Different Worlds-Don Rondo-Jubilee-December 34 100-Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets-Modern-July 34 101-Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter-Atlantic-July 34 102-My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino-Imperial-June 34 103-When The White Lilacs Bloom Again-LeRoy Holmes-M-G-M-October 34 104-Are You Satisfied?-Rusty Draper-Mercury-February 34 105-Are You Satisfied?-Sheb Wooley?M-G-M-February 34 * This list is compiled with the WMGM lists from 1956 for the weeks of January 16, February 27,March 5 and from May 7 to the end of the year.Cash Box (USA) Magazine weekly single charts were substituted for the missing weeks to enable me to compile this list. If I am able to recover or locate some of the missing weeks that will more than likely change the positioning on this list.Therefore, if anyone has any of the weekly charts for the missing weeks I would appreciate it if you could provide me with a copy of any of those charts.
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