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UNITED KINGDOM'S WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1956 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Apr 04, 2007 at 06:04 AM |
UNITED KINGDOM'S WEEKLY ALBUM CHARTS FROM 1956
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:JULY 22,1956
(First Weekly Album Chart in the UK)
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 NE 1 SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LOVERS-FRANK SINATRA
2 NE 1 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
3 NE 1 Mel Torme At The Crescendo-Mel Torme
4 NE 1 Louis Armstrong At The Crescendo-Louis Armstrong
5 NE 1 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:JULY 29,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 2 SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LOVERS-FRANK SINATRA
2 2 2 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
3 3 2 Mel Torme At The Crescendo-Mel Torme
4 5 2 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
5 NE 1 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:AUGUST 5,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 2 3 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 1 3 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
3 3 3 Mel Torme At The Crescendo-Mel Torme
4 5 2 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
5 NE 1 The Student Prince-Mario Lanza
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:AUGUST 12,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 4 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 4 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
3 3 4 Mel Torme At The Crescendo-Mel Torme
4 4 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
5 NE 1 Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette-Mel Torme
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:AUGUST 19,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 2 5 SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LOVERS-FRANK SINATRA
2 1 5 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
3 5 2 Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette-Mel Torme
4 RE 3 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
5 NE 1 Eddy Duchin Story-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:AUGUST 26,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 2 6 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 1 6 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
3 5 2 Eddy Duchin Story-Original Soundtrack
4 RE 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
5 3 3 Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette-Mel Torme
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:SEPTEMBER 2,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 7 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 7 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
3 4 5 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 3 3 Eddy Duchin Story-Original Soundtrack
5 5 4 Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette-Mel Torme
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:SEPTEMBER 9,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 8 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 8 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
3 4 6 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 RE 4 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
5 4 4 Eddy Duchin Story-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:SEPTEMBER 16,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 9 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 3 7 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
3 4 5 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
4 NE 1 The King And I-Original Soundtrack
5 2 9 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:SEPTEMBER 23,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 3 6 OKLAHOMA!-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 8 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
3 1 10 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
4 4 2 The King And I-Original Soundtrack
5 NE 1 Salad Days-London Cast
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:SEPTEMBER 30,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 7 OKLAHOMA!-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 4 3 The King And I-Original Soundtrack
3 2 9 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 RE 10 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:OCTOBER 7,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 2 4 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 RE 11 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
3 1 8 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
4 3 10 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
5 4 11 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:OCTOBER 14,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 5 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 3 9 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
3 4 11 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 2 12 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 NE 1 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:OCTOBER 21,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 5 2 ROCK N' ROLL STAGE SHOWS-BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
2 1 6 The King And I-Original Soundtrack
3 3 12 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 2 10 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
5 4 13 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:OCTOBER 28,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 2 7 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 1 3 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
3 NE 1 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
4 3 13 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:NOVEMBER 4,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 3 2 ELVIS PRESLEY ROCK N' ROLL-ELVIS PRESLEY
2 2 4 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
3 1 8 The King And I-Original Soundtrack
4 RE 14 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 RE 11 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:NOVEMBER 11,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 3 9 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 1 3 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
3 2 5 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 5 12 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
4 NE 1 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:NOVEMBER 18,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 10 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 4 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
3 4 13 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
3 4 2 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
4 3 6 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:NOVEMBER 25,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 11 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 3 3 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 3 14 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
4 RE 15 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 2 5 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:DECEMBER 2,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 12 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 3 4 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 3 15 Oklahoma!-Original Soundtrack
4 RE 16 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 2 6 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:DECEMBER 9,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 13 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 5 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 RE 7 Rock n' Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets
4 5 7 Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll-Elvis Presley
5 4 17 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:DECEMBER 16,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 14 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 6 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 NE 1 High Society-Original Soundtrack
4 5 18 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 RE 14 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:DECEMBER 23,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 15 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 7 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 3 2 High Society-Original Soundtrack
4 4 19 Carousel-Original Soundtrack
5 5 15 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
UNITED KINGDOM ALBUM CHART FOR WEEK BEGINNING:DECEMBER 30,1956
TW LW Wks Title Artist
1 1 16 THE KING AND I-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2 2 8 Showcase-Lonnie Donegan
3 3 3 High Society-Original Soundtrack
4 5 16 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley And His Comets
5 RE 12 Songs For Swingin' Lovers-Frank Sinatra
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