TORONTO CANADA'S RADIO STATION CHUM'S TOP SINGLES OF 1956 |
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Written by Barry Kowal
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Sep 23, 2015 at 09:47 PM |
TORONTO CANADA'S RADIO STATION CHUM'S TOP SINGLES OF 1956* 

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TORONTO CANADA'S RADIO STATION CHUM?S TOP SINGLES OF 1956* 1-GREEN DOOR JIM LOWE-OCTOBER 2-LOVE ME TENDER ELVIS PRESLEY-October 3-MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS DEAN MARTIN-January 4-HOUND DOG-ELVIS PRESLEY-September 5-THE GREAT PRETENDER PLATTERS-February 6-MY PRAYER PLATTERS-August 7-HEARTBREAK HOTEL ELVIS PRESLEY-May 8-I ALMOST LOST MY MIND Pat Boone-August 9-DON'T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley-September 10-JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN-Johnnie Ray-November 11-Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett-December 938 12-Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins-April 13-Lisbon Antigua-Nelson Riddle-March 834 14-Poor People Of Paris Les Baxter-April 778 15-Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood-October 770 16-True Love-Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly-December 770 17-Canadian Sunset-Andy Williams-September 770 18-True Love-Jane Powell-November 770 19-Rock And Roll Waltz Kay Starr-March 664 20-Wayward Wind Gogi Grant-July 660 21-Hot Diggity-Perry Como-May 648 22-Moonglow & Theme From Picnic-Morris Stoloff-June 64 23-Moonglow & Theme From Picnic-George Cates-June 646 24-No,Not Much-Four Lads-May 25-Whatever Will Be,Will Be-Doris Day-August 644 26-Friendly Persuasion-Pat Boone-November 27-I Want You,I Need You, I Love You-Elvis Presley-July 28-Tonight You Belong To Me-Patience & Prudence-October 638 29-(You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters-February 30-Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-April 614 31-Ivory Tower-Cathy Carr-June 508 32-Allegheny Moon-Patti Page-August 33-Cindy,Oh Cindy-Vince Martin & The Tarriers-December 460 34-I'll Be Home-Pat Boone-February 35-Hey,Jealous Lover-Frank Sinatra-November 36-See You Later,Alligator-Bill Haley & The Comets-February 37-Cindy,Oh Cindy-Eddie Fisher-December 460 38-Standing On The Corner-Four Lads-July 39-Rose And A Baby Ruth-George Hamilton IV-December 454 40-It's Almost Tomorrow-Dream Weavers-February 440 41-Band Of Gold-Don Cherry-February 422 42-Tonight You Belong To Me-Lennon Sisters-October 402 43-The Fool-Sanford Clark-June 380 44-A Tear Fell-Teresa Brewer-May 370 45-Rock-A-Bye Your Baby-Jerry Lewis-December 370 46-Ivory Tower-Gale Storm-June 364 47-I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino-May 48-Ivory Tower-Otis Williams & His Charms-May 364 49-The Flying Saucer(Parts 1 & 2)Buchanan & Goodman-September 344 50-Be-Bop-A-Lula-Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps-July 51-Song For A Summer Night-Mitch Miller-October 326 52-A Teenage Prayer-Gale Storm-February 320 53-On The Street Where You Live-Vic Damone-July 262 54-You Don't Know Me-Jerry Vale-November 244 55-Juke Box Baby-Perry Como-April 232 56-Soft Summer Breeze-Eddie Heywood-October 230 57-Long Tall Sally-Little Richard-May 58-Moritat(A Theme From The Three Penny Opera)-Dick Hyman Trio-March 224 59-More-Perry Como-August 170 60-Born To Be With You-Chordettes-August 170 61-Friendly Persuasion-Four Aces-November 160 62-Graduation Day-Rover Boys-June 140 63-Graduation Day-Four Freshmen-June 140 64-Happy Whistler-Don Robertson-June 136 65-Rock Island Line-Lonnie Donegan-May 128 66-Sweet Old Fashioned Girl-Teresa Brewer-September 120 67-Since I Met You Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter-December 68-Two Different Worlds-Don Rondo-December 110 69-Dungaree Doll-Eddie Fisher-February 88 70-Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets-July 76 71-Stranded In The Jungle-Jayhawks-July 76 72-Gonna Get Along Without You Now-Patience & Prudence-December 70 73-Daddy O-Fontane Sisters-January 42 74-Chain Gang-Bobby Scott-February 42 75-Slow Walk-Bill Doggett-December 38 76-You'll Never Never Know-Platters-Mercury-November 77-(Love Is) The Tender Trap-Frank Sinatra-January 78-Long Tall Sally-Pat Boone-May 79-Tutti' Frutti-Pat Boone-February 80-Jamaica Farewell-Harry Belafonte-December 81-R.O.C.K.-Bill Haley & The Comets-June 82-I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash-November 83-Rip It Up-Little Richard-August 84-Tutti' Frutti-Little Richard-February 85-My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino-May 86-Blue Suede Shoes-Elvis Presley-June 87-Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)-Elvis Presley-December 88-Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry-June 89-Boppin' The Blues-Carl Perkins-August 90-Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry-October 91-Brown Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry-October 92-Ooby Dooby-Roy Orbison-July * This list is not an actual survey. I have no Canadian singles charts in my possession prior to 1957.So for the years 1954-56 US charts are primarily substituted for Canadian singles charts to assist in my compilation of the Top 5000 of all-time. This year-end list here is primarily compiled from US charts with some references made to songs from that year from the ?CHUM CHART BOOK? by ?Ron Hall?.
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