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List of Billboard number-one singles of 1956

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This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1956 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. 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.
  • Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
  • Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |title=Billboard Honor Roll of Hits Represents Culmination of Disk's Life on the Charts |magazine=The Billboard |publisher=The Billboard Publishing Company |date=24 April 1954 |accessdate=April 23, 2015 |page=34 |issn=0006-2510 |volume=66|number=17}}{{cite magazine|date=24 March 1945|title=The Billboard Music Popularity Contest: Honor Roll of Hits – The Nation's 10 Top Tunes |url={{Google books |phEEAAAAMBAJ |page=16 |plainurl=yes }}|magazine=The Billboard |page=16 |access-date=4 August 2020}} It served as The Billboard{{'}}s lead chart until the introduction of the Hot 100 in 1958 and would remain in print until 1963.{{cite web |url=https://www.recordresearch.com/billboard_chart_collections/dvd_honor_roll_of_hits_charts.php |title=DVD-rom: Honor Roll of Hits Charts |website=Joel Whitburn's Record Research |accessdate=April 23, 2015}}
  • Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.

Note: In the issues dated February 25, June 16, September 15, November 17, and December 22, Billboard reported a tie for the number-one single on the Top 100. In addition, Billboard considered the following B-sides as sharing the number-one spot with its A-side on one of its charts:

  • "I Was the One" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; April 21–April 28);{{efn|Following these two weeks, Billboard listed only "Heartbreak Hotel" for the remainder of the disc's occupation in the number-one slot.}}
  • "I Was the One" (Elvis Presley; Most Played in Jukeboxes; May 5, May 12);{{efn|With the exception of these two weeks, Billboard listed only "Heartbreak Hotel" as the number-one single on the "Most Played in Jukeboxes" chart during that disc’s occupation.}}
  • "My Baby Left Me" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; July 28);
  • "Heaven on Earth" (The Platters; Best Sellers in Stores; August 4–11);
  • "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; August 18–October 27);{{efn|From August 18 to September 15, "Hound Dog" was considered by Billboard to be the A-side of the disc. Following the week after September 22, Billboard listed "Don't Be Cruel" as the A-side for the remainder of the disc's occupation in the number-one slot. (For September 22, only "Don’t Be Cruel" was listed as the number-one single.)}}
  • "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" (Elvis Presley; Most Played in Jukeboxes; September 1–November 10);{{efn|From September 1 to September 15, Billboard listed "Hound Dog" as the A-side of the disc. Afterwards, besides a brief return to the original listing on September 29, "Don't Be Cruel" was listed as the A-side for the remainder of the disc's occupation in the number-one slot.}}
  • "Any Way You Want Me" (Elvis Presley; Best Sellers in Stores; November 10–17);{{efn|With the exception of these two weeks, Billboard listed only "Love Me Tender" as the number-one single on the "Best Sellers in Stores" chart during that disc’s occupation.}} and
  • "Any Way You Want Me" (Elvis Presley; Most Played in Jukeboxes; December 8).

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! Issue date !! Best Sellers in Stores !! Most Played by Jockeys !! Most Played in Jukeboxes !! Honor Roll of Hits !! Top 100 !! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

January 7style="text-align: center;"|"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		style="text-align: center;"|"Sixteen Tons"style="text-align: center;"|"Sixteen Tons"
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 7 January 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |3B4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA24 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=24, 26, 42 |access-date=6 August 2023}}
January 14rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Memories Are Made of This"rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 14 January 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |yyAEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 34, 42 |access-date=6 August 2023}}
January 21style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 21 January 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |YR8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 32, 40 |access-date=6 August 2023}}
January 28rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"Memories Are Made of This"
Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 28 January 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |yB4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA42 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=42, 46, 54 |access-date=6 August 2023}}
February 4style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 4 February 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |vB4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 32, 40 |access-date=6 August 2023}}
February 11style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 11 February 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |0R4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA22 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=22, 26, 36 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
February 18style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"The Great Pretender"
The Platters		style="text-align: center;"|"The Great Pretender"
The Platters		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 18 February 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |4B4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 30, 51 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
February 25rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"Lisbon Antigua"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra		style="text-align: center;"|"The Great Pretender"
The Platters		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"style="text-align: center;"|"The Great Pretender"
The Platters
"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 25 February 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |pR4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA34 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=34, 38, 44 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
March 3style="text-align: center;"|"Lisbon Antigua"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 3 March 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |vSAEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 38, 46 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
March 10style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"
Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 10 March 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1956/Billboard%201956-03-10.pdf |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 34, 46 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
March 17rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter		style="text-align: center;"|"Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 17 March 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |8x4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA24 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=24, 28, 44 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
March 24rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter		style="text-align: center;"|"Rock and Roll Waltz"rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 24 March 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |Qh8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 34, 42 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
March 31rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 31 March 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |hB8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA40 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=40, 42, 48 |access-date=7 August 2023}}
April 7style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 7 April 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |ZB8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 30, 36 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
April 14style="text-align: center;"|"Lisbon Antigua"
Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 14 April 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |piEEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA42 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=42, 46, 58 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
April 21rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was the One"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"The Poor People of Paris"
Les Baxter		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 21 April 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |rh4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA36 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=36, 38, 44 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
April 28style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 28 April 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |9h4EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA38 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=38, 42, 48 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
May 5rowspan= 6 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|"Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra & the Ray Charles Singers		style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was the One"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 5 May 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |fB8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 32, 40 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
May 12rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 12 May 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |qCEEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA78 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=77, 82, 88 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
May 19style="text-align: center;"|"Hot Diggity"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 19 May 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |UB8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA22 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=22, 24, 32 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
May 26style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was the One"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 26 May 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |Tx8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 34, 42 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
June 2rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Moonglow and Theme from Picnic"
Morris Stoloff		rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Moonglow and Theme from Picnic"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 2 June 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |QB8EAAAAMBAJ |page=PA26 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=26, 28, 34 |access-date=8 August 2023}}
June 9style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 9 June 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |ggoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 30, 36 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
June 16rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman		style="text-align: center;"|"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 16 June 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |gQoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA24 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=24, 28, 34 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
June 23rowspan=8 style="text-align: center;"|"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 23 June 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |gAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA42 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=42, 46, 52 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
June 30rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"The Wayward Wind"
Gogi Grant with Orchestra Under Direction of Buddy Bregman		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 30 June 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |20QEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA34 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=34, 36, 42 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
July 7rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Wayward Wind"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 7 July 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |7EQEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA28 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=28, 32, 38 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
July 14style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 14 July 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books
0QEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA26 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=26, 28, 34 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
July 21style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 21 July 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |jQoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 34, 40 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
July 28style="text-align: center;"|"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"/"My Baby Left Me"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"I Almost Lost My Mind"
Pat Boone		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 28 July 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |fUUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA52 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=52, 56, 60 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
August 4rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"/"Heaven on Earth"
The Platters		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"I Almost Lost My Mind"
Pat Boone		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 4 August 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |iQoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA62 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=62, 64, 70 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
August 11style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 11 August 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |igoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA48 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=48, 50, 56 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
August 18rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"
The Platters		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"
The Platters		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 18 August 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |iwoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA54 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=54, 56, 62 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
August 25style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"
The Platters		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 25 August 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |jAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 34, 40 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
September 1rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 1 September 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |dwoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA34 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=34, 36, 42 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
September 8rowspan=8 style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 8 September 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |XkUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA34 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=34, 38, 44 |access-date=14 August 2023}}
September 15style="text-align: center;"|"My Prayer"
The Platters
"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 15 September 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |5kQEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 40 |access-date=15 August 2023}}
September 22style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;|"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 22 September 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |iAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA50 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=50, 53, 58 |access-date=15 August 2023}}
September 29rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|"Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 29 September 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |hwoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA46 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=46, 48, 54 |access-date=15 August 2023}}
October 6rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 6 October 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |SkUEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA56 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=56, 58, 64 |access-date=15 August 2023}}
October 13style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 13 October 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |ewoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 34, 38 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
October 20style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 20 October 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |fAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 32, 36 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
October 27style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 27 October 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |eQoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA44 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=44, 48, 52 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
November 3style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=5 style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=6 style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Green Door"
Jim Lowe with The High Fives		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 3 November 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |fwoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA30 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=30, 32, 36 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
November 10rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"/"Any Way You Want Me"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 10 November 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |FgsEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA98 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=98, 102, 108 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
November 17rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Green Door"
Jim Lowe with The High Fives		style="text-align: center;"|"Green Door"
Jim Lowe with The High Fives
"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 17 November 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |fgoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 38, 40 |access-date=16 August 2023}}
November 24rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 24 November 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |hQoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 34, 36 |access-date=18 August 2023}}
December 1style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 1 December 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |hgoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA26 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=26, 28, 32 |access-date=18 August 2023}}
December 8rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra		rowspan=4 style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra		style="text-align: center;"|"Love Me Tender"/"Any Way You Want Me"
Elvis Presley		rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 8 December 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |eAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA36 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=36, 38, 48 |access-date=21 August 2023}}
December 15rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra		rowspan=3 style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 8 December 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |egoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA42 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=42, 44, 48 |access-date=21 August 2023}}
December 22style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra
"Love Me Tender"
Elvis Presley		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 22 December 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |hAoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA32 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=32, 36, 42 |access-date=21 August 2023}}
December 29style="text-align: center;"|"Singing the Blues"
Guy Mitchell with Ray Conniff & his Orchestra		style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |date= 29 December 1956 |title=The Billboard Music Popularity Charts |url= {{Google books |gwoEAAAAMBAJ |page=PA22 |plainurl=yes}} |magazine=The Billboard |pages=22, 24, 28 |access-date=21 August 2023}}

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