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- Elvis Presley’s First Hit “Heartbreak Hotel” is Released
- Elvis Appears On The Ed Sullivan Show For The First Time
- Elvis’s First Move Love Me Tender Opens In New York
- Rocky Marciano Retires As The Only Undefeated Heavyweight Champion
- Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
- Alabama Bus Segregation Laws Declared Illegal By The US Supreme Court
- The Hungarian Revolution
- The Price Is Right Debuts On Television
“October 23, 1956, is a day that will live forever in the annals of free men and nations. It was a day of courage, conscience and triumph. No other day since history began has shown more clearly the eternal unquenchability of man’s desire to be free, whatever the odds against success, whatever the sacrifice required.“
– John F Kennedy
Top 100 Songs For 1956
1. Hound Dog   Elvis Presley
2. Long Tall Sally   Little Richard
3. Blue Suede Shoes   Carl Perkins / Elvis Presley
4. Don’t Be Cruel   Elvis Presley
5. Be-Bop-A-Lula   Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
6. Roll Over Beethoven   Chuck Berry
7. In The Still Of The Nite   The Five Satins
8. Blueberry Hill   Fats Domino
9. Please, Please, Please   James Brown & the Famous Flames
10. I Walk The Line   Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two
11. Fever   Little Willie John
12. The Train Kept-A-Rollin   The Johnny Burnette Trio
13. Come Go With Me   The Del Vikings
14. Let The Good Times Roll   Shirley & Lee
15. Heartbreak Hotel   Elvis Presley
16. Rip It Up   Little Richard
17. Honky Tonk   Bill Doggett
18. Blue Monday   Fats Domino
19. Jim Dandy   Lavern Baker
20. Oh What A Nite   The Dells
21. My Prayer   The Platters
22. Who Do You Love   Bo Diddley
23. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man   Chuck Berry
24. Ready Teddy   Little Richard
25. Honey Don’t   Carl Perkins
26. I’m In Love Again   Fats Domino
27. Little Girl Of Mine   The Cleftones
28. A Thousand Miles Away   The Heartbeats
29. I’ve Got You Under My Skin   Frank Sinatra
30. Tear It Up   The Johnny Burnette Trio
31. Drown In My Own Tears   Ray Charles
32. I Put A Spell On You   Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
33. Love Is Strange   Mickey & Sylvia
34. Goodnight My Love   Jesse Belvin
35. Day-O (Banana Boat Song)Â Â Â Harry Belafonte
36. Stranded In The Jungle   The Cadets
37. Slippin’ And Slidin’Â Â Â Little Richard
38. I Promise To Remember   Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
39. One Hand Loose   Charlie Feathers
40. Race With The Devil   Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
41. Boppin’ The Blues   Carl Perkins
42. My Baby Left Me   Elvis Presley
43. Smokestack Lightnin’Â Â Â Howlin’ Wolf
44. My Blue Heaven   Fats Domino
45. Ooby Dooby   Roy Orbison
46. Without Love (There Is Nothing)Â Â Â Clyde McPhatter
47. The Girl Can’t Help It   Little Richard
48. Honey Hush   The Johnny Burnette Trio
49. Singing The Blues   Guy Mitchell
50. Woman Love   Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
51. Too Much Monkey Business   Chuck Berry
52. Corrine, Corrina   Joe Turner
53. All Mama’s Children   Carl Perkins
54. Ain’t Got No Home   Clarence “Frogman” Henry
55. Diddy Wah Diddy   Bo Diddley
56. Hallelujah I Love Her So   Ray Charles
57. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You   Elvis Presley
58. It’s Too Late   Chuck Willis
59. The Closer You Are The Channels
60. You Gave Me Peace Of Mind   The Spaniels
61. Treasure Of Love   Clyde McPhatter
62. The ABC’s Of Love   Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
63. Since I Met You Baby   Ivory Joe Hunter
64. Bluejean Bop   Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
65. Devil Or Angel   The Clovers
66. Get Rhythm   Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two
67. One Night   Smiley Lewis
68. Party Doll   Buddy Knox
69. Ruby Baby   The Drifters
70. You Can’t Catch Me   Chuck Berry
71. Rock And Roll Ruby   Warren Smith
72. Crazy Arms   Ray Price / Jerry Lee Lewis
73. Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind   The Five Keys
74. Trying To Get To You   Elvis Presley
75. Up On The Mountain   The Magnificents
76. You’ve Got Me Dizzy   Jimmy Reed
77. Church Bells May Ring   The Willows
78. You’ve Got The Magic Touch   The Platters
79. Candy   Big Maybelle
80. Your Promise To Be Mine   The Drifters
81. Love Me   Elvis Presley
82. I’ll Be Home   The Flamingos
83. Share   Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
84. Rubber Biscuit   The Chips
85. The Woo Woo Train   The Valentines
86. Ubangi Stomp   Warren Smith
87. I Ain’t Got You   Billy Boy
88. The Angels Sang   The Solitaires
89. Please Say You Want Me   The Schoolboys
90. Jump, Jive An’ Wail   Louis Prima
91. Bottle To The Baby   Charlie Feathers
92. You Ain’t Treatin’ Me Right   Mac Curtis
93. I Want You To Be My Girl   Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
94. Forty Days And Forty Nights   Muddy Waters
95. Dixie Fried   Carl Perkins
96. Bacon Fat   Andre Williams
97. Just A Gigolo – I Ain’t Got Nobody   Louis Prima
98. Young Love   Sonny James
99. Love Me Tender   Elvis Presley
100. The Way You Look Tonight   The Jaguars
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