US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 18th July, 1956
These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending July 18, 1956
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US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 18th July, 1956
#1 THE WAYWARD WIND By Gogi Grant (Era)
US Top 40 Singles – 18th July, 1956
US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 18th July, 1956
Issue Date: 28th July, 1956
1 1 THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-14 (7 wks @ #1) (2S/1A/2J) (1)
2 2 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-9 (3S/2A/1J) (2)
3 4 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-10 (1S/6A/3J) (3)
4 t 8 ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-7 (9S/4A/8J) (4)
4 t 3 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– Morris Stoloff (Columbia)-16 (11S/3A/5J) (2)
6 5 BORN TO BE WITH YOU –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-9 (10S/7A/6J) (5)
7 14 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-4 (4S/9A/13J) (7)
8 6 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-14 (8S/13A/4J) (5)
9 12 t WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-6 (6S/10A/15J) (9)
10 11 MORE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-7 (5S/8A/7J) (9)
11 15 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL –•– Teresa Brwer (Coral)-8 (13S/14A/9J) (11)
12 9 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Vic Damone (Columbia)-15 (12S/5A/18J) (8)
13 7 STANDING ON THE CORNER –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-14 (14S/12A/11J) (3)
14 10 BE-BOP-A-LULA –•– Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol)-7 (7S/11A/20J) (10)
15 12 t MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– George Cates and His Orchestra (Coral)-16 (21S/16A/12J) (4)
16 16 GLENDORA –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-8 (5S/15A/7J) (15)
17 17 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-13 (17S/22A/16 tJ) (15)
18 t 21 t IVORY TOWER –•– Gale Storm (Dot)-14 (23A/16 tJ) (10)
18 t 26 STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Cadets (Modern)-3 (16S/20A) (18)
20 t 38 THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THAT –•– Nat King Cole and the Four Knights (Capitol)-4 (24S/18A) (20)
20 t 21 t TRANSFUSION –•– Nervous Norvus (Dot)-9 (15S/19J) (13)
22 18 IVORY TOWER –•– Cathy Carr (Fraternity)-19 (22S/10J) (6)
23 20 THE HAPPY WHISTLER –•– Don Robertson (Capitol)-14 (9)
24 23 PICNIC –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-13 (24A) (13)
25 24 WALK HAND IN HAND –•– Tony Martin (RCA Victor)-14 (24A) (10)
26 25 TREASURE OF LOVE –•– Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic)-10 (25)
27 27 PORTUGUESE WASHERWOMEN –•– Joe “Fingers” Carr (Lou Busch) (Capitol)-11 (19A) (27)
28 19 HEARTBREAK HOTEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-22 (14J) (1)
29 34 t FEVER –•– Little Willie John (King)-4 (29)
30 t 47 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE –•– The Clovers (Atlantic)-6 (30)
30 t 53 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE –•– The Diamonds (Mercury)-5 (30)
32 42 t YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-4 (32)
33 28 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-8 (28)
34 42 t STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Jayhawks (Flash)-5 (18S) (34)
35 39 RIP IT UP –•– Little Richard (Specialty)-4 (20S) (35)
36 48 t IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN –•– Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads (Epic)-9 (36)
37 t 65 t CAN YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-16 (19)
37 t 46 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-5 (19S/17A) (37)
39 30 (How Little It Matters) HOW LITTLE WE KNOW –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-11 (30)
40 54 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-5 (23S) (40)
THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 18th July, 1956
44 29 THE CHURCH BELLS MAY RING –•– The Diamonds (Mercury)-15 (20)
45 40 IVORY TOWER –•– Otis Williams and His Charms (DeLuxe)-18 (12)
51 37 (You’ve Got) THE MAGIC TOUCH –•– The Platters (Mercury)-19 (4)
52 t 34 t MY BLUE HEAVEN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-14 (8S/4J) (21)
55 36 I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRL –•– Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Gee)-14 (17)
56 31 t HOT DIGGITY (Dog Ziggity Boom) –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-21 (2)
65 t 31 t THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Tex Ritter (Captiol)-5 (31)
79 31 t GRADUATION DAY –•– The Four Freshmen (Capitol)-12 (27)
POWER HITS: 18th July, 1956
42 63 t FABULOUS CHARACTER –•– Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)-3 (21A) (42)
43 45 STANDING ON THE CORNER –•– Dean Martin (Capitol)-11 (29)
46 t 72 t STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Gadabouts (Mercury)-2 (46)
46 t 61 t THEME FROM “THE PROUD ONES” –•– Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (Capitol)-3 (46)
48 74 MY LITTLE ANGEL –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-13 (30)
49 — VOICES –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-1 (49)
50 63 t MY BABY LEFT ME –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-10 (1S/3J) (31)
NEW THIS WEEK: 18th July, 1956
49 — VOICES –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-1 (49)
58 — THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-1 (58)
63 t — I ONLY KNOW I LOVE YOU –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-1 (63)
67 — HEART HIDEAWAY –•– Cathy Carr (Fraternity)-1 (67)
68 t — WEARY BLUES –•– The McGuire Sisters and Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music (Coral)-1 (68)
75 t — “JOHNNY CONCHO” THEME (Wait For Me) –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-1 (75)
75 t — SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (76)
77 — R-O-C-K –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-13 (29)
80 — APE CALL –•– Nervous Norvous (Dot)-1 (80)
84 — MAMA, TEACH ME TO DANCE –•– Eydie Gorme (ABC-Paramount)-1 (84)
85 — BOPPIN’ THE BLUES –•– Carl Perkins (Sun)-2 (70)
89 — A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP –•– Ella Fitzgerald (Decca)-1 (89)
92 — FIVE –•– Sammy Davis Jr. (Decca)-2 (92)
94 — I PROMISE TO REMEMBER –•– Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Gee)-1 (94)
95 — WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-1 (25S) (95)
96 — SO-LONG –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-1 (25S) (96)
97 — KA-DING DONG –•– The G-Clefs (Pilgrim)-1 (97)
98 — DREAM ALONG WITH ME (I’m On My Way To a Star) –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (98)
99 t — MAIN TITLE FROM “THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM” –•– Elmer Bernstein and Orchestra (Decca)-15 (32)
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