US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 19th December, 1956

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending December 5, 1956

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 19th December, 1956

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US Top 40 Singles – 19th December, 1956

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 19th December, 1956
Issue Date: 29th December, 1956

1 1 t SINGING THE BLUES –•– Guy Mitchell (Columbia)-10 (1S/1A/1J) (4 wks @ #1) (1)
2 1 t LOVE ME TENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-11 (2S/2A/3J) (1)
3 9 THE GREEN DOOR –•– Jim Lowe (Dot)-15 (3S/3A/2J) (1)
4 4 BLUEBERRY HILL –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-13 (4S/7A/5J) (4)
5 5 TRUE LOVE –•– Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)-17 (5S/6A/6J) (5)
6 3 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-18 (6S/8A/4J) (2)
7 8 LOVE ME (From the “Elvis (Volume 1)” E.P.) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-7 (7S/4A/13J) (7)
8 t 6 t HEY JEALOUS LOVER –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-10 (11S/5A/9J) (6)
8 t 6 t A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH –•– George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount)-9 (8S/10A/11J) (6)
10 11 CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-11 (14S/11A/14J) (10)

11 15 t MAMA FROM THE TRAIN –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-10 (19S/17A/12J) (11)
12 t 12 t GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YA NOW –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-5 (16S/13A/18J) (12)
12 t 19 SINCE I MET YOU BABY –•– Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic)-7 (12S/14A) (12)
14 14 GARDEN OF EDEN –•– Joe Valino (Vik)-11 (21S/15A/15J) (12)
15 t 24 MOONLIGHT GAMBLER –•– Frankie Laine (Columbia)-5 (13S/9A) (15)
15 t 18 ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY –•– Jerry Lee Lewis (Decca)-6 (10S/20A) (15)
17 10 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-20 (18S/8J) (2)
18 15 t FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-16 (12A/16J) (9)
19 12 t CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Vince Martin and the Tarriers (Glory)-12 (22S/10J) (12)
20 50 t THE BANANA BOAT SONG –•– The Tarriers (Glory)-2 (9S/18A) (20)

21 t 20 t CONFIDENTIAL –•– Sonny Knight (Dot)-7 (23S) (20)
21 t 53 MARY’S BOY CHILD –•– Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor)-2 (15S) (21)
23 28 SLOW WALK –•– Sil Austin (Mercury)-8 (25S/19 tJ) (19)
24 23 JAMAICA FAREWELL –•– Harry Belanfonte (RCA Victor)-11 (24S/23A) (23)
25 20 t NIGHT LIGHTS –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-10 (21A) (16)
26 15 t DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-21 (17S/7J) (1)
27 25 MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY –•– Teresa Brewer (Coral)-8 (21)
28 22 TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Don Rondo (Jubilee)-10 (25A) (19)
29 31 SINGING THE BLUES –•– Marty Robbins (Columbia)-9 (17J) (26)
30 43 DON’T FORBID ME –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-2 (20S/16A) (30)

31 t 40 I DREAMED –•– Betty Johnson (Bally)-6 (24A) (31)
31 t 29 AUCTIONEER –•– Leroy Van Dyke (Dot)-6 (29)
33 34 BABY DOLL –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-4 (33)
34 26 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-27 (2)
35 37 PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL –•– Dick Jacobs and His Chorus and Orchestra (Coral)-10 (20)
36 32 PRISCILLA –•– Eddie Cooley and the Dimples (Royal Roost)-10 (30)
37 — JIM DANDY –•– LaVern Baker and the Gliders (Atlantic)-1 (37)
38 44 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN (From the “Elvis (Volume 1)” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (7S/19A/13J) (38)
39 35 GOODNIGHT MY LOVE, PLEASANT DREAMS –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-4 (35)
40 t 33 SLOW WALK –•– Bill Doggett (King)-6 (33)
40 t 30 YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW –•– The Platters (Mercury)-14 (14)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 19th December, 1956

45 38 ON LONDON BRIDGE –•– Jim Stafford (Columbia)-6 (38)
53 39 TRA LA LA –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-4 (39)
54 t 36 HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-22 (17S/7J) (2)
88 t 27 I WALK THE LINE –•– Johnny Cash (Sun)-16 (19 tJ) (19)

POWER HITS: 19th December, 1956

42 60 I FEEL GOOD –•– Shirley and Lee (Aladdin)-3 (42)
43 — YOUNG LOVE –•– Sonny James (Capitol)-1 (43)
44 54 t AIN’T GOT NO HOME –•– Clarence Henry “Frog Man” (Argo)-3 (44)
46 56 SINCE I MET YOU BABY –•– Mindy Carson (Columbia)-4 (46)
47 — OLD SHEP (From the “Elvis (Volume 2)” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (47)

NEW THIS WEEK: 19th December, 1956

37 — JIM DANDY –•– LaVern Baker and the Gliders (Atlantic)-1 (37)
43 — YOUNG LOVE –•– Sonny James (Capitol)-1 (43)
47 — OLD SHEP (From the “Elvis (Volume 2)” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (47)
54 t — POOR BOY (From the “Love Me Tender” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (54)
60 — BLUEBERRY HILL –•– Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus (Decca)-8 (29)
65 — WHITE CHRISTMAS –•– Bing Crosby (Decca)-58 (7A) (1)
73 — THE BANANA BOAT SONG –•– Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)-1 (73)
76 t — ON MY WORD OF HONOR –•– The Platters (Mercury)-1 (76)
78 — PARALYZED (From the “Elvis (Volume 1)” EP) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (7S/13J) (78)
80 — TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Dick Haymes (Capitol)-1 (80)
84 — GREENSLEEVES –•– The Beverly Sisters (London)-1 (84)
88 t — THE BANANA BOAT SONG –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-1 (88)
90 — PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-2 (83)
91 — GIANT –•– Jack Pleis and His Orchestra (Decca)-2 (91)