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

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending September 19, 1956

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

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US Top 40 Singles – 19th September, 1956

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

1 1 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-8 (1S/1A/1J) (3 wks @ #1) (1)
2 2 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-13 (2S/2A/2J) (1)
3 3 HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-9 (1S/5A/1J) (2)
4 5 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-14 (3S/3A/4J) (4)
5 4 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-15 (4S/4A/3J) (2)
6 6 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-9 (6S/6A/6J) (6)
7 9 t HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-7 (5S/9A/8J) (7)
8 7 ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-16 (9S/10A/5J) (2)
9 8 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-8 (10S/7A/9 tJ) (8)
10 11 THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-9 (12S/8A/11J) (10)

11 t 9 t THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-10 (7S/19A/7J) (9)
11 t 17 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-5 (8S/11A/14 tJ) (11)
13 13 t SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-14 (11S/14A/14 tJ) (13)
14 16 YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-13 (14S/15A/14 tJ) (14)
15 13 t THE FLYING SAUCER (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Buchannan and Goodman (Luniverse)-9 (13S/12J) (7)
16 18 WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins (Decca)-5 (19S/17A) (16)
17 15 AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-9 (23S/13A) (15)
18 12 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-18 (25S/25A/9 tJ) (1)
19 22 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-19 (18S/13J) (3)
20 24 THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-23 (19 tJ) (1)

21 19 THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THAT –•– Nat King Cole and the Four Knights (Capitol)-13 (18)
22 35 t WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-4 (21A/18J) (22)
23 21 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-5 (16A) (21)
24 31 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-5 (24)
25 32 HAPPINESS STREET –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-7 (25)
26 t 49 CHAINS OF LOVE –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-3 (15S) (26)
26 t 44 t FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-3 (15S/12A) (26)
28 33 MIRACLE OF LOVE –•– Eileen Rodgers (Columbia)-7 (24S) (28)
29 38 t ST. THERESE OF THE ROSES –•– Billy Ward and His Dominoes (Decca)-7 (20S/22A) (29)
30 25 A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-5 (22S/20A) (30)

31 26 BE-BOP-A-LULA –•– Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol)-16 (17S/17J) (9)
32 30 BORN TO BE WITH YOU –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-18 (5)
33 27 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL –•– Teresa Brwer (Coral)-17 (11)
34 53 IN THE STILL OF THE NITE –•– The Five Satins (Ember)-4 (34)
35 t 50 KA-DING-DONG –•– The Diamonds (Mercury)-4 (35)
35 t 34 WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-10 (19 tJ) (22)
37 t 38 t GHOST TOWN –•– Don Cherry (Columbia)-12 (26)
37 t 20 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-22 (15)
39 t 54 THE GREEN DOOR –•– Jim Lowe (Dot)-2 (16S/23A) (39)
39 t 44 t THE ITALIAN THEME –•– Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra (London)-5 (39)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 19th September, 1956

41 40 RIP IT UP –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-8 (30)
44 23 MORE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-16 (9)
45 t 28 t THE BUS STOP SONG (A Paper Of Pins) –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-6 (22S/24A) (28)
48 37 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL –•– Shirley and Lee (Aladdin)-7 (36)
67 35 t FROM THE CANDY STORE ON THE CORNER TO THE CHAPEL ON THE HILL –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-7 (18A) (33)

POWER HITS: 19th September, 1956

42 61 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Lawrence Welk and His Sparkling Strings (Coral)-2 (21S) (42)
43 43 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Vic Damone (Columbia)-24 (8)
45 t 55 TRUE LOVE –•– Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)-4 (45)
50 66 t WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Florian Zabach (Mercury)-5 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK: 19th September, 1956

54 — YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW –•– The Platters (Mercury)-1 (54)
65 — LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS –•– Anne Shelton (Columbia)-1 (65)
68 — IT ISN’T RIGHT –•– The Platters (Mercury)-1 (68)
78 — TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Karen Chandler and Jimmy Wakely (Decca)-1 (78)
84 — LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-1 (84)
87 t — BLUE MOON –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (87)
99 — THE GOOD BOOK –•– Kay Starr (RCA Victor)-3 (92)
100 — YOU’RE IN LOVE –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-2 (90)