US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 22nd August, 1956
These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending August 22, 1956
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US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 22nd August, 1956
#1 MY PRAYER By The Platters (Mercury)
US Top 40 Singles – 22nd August, 1956
US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 22nd August, 1956
Issue Date: 1st September, 1956
1 1 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-9 (2S/1A/2J) (3 wks @ #1) (1)
2 t 3 t HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (1S/4A/1J) (2)
2 t 2 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-11 (3S/3A/3J) (2)
4 6 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-4 (1S/2A/1J) (4)
5 3 t ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-12 (6S/5A/4J) (2)
6 5 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-14 (9S/6A/5J) (1)
7 11 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-10 (5S/7A/10J) (7)
8 9 THE FLYING SAUCER (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Buchannan and Goodman (Luniverse)-5 (4S/9A/12 tJ) (8)
9 7 THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-19 (12S/8A/6J) (1)
10 8 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-15 (7S/18A/7J) (3)
11 13 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL –•– Teresa Brwer (Coral)-13 (15S/11A/9J) (11)
12 15 THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-5 (13S/12A/15J) (12)
13 10 BORN TO BE WITH YOU –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-14 (19S/14A/11J) (5)
14 12 MORE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-12 (16S/13A/8J) (9)
15 19 THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-6 (14S/17A/18 tJ) (15)
16 t 14 BE-BOP-A-LULA –•– Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol)-12 (8S/14J) (9)
16 t 24 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-5 (10S/20A) (16)
18 17 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-18 (18S/12 tJ) (15)
19 16 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Vic Damone (Columbia)-20 (15A) (8)
20 t 26 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-4 (21S/10A) (20)
20 t 20 t YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-9 (20S) (20)
22 22 THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THAT –•– Nat King Cole and the Four Knights (Capitol)-9 (17S) (18)
23 t 18 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– Morris Stoloff (Columbia)-21 (18 tJ) (2)
23 t 20 t SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-10 (22S/25A) (18)
25 30 WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (23S/16 tJ) (25)
26 31 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-6 (22A/18 tJ) (26)
27 35 t AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-5 (23A) (27)
28 27 FABULOUS CHARACTER –•– Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)-8 (19A) (27)
29 42 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-3 (11S) (29)
30 23 GLENDORA –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-13 (16S/8J) (14)
31 25 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-19 (16 tJ) (5)
32 47 RIP IT UP –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-4 (32)
33 28 t APE CALL –•– Nervous Norvous (Dot)-6 (28)
34 43 THE OLD PHILOSOPHER –•– Eddie Lawrence (Coral)-4 (34)
35 28 t STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Cadets (Modern)-8 (18)
36 33 GHOST TOWN –•– Don Cherry (Columbia)-8 (26)
37 34 RIP IT UP –•– Little Richard (Specialty)-9 (32)
38 37 WEARY BLUES –•– The McGuire Sisters and Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music (Coral)-6 (37)
39 51 MAMA, TEACH ME TO DANCE –•– Eydie Gorme (ABC-Paramount)-6 (39)
40 t 35 t FEVER –•– Little Willie John (King)-9 (24S) (27)
40 t 39 t I ONLY KNOW I LOVE YOU –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-6 (37)
40 t 46 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– George Cates and His Orchestra (Coral)-21 (4)
THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 22nd August, 1956
43 39 t HAPPINESS STREET –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-3 (21A) (39)
49 32 STANDING ON THE CORNER –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-19 (3)
51 t 38 TREASURE OF LOVE –•– Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic)-15 (22)
56 39 t PORTUGUESE WASHERWOMEN –•– Joe “Fingers” Carr (Lou Busch) (Capitol)-16 (25)
POWER HITS: 22nd August, 1956
44 45 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE –•– The Clovers (Atlantic)-11 (30)
45 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins (Decca)-1 (45)
46 t 56 VOICES –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-6 (46)
48 59 THEME FROM “THE PROUD ONES” –•– Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (Capitol)-8 (39)
50 54 GIVE US THIS DAY –•– Joni James (MGM)-5 (30)
NEW THIS WEEK: 22nd August, 1956
45 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins (Decca)-1 (45)
65 — A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-1 (65)
66 — THE ITALIAN THEME –•– Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra (London)-1 (66)
69 — IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-1 (69)
76 — IT’S BETTER IN THE DARK –•– Tony Martin (RCA Victor)-1 (76)
80 t — IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-1 (80)
85 — SEE SAW –•– The Moonglows (Chess)-1 (85)
86 — A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP –•– Ella Fitzgerald (Decca)-4 (77)
91 — DREAM ALONG WITH ME (I’m On My Way To a Star) –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-5 (85)
94 t — JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-1 (94)
99 — HEART HIDEAWAY –•– Cathy Carr (Fraternity)-4 (67)
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