US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 24th October, 1956

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending October 24, 1956

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 24th October, 1956

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US Top 40 Singles – 24th October, 1956

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 24th October, 1956
Issue Date: 3rd November, 1956

1 3 THE GREEN DOOR –•– Jim Lowe (Dot)-7 (3S/2A/3J) (1 wk @ #1) (1)
2 1 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-13 (2S/3A/1J) (1)
3 t 2 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-10 (4S/4A/4J) (2)
3 t 6 LOVE ME TENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-3 (1S/1A/10J) (3)
5 5 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-19 (7S/5A/5J) (2)
6 4 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-12 (5S/11A/2J) (2)
7 7 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-14 (9S/8A/7J) (6)
8 12 BLUEBERRY HILL –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-5 (6S/10A/12J) (8)
9 t 10 FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-8 (10S/6A/8J) (9)
9 t 8 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-20 (12S/12A/6J) (2)

11 17 t TRUE LOVE –•– Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)-9 (8S/7A/17 tJ) (11)
12 9 HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-14 (2S/20A/1J) (2)
13 13 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-13 (18S/9A/16J) (8)
14 11 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-18 (17S/23A/9J) (1)
15 16 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Lawrence Welk and His Sparkling Strings (Coral)-7 (16S/19A/20J) (15)
16 14 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-19 (20S/25A/15J) (12)
17 26 CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Vince Martin and the Tarriers (Glory)-4 (13S) (17)
18 44 HEY JEALOUS LOVER –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-2 (24S/13A) (18)
19 72 t SINGING THE BLUES –•– Guy Mitchell (Columbia)-2 (11S/15A) (19)
20 t 23 YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW –•– The Platters (Mercury)-6 (14S/13 tJ) (20)
20 t 34 CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-3 (21S/14A) (20)

22 t 15 ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-21 (13 tJ) (2)
22 t 17 t THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-15 (19S/11J) (9)
24 30 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-6 (17 tJ) (24)
25 t 19 YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-18 (23S) (14)
25 t 22 AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-14 (15)
27 24 t IT ISN’T RIGHT –•– The Platters (Mercury)-6 (14S/13 tJ) (24)
28 20 MIRACLE OF LOVE –•– Eileen Rodgers (Columbia)-12 (19)
29 24 t CHAINS OF LOVE –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-8 (10S/8J) (20)
30 28 TRUE LOVE –•– Jane Powell (Verve)-11 (15S) (28)

31 21 THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-14 (10)
32 55 MAMA FROM THE TRAIN –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-2 (16A) (32)
33 33 THE BUS STOP SONG (A Paper Of Pins) –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-11 (23)
34 t 41 IN THE STILL OF THE NITE –•– The Five Satins (Ember)-9 (29)
34 t 45 PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL –•– Dick Jacobs and His Chorus and Orchestra (Coral)-2 (34)
36 t 37 I WALK THE LINE –•– Johnny Cash (Sun)-8 (22S) (29)
36 t 38 ST. THERESE OF THE ROSES –•– Billy Ward and His Dominoes (Decca)-12 (22A) (27)
38 40 EV’RY DAY OF MY LIFE –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-7 (38)
39 27 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL –•– Shirley and Lee (Aladdin)-12 (25S) (27)
40 32 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-10 (24A) (20)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 24th October, 1956

41 36 GARDEN OF EDEN –•– Joe Valino (Vik)-3 (36)
42 31 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-10 (21)
43 39 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND –•– The Five Keys (Capitol)-8 (27)
48 35 A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-10 (23)
51 29 WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins (Decca)-10 (16)

POWER HITS: 24th October, 1956

44 49 t NIGHT LIGHTS –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-2 (17A) (44)
45 57 t FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-7 (45)
46 t 49 t TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Don Rondo (Jubilee)-2 (18A) (46)
49 52 t TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Karen Chandler and Jimmy Wakely (Decca)-6 (49)
50 87 t TEEN AGE GOODNIGHT –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-3 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK: 24th October, 1956

56 — ANYWAY YOU WANT ME (That’s How I Will Be) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (56)
58 t — MOONLIGHT LOVE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (58)
61 — FIRST BORN –•– Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)-1 (61)
68 — CITY OF ANGELS –•– The Highlights (Bally)-2 (68)
69 — SINGING THE BLUES –•– Marty Robbins (Columbia)-1 (69)
70 — JULIE –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-2 (70)
74 — A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH –•– George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount)-1 (74)
78 — MIRACLE OF LOVE –•– Ginny Gibson (ABC-Paramount)-1 (78)
79 t — RUDY’S ROCK –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-1 (79)
90 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– LeRoy Holmes and His Orchestra (MGM)-7 (59)
92 — BLUEBERRY HILL –•– Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus (Decca)-1 (92)
95 — THE ABC’S OF LOVE –•– Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Gee)-2 (77)
97 t — GIANT –•– Art Mooney and His Orchestra (MGM)-1 (97)