US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 25th July, 1956

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending July 25, 1956

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 25th July, 1956

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US Top 40 Singles – 25th July, 1956

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 25th July, 1956
Issue Date: 4th August, 1956

1 2 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-10 (3S/2A/1J) (1 wk @ #1) (1)
2 1 THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-15 (4S/1A/2J) (1)
3 3 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-11 (2S/8A/3J) (3)
4 4 t ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-8 (6S/3A/4J) (4)
5 t 6 BORN TO BE WITH YOU –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-10 (11S/6A/5J) (5)
5 t 7 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-5 (1S/10A/9J) (5)
7 9 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-7 (5S/7A/11J) (7)
8 4 t MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– Morris Stoloff (Columbia)-17 (10S/5A/10J) (2)
9 14 BE-BOP-A-LULA –•– Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol)-8 (7S/11A/12J) (9)
10 10 MORE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-8 (8S/9A/6J) (9)

11 t 12 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Vic Damone (Columbia)-16 (13S/4A/16J) (8)
11 t 11 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL –•– Teresa Brwer (Coral)-9 (14S/13A/8J) (11)
13 8 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-15 (12S/18A/7J) (5)
14 16 GLENDORA –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-9 (8S/12A/6J) (14)
15 13 STANDING ON THE CORNER –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-15 (20S/14A/15J) (3)
16 17 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-14 (18 Ts/17A/17J) (15)
17 15 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– George Cates and His Orchestra (Coral)-17 (23S/20A/14J) (4)
18 20 t THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THAT –•– Nat King Cole and the Four Knights (Capitol)-5 (25S/19A) (18)
19 18 t STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Cadets (Modern)-4 (15S/16A) (18)
20 40 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-6 (21S) (20)

21 20 t TRANSFUSION –•– Nervous Norvus (Dot)-10 (18 Ts/19J) (13)
22 18 t IVORY TOWER –•– Gale Storm (Dot)-15 (24A) (10)
23 26 TREASURE OF LOVE –•– Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic)-11 (20J) (23)
24 — HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (9S/25A) (24)
25 22 IVORY TOWER –•– Cathy Carr (Fraternity)-20 (13J) (6)
26 27 PORTUGUESE WASHERWOMEN –•– Joe “Fingers” Carr (Lou Busch) (Capitol)-12 (23A) (26)
27 t 36 IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN –•– Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads (Epic)-10 (27)
27 t 29 FEVER –•– Little Willie John (King)-5 (27)
29 37 t CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-6 (16S/15A) (29)
30 24 PICNIC –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-14 (18J) (13)

31 25 WALK HAND IN HAND –•– Tony Martin (RCA Victor)-15 (10)
32 30 t LOVE, LOVE, LOVE –•– The Clovers (Atlantic)-7 (30)
33 32 YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-5 (22S/21A) (32)
34 23 THE HAPPY WHISTLER –•– Don Robertson (Capitol)-15 (9)
35 33 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-9 (28)
36 39 (How Little It Matters) HOW LITTLE WE KNOW –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-12 (30)
37 63 t I ONLY KNOW I LOVE YOU –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-2 (22A) (37)
38 28 HEARTBREAK HOTEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-23 (1)
39 t 46 t STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Gadabouts (Mercury)-3 (39)
39 t 46 t THEME FROM “THE PROUD ONES” –•– Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra (Capitol)-4 (39)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 25th July, 1956

41 t 34 STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Jayhawks (Flash)-6 (24S) (34)
45 30 t LOVE, LOVE, LOVE –•– The Diamonds (Mercury)-6 (30)
49 t 35 RIP IT UP –•– Little Richard (Specialty)-5 (17S) (35)
54 37 t CAN YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-17 (19)

POWER HITS: 25th July, 1956

41 t 58 THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-2 (41)
41 t 52 t MY BLUE HEAVEN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-14 (12S/7J) (21)
46 80 APE CALL –•– Nervous Norvous (Dot)-2 (46)
47 t 57 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-11 (38)

NEW THIS WEEK: 25th July, 1956

24 — HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (9S/25A) (24)
53 — THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-1 (53)
60 — GIVE US THIS DAY –•– Joni James (MGM)-1 (60)
68 — TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-1 (68)
72 — THEME FROM “THE PROUD ONES” –•– Lionel Newman and His Orchestra (Columbia)-1 (72)
74 — OOBY DOOBY –•– Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings (Sun)-7 (59)
75 — AFTER THE LIGHTS ARE DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-1 (75)
84 — THE FLYING SAUCER (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Buchannan and Goodman (Luniverse)-1 (84)
86 t — DREAMER –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-2 (86)
86 t — THE OTHER WOMAN –•– Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)-1 (86)
86 t — WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK –•– Jo Stafford (Columbia)-1 (86)
90 t — LOLA’S THEME –•– Muir Mathieson and Orchestra (Columbia)-1 (90)
94 — GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME –•– Julius LaRosa (RCA Victor)-3 (91)
97 — HOW LUCKY YOU ARE –•– Joni James (MGM)-3 (70)
98 — IN THE ALPS –•– Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music and the McGuire Sisters (Coral)-1 (98)
99 t — STANDING ON THE CORNER –•– The Mills Brothers (Decca)-10 (57)
99 t — WALK HAND IN HAND –•– Denny Vaughn (Kapp)-4 (70)