US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 29th August, 1956

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending August 29, 1956

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 29th August, 1956

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US Top 40 Singles – 29th August, 1956

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 29th August, 1956
Issue Date: 8th September, 1956

1 1 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-10 (2S/2A/2J) (4 wks @ #1) (1)
2 2 t HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-6 (1S/4A/1J) (2)
3 t 4 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-5 (1S/1A/1J) (3)
3 t 2 t WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-12 (3S/3A/3J) (2)
5 5 ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-13 (6S/6A/4J) (2)
6 7 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-11 (5S/5A/8J) (6)
7 8 THE FLYING SAUCER (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Buchannan and Goodman (Luniverse)-6 (4S/9A/10J) (7)
8 6 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-15 (12S/11A/5J) (1)
9 9 THE WAYWARD WIND –•– Gogi Grant (Era)-20 (15S/8A/7J) (1)
10 16 t TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-6 (7S/7A/19J) (10)

11 10 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-16 (13S/14A/6J) (3)
12 12 THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-6 (9S/10A/16J) (12)
13 t 15 THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-7 (11S/17A/17J) (13)
13 t 11 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL –•– Teresa Brwer (Coral)-14 (20S/15A/9J) (11)
15 t 16 t BE-BOP-A-LULA –•– Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (Capitol)-13 (8S/24A/13J) (9)
15 t 13 BORN TO BE WITH YOU –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-15 (19S/13A/15J) (5)
15 t 20 t CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-5 (14S/12A/20J) (15)
18 14 MORE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-13 (18S/18A/11J) (9)
19 20 t YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-10 (16S/19A/18J) (19)
20 23 t SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-11 (17S/16A) (18)

21 18 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-19 (21S/12J) (15)
22 t 29 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-4 (10S) (22)
22 t 25 WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-7 (23S/14J) (22)
24 22 THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO THAT –•– Nat King Cole and the Four Knights (Capitol)-10 (22S/20A) (18)
25 19 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE –•– Vic Damone (Columbia)-21 (22A) (8)
26 27 AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-6 (21A) (26)
27 37 RIP IT UP –•– Little Richard (Specialty)-10 (27)
28 23 t MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– Morris Stoloff (Columbia)-22 (24S) (2)
29 30 GLENDORA –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-14 (18S/11J) (14)
30 26 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-7 (26)

31 32 RIP IT UP –•– Bill Haley and His Comets (Decca)-5 (31)
32 71 MIRACLE OF LOVE –•– Eileen Rodgers (Columbia)-4 (32)
33 43 HAPPINESS STREET –•– Georgia Gibbs (Mercury)-4 (23A) (33)
34 39 MAMA, TEACH ME TO DANCE –•– Eydie Gorme (ABC-Paramount)-7 (34)
35 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-1 (35)
36 t 28 FABULOUS CHARACTER –•– Sarah Vaughan (Mercury)-9 (27)
36 t 55 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL –•– Shirley and Lee (Aladdin)-4 (36)
38 31 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-20 (5)
39 40 t FEVER –•– Little Willie John (King)-10 (27)
40 69 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Vaughn Monroe (RCA Victor)-2 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 29th August, 1956

41 t 33 APE CALL –•– Nervous Norvous (Dot)-7 (28)
43 t 36 GHOST TOWN –•– Don Cherry (Columbia)-9 (26)
43 t 34 THE OLD PHILOSOPHER –•– Eddie Lawrence (Coral)-5 (34)
49 t 38 WEARY BLUES –•– The McGuire Sisters and Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music (Coral)-7 (37)
51 t 35 STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE –•– The Cadets (Modern)-9 (18)
57 t 40 t I ONLY KNOW I LOVE YOU –•– The Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts (Decca)-7 (37)
73 t 40 t MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” –•– George Cates and His Orchestra (Coral)-22 (4)

POWER HITS: 29th August, 1956

41 t 94 t JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-2 (25S) (41)
45 65 A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-2 (45)
47 80 t IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-2 (47)
48 64 A CASUAL LOOK –•– The Six Teens (Flip)-8 (48)

NEW THIS WEEK: 29th August, 1956

35 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– Billy Vaughn and His Orchestra (Dot)-1 (35)
64 t — TRUE LOVE –•– Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)-1 (64)
77 t — 49 SHADES OF GREEN –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-1 (77)
80 t — OH MY MARIA –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-1 (80)
82 — WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN –•– LeRoy Holmes and His Orchestra (MGM)-1 (82)
83 t — EARTHBOUND –•– Sammy Davis Jr. (Decca)-1 (83)
88 — KA-DING-DONG –•– The Diamonds (Mercury)-1 (88)
89 — THE THINGS I NEVER HAD –•– Kay Starr (RCA Victor)-1 (89)
91 t — MY BLUE HEAVEN –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-18 (21)
94 — DAYDREAMS –•– Art Mooney and His Orchestra (MGM)-2 (73)
95 — IN THE STILL OF THE NITE –•– The Five Satins (Ember)-1 (95)
97 — THE GOOD BOOK –•– Kay Starr (RCA Victor)-1 (97)
98 — HEARTACHES –•– Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads (Epic)-1 (98)
99 — AFTER SCHOOL –•– Tommy Charles (Decca)-3 (92)
100 t — MY BABY LEFT ME –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-14 (13/6J) (31)
100 t — SUMMER SWEATHEART –•– The Ames Brothers (RCA Victor)-1 (100)