US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 31st October, 1956

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending October 31, 1956

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 31st October, 1956

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US Top 40 Singles – 31st October, 1956

US Top 40 Singles For The Week Ending: 31st October, 1956
Issue Date: 10th November, 1956

1 1 THE GREEN DOOR –•– Jim Lowe (Dot)-8 (2S/2A/2J) (2 wks @ #1) (1)
2 3 t LOVE ME TENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-4 (1S/1A/4J) (2)
3 2 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-14 (3S/4A/1J) (1)
4 3 t JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN –•– Johnnie Ray (Columbia)-11 (4S/5A/3J) (2)
5 6 HONKY TONK (Parts 1 and 2) –•– Bill Doggett (King)-13 (6S/10A/5J) (2)
6 t 8 BLUEBERRY HILL –•– Fats Domino (Imperial)-6 (7S/9A/7J) (6)
6 t 5 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra w/Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor)-20 (11S/7A/6J) (2)
6 t 11 TRUE LOVE –•– Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (Capitol)-10 (8S/3A/12J) (6)
9 9 t FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-9 (9S/6A/9J) (9)
10 19 SINGING THE BLUES –•– Guy Mitchell (Columbia)-3 (5S/8A/14J) (10)

11 7 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Patience and Prudence (Liberty)-15 (10S/12A/8J) (6)
12 9 t WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-21 (14S/15A/10J) (2)
13 12 HOUND DOG –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-15 (3S/20A/1J) (2)
14 20 t YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW –•– The Platters (Mercury)-7 (15S/18A/11J) (14)
15 18 HEY JEALOUS LOVER –•– Frank Sinatra (Capitol)-3 (13S/11A) (15)
16 17 CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Vince Martin and the Tarriers (Glory)-5 (12S/24A/16J) (16)
17 20 t CINDY, OH CINDY –•– Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor)-4 (19S/14A) (17)
18 13 CANADIAN SUNSET –•– Andy Williams (Cadence)-14 (24S/13A/19J) (8)
19 t 36 t I WALK THE LINE –•– Johnny Cash (Sun)-9 (17S/25A/18J) (19)
19 t 15 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME –•– Lawrence Welk and His Sparkling Strings (Coral)-8 (22S/16A) (15)

21 24 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS –•– The Chordettes (Cadence)-7 (18S/21A/17J) (21)
22 14 MY PRAYER –•– The Platters (Mercury)-19 (23S/13J) (1)
23 27 IT ISN’T RIGHT –•– The Platters (Mercury)-7 (15S/11J) (23)
24 30 TRUE LOVE –•– Jane Powell (Verve)-12 (16S) (24)
25 t 41 GARDEN OF EDEN –•– Joe Valino (Vik)-4 (21S) (25)
25 t 46 t TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Don Rondo (Jubilee)-3 (19A) (25)
27 t 32 MAMA FROM THE TRAIN –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-3 (22A) (27)
27 t 34 t PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL –•– Dick Jacobs and His Chorus and Orchestra (Coral)-3 (17A) (27)
29 22 t THE FOOL –•– Sanford Clark (Dot)-16 (15J) (9)
30 29 CHAINS OF LOVE –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-9 (9S/9J) (20)

31 16 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE –•– Eddie Heywood (Mercury)-20 (12)
32 t 34 t IN THE STILL OF THE NITE –•– The Five Satins (Ember)-10 (29)
32 t 43 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND –•– The Five Keys (Capitol)-9 (27)
34 28 MIRACLE OF LOVE –•– Eileen Rodgers (Columbia)-13 (19)
35 t 39 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL –•– Shirley and Lee (Aladdin)-13 (27)
35 t 25 t YOU DON’T KNOW ME –•– Jerry Vale (Columbia)-19 (14)
37 44 NIGHT LIGHTS –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-3 (25S/23A) (37)
38 40 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE –•– Rusty Draper (Mercury)-11 (20)
39 83 t TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-3 (25S) (39)
40 56 ANYWAY YOU WANT ME (That’s How I Will Be) –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-2 (1S/4J) (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS: 31st October, 1956

41 t 22 t ALLEGHENY MOON –•– Patti Page (Mercury)-22 (20J) (2)
41 t 38 EV’RY DAY OF MY LIFE –•– The McGuire Sisters (Coral)-8 (38)
43 33 THE BUS STOP SONG (A Paper Of Pins) –•– The Four Lads (Columbia)-12 (23)
44 25 t AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW –•– Al Hibbler (Decca)-15 (15)
45 36 t ST. THERESE OF THE ROSES –•– Billy Ward and His Dominoes (Decca)-13 (27)
51 t 31 THEME SONG (From “Song For a Summer Night”) –•– Mitch Miller and His Orchestra and Chorus (Columbia)-15 (10)

POWER HITS: 31st October, 1956

46 61 FIRST BORN –•– Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)-2 (46)
47 52 t JAMAICA FAREWELL –•– Harry Belanfonte (RCA Victor)-4 (47)
48 67 PRISCILLA –•– Eddie Cooley and the Dimples (Royal Roost)-3 (48)
49 74 A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH –•– George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount)-2 (49)

NEW THIS WEEK: 31st October, 1956

70 — THE STAR YOU WISHED UPON LAST NIGHT –•– Gisele MacKenzie (Vik)-1 (70)
72 t — TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS –•– Roger Williams and Jane Morgan (Kapp)-1 (72)
78 — MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY –•– Teresa Brewer (Coral)-1 (78)
81 t — MARRIED I CAN ALWAYS GET –•– Teddi King (RCA Victor)-1 (81)
81 t — CHINCHERINCHEE –•– Perry Como (RCA Victor)-1 (81)
81 t — JUST IN TIME –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-1 (81)
84 — LOVE IN A HOME –•– Doris Day (Columbia)-3 (79)
85 — FROM THE CANDY STORE ON THE CORNER TO THE CHAPEL ON THE HILL –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-12 (33)
87 t — THE AUTUMN WALTZ –•– Tony Bennett (Columbia)-1 (87)
94 — CRAZY WITH LOVE –•– Guy Mitchell (Columbia)-1 (5S/14J) (94)
95 — STILL –•– The Fontane Sisters (Dot)-3 (86)
96 — I ALMOST LOST MY MIND –•– Pat Boone (Dot)-23 (1)
97 — SEE SAW –•– Don Cornell (Coral)-1 (97)