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Regional Hits of 1956

Other Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

The standard page for 1956 lists the biggest hit songs across the World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

There are few European charts available from before 1960, so the data on this page is dominated by the North American charts.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 Elvis Presley Hound Dog Moves 0 Moves 0 Elvis Presley Hound Dog Moves -3 Moves -4 Doris Day Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) 1
2 Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Moves 0 Moves 0 Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel Moves -1 Moves -2 Fats Domino Blueberry Hill 2
3 Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel Moves 0 Moves 0 Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel Moves -5 Moves 1 Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel 3
4 Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Moves -3 Moves -3 Fats Domino Blueberry Hill Moves 2 Moves 3 Elvis Presley Hound Dog 4
5 The Platters The Great Pretender Moves -1 Moves -4 Doris Day Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) Moves 4 Moves -11 Johnnie Ray Just Walkin' in the Rain 5
6 Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes Moves -2 Moves 1 The Platters The Great Pretender Moves -14 Moves -3 Dean Martin Memories Are Made of This 6
7 Fats Domino Blueberry Hill Moves 3 Moves 3 Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Moves -41 Moves -35 Lonnie Donegan Lost John 7
8 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Moves -4 Moves 2 Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes Moves -88 Moves 5 Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel 8
9 Doris Day Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) Moves 4 Moves -8 Dean Martin Memories Are Made of This Moves 3 Moves -1 Little Richard Long Tall Sally 9
10 Little Richard Tutti Frutti Moves -4 Moves -3 Little Richard Long Tall Sally Moves 1 Moves -17 Pat Boone I'll Be Home 10
11 Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Moves -4 Moves -7 Guy Mitchell Singing The Blues Moves 0 Moves 0 Guy Mitchell Singing The Blues 11
12 Bill Doggett Honky Tonk Moves -8 Moves 4 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Moves -48 Moves -5 Kay Starr Rock 'n' Roll Waltz 12
13 Little Richard Long Tall Sally Moves 3 Moves -1 The Platters My Prayer Moves -5 Moves -112 Winifred Atwell Poor People of Paris 13
14 The Platters My Prayer Moves 1 Moves 4 Little Richard Tutti Frutti Moves -100 Moves -46 Anne Shelton Lay Down Your Arms 14
15 Gene Vincent Be Bop a Lula Moves -3 Moves 4 Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Moves -100 Moves -13 Vic Damone On the Street Where You Live 15
16 Gogi Grant Wayward Wind Moves -5 Moves -14 Johnnie Ray Just Walkin' in the Rain Moves 11 Moves -65 Ronnie Hilton No Other Love 16
17 Dean Martin Memories Are Made of This Moves 8 Moves -8 Kay Starr Rock 'n' Roll Waltz Moves 5 Moves -109 Tommy Steele Singing The Blues 17
18 Guy Mitchell Singing The Blues Moves 7 Moves 3 Gene Vincent Be Bop a Lula Moves -40 Moves 5 The Platters My Prayer 18
19 Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven Moves -3 Moves -7 Jim Lowe Green Door Moves -61 Moves -28 Pat Boone Friendly Persuasion 19
20 Elvis Presley I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Moves -9 Moves 8 Bill Doggett Honky Tonk Moves -41 Moves 14 The Platters The Great Pretender 20
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