Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1956

The Top Songs from 1956

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Song	Sample
1	15	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Listen
2	76	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	Listen
3	81	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	Listen
4	89	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes
5	116	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be-Bop-a-Lula
6	119	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Listen
7	198	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Listen
8	227	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally
9	259	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love	Listen
10	274	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	Listen
11	282	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Nite
12	315	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Please Please Please
13	322	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You
14	405	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Listen
15	639	Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk
16	758	Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	Listen
17	817	Little Willie John	Fever
18	828	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue
19	846	Ray Price	Crazy Arms
20	949	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	Listen
21	1018	Mickey and Sylvia	Love Is Strange
22	1129	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy
23	1199	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	Listen
24	1235	The Dells	Oh What a Nite
25	1331	Little Willie John	Need Your Love So Bad
26	1375	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
27	1588	Little Richard	Rip It Up
28	1935	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late
29	2018	Duke Ellington	Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
30	2032	Fats Domino	Blue Monday	Listen
31	2203	The Cadets	Stranded in the Jungle
32	2228	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So
33	2238	Shirley and Lee	Let the Good Times Roll
34	2300	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent
35	2337	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues
36	2548	Roy Orbison	Ooby Dooby
37	2632	Richard Berry	Louie Louie
38	2690	Little Richard	Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')
39	2716	Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears
40	2831	Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Man
41	2984	Ella Fitzgerald	Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
		B.B. King	Sweet Little Angel
		Otis Rush	I Can't Quit You Baby
		Carl Perkins	Honey Don't
		Ella Fitzgerald	Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye
		Bill Haley and His Comets	See You Later, Alligator
		Sonny Rollins	St. Thomas	Listen
		Jesse Belvin	Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
		The Heartbeats	A Thousand Miles Away
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Elvis Presley	Blue Suede Shoes	Listen
		Elvis Presley	Blue Moon	Listen
		Harry Belafonte	Banana Boat (Day-O)
		Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home
		Sanford Clark	The Fool
		Fats Domino	I'm in Love Again	Listen
		The Platters	My Prayer
		The Channels	The Closer You Are
		Ray Charles	Leave My Woman Alone
		Marty Robbins	Singing the Blues
		Buchanan and Goodman	The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2)
		Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby
		Chuck Berry	Too Much Monkey Business
		Elvis Presley	I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	Listen