Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1956

The Top Songs from 1956
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Sample
1	14	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	Listen
2	53	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	Listen
3	81	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes
4	89	Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	Listen
5	92	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Listen
6	134	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Be Bop a Lula
7	147	The Teenagers Feat. Frankie Lymon	Why Do Fools Fall in Love
8	148	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	Listen
9	166	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	Listen
10	188	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally
11	195	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night
12	285	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You
13	334	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Listen
14	339	James Brown and The Famous Flames	Please Please Please
15	359	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love	Listen
16	439	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	Listen
17	555	Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk
18	601	Ray Price	Crazy Arms
19	647	Little Willie John	Fever
20	773	Mickey and Sylvia	Love Is Strange
21	900	Frank Sinatra	I've Got You Under My Skin	Listen
22	904	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	Listen
23	907	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy
24	1003	The Dells	Oh What a Nite
25	1232	Little Willie John	Need Your Love So Bad
26	1345	Little Richard	Rip It Up
27	1372	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	Listen
28	1499	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late
29	1568	Fats Domino	Blue Monday	Listen
30	1652	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue
31	1738	The Cadets	Stranded in the Jungle
32	1837	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
33	1879	Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent
34	2040	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So
35	2076	Guy Mitchell	Singing the Blues
36	2219	Richard Berry	Louie Louie
37	2270	Sonny Rollins	St. Thomas	Listen
38	2303	Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Man
39	2330	Little Richard	Slippin' and Slidin'
40	2377	Otis Rush	I Can't Quit You Baby
41	2447	Duke Ellington	Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
42	2522	B.B. King	Sweet Little Angel
43	2634	Carl Perkins	Honey Don't
44	2707	Jesse Belvin	Goodnite My Love
45	2708	The Heartbeats	A Thousand Miles Away
46	2793	Elvis Presley	Blue Suede Shoes	Listen
47	2918	Elvis Presley	Blue Moon	Listen
48	2938	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home
49	2961	Fats Domino	I'm in Love Again	Listen
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears
		Shirley and Lee	Let the Good Times Roll
		Marty Robbins	Singing the Blues
		Sanford Clark	The Fool
		The Platters	My Prayer
		Channels	The Closer You Are
		Ray Charles	Leave My Woman Alone
		Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby
		Buchanan and Goodman	The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2)
		Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong	Let's Do It
		Elvis Presley	I Want You, I Need You, I Love You	Listen