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NINETEEN FIFTY SIX

 

EXPLORE 1956

 

HIGHLIGHTS 1956

 
  • Elvis Presley’s First Hit “Heartbreak Hotel” is Released.
  • Elvis Appears On The Ed Sullivan Show For The First Time
  • Elvis’s First Move Love Me Tender Opens In New York
  • Rocky Marciano Retires As The Only Undefeated Heavyweight Champion
  • Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Denounces Stalin
  • Alabama Bus Segregation Laws Declared Illegal By The US Supreme Court
  • The Hungarian Revolution
  • The Price Is Right Debuts On Television
 

“October 23, 1956, is a day that will live forever in the annals of free men and nations. It was a day of courage, conscience and triumph. No other day since history began has shown more clearly the eternal unquenchability of man’s desire to be free, whatever the odds against success, whatever the sacrifice required.“ – JOHN F KENNEDY

 

 

Top 100 Songs For 1956

 

  1. Hound Dog     Elvis Presley
  2. Long Tall Sally     Little Richard
  3. Blue Suede Shoes     Carl Perkins / Elvis Presley
  4. Don’t Be Cruel     Elvis Presley
  5. Be-Bop-A-Lula     Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
  6. Roll Over Beethoven     Chuck Berry
  7. In The Still Of The Nite     The Five Satins
  8. Blueberry Hill     Fats Domino
  9. Please, Please, Please      James Brown & the Famous Flames
  10. I Walk The Line     Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two
  11. Fever     Little Willie John
  12. The Train Kept-A-Rollin     The Johnny Burnette Trio
  13. Come Go With Me     The Del Vikings
  14. Let The Good Times Roll     Shirley & Lee
  15. Heartbreak Hotel     Elvis Presley
  16.  Rip It Up     Little Richard
  17. Honky Tonk     Bill Doggett
  18. Blue Monday     Fats Domino
  19. Jim Dandy     Lavern Baker
  20. Oh What A Nite     The Dells

 

  • 21. My Prayer     The Platters
  • 22. Who Do You Love     Bo Diddley
  • 23. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man     Chuck Berry
  • 24. Ready Teddy     Little Richard
  • 25. Honey Don’t     Carl Perkins
  • 26. I’m In Love Again     Fats Domino
  • 27. Little Girl Of Mine     The Cleftones
  • 28. A Thousand Miles Away     The Heartbeats
  • 29. I’ve Got You Under My Skin     Frank Sinatra
  • 30. Tear It Up     The Johnny Burnette Trio
  • 31. Drown In My Own Tears     Ray Charles
  • 32. I Put A Spell On You     Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  • 33. Love Is Strange     Mickey & Sylvia
  • 34. Goodnight My Love     Jesse Belvin
  • 35. Day-O (Banana Boat Song)     Harry Belafonte
  • 36. Stranded In The Jungle     The Cadets
  • 37. Slippin’ And Slidin’     Little Richard
  • 38. I Promise To Remember     Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
  • 39. One Hand Loose     Charlie Feathers
  • 40. Race With The Devil     Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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