List of Billboard number-one singles of 1956
This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1956 according to Billboard magazine. Prior to the creation of the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard published multiple singles charts each week. In 1956, the following four charts were produced:
- Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
- Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
- Most Played in Jukeboxes – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States.
- Top 100 - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.
| Issue date | Best Sellers in Stores | Most Played by Jockeys | Most Played in Jukeboxes | Top 100 |
| January 7 | "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie | "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie |
| January 14 | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin |
| January 21 | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin |
| January 28 | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin |
| February 4 | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin |
| February 11 | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin |
| February 18 | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "The Great Pretender" The Platters | "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin | "The Great Pretender" The Platters |
| February 25 | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "The Great Pretender" The Platters | "The Great Pretender" The Platters | "The Great Pretender" The Platters/ "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr |
| March 3 | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr |
| March 10 | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr |
| March 17 | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr |
| March 24 | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| March 31 | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| April 7 | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| April 14 | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "Lisbon Antigua" Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| April 21 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| April 28 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter | "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter |
| May 5 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Hot Diggity" Perry Como | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| May 12 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| May 19 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| May 26 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| June 2 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| June 9 | "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was the One" Elvis Presley | "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley |
| June 16 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley/ "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| June 23 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| June 30 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| July 7 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| July 14 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| July 21 | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| July 28 | "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"/ "My Baby Left Me" Elvis Presley | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant |
| August 4 | "My Prayer"/ "Heaven on Earth" The Platters | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone |
| August 11 | "My Prayer"/ "Heaven on Earth" The Platters | "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone |
| August 18 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters | "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone | "My Prayer" The Platters |
| August 25 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters | "My Prayer" The Platters | "My Prayer" The Platters |
| September 1 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters |
| September 8 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters |
| September 15 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "My Prayer" The Platters/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| September 22 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| September 29 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| October 6 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| October 13 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| October 20 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| October 27 | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley |
| November 3 | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Green Door" Jim Lowe |
| November 10 | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley | "Green Door" Jim Lowe |
| November 17 | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley | "Green Door" Jim Lowe | "Green Door" Jim Lowe/ "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley |
| November 24 | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley | "Green Door" Jim Lowe | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley |
| December 1 | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley | "Green Door" Jim Lowe | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley |
| December 8 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Love Me Tender"/ "Any Way You Want Me" Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley/ "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
| December 15 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
| December 22 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |
| December 29 | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell | "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell |