AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1956*
1-WHATEVER WILL BE,WILL BE (QUE SERA SERA)-DORIS DAY-OCTOBER 1036
2-THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS-MITCH MILLER-January 1022
3-THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS-LES BAXTER-August 932
4-THE GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS-July 898
5-HOT DIGGITY-PERRY COMO-November 862
6-IT’S ALMOST TOMORROW-DREAM WEAVERS;JO STAFFORD-August 838
7-MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS-DEAN MARTIN-April 838
8-HE-Al Hibbler-March 802
9-MOONGLOW & THEME FROM PICNIC-Morris Stoloff-August 800
10-MOMENTS TO REMEMBER-Four Lads-March 792
11-A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl-Teresa Brewer-December 790
12-Mack The Knife (Theme From The Threepenny Opera)-Louis Armstrong-May 754
13-Sixteen Tons-Tennessee Ernie Ford;Frankie Laine-March 750
14-Rock & Roll Waltz-Kay Starr-June 750
15-Allegheny Moon-Patti Page-December 740
16-A Woman In Love-Frankie Laine;Four Aces-May 738
17-Portuguese Washerwomen-Joe”Fingers”Carr-September 724
18-Wayward Wind-Gogi Grant-October 724
19-Walk Hand In Hand-Andy Williams/Tony Martin-October 710
20-Ivory Tower-Cathy Carr-September 678
21-Suddenly There’s A Valley-Jo Stafford;Gogi Grant-March 666
22-Same Old Saturday Night-Frank Sinatra-February 634
23-Rock Island Line-Lonnie Donegan-July 608
24-The Shifting Whispering Sands-Billy Vaughn;Rusty Draper-June 604
25-Glendora-Perry Como-December 578
26-Seventeen-Boyd Bennett & His Rockets;Fontane Sisters-February 574
27-Hello Young Lovers-Perry Como-October 548
28-Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley-September 534
29-Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots-The Cheers-February 522
30-Band Of Gold-Don Cherry-May 492
31-Love And Marriage-Frank Sinatra-June 484
32-A Tear Fell-Teresa Brewer-August 472
33-More-Perry Como-December 468
34-Ain’t Misbehavin’-Johnnie Ray-May 466
35-A Satisfied Mind-Ella Fitzgerald;Jean Shepard-May 466
36-A Town Like Alice-Red Perksey-October 452
37-Johnnie’s Comin’ Home-Johnnie Ray-March 426
38-I Love Paris-Les Baxter-January 420
39-Dog Face Soldier-Russ Morgan-April 384
40-The Happy Whistler-Don Robertson-October 376
41-Young And Foolish-Jo Stafford-October 364
42-And They Called It Dixieland-Les Welch-June 356
43-(The Same Thing Happens With) The Birds And The Bees-Alan Dale-December 352
44-Dungaree Doll-Eddie Fisher-July 330
45-Juke Box Baby-Perry Como-July 324
46-The Bonnie Blue Gal-Mitch Miller-April 324
47-C’est Magnifique (“Can Can”)-Gordon MacRae-January 318
48-No,Not Much-Four Lads-May 306
49-(A Little Boy Called) Smiley-Red Perksey & His Orchestra-December 296
50-A Bushel And A Peck-Perry Como & Betty Hutton-March 282
51-(Love Is)The Tender Trap-Frank Sinatra-March 270
52-Main Title(The Man With The Golden Arm)-Billy May-August 260
53-Tina Marie-Perry Como-March 252
54-Go On By-Rosemary Clooney-January 246
55-I Almost Lost My Mind-Pat Boone-October 226
56-Port-Au-Prince-Nelson Riddle-August 222
57-Lisbon Antigua-Nelson Riddle-April 186
58-The Girl With The Yaller Shoes-Four Aces-September 178
59-Space Man-Alan Freed,Al Jazzbo Collins & Modernaires-November 166
60-Baubles,Bangles And Beads-Peggy Lee-February 156
61-Memories Of You-Four Coins;Benny Goodman Trio/Rosemary Clooney-April 118
62-I Want You To Be My Baby-Lillian Briggs-March 112
63-The Bible Tells Me So-Nick Noble;Don Cornell-January 108