BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1956
(Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Plays Charts)
(Barry Kowal)No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO-DECEMBER 1368 2 HONKY TONK (PARTS 1 & 2)-BILL DOGGETT-October 1368 3 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO-June 1156 4 FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN-September 1030 5 THE GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS-January 950 6 AT MY FRONT DOOR-EL DORADOS-January 932 7 TUTTI' FRUTTI-LITTLE RICHARD-February 926 8 MY BLUE HEAVEN-Fats Domino-June 900 9 LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL-Shirley & Lee-September 852 10 MY PRAYER-Platters-August 834 11 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard-April 818 12 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley-September 796 13 Hands Off-Jay Mcshann, Priscilla Bowman-January 752 14 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley-September 732 15 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles-March 716 16 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Teenagers-March 706 17 Treasure Of Love-Clyde Mcphatter-July 654 18 Slippin' And Slidin'-Little Richard-April 652 19 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins-April 632 20 Seven Days-Clyde Mcphatter-February 600 21 Corrine Corrina-Joe Turner-May 590 22 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You-Elvis Presley-June 586 23 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins-October 572 24 Poor Me-Fats Domino-January 550 25 Devil Or Angel-Clovers-March 506 26 Rip It Up-Little Richard-August 472 27 So Long-Fats Domino-August 454 28 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino-August 454 29 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens-May 442 30 Slow Walk-Sil Austin-December 406 31 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters-May 392 32 Oh, What A Night-Dells-December 384 33 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry-June 362 34 See Saw-Moonglows-October 358 35 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee-December 348 36 Speedoo-Cadillacs-March 342 37 Ready Teddy-Little Richard-August 332 38 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed-March 310 39 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry-October 304 40 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers-May 292 41 Jivin' Around (Parts I & Ii)-Ernie Freeman-February 288 42 Forty Days And Forty Nights-Muddy Waters-May 270 43 Hey, Doll Baby-Clovers-March 266 44 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets-July 254 45 Bad Luck-B.b. King-November 244 46 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley-May 242 47 Hallelujah, I Love Her So-Ray Charles-July 228 48 Confidential-Sonny Knight-November 226 49 The Green Door-Jim Lowe & The High Fives-December 224 50 My Baby Left Me-Elvis Presley-June 210 51 I'll Be Home-Flamingos-March 190 52 Love, Love, Love-Clovers-July 186 53 Juanita-Chuck Willis-November 184 54 Who Can Explain?-Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers-August 182 55 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino-April 180 56 Chicken And The Hawk-Joe Turner-February 180 57 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis-July 176 58 Sweet Little Angel-B.b. King-November 154 59 Lonely Avenue-Ray Charles-October 140 60 Still-Lavern Baker-November 136 61 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker-November 136 62 Who?-Little Walter-April 136 63 I Promise To Remember-Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers-September 134 64 Heebie Jeebies-Little Richard-December 134 65 April In Paris-Count Basie Orchestra-February 132 66 Mary Ann-Ray Charles-April 112 67 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley-December 100 68 I Can't Quit You, Baby-Otis Rush-November 98 69 The Fool-Sanford Clark-September 96 70 On My Word Of Honor-B.b. King-December 94 71 Morning, Noon And Night-Joe Turner-February 90 72 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones-June 90 73 Lost Dreams-Ernie Freeman-June 90 74 Lipstick, Powder And Paint-Joe Turner-September 90 75 Down In Mexico-Coasters-April 88 76 Be-bop-a-lula-Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps-August 88 77 You'll Never Never Know-Platters-November 88 78 Ka-ding Dong-G-clefs-October 88 79 We Go Together-Moonglows-June 86 80 Honey Chile-Fats Domino-October 56 81 Pretty Thing-Bo Diddley-January 54 82 Boogie Woogie Country Girl-Joe Turner-May 52 83 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino-April 50 84 Anyway You Want Me-Elvis Presley-December 50 85 Goodnight, My Love-Jesse Belvin-December 48 86 Turtle Dovin'-Coasters-April 46 87 Ka-ding-dong-Diamonds-October 46 88 Smokestack Lightning-Howlin' Wolf-March 46 89 Ivory Tower-Charms-June 46 90 Heaven On Earth-Platters-July 46 91 I Asked For Water-Howlin' Wolf-November 46 92 Up On The Mountain-Magnificents-July 44 93 She's Got It-Little Richard-November 44 94 Come Home-Bubber Johnson-February 44 95 Cops And Robbers-Boogaloo-November 44 96 Don't Go No Farther-Muddy Waters-October 44 97 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett-December 44 98 In Paradise-Cookies-May 44 99 Please,Please,Please-James Brown & The Famous Flames-June 44 100 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra-September 42 101 Sweet Baby Of Mine-Ruth Brown-May 42 102 Stranded In The Jungle-Jayhawks-July 42 103 Smokey Joe's Cafe-Robins-January 42 104 Are You Satisfied-Ann Cole-January 42 105 Ruby Baby-Drifters-June 42