BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY “NATIONAL BEST SELLERS RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1956
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 7,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 1 10 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 4 7 3 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 4 5 7 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 5 3 24 1 Only You-Platters 6 7 20 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 7 9 14 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 8 - 1 8 Speedoo-Cadillacs 8 - 1 8 Steamboat-Drifters 10 - 1 10 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 11 12 17 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 12 8 6 8 Witchcraft-Spiders 13 - 1 13 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 14 13 6 2 White Christmas-Drifters 15 - 1 15 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 14,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 11 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 3 8 3 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 4 4 8 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 5 5 25 1 Only You-Platters 6 8 2 6 Steamboat-Drifters 6 RE 10 5 Adorable-Drifters 7 7 15 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 8 12 7 8 Witchcraft-Spiders 9 10 2 9 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 9 13 2 9 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 11 6 21 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 12 8 2 8 Speedoo-Cadillacs 13 15 2 13 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 13 RE 2 13 I'm Lost Without You Tonight-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 15 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 21,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 3 9 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 4 9 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 4 2 12 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 5 9 3 5 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 6 5 3 6 Steamboat-Drifters 6 6 11 5 Adorable-Drifters 7 8 8 7 Witchcraft-Spiders 8 12 3 8 Speedoo-Cadillacs 9 5 26 1 Only You-Platters 10 11 22 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 11 7 16 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 12 13 3 12 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 13 9 3 9 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 14 RE 5 12 When You Dance-Turbans 15 15 2 15 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 28,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 10 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 5 4 3 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 4 3 10 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 5 4 13 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 6 8 4 6 Speedoo-Cadillacs 7 10 23 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 6 4 6 Steamboat-Drifters 8 6 12 5 Adorable-Drifters 9 13 4 9 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 10 7 9 7 Witchcraft-Spiders 11 15 3 11 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 12 9 27 1 Only You-Platters 13 - 1 13 Chicken And The Hawk-Joe Turner 13 - 1 13 Morning,Noon And Night-Joe Turner 14 12 4 12 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 15 14 6 12 When You Dance-Turbans BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 4,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 11 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 3 5 3 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 4 6 5 4 Speedoo-Cadillacs 5 11 4 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 5 - 1 5 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 5 - 1 5 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 7 5 14 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 8 12 28 1 Only You-Platters 9 9 5 9 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 10 4 11 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 11 8 5 6 Steamboat-Drifters 11 8 13 5 Adorable-Drifters 12 7 24 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 13 14 5 12 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 14 10 10 7 Witchcraft-Spiders 15 - 1 15 Crying Won't Help You-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 11,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 12 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 3 6 3 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 4 4 6 4 Speedoo-Cadillacs 5 5 2 5 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 5 5 2 5 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 6 13 6 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 7 8 29 1 Only You-Platters 8 5 5 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 9 - 1 9 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 10 7 15 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 11 14 11 7 Witchcraft-Spiders 13 10 12 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 12 - 1 12 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 12 - 1 12 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 14 RE 2 13 Chicken And The Hawk-Joe Turner 14 RE 2 13 Morning,Noon And Night-Joe Turner 15 11 6 6 Steamboat-Drifters 15 12 25 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 18,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 13 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 4 7 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 4 5 3 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 4 5 3 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 5 3 7 3 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 6 12 2 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 6 12 2 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 7 9 2 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 8 - 1 8 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 9 6 7 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 10 8 6 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 11 - 1 11 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 12 7 30 1 Only You-Platters 13 - 1 13 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 14 - 1 14 See You Later Alligator-Bill Haley & The Comets 15 10 16 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 15 - 1 15 Yes Sir,That's My Baby-Sensations BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 25,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 14 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 3 3 8 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 4 8 2 4 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 5 5 8 5 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 6 4 4 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 6 4 4 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 7 6 3 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 7 6 3 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 8 13 2 8 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 9 9 8 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 10 7 3 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 11 10 7 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 12 - 1 12 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 13 11 2 11 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 14 14 2 14 See You Later Alligator-Bill Haley & The Comets 15 - 1 15 I Don't Want Nobody-Ella & Buddy Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 3,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 4 3 2 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 2 15 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 4 12 2 4 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 5 3 9 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 6 6 5 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 6 6 5 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 7 8 3 7 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 8 7 4 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 8 7 4 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 9 5 9 5 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 10 10 4 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 11 11 8 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 12 9 9 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 13 - 1 13 No Money Down-Chuck Berry 14 15 2 14 I Don't Want Nobody-Ella & Buddy Johnson 15 14 3 14 See You Later Alligator-Bill Haley & The Comets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 10,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 GREAT PRETENDER-PLATTERS 2 2 4 2 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 4 3 3 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 4 3 16 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 5 5 10 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 5 7 4 7 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 7 6 6 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 7 6 6 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 8 8 5 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 9 10 5 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 10 9 10 5 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 11 11 9 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 12 13 2 12 No Money Down-Chuck Berry 13 12 10 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 14 RE 3 11 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 15 14 3 14 I Don't Want Nobody-Ella & Buddy Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 17,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE-FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS 2 1 14 1 Great Pretender-Platters 3 3 4 3 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 4 5 5 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 5 4 17 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 6 8 6 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 6 RE 5 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 7 5 11 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 8 7 7 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 8 7 7 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 9 - 1 9 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 10 9 6 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 11 12 3 11 No Money Down-Chuck Berry 12 11 10 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 13 14 4 13 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 14 10 11 5 Seven Days-Clyde McPhatter 15 13 11 6 Jivin' Around (Parts I & II)-Ernie Freeman 15 - 1 15 Smokestack Lightning-Howlin' Wolf BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 24,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE-FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS 2 3 5 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 3 4 6 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 4 2 15 1 Great Pretender-Platters 5 9 2 5 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 6 6 7 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 6 6 6 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 7 8 8 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 7 8 8 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 8 7 12 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 9 5 18 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 10 10 7 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 11 - 1 11 Smokestack Lightning-Howlin' Wolf 12 13 11 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 13 11 4 11 No Money Down-Chuck Berry 14 13 5 13 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 14 - 1 14 Try Rock And Roll-Bobby Mitchell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 31,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE-FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS 2 2 6 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 3 3 7 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 4 5 3 4 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 5 4 16 1 Great Pretender-Platters 6 6 8 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 6 6 7 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 7 7 9 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 7 7 9 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 8 10 8 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed 9 8 13 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 10 - 1 10 Down In Mexico-Coasters 11 14 6 11 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 12 - 1 12 In Paradise-Cookies 13 11 2 11 Smokestack Lightning-Howlin' Wolf 14 12 12 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 15 14 2 14 Try Rock And Roll-Bobby Mitchell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 7,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE-FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS 2 4 4 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 3 3 8 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 4 2 7 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 5 - 1 5 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 5 - 1 5 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 6 6 9 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 6 6 8 6 Don't Blame It On Me-Fats Domino 7 5 17 1 Great Pretender-Platters 8 9 14 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 9 10 2 9 Down In Mexico-Coasters 10 11 7 10 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 11 7 10 4 Devil Or Angel-Clovers 11 7 10 4 Hey,Doll Baby-Clovers 12 RE 19 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 13 - 1 13 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 14 12 2 12 In Paradise-Cookies 14 8 9 7 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 14,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE-FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS 2 2 5 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 3 5 2 3 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 3 5 2 3 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 4 4 8 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 5 3 9 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 6 13 2 6 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 7 6 10 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 8 - 1 8 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 9 7 18 1 Great Pretender-Platters 9 9 3 9 Down In Mexico-Coasters 11 8 15 3 Speedoo-Cadillacs 12 - 1 12 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 13 10 8 10 I'll Be Home-Flamingos 14 - 1 14 Who?-Little Walter 15 12 20 2 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 21,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 3 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 3 3 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 6 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 3 1 10 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 4 6 3 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 5 4 9 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 6 - 1 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 7 5 10 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 8 8 2 8 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 9 9 4 9 Down In Mexico-Coasters 10 12 2 10 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 11 7 11 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 12 9 19 1 Great Pretender-Platters 12 RE 13 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 14 - 1 14 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 15 RE 5 11 No Money Down-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 28,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 4 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 3 11 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 2 7 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 4 5 10 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 5 4 4 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 6 8 3 6 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 7 7 11 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 8 14 2 8 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 9 11 12 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino 10 6 2 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 11 10 3 10 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 11 - 1 11 Church Bells May Ring-Willows 13 RE 2 13 Who?-Little Walter 14 9 5 9 Down In Mexico-Coasters 15 12 20 1 Great Pretender-Platters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 5,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 5 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 12 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 3 8 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 4 8 3 4 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 5 6 4 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 6 5 5 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 7 - 1 7 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 8 4 11 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 9 10 3 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 10 11 4 10 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 11 11 4 10 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 12 7 12 3 Eddie My Love-Teen Queens 13 - 1 13 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 14 - 1 14 Forty Days And Forty Nights-Muddy Waters 15 9 13 6 Bo Weevil-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 12,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 6 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 4 4 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 - 1 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 3 9 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 4 2 13 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 5 7 2 5 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 6 5 5 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 7 6 6 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 8 13 2 8 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 9 10 5 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 10 9 4 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 11 11 5 10 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 12 8 12 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 13 RE 6 9 Down In Mexico-Coasters 14 RE 14 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 15 - 1 15 Ruby Baby-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 19,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 7 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 5 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 2 2 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 3 10 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 4 5 3 4 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 5 6 6 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 6 8 3 6 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 7 4 14 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 8 7 7 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 9 9 6 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 10 10 5 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 11 14 15 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 11 - 1 11 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 13 RE 2 13 Forty Days And Forty Nights-Muddy Waters 13 - 1 13 Fever-Little Willie John 15 15 2 15 Ruby Baby-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 26,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 8 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 6 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 2 3 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 4 4 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 4 3 11 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 5 6 4 5 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 6 5 7 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 7 13 2 7 Fever-Little Willie John 8 8 8 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 9 7 15 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 10 9 7 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 11 11 2 11 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 12 13 3 12 Forty Days And Forty Nights-Muddy Waters 13 - 1 13 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 14 11 16 5 Need Your Love So Bad-Little Willie John 15 10 6 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 2,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 9 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 7 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 2 4 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 5 5 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 - 1 3 I'm Not A Know-It-All-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 4 7 3 4 Fever-Little Willie John 5 3 5 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 6 4 12 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 7 6 8 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 8 11 3 8 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 9 9 16 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 9 13 2 10 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 11 8 9 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 12 15 7 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 13 RE 3 13 Ruby Baby-Drifters 14 10 8 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 15 12 4 12 Forty Days And Forty Nights-Muddy Waters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 9,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 10 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 8 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 2 5 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 3 6 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 3 3 2 3 I'm Not A Know-It-All-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 4 4 4 4 Fever-Little Willie John 5 5 6 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 6 9 3 6 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 7 7 9 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 8 8 4 8 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 9 12 8 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 10 9 17 1 Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 11 14 9 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 12 11 10 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 13 6 13 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 14 - 1 14 Casual Look-Six Teens 15 13 4 13 Ruby Baby-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 16,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD 1 1 11 1 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'(PEEPIN' AND HIDIN')-LITTLE RICHARD 2 4 5 2 Fever-Little Willie John 3 2 9 2 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 3 2 6 2 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 4 3 7 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 4 3 3 3 I'm Not A Know-It-All-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 5 6 4 5 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 6 5 7 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 7 7 10 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 8 - 1 8 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 9 11 10 9 Ivory Tower-Otis Williams 10 - 1 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 11 14 2 11 Casual Look-Six Teens 12 9 9 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 13 12 11 4 (You've Got) The Magic Touch-Platters 14 8 5 8 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 15 13 14 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 23,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 10 1 MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO 1 3 7 1 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO 2 2 6 2 Fever-Little Willie John 3 1 12 1 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 3 1 12 1 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 4 5 5 4 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 5 4 8 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 6 8 2 6 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 7 7 11 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 8 6 8 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 9 - 1 9 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry 10 15 15 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 11 11 3 11 Casual Look-Six Teens 12 14 6 8 Little Girl Of Mine-Cleftones 13 12 10 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 14 10 2 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 15 - 1 15 Love,Love,Love-Clovers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 30,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO 1 1 8 1 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO 2 2 7 2 Fever-Little Willie John 3 4 6 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 4 3 13 1 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 4 3 13 1 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 5 6 3 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 5 - 1 5 What Would I Do Without You?-Ray Charles 6 5 9 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 7 9 2 7 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry 8 7 12 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 8 8 9 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 10 13 11 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 10 15 2 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 12 - 1 12 Rip It Up-Little Richard 13 14 3 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 14 10 16 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 7,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO 1 1 9 1 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO 2 2 8 2 Fever-Little Willie John 3 3 7 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 4 12 2 4 Rip It Up-Little Richard 4 - 1 4 Ready Teddy-Little Richard 5 4 14 1 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 5 4 14 1 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 6 5 4 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 6 5 2 5 What Would I Do Without You?-Ray Charles 7 10 12 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 8 6 10 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 9 7 3 7 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry 10 10 3 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 11 14 17 2 Blue Suede Shoes-Carl Perkins 12 - 1 12 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 13 8 13 5 Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley 14 8 10 3 Corrine,Corrina-Joe Turner 15 13 4 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 14,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO 1 1 10 1 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO 2 2 9 2 Fever-Little Willie John 3 4 3 3 Rip It Up-Little Richard 3 4 2 3 Ready Teddy-Little Richard 4 3 8 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 5 12 2 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 6 7 13 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 7 RE 4 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 8 8 11 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 9 6 5 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 10 5 15 1 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 10 5 15 1 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 11 10 4 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 12 9 4 7 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry 13 - 1 13 Candy-Big Maybelle 14 - 1 14 Stranded In The Jungle-Jay Hawks 15 - 1 15 My Prayer-Platters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 21,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN 2 1 14 1 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 2 1 11 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 3 3 4 3 Rip It Up-Little Richard 4 4 9 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 5 - 1 5 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 6 5 3 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 7 7 5 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 8 6 14 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 9 14 2 9 Stranded In The Jungle-Jay Hawks 10 15 2 10 My Prayer-Platters 11 8 12 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 12 10 16 1 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 12 10 16 1 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 13 9 6 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 14 12 5 7 Roll Over Beethoven-Chuck Berry 15 13 2 13 Candy-Big Maybelle BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 28,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN 2 3 5 2 Rip It Up-Little Richard 2 RE 3 2 Ready Teddy-Little Richard 3 2 15 1 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 3 2 12 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 4 5 2 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 5 10 3 5 My Prayer-Platters 6 4 10 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 7 6 4 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 8 7 6 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 9 9 3 9 Stranded In The Jungle-Jay Hawks 10 8 15 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 11 15 3 11 Candy-Big Maybelle 12 13 7 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 13 RE 5 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 14 RE 5 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 15 11 13 3 I Want You To Be My Girl-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 4,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 RIP IT UP-LITTLE RICHARD 2 1 12 1 Fever-Little Willie John 3 5 4 3 My Prayer-Platters 4 4 3 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 5 3 16 1 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 5 3 13 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 6 7 5 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 7 6 11 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 8 - 1 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 8 - 1 8 So-Long-Fats Domino 9 8 7 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 10 - 1 10 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 11 12 8 5 Hallelujah,I Love Her So-Ray Charles 12 13 6 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 13 14 6 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 14 - 1 14 Up On The Mountain-Magnificents 15 10 16 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 11,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 RIP IT UP-LITTLE RICHARD 1 RE 4 1 READY TEDDY-LITTLE RICHARD 2 2 13 1 Fever-Little Willie John 3 3 5 3 My Prayer-Platters 4 4 4 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 5 6 6 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 6 5 14 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 7 10 2 7 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 8 8 2 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 8 8 2 8 So-Long-Fats Domino 9 7 11 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 10 9 8 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 11 - 1 11 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 12 - 1 12 I Promise To Remember-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 13 12 7 10 Love,Love,Love-Clovers 14 13 7 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 15 15 17 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 18,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN 2 3 6 2 My Prayer-Platters 3 1 8 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 3 1 5 1 Ready Teddy-Little Richard 4 11 2 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 5 - 1 5 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 6 7 3 6 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 7 5 7 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 8 8 3 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 8 8 3 8 So-Long-Fats Domino 9 4 5 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 10 12 2 10 I Promise To Remember-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 10 RE 1 10 Who Can Explain?-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 11 - 1 11 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 12 6 15 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 13 14 8 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 14 9 12 3 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter 15 10 9 7 Casual Look-Six Teens BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 25,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 5 2 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 1 15 1 Fever-Little Willie John 3 2 7 2 My Prayer-Platters 4 3 9 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 4 3 6 1 Ready Teddy-Little Richard 4 6 4 5 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 6 4 3 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 7 11 2 7 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 8 8 4 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 8 8 4 8 So-Long-Fats Domino 9 7 8 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 10 9 6 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 11 10 3 10 I Promise To Remember-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 11 10 2 10 Who Can Explain?-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 12 13 9 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 13 12 16 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 14 15 10 7 Casual Look-Six Teens 15 RE 18 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 1,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 3 8 2 My Prayer-Platters 3 2 16 1 Fever-Little Willie John 4 4 5 4 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 4 10 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 6 6 4 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 7 7 3 7 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 8 8 5 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 8 8 5 8 So-Long-Fats Domino 9 9 9 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 10 10 7 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 10 - 1 10 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 12 13 17 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 12 - 1 12 Rock-A-While-Joe Turner 12 - 1 12 Lipstick,Powder And Paint-Joe Turner 14 15 19 6 Please,Please,Please-James Brown 15 12 10 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 8,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 9 2 My Prayer-Platters 3 3 17 1 Fever-Little Willie John 4 4 6 4 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 7 4 5 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 5 - 1 5 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 6 5 11 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 7 6 5 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 7 8 6 8 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 9 9 10 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 10 - 1 10 Bad Luck-B.B. King 10 - 1 10 Sweet Little Angel-B.B. King 11 10 2 10 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 12 - 1 12 Don't Go No Further-Muddy Waters 13 - 1 13 I Gotta Get Myself A Woman-Drifters 13 - 1 13 Soldier Of Fortune-Drifters 14 10 8 4 Stranded In The Jungle-Cadets 15 12 18 1 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 15,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 10 2 My Prayer-Platters 3 5 5 3 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 5 2 3 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 4 7 4 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 3 18 1 Fever-Little Willie John 6 7 7 6 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 6 RE 6 6 So-Long-Fats Domino 7 6 12 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 8 7 6 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 9 10 2 9 Bad Luck-B.B. King 9 10 2 9 Sweet Little Angel-B.B. King 10 11 3 10 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 11 9 11 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 12 RE 11 10 I Want You,I Need You,I Love You-Elvis Presley 13 RE 2 12 Rock-A-While-Joe Turner 13 RE 2 12 Lipstick,Powder And Paint-Joe Turner 14 13 2 13 I Gotta Get Myself A Woman-Drifters 15 - 1 15 See-Saw-Moonglows 15 - 1 15 When I;m With You-Moonglows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 22,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 11 2 My Prayer-Platters 3 3 6 3 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 3 3 3 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 4 8 4 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 10 4 5 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 6 9 3 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 6 9 3 6 Sweet Little Angel-B.B. King 7 6 8 6 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 7 6 7 6 So-Long-Fats Domino 8 5 19 1 Fever-Little Willie John 9 7 13 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 10 8 7 4 Flying Saucer-Buchanan & Goodman 11 14 3 11 I Gotta Get Myself A Woman-Drifters 11 RE 2 11 Soldier Of Fortune-Drifters 12 11 12 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 13 15 2 13 See-Saw-Moonglows 14 - 1 14 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 15 RE 2 12 Don't Go No Further-Muddy Waters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 29,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 3 7 2 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 2 3 4 2 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 2 4 9 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 4 2 12 4 My Prayer-Platters 5 5 5 5 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 6 6 4 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 6 6 4 6 Sweet Little Angel-B.B. King 7 7 9 6 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 7 7 8 6 So-Long-Fats Domino 8 8 20 1 Fever-Little Willie John 9 9 14 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 10 - 1 10 Still-Bavern Baker 11 13 3 11 See-Saw-Moonglows 12 12 13 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 13 14 2 13 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 13 - 1 13 Soft Winds-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 15 That's All There Is To That-Nat "King" Cole BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 6,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 8 2 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 2 2 5 2 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 3 2 10 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 4 5 6 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 5 4 13 4 My Prayer-Platters 6 6 5 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 6 6 5 6 Sweet Little Angel-B.B. King 7 10 2 7 Still-Bavern Baker 7 - 1 7 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker 8 13 3 8 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 9 7 10 6 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 9 7 9 6 So-Long-Fats Domino 10 8 21 1 Fever-Little Willie John 11 11 4 11 See-Saw-Moonglows 12 9 15 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 13 RE 4 11 I Gotta Get Myself A Woman-Drifters 13 RE 3 11 Soldier Of Fortune-Drifters 14 12 14 5 It's Too Late-Chuck Willis 15 15 2 15 That's All There Is To That-Nat "King" Cole BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 13,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 9 2 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 2 2 6 2 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 3 3 11 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 4 5 14 4 My Prayer-Platters 5 4 7 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 6 - 1 6 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 7 8 4 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 8 7 3 7 Still-Bavern Baker 8 7 2 7 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker 9 6 6 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 10 10 22 1 Fever-Little Willie John 11 9 11 6 When My Dreamboat Comes Home-Fats Domino 12 12 16 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 13 11 5 11 See-Saw-Moonglows 14 13 5 11 I Gotta Get Myself A Woman-Drifters 15 - 1 15 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 20,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 10 2 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 2 2 7 2 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 3 6 2 3 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 4 3 12 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 5 8 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 6 4 15 4 My Prayer-Platters 7 8 4 7 Still-Bavern Baker 7 8 3 7 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker 8 - 1 8 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 9 15 2 9 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush 10 7 5 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 11 - 1 11 Lonely Avenue-Ray Charles 12 12 17 1 Rip It Up-Little Richard 13 9 7 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 14 - 1 14 ABC's Of Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 15 10 23 1 Fever-Little Willie John BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 27,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 11 1 HOUND DOG-ELVIS PRESLEY 1 2 8 1 DON'T BE CRUEL-ELVIS PRESLEY 2 3 3 2 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 3 1 11 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 4 4 13 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 5 9 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 6 8 2 6 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 7 7 5 7 Still-Bavern Baker 7 7 4 7 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker 8 11 2 8 Lonely Avenue-Ray Charles 9 6 16 4 My Prayer-Platters 9 - 1 9 Green Door-Jim Lowe 9 - 1 9 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 12 9 3 9 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush 13 10 6 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 14 13 8 6 Bad Luck-B.B. King 15 - 1 15 You'll Never,Never Know-Platters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 3,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 12 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 4 2 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 3 1 12 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 1 9 1 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 4 14 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 6 3 5 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 6 5 10 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 7 9 2 7 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 7 - 1 7 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry 8 7 6 7 Still-Bavern Baker 8 7 5 7 I Can't Love You Enough-Lavern Baker 9 9 2 9 Green Door-Jim Lowe 10 8 3 8 Lonely Avenue-Ray Charles 11 15 2 11 You'll Never,Never Know-Platters 11 - 1 11 It Isn't Right-Platters 12 13 7 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 13 12 4 9 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush 14 9 17 4 My Prayer-Platters 15 RE 2 14 ABC's Of Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 10,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 5 2 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 3 3 13 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 3 10 1 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 4 15 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 5 5 4 5 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 6 - 1 6 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 7 7 3 7 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 7 7 2 7 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry 8 6 11 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 9 9 3 9 Green Door-Jim Lowe 10 11 3 10 You'll Never,Never Know-Platters 10 11 2 10 It Isn't Right-Platters 11 12 8 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood 12 10 4 8 Lonely Avenue-Ray Charles 13 13 5 9 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush 14 15 3 14 ABC's Of Love-Frankie Lymon & Teenagers 15 - 1 15 She's Got It-Little Richard 15 - 1 15 Heebie Jeebies-Little Richard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 17,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 2 6 2 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 3 3 14 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 3 11 1 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 5 5 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 5 9 4 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 6 6 2 6 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 7 - 1 7 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 8 7 4 7 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 8 7 3 7 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry 9 4 16 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 10 8 12 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 11 10 4 10 You'll Never,Never Know-Platters 12 - 1 12 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats 13 - 1 13 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King 14 - 1 14 Keep It To Yourself-Sonny Boy Williamson 15 11 9 7 Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 24,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO 2 1 15 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 3 3 15 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 3 3 12 1 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 4 7 2 4 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 5 4 6 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 6 5 5 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 7 6 3 6 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 8 8 5 7 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 8 8 4 7 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry 9 10 13 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 10 - 1 10 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 11 9 17 2 Let The Good Times Rolls-Shirley & Lee 12 11 5 10 You'll Never,Never Know-Platters 13 13 2 13 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King 14 RE 6 9 I Can't Quit You,Baby-Otis Rush 15 12 2 12 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 1,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 16 1 HONKY TONK-BILL DOGGETT 2 1 8 1 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino 3 4 3 3 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 4 7 4 4 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 5 5 7 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 6 10 2 6 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 7 - 1 7 Since I Met You,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 3 16 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 9 6 6 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 10 9 14 4 In The Still Of The Night-Five Satins 11 13 3 11 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King 12 - 1 12 Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You?-Chuck Willis 12 - 1 12 Juanita-Chuck Willis 13 8 6 7 Too Much Monkey Business-Chuck Berry 13 8 5 7 Brown-Eyed Handsome Man-Chuck Berry 14 - 1 14 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett 15 15 3 12 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 8,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO 2 1 17 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 3 7 2 3 Since I Met You,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 3 4 3 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 5 4 5 4 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 6 6 3 6 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 7 9 7 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 8 5 8 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 9 8 17 1 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 10 - 1 10 Goodnight,My Love-Jesse Belvin 11 12 2 11 Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You?-Chuck Willis 11 12 2 11 Juanita-Chuck Willis 12 14 2 12 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett 13 15 4 12 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats 14 11 4 11 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King 15 - 1 15 Ain't Got No Home-Clarence "Frogman" Henry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 15,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO 2 2 18 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 3 3 3 3 Since I Met You,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 4 5 3 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 5 6 4 5 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 6 5 6 4 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 7 15 2 7 Ain't Got No Home-Clarence "Frogman" Henry 8 12 3 8 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett 9 7 8 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 10 13 5 10 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats 11 8 9 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 12 10 2 10 Goodnight,My Love-Jesse Belvin 13 - 1 13 Singing The Blues-Guy Mitchell 14 - 1 14 You Got Me Dizzy-Jimmy Reed 15 - 1 15 Jim Dandy-LaVern Baker & The Gliders 15 - 1 15 Tra La La-LaVern Baker & The Gliders BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 22,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO 2 2 19 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 3 3 4 3 Since I Met You ,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 8 4 4 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett 5 7 3 7 Ain't Got No Home-Clarence "Frogman" Henry 6 6 7 4 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 7 5 5 5 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 8 4 6 3 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 9 10 6 9 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats 10 9 9 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe 11 11 10 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 12 13 2 12 Singing The Blues-Guy Mitchell 13 14 2 13 You Got Me Dizzy-Jimmy Reed 14 12 3 10 Goodnight,My Love-Jesse Belvin 15 15 2 15 Jim Dandy-LaVern Baker & The Gliders 15 15 2 15 Tra La La-LaVern Baker & The Gliders 15 RE 6 11 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 29,1956 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 BLUEBERRY HILL-FATS DOMINO 2 2 20 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett 3 3 5 3 Since I Met You,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 4 5 4 Slow Walk-Bill Doggett 5 5 4 7 Ain't Got No Home-Clarence "Frogman" Henry 6 12 3 6 Singing The Blues-Guy Mitchell 7 6 8 4 Oh, What A Nite-Dells 8 7 6 5 I Feel Good-Shirley & Lee 9 8 7 3 Slow Walk-Sil Austin 10 13 3 10 You Got Me Dizzy-Jimmy Reed 11 11 11 4 Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley 12 15 3 12 Jim Dandy-LaVern Baker & The Gliders 13 9 7 9 A Thousand Miles Away-Heartbeats 14 15 7 11 On My Word Of Honor-B.B. King 15 10 10 5 Green Door-Jim Lowe