UNITED KINGDOM’S TOP ALBUMS OF (BARRY KOWAL) 1956
No.-Album-Artist-Month
1 OKLAHOMA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-FEBRUARY 9272
2 CAROUSEL-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-September 2704
3 SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS-FRANK SINATRA-August 2534
4 ELVIS PRESLEY ROCK N’ ROLL-ELVIS PRESLEY-November 1690
5 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-BILL HALEY & COMETS-September 1282
6 BELAFONTE-HARRY BELAFONTE-April 1258
7 SHOWCASE-LONNIE DONEGAN-December 1210
8 FOUR FRESHMEN & FIVE TROMBONES-Four Freshmen-May 938
9 JULIE IS HER Name-Julie London-March 846
10 MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM-Soundtrack-April 816
11 Sparkling Strings-Lawrence Welk-February 574
12 Picnic Soundtrack-June 522
13 The Benny Goodman Story-March 438
14 Mark Twain-Harry Belafonte-February 424
15 Music For Lovers/To Make You Misty-Jackie Gleason-February 418
16 Rock n’ Roll Stage Shows-Bill Haley And His Comets-October 404
17 Music To Change Her Mind-Jackie Gleason-March 304
18 Gentlemen Be Seated-Minstrel Show-June 258
19 Calypso-Harry Belafonte-July 238
20 Mel Torme At The Crescendo-Mel Torme-July 224
21 Eddie Duchin Story-Original Soundtrack-August 214
22 Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette-Mel Torme-August 212
23 Night Winds-Jackie Gleason-July 200
24 Tamboo-Les Baxter-February 200
25 Waltzes Of Irving Berlin-Mantovani-June 186
26 Serenade-Mario Lanza-May 160
27 Guys And Dolls Cast-February 160
28 Noel Coward At Las Vegas-February 136
29 Castles In Spain-Michael Le Grand-July 82
30 TV Favorites-Lawrence Welk-April 70
31 Louis Armstrong At The Crescendo-Louis Armstrong-July 54
32 Salad Days-London Cast-September 52
33 Lustyland-Tennessee Ernie Ford-May 38
34 Midnight Rhapsody-Joe Budka-May 34
* This is not a real chart.The UK album charts commenced on July 22,1956.For compiling this list,the Billboard (USA) album charts prior to July 22 are used and there after the UK album charts.