WMGM Top 40 Survey
For the Week of November 5, 1956
Courtesy of www.musicradio77.com
Survey collected and contributed by Randy
Price and Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW WOC
1 1 LOVE ME TENDER - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 6
2 6 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN - Johnnie Ray (Columbia) 8
3 2 DON’T BE CRUEL - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 15
4 3 HONKY TONK (pt. 2) - Bill Doggett (King) 12
5 4 TRUE LOVE - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (Capitol) 7
6 7 THE GREEN DOOR - Jim Lowe (Dot) 5
7 5 CANADIAN SUNSET - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra with
Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor) 17
8 11 FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) - Pat Boone (Dot) 7
9 9 BLUEBERRY HILL - Fats Domino (Imperial) 6
10 14 CINDY, OH CINDY - Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor) / Vince Martin
with The Tarriers (Glory) 6
11 8 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME - Patience & Prudence (Liberty) 15
12 13 YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW - The Platters (Mercury) 7
13 16 SINGING THE BLUES - Guy Mitchell (Columbia) 3
14 20 HEY! JEALOUS LOVER - Frank Sinatra (Capitol) 4
15 12 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day
(Columbia) 20
16 10 HOUND DOG - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 17
17 15 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE - Eddie Heywood (Mercury) 14
18 23 MY PRAYER - The Platters (Mercury) 21
19 25 BLANCHE - The 3 Friends (Lido) 3
20 17 MIRACLE OF LOVE - Eileen Rodgers (Columbia) 9
21 19 ALLEGHENY MOON - Patti Page (Mercury) 23
22 24 A THOUSAND MILES AWAY - The Heartbeats (Hull) 3
23 37 IT ISN’T RIGHT - The Platters (Mercury) 5
24 21 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS - The Chordettes (Cadence) 7
25 30 YOU DON’T KNOW ME - Jerry Vale (Columbia) 16
26 35 I WALK THE LINE - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two (Sun) 4
27 39 PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL - Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra (Coral) 3
28 22 A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT - The Four Lads (Columbia) 9
29 27 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND - The Five Keys (Capitol) 2
30 32 EARTHBOUND - Sammy Davis, Jr. (Decca) 11
31 29 IN THE STILL OF THE NITE - The Five Satins (Ember) 11
32 28 A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH - George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount) 3
33 -- SEE SAW - The Moonglows (Chess) 1
34 18 TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS - Don Rondo (Jubilee) 6
35 34 THE BUS STOP SONG (A Paper Of Pins) - The Four Lads
(Columbia) 8
36 -- TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Nat “King” Cole (Capitol) 2
37 -- MAMA FROM THE TRAIN - Patti Page (Mercury) 3
38 31 WHEN THE WHITE LILACS BLOOM AGAIN - Helmut Zacharias & His
Magic Violins (Decca) / LeRoy Holmes & His Orchestra (M-G-M) 11
39 -- JUST IN TIME - Tony Bennett (Columbia) 2
40 40 AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW - Al Hibbler (Decca) 15