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