This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1956 according to ''
Billboard'' magazine. Prior to the creation of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, ''Billboard'' published multiple singles charts each week. In 1956, the following four charts were produced:
*''Best Sellers in Stores'' – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
*''Most Played by Jockeys'' – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
*''Most Played in Jukeboxes'' – ranked the most played songs in
jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons, with letters and numbers on them, which are used to sele ...
es across the United States.
*''Top 100'' - an early version of the Hot 100, the first chart to feature a combined tabulation of sales, airplay and jukebox play.
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See also
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1956 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1956.
Specific locations
*1956 in British music
*1956 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
*1956 in country music
*1956 in jazz
Events
*January 3 – '' Bach: The Goldberg V ...
References
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1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
United States Singles