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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1956

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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1956 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales, disc jockey plays, and juke box plays.[1]

Retail Juke
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Disk
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Title Artist(s) Label
1 13 5 "Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett King
2 2 1 "I'm in Love Again" Fats Domino Imperial
3 3 3 "Long Tall Sally" Little Richard Specialty
4 6 4 "Fever" Little Willie John King
5 1 2 "The Great Pretender" The Platters Mercury
6 9 6 "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" The Teenagers Gee
7 38 31 "I Want You to Be My Girl" The Teenagers Gee
8 7 12 "My Prayer" The Platters Mercury
9 10 21 "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins Sun
10 11 10 "Let the Good Times Roll" Shirley & Lee Aladdin
11 21 18 "Rip It Up" Little Richard Specialty
12 4 7 "Tutti Frutti" Little Richard Specialty
13 8 8 "Drown in My Own Tears" Ray Charles Atlantic
14 25 13 "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
15 12 15 "Treasure of Love" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
16 15 14 "Eddie My Love" The Teen Queens RPM
17 48 20 "Please, Please, Please" James Brown Federal
18 20 34 "Speedoo" The Cadillacs Josie
19 37 24 "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
20 33 26 "It's Too Late" Chuck Willis Atlantic
21 15 25 "Hound Dog" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
22 29 30 "In the Still of the Night" The Five Satins Ember
23 5 11 "Seven Days" The Drifters Atlantic
24 23 19 "(You've Got) The Magic Touch" The Platters Mercury
25 28 16 "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino Imperial
26 14 27 "Corrine, Corrina" Big Joe Turner Atlantic
27 35 23 "My Blue Heaven" Fats Domino Imperial
28 27 38 "Stranded in the Jungle" The Cadets Modern
29 NR 37 "Need Your Love So Bad" Little Willie John King
30 41 8 "Slippin' and Slidin' Little Richard Specialty

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1956's Top Rhythm & Blues Records". The Billboard. January 26, 1957. p. 70.