| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Hound Dog [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14219.jpg "Hound Dog [article]") | 1. | 08/1956 | | 555
 | US ✫1
UK 2
US Country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19] US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller ; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts |
| 2. | 10/1956 | | 551
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 4 | written by Melvin Endsley |
![Heartbreak Hotel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14212.jpg "Heartbreak Hotel [article]") | 3. | 03/1956 | | 516
| US ✫1
UK 2
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden |
| 4. | 06/1956 | | 474
| US 2
UK ✫1 | From the film The Man Who Knew Too Much
written by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
| 5. | 09/1956 | | 470
| US 2
UK ✫1 | |
| 6. | 12/1956 | | 435
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 10 | |
| 7. | 02/1956 | | 434
| US 4
UK ✫1 | |
| 8. | 02/1956 | | 404
| US 6
UK ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307] |
![Don't Be Cruel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14218.jpg "Don't Be Cruel [article]") | 9. | 08/1956 | | 402
| US ✫1
US Country ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197] charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley |
| 10. | 03/1956 | | 400
| US ✫1
UK 4 | written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Emmanuel Chabrier |
![Love Me Tender [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14222.jpg "Love Me Tender [article]") | 11. | 10/1956 | | 397
| US ✫1
UK 11
US Country 3
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437] adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861 |
| 12. | 04/1956 | | 396
| US 4
UK ✫1 | written by Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner |
| 13. | 07/1956 | | 394
| US ✫1
UK 4
US R&B ✫1 | hit for Glenn Miller in 1939 |
| 14. | 04/1956 | | 386
| US ✫1
UK 9 | written by Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman |
| 15. | 12/1956 | | 380
| US ✫1
UK 11
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3 | written by Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner |
| 16. | 09/1956 | | 360
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B 5 | |
| 17. | 10/1956 | | 359
| US 2
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock |
| 18. | 09/1956 | | 353
| US 3
UK 4 | written by Cole Porter |
| 19. | 02/1956 | | 353
| US 5
UK 2 | |
| 20. | 04/1956 | | 339
| US 6
UK 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56] |
| 21. | 09/1956 | | 338
| US 5
UK 3 | written by Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster |
![I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14216.jpg "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [article]") | 22. | 05/1956 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK 14
US Country ✫1
US R&B 3 | |
![Blue Suede Shoes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7825.jpg "Blue Suede Shoes [article]") | 23. | 03/1956 | | 329
| US 2
UK 10
US Country ✫1
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 24. | 06/1956 | | 329
| US ✫1
UK 14 | written by Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 25. | 06/1956 | | 321
| US 7
UK 3 | |
| 26. | 04/1956 | | 311
| US 10
UK 2 | written by Johnny Cowell |
| 27. | 04/1956 | | 299
| US 3
UK 12
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 28. | 01/1956 | | 288
| US 6
UK 7
US R&B 7 | |
| 29. | 02/1956 | | 287
| US ✫1 | |
| 30. | 10/1956 | | 282
| US 10
UK 5 | |
| 31. | 06/1956 | | 276
| US 5
UK 8 | written by Don Robertson |
| 32. | 04/1956 | | 269
| US ✫1 | |
| 33. | 06/1956 | | 267
| US 4
UK 10 | |
| 34. | 12/1956 | | 267
| US 3
UK 13 | |
| 35. | 04/1956 | | 261
| US 6
UK 8 | |
| 36. | 12/1956 | | 260
| US 4
UK 15
US R&B 14 | |
| 37. | 06/1956 | | 260
| US 7
UK 16
US Country 5
US R&B 8 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102] |
| 38. | 08/1956 | | 259
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | |
![Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_11914.jpg "Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]") | 39. | 03/1956 | | 245
| US 8
UK 9 | as Dick Hyman Trio
written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 40. | 01/1956 | | 242
| US 8
UK 8 | as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
written by Lead Belly |
| 41. | 11/1956 | | 238
| US 2
US Country 10
US R&B 7 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP; written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 42. | 04/1956 | | 236
| UK ✫1 | |
| 43. | 07/1956 | | 234
| US 2
US R&B 7 | |
| 44. | 08/1956 | | 229
| US 4
UK 28 | written by Billy Rose, Lee David |
| 45. | 03/1956 | | 226
| US 2 | |
| 46. | 08/1956 | | 225
| US 59
UK ✫1 | written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard, Paddy Roberts |
| 47. | 06/1956 | | 221
| US 2 | |
| 48. | 01/1956 | | 220
| US 2 | |
| 49. | 06/1956 | | 214
| US 8
UK 18 | B side to More |
| 50. | 04/1956 | | 212
| US 4 | |
| 51. | 03/1956 | | 211
| US 4
US R&B 4 | |
| 52. | 04/1956 | | 205
| US 8
UK 18 | |
| 53. | 04/1956 | | 204
| US 3 | |
| 54. | 07/1956 | | 204
| US 7
US Country 14
US R&B 5 | |
| 55. | 10/1956 | | 204
| US 3 | |
| 56. | 08/1956 | | 202
| US 3
US R&B 4 | |
| 57. | 10/1956 | | 202
| US 9
UK 26 | as Vince Martin with The Tarriers |
| 58. | 03/1956 | | 202
| UK ✫1 | |
| 59. | 02/1956 | | 202
| UK ✫1 | written by Gene Adkinson, Wade Buff |
| 60. | 03/1956 | | 192
| US 10
UK 22 | B side to Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
| 61. | 03/1956 | | 184
| US 14
UK 5 | written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener |
| 62. | 11/1956 | | 183
| US 6 | |
| 63. | 04/1956 | | 180
| US 6 | |
| 64. | 12/1956 | | 179
| UK ✫1 | written by Melvin Endsley |
| 65. | 08/1956 | | 177
| US 7 | |
| 66. | 08/1956 | | 169
| US 25
UK 4 | |
| 67. | 04/1956 | | 166
| US 18
UK 5 | |
| 68. | 08/1956 | | 166
| US 8 | |
| 69. | 11/1956 | | 164
| US 9 | |
| 70. | 06/1956 | | 164
| US 8 | |
| 71. | 01/1956 | | 163
| US 9 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 72. | 03/1956 | | 162
| US 9 | |
| 73. | 08/1956 | | 159
| US 10 | |
| 74. | 04/1956 | | 153
| UK 2 | as Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group |
| 75. | 11/1956 | | 153
| UK 2 | |
| 76. | 06/1956 | | 153
| UK 2 | |
| 77. | 07/1956 | | 144
| US 78
UK 3 | |
| 78. | 09/1956 | | 143
| US 10 | |
| 79. | 11/1956 | | 143
| US 12
UK 12 | |
![Blue Suede Shoes [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14214.jpg "Blue Suede Shoes [article]") | 80. | 04/1956 | | 138
| US 20
UK 9 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423] [EP]
written by Carl Perkins |
| 81. | 10/1956 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 82. | 03/1956 | | 138
| UK 3 | [R] |
| 83. | 09/1956 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 84. | 02/1956 | | 132
| US 20
UK 8 | Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 85. | 03/1956 | | 127
| US 19
UK 19
US Country 8 | US: B-side to Heartbreak Hotel |
| 86. | 04/1956 | | 127
| US 21
UK 8 | |
| 87. | 09/1956 | | 126
| US 15
UK 13 | |
| 88. | 04/1956 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 89. | 09/1956 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 90. | 06/1956 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 91. | 09/1956 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 92. | 12/1956 | | 120
| US 11
UK 22 | written by Milton Kellem |
| 93. | 06/1956 | | 118
| US 28
UK 8 | written by Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman |
| 94. | 10/1956 | | 113
| US 12
UK 23 | |
| 95. | 05/1956 | | 112
| US 16
UK 27
US R&B ✫1 | |
![Tutti Frutti [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_26084.jpg "Tutti Frutti [article]") | 96. | 01/1956 | | 112
| US 17
UK 29
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
written by Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie |
| 97. | 09/1956 | | 110
| UK 5 | |
| 98. | 02/1956 | | 110
| UK 5 | featuring The Keynotes
written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller |
![(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_4753.jpg "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock [article]") | 99. | 09/1956 | | 110
| UK 5 | [R]
written by Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight) |
| 100. | 05/1956 | | 109
| US 11 | |
| 101. | 07/1956 | | 109
| US 17
UK 30
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 102. | 03/1956 | | 107
| US 11
US R&B 5 | as Otis Williams and His Charms |
| 103. | 05/1956 | | 106
| US 19
UK 20 | |
| 104. | 06/1956 | | 104
| US 61
UK 7 | |
| 105. | 06/1956 | | 104
| UK 6 | |
| 106. | 09/1956 | | 104
| UK 6 | |
| 107. | 09/1956 | | 102
| US 55
UK 9 | [1954 recording]
written by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
| 108. | 03/1956 | | 102
| US 49
UK 9 | |
| 109. | 11/1956 | | 100
| US 12
US R&B ✫1 | written by Ivory Joe Hunter |
| 110. | 12/1956 | | 98
| US 17
US R&B ✫1 | as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343] |
| 111. | 10/1956 | | 95
| UK 7 | |
| 112. | 09/1956 | | 95
| UK 7 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group |
| 113. | 10/1956 | | 94
| US 14 | |
| 114. | 04/1956 | | 94
| US 25
UK 18 | |
| 115. | 09/1956 | | 90
| US 11
US R&B 9 | |
| 116. | 12/1956 | | 90
| US 59
UK 8 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP |
| 117. | 04/1956 | | 89
| US 13
US R&B 3 | |
| 118. | 11/1956 | | 88
| US 17
US Country ✫1 | written by Melvin Endsley |
| 119. | 04/1956 | | 88
| US 19
US R&B 5 | B side to I'm in Love Again; #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1927
written by Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting |
| 120. | 03/1956 | | 87
| US 14
US R&B 2 | |
| 121. | 06/1956 | | 86
| US 11 | |
| 122. | 07/1956 | | 84
| US 14
US R&B 2 | hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 |
| 123. | 03/1956 | | 84
| UK 9 | written by Buck Ram |
| 124. | 03/1956 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 125. | 07/1956 | | 83
| US 16
US R&B 15 | as Nat "King" Cole and the Four Knights |
| 126. | 10/1956 | | 81
| US 11 | written by Al Frisch, Sid Wayne |
| 127. | 09/1956 | | 81
| US 13
US R&B 10 | B side to You'll Never Never Know |
| 128. | 10/1956 | | 81
| US 11 | |
| 129. | 05/1956 | | 80
| US 30
UK 24 | |
| 130. | 10/1956 | | 79
| US 11 | |
| 131. | 08/1956 | | 78
| US 20
US R&B ✫1 | written by Leonard Lee |
| 132. | 06/1956 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
| 133. | 12/1956 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
![Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34916.jpg "Moritat (Theme from the Three Penny Opera) [article]") | 134. | 02/1956 | | 78
| US 11 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 135. | 09/1956 | | 78
| US 11 | |
| 136. | 01/1956 | | 78
| US 11 | |
| 137. | 03/1956 | | 77
| US 11 | |
![Tutti Frutti [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_31609.jpg "Tutti Frutti [article]") | 138. | 01/1956 | | 77
| US 12 | written by Little Richard, Dorothy LaBostrie |
| 139. | 07/1956 | | 77
| US 14 | written by Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold |
| 140. | 03/1956 | | 77
| US 27
UK 21 | |
| 141. | 05/1956 | | 77
| US 13 | |
| 142. | 02/1956 | | 76
| US 13 | written by Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener |
| 143. | 08/1956 | | 76
| US 15 | written by Cole Porter |
| 144. | 04/1956 | | 76
| UK 11 | featuring The Keynotes |
| 145. | 09/1956 | | 76
| UK 11 | |
| 146. | 12/1956 | | 75
| US 13 | |
| 147. | 09/1956 | | 75
| US 12 | as Helmut Zacharias & His Magic Violin |
| 148. | 04/1956 | | 75
| US 14 | |
| 149. | 07/1956 | | 74
| US 15
US R&B 4 | |
| 150. | 08/1956 | | 74
| US 13 | as Billy Ward & His Dominoes |
| 151. | 04/1956 | | 73
| US 16 | |
| 152. | 11/1956 | | 73
| US 17
US R&B 3 | |
![I Walk the Line [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22870.jpg "I Walk the Line [article]") | 153. | 09/1956 | | 73
| US 17 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30] |
| 154. | 05/1956 | | 73
| US 13 | |
| 155. | 12/1956 | | 73
| US 20
US R&B 3 | as Clarence "Frogman" Henry |
| 156. | 01/1956 | | 72
| US 13 | |
| 157. | 11/1956 | | 72
| US 19
US Country 9 | |
| 158. | 02/1956 | | 72
| US 12 | |
| 159. | 03/1956 | | 72
| US 14 | |
| 160. | 01/1956 | | 71
| US 44
UK 15 | |
| 161. | 11/1956 | | 71
| US 17
US R&B 8 | |
| 162. | 11/1956 | | 71
| US 34
UK 26 | |
| 163. | 04/1956 | | 71
| US 16
US R&B 15 | |
| 164. | 02/1956 | | 70
| UK 10 | |
| 165. | 01/1956 | | 70
| UK 10 | with The Mellomen
written by Merle Travis |
| 166. | 01/1956 | | 70
| UK 10 | |
| 167. | 01/1956 | | 70
| UK 10 | |
| 168. | 09/1956 | | 70
| US 16 | written by Ake Gerhard, Leon Landgren, Gerhard, Paddy Roberts |
| 169. | 07/1956 | | 70
| US 24
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 170. | 09/1956 | | 68
| US 15 | written by Billy Rose, Lee David |
| 171. | 05/1956 | | 68
| US 37
UK 24 | |
| 172. | 08/1956 | | 68
| US 11 | |
| 173. | 02/1956 | | 68
| US 15 | |
| 174. | 03/1956 | | 67
| US 14 | |
| 175. | 12/1956 | | 67
| US 20
US R&B 7 | B side to One in a Million |
| 176. | 11/1956 | | 67
| US 27
US Country 3
US R&B 12 | US: B-side to Love Me Tender |
| 177. | 06/1956 | | 66
| US 18
US R&B 9 | as The Jay Hawks |
| 178. | 03/1956 | | 66
| US 17 | |
| 179. | 09/1956 | | 66
| US 24
US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #90] |
| 180. | 03/1956 | | 66
| US 16 | |
| 181. | 1956 | | 64
| US 27
US Country ✫1 | |
![Theme from the Threepenny Opera [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_5113.jpg "Theme from the Threepenny Opera [article]") | 182. | 03/1956 | | 64
| UK 12 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 183. | 10/1956 | | 63
| US 16 | |
| 184. | 09/1956 | | 63
| US 16 | B side to The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins) |
| 185. | 05/1956 | | 63
| US 17 | |
| 186. | 05/1956 | | 62
| US 16 | |
| 187. | 10/1956 | | 62
| US 19 | |
| 188. | 08/1956 | | 61
| US 17 | |
| 189. | 03/1956 | | 61
| US 17 | |
| 190. | 08/1956 | | 61
| US 18 | |
| 191. | 03/1956 | | 61
| UK 13 | |
| 192. | 03/1956 | | 61
| UK 13 | |
| 193. | 07/1956 | | 61
| UK 13 | written by Johnny Cowell |
| 194. | 11/1956 | | 61
| UK 13 | written by Al Frisch, Sid Wayne |
| 195. | 10/1956 | | 61
| UK 13 | |
| 196. | 07/1956 | | 61
| US 52
UK 18 | |
| 197. | 02/1956 | | 60
| US 17 | written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht |
| 198. | 12/1956 | | 60
| US 19 | US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP; B side to Love Me |
| 199. | 03/1956 | | 60
| US 19 | |
| 200. | 10/1956 | | 59
| UK 17 | |
