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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Country Songs of 1956

1956

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

US
country
peak

Comment

Video

1.

Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

449

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19]
US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

2.

Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP

440

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley

3.

Young Love by Sonny James

337

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

11
UK

[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

4.

Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley

from Love Me Tender EP

333

✫1
US

3
country

3
R&B

11
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437]
adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited)

5.

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

326

✫1
US

✫1
country

3
R&B

14
UK

[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff

6.

Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins

316

2
US

✫1
country

2
R&B

10
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins

7.

Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

273

✫1
US

✫1
country

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197]
charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

8.

Love Me by Elvis Presley

from Elvis [1956 album]

211

2
US

10
country

7
R&B

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

9.

Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent

200

7
US

5
country

8
R&B

16
UK

as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
[Capitol 3450]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves (disputed credits) & Tex Davis (disputed credits)

10.

The Fool by Sanford Clark

137

7
US

14
country

5
R&B

[Dot 45-15481]
written by Naomi Ford & Lee Hazlewood

11.

I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar

83

17
US

✫1
country

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #30]
[Sun 241]
written by Johnny Cash

12.

Singing the Blues by Marty Robbins

from Marty's Greatest Hits

82

17
US

✫1
country

[Columbia 21545]
written by Melvin Endsley

13.

That's All by Tennessee Ernie Ford

from Ford Favorites

66

17
US

12
country

[Capitol 3343]
written by Merle Travis

14.

I Was the One by Elvis Presley

from Heartbreak Hotel EP

66

19
US

8
country

US: B-side to Heartbreak Hotel
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude Demetrius & Hal Blair

15.

Auctioneer by Leroy Van Dyke

65

19
US

9
country

[Dot 45-15503]
written by Leroy Van Dyke & Buddy Black

16.

Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) by Elvis Presley

from Any Way You Want Me EP

64

27
US

3
country

12
R&B

US: B-side to Love Me Tender
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Clyde Otis (as Cliff Owens)

17.

Crazy Arms by Ray Price

61

27
US

✫1
country

[Columbia 21510]
written by Ralph Mooney & Chuck Seals

18.

The Cat Came Back by Sonny James

38

12
country

30
UK

[Capitol 3542]
written by Sonny James

19.

My Baby Left Me by Elvis Presley

from The Real Elvis EP

38

31
US

13
country

US: B-side to I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Arthur Big Boy Crudup (as Arthur Crudup)

20.

I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby by The Louvin Brothers

23

✫1
country

[Capitol 3300]
written by Autry Inman

21.

Boppin' the Blues by Carl Perkins

from Dance Album of...Carl Perkins

22

70
US

7
country

[Sun 243]
written by Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin (as Howard "Curley" Griffin)

22.

I Take the Chance by The Browns

20

2
country

as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charles Louvin)

23.

I've Got a New Heartache by Ray Price

20

2
country

[Columbia 21562]
written by Ray Price & Wayne Walker

24.

Yes I Know Why by Webb Pierce

20

2
country

written by Webb Pierce

25.

Sweet Dreams / Until I Met You by Faron Young

20

2
country

[Capitol F3443]
written by Don Gibson

26.

Poor Man's Riches by Benny Barnes

20

2
country

written by Benny Barnes & Dee Marais

27.

Searching (For Someone Like You) by Kitty Wells

17

3
country

[Decca 9-29956]
written by Pee Wee Maddux

28.

You're Still Mine by Faron Young

17

3
country

US B side to I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
[Capitol 3369]
written by Faron Young & Ed Thorpe (as Eddie Thorpe)

29.

You and Me by Red Foley

17

3
country

written by Johnny Wright (as Johnnie Wright), Jack Anglin & Jim Anglin

30.

No One but You by Kitty Wells & Red Foley

17

3
country

written by Eddie Smith

31.

Just One More by George Jones

from 14 Top Country Favorites

17

3
country

[Starday 264]
written by George Jones

32.

Cause I Love You by Webb Pierce

17

3
country

[Decca 29805]
written by Webb Pierce & Danny Dill

33.

You Are the One by Carl Smith

16

4
country

[Columbia 21522]
written by Pat Patterson & Leon Payne

34.

The Blackboard of My Heart by Hank Thompson

16

4
country

[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyle Gaston & Hank Thompson

35.

So Doggone Lonesome by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar

16

4
country

[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash

36.

Wasted Words by Ray Price

16

4
country

[Columbia 21562]
written by Don Gibson

37.

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar

16

4
country

as Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
[Sun 232]
written by Johnny Cash & Gordon Jenkins (uncredited)

38.

I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night by Faron Young

16

4
country

written by Ted Daffan

39.

Conscience I'm Guilty by Hank Snow

16

4
country

[RCA 47-6578]
written by Jack Rhodes & Dick Reynolds

40.

According to My Heart / The Mother of a Honky Tonk Girl by Jim Reeves

from According to My Heart

16

4
country

written by Gary Walker, Shorty Long & Bob Newman

41.

These Hands by Hank Snow

14

5
country

[RCA 47-6379]
written by Eddie Noack

42.

Run Boy by Ray Price

14

5
country

written by Hy Heath

43.

It's a Great Life (If You Don't Weaken) / For the Love of a Woman Like You by Faron Young

14

5
country

written by Audrey Allison, Joe Allison, Faron Young, Gertrude Cox & Jack Rhodes

44.

Hula Rock by Hank Snow

14

5
country

[RCA 47-6578]
written by Dusty Rose & Betty Rose

45.

Little Rosa by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce

14

5
country

[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Sovine & Webb Pierce

46.

Hold Everything (Till I Get Home) by Red Sovine

14

5
country

[Decca 9-29876]
written by Red Hayes & Buddy Dee

47.

You're Free to Go by Carl Smith

13

6
country

written by Don Robertson & Lou Herscher

48.

Before I Met You by Carl Smith

13

6
country

[Columbia 21552]
written by Charles L. Seitz, Joe Lewis & Elmer Rader

49.

Go Away with Me by The Wilburn Brothers

13

6
country

[Decca 9-30087]
written by Dan Welch

50.

Doorstep to Heaven by Carl Smith

13

6
country

[Columbia 21522]
written by Leon Payne

51.

You're Running Wild by The Louvin Brothers

12

7
country

[Capitol 3523]
written by Don Winters & Ray Edenton

52.

You Gotta Be My Baby by George Jones

from Grand Ole Opry's New Star

12

7
country

[Starday 247]
written by George Jones

53.

You Done Me Wrong by Ray Price

12

7
country

[Columbia 21510]
written by Shirley Jones & Ray Price

54.

What Am I Worth by George Jones

from Grand Ole Opry's New Star

12

7
country

written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards

55.

We'll Find a Way by Webb Pierce

12

7
country

[Decca 29974]
written by Webb Pierce

56.

Lonely Side of Town by Kitty Wells

12

7
country

written by Roy Botkin

57.

I Feel Like Cryin' by Carl Smith

12

7
country

written by Werly Fairburn

58.

Hoping That You're Hoping by The Louvin Brothers

12

7
country

[Capitol 3413]
written by Betty E. Harrison

59.

Cash on the Barrel Head by The Louvin Brothers

12

7
country

B side to You're Running Wild
[Capitol 3523]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin (as Charley Louvin)

60.

Any Old Time by Webb Pierce

12

7
country

[Decca 29974]
written by Jimmie Rodgers [country singer]

61.

I'm a One-Woman Man by Johnny Horton

12

7
country

[Columbia 21538]
written by Tillman Franks & Johnny Horton

62.

For Rent (One Empty Heart) by Sonny James

12

7
country

[Capitol 3357]
written by Sonny James & Jack Morrow

63.

I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) by Marty Robbins

12

7
country

US B side to Singing the Blues
[Columbia 21545]
written by Marty Robbins

64.

Trouble in Mind by Eddy Arnold

12

7
country

[RCA Victor 47-6365]
written by Richard M. Jones

65.

My Lips Are Sealed by Jim Reeves

from Country Side

11

8
country

[RCA 47-6517]
written by Ben Weisman, Hal Blair & Bill Peppers

66.

What Would You Do? (If Jesus Came to Your House) by Porter Wagoner

from The Porter Wagoner Show

11

8
country

[RCA Victor 47-6421]
written by Yolanda Adams, Errol McCalla Jr., Jonathan Broussard & Marcus Ecby

67.

Wicked Lies by Carl Smith

10

9
country

[Columbia 21552]
written by Joe H. Brewster, Pearl Butler (as Pearl D. Jones) & Carl Smith

68.

Why Baby Why by Hank Locklin

10

9
country

written by Darrell Edwards & George Jones

69.

Turn Her Down / I'll Be Satisfied with Love by Faron Young

10

9
country

written by Ted Edlin, Faron Young, Wayne Walker & Gary Bryant

70.

Honky-Tonk Man by Johnny Horton

10

9
country

written by Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks & Howard Crockett (as Howard Hausey)

71.

Seasons of My Heart by Jimmy Newman

10

9
country

[Dot 1278]
written by George Jones & Darrell Edwards

72.

Only You, Only You by Charlie Walker

10

9
country

[Decca 9-29715]
written by Jack Newman & Charlie Walker

73.

Sweet Dreams by Don Gibson

10

9
country

[MGM 12194]
written by Don Gibson

74.

Teenage Boogie by Webb Pierce

9

10
country

[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce

75.

Juke Box Blues by June Carter Cash

9

10
country

written by Maybelle Carter & Helen Carter

76.

I'm Really Glad You Hurt Me by Webb Pierce

9

10
country

[Decca 30045]
written by Webb Pierce

77.

You Don't Know Me by Eddy Arnold

9

10
country

[RCA 47-6502]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold

78.

I'm So in Love with You by The Wilburn Brothers

9

10
country

[Decca 9-29887]
written by John Skye & Sonny James

79.

Without Your Love by Bobby Lord

9

10
country

[Columbia 21539]
written by Wanda Jackson

80.

Dixie Fried / I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry by Carl Perkins

9

10
country

81.

I've Changed by Carl Smith

9

11
country

[Columbia 21493]
written by Danny Dill

82.

I'm Moving In by Hank Snow

9

11
country

[RCA 47-6379]
written by Hank Snow (as Clarence E. Snow)

83.

How Far Is Heaven by Kitty Wells

9

11
country

[Decca 29823]
written by Tillman Franks & Jimmie Davis

84.

Twenty Feet of Muddy Water by Sonny James

9

11
country

[Capitol 3441]
written by Major Bill Smith (as Bill Smith)

85.

Just as Long as You Love Me by The Browns

8

11
country

as Jim Edward, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
[RCA Victor 47-6480]
written by Ira Louvin & Charlie Louvin

86.

Tryin' to Forget the Blues by Porter Wagoner

from Your Old Love Letters

8

11
country

[RCA Victor 47-6598]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

87.

I'd Rather Stay Home by Kitty Wells

8

13
country

[Decca 9-29956]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

88.

Come Back to Me by Jimmy Newman

8

13
country

[Dot 1283]
written by Jimmy Newman

89.

You're Not Play Love by The Wilburn Brothers

8

13
country

[Decca 9-29747]
written by Jimmy Lee Fautheree (as Jimmy Fautheree)

90.

I Want to Be Loved by Johnnie & Jack

8

13
country

as Johnnie & Jack & The Tennessee Mountain Boys with Ruby Wells
[RCA Victor 47-6395]
written by John Bailes & Walter Bailes

91.

I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt by Hank Thompson

7

14
country

[Capitol 3347]
written by Lyla De Rouche & Orville Proctor

92.

Uncle Pen by Porter Wagoner

from A Slice of Life

7

14
country

[RCA Victor 47-6494]
written by Bill Monroe

93.

Waltz of the Angels by Wynn Stewart

from Wynn Stewart

7

14
country

[Capitol 3408]
written by Dick Reynolds & Jack Rhodes

94.

Cheated Too by Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper

7

14
country

[Hickory 1051]
written by Wilma Lee Cooper

95.

If Jesus Came to Your House by Red Sovine

7

15
country

[Decca 9-29825]
written by Bill Hamby & Clyde Chesser

96.

I Gotta Know by Wanda Jackson

7

15
country

[Capitol 3485]
written by Thelma Blackmon

97.

Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) by Eddy Arnold

7

15
country

[RCA 47-6601]
written by T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton

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