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The Official Singles Chart Top 30 - 12th October 1956

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Number
1

Lay Down Your Arms
Anne Shelton
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2 Up by 1

A Woman In Love
Frankie Laine
From the album: A Woman In Love
Peak
2
Weeks
6
Number
3 Up by 1

Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
4 Down by 2

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Doris Day
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
5 Up by 3

The Great Pretender
The Platters
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
6 Up by 1

The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call
The Goons
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
7 Down by 1

Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys
Peak
6
Weeks
3
Number
8 Up by 4

Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets
From the album: Rock Around the Clock
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
9 Down by 4

Rockin' Through The Rye
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
10 Down by 1

Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
11 Up by 5

The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
12 Down by 1

Born to Be With You
The Chordettes
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
13 Up by 2

A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
14 Up by 5

When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba
Mitchell Torok
Peak
14
Weeks
3
Number
15 Up by 3

More
Perry Como
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Down by 6

Walk Hand In Hand
Tony Martin
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 3

Razzle Dazzle
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
18 Down by 5

Mountain Greenery
Mel Tormé
Peak
4
Weeks
23
Number
19 Debut

Just Walking In The Rain
Johnnie Ray
Peak
19
Weeks
1
Number
20

See You Later, Alligator
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
7
Weeks
17
Number
21 Up by 1

More
Jimmy Young
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 2

I'm in Love Again
Fats Domino
Peak
12
Weeks
10
Number
23 Down by 6

Why Do Fools Fall in Love
The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
From the album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
24 Up by 4

Ten Thousand Miles
Michael Holliday
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Up by 2

Serenade
Slim Whitman
Peak
8
Weeks
15
Number
26 Down by 1

Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow
Nat King Cole
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 2

Glendora
Perry Como
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
28 Debut

Race With The Devil
Gene Vincent
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Re-Entry

Serenade {1956}
Mario Lanza
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
30 Debut

Autumn Concerto
George Melachrino Orchestra
Peak
30
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
21 Dropout

You Are My First Love
Ruby Murray
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
23 Dropout

Be-Bop-a-Lula
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
26 Dropout

Walk Hand In Hand
Jimmy Parkinson
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
30 Dropout

Glendora
Glen Mason
Peak
28
Weeks
2

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Date

October 12, 1956

Songs

30

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1 1 Anne Shelton – “Lay Down Your Arms” 1(×4) 8

3 2 Frankie Laine – “A Woman In Love” 2 6

4 3 Elvis Presley – “Hound Dog” 3 4

2 4 Doris Day – “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” 1(×6) 16

8 5 The Platters – “The Great Pretender” 5 6

7 6 The Goons – “The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call” 3 5

6 7 Freddie Bell & The Bellboys – “Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong” 6 3

12 8 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rock Around the Clock” 1(×5) 23

5 9 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rockin' Through The Rye” 3 9

9 10 Lonnie Donegan – “Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive” 7 6

16 11 Bill Haley and His Comets – “The Saints Rock 'N' Roll” 5 21

11 12 The Chordettes – “Born to Be With You” 8 7

15 13 Teresa Brewer – “A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl” 3 14

19 14 Mitchell Torok – “When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba” 14 3

18 15 Perry Como – “More” 15 4

10 16 Tony Martin – “Walk Hand In Hand” 2 14

14 17 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Razzle Dazzle” 14 5

13 18 Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery” 4 23

NE 19 Johnnie Ray – “Just Walking In The Rain” 19 1

20 20 Bill Haley and His Comets – “See You Later, Alligator” 7 17

22 21 Jimmy Young – “More” 21 3

24 22 Fats Domino – “I'm in Love Again” 12 10

17 23 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon – “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” 1(×3) 16

28 24 Michael Holliday – “Ten Thousand Miles” 24 2

27 25 Slim Whitman – “Serenade” 8 15

25 26 Nat King Cole – “Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow” 24 4

29 27 Perry Como – “Glendora” 25 3

NE 28 Gene Vincent – “Race With The Devil” 28 1

RE 29 Mario Lanza – “Serenade {1956}” 25 2

NE 30 George Melachrino Orchestra – “Autumn Concerto” 30 1

DROPOUTS:

21 -- Ruby Murray – “You Are My First Love” 16 5

23 -- Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – “Be-Bop-a-Lula” 16 7

26 -- Jimmy Parkinson – “Walk Hand In Hand” 26 2

30 -- Glen Mason – “Glendora” 28 2

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