The Official Singles Chart Top 30 - 28th September 1956

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Number
1

Lay Down Your Arms
Anne Shelton
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Doris Day
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
3 Up by 1

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

Rockin' Through The Rye
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 8

Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
Peak
5
Weeks
2
Number
6 Down by 1

The Great Pretender
The Platters
Peak
5
Weeks
4
Number
7 Up by 2

Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
8 Up by 4

A Woman In Love
Frankie Laine
From the album: A Woman In Love
Peak
8
Weeks
4
Number
9 Down by 1

Walk Hand In Hand
Tony Martin
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
10 Down by 3

A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer
Peak
3
Weeks
12
Number
11

The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 2

Mountain Greenery
Mel Tormé
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
13 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
21
Number
14 Down by 8

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
14
Number
15

Born to Be With You
The Chordettes
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
16 Debut

Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys
Peak
16
Weeks
1
Number
17 Up by 11

Razzle Dazzle
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
17
Weeks
3
Number
18 Down by 4

Serenade
Slim Whitman
Peak
8
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 1

By The Fountains Of Rome
Edmund Hockridge
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
20 Up by 1

See You Later, Alligator
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
21 Down by 5
DUPLICATE: Should be: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (403053)
Elvis Presley
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
22 Up by 2

Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
23 Debut

When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba
Mitchell Torok
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Re-Entry

Be-Bop-a-Lula
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
25 Debut

Glendora
Perry Como
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Debut

More
Jimmy Young
Peak
26
Weeks
1
Number
27 Up by 2

More
Perry Como
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Debut

Glendora
Glen Mason
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Down by 7

I'm in Love Again
Fats Domino
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
30 Down by 11

I Almost Lost My Mind
Pat Boone
Peak
14
Weeks
7

Dropouts

Number
20 Dropout

I'll Be Home
Pat Boone
From the album: Pat Boone
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
23 Dropout

The Wayward Wind
Tex Ritter
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
25 Dropout

You Are My First Love
Ruby Murray
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
26 Dropout

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

By The Fountains Of Rome
David Hughes
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
30 Dropout

A Woman In Love
Ronnie Hilton
Peak
30
Weeks
1

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Date

September 28, 1956

Songs

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1 1 Anne Shelton – “Lay Down Your Arms” 1(×2) 6

2 2 Doris Day – “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” 1(×6) 14

4 3 The Goons – “The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call” 3 3

3 4 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rockin' Through The Rye” 3 7

13 5 Elvis Presley – “Hound Dog” 5 2

5 6 The Platters – “The Great Pretender” 5 4

9 7 Lonnie Donegan – “Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive” 7 4

12 8 Frankie Laine – “A Woman In Love” 8 4

8 9 Tony Martin – “Walk Hand In Hand” 2 12

7 10 Teresa Brewer – “A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl” 3 12

11 11 Bill Haley and His Comets – “The Saints Rock 'N' Roll” 5 19

10 12 Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery” 4 21

17 13 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rock Around the Clock” 1(×5) 21

6 14 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon – “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” 1(×3) 14

15 15 The Chordettes – “Born to Be With You” 8 5

NE 16 Freddie Bell & The Bellboys – “Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong” 16 1

28 17 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Razzle Dazzle” 17 3

14 18 Slim Whitman – “Serenade” 8 13

18 19 Edmund Hockridge – “By The Fountains Of Rome” 18 5

21 20 Bill Haley and His Comets – “See You Later, Alligator” 7 15

16 21 Elvis Presley – “DUPLICATE: Should be: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (403053)” 14 11

24 22 Elvis Presley – “Heartbreak Hotel” 2 21

NE 23 Mitchell Torok – “When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba” 23 1

RE 24 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – “Be-Bop-a-Lula” 16 6

NE 25 Perry Como – “Glendora” 25 1

NE 26 Jimmy Young – “More” 26 1

29 27 Perry Como – “More” 27 2

NE 28 Glen Mason – “Glendora” 28 1

22 29 Fats Domino – “I'm in Love Again” 12 8

19 30 Pat Boone – “I Almost Lost My Mind” 14 7

DROPOUTS:

20 -- Pat Boone – “I'll Be Home” 1(×5) 22

23 -- Tex Ritter – “The Wayward Wind” 8 14

25 -- Ruby Murray – “You Are My First Love” 16 4

26 -- Nat King Cole – “Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow” 24 2

27 -- David Hughes – “By The Fountains Of Rome” 27 1

30 -- Ronnie Hilton – “A Woman In Love” 30 1

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