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The Official Singles Chart Top 30 - 5th October 1956

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Number
1

Lay Down Your Arms
Anne Shelton
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Doris Day
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
3 Up by 5

A Woman In Love
Frankie Laine
From the album: A Woman In Love
Peak
3
Weeks
5
Number
4 Up by 1

Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
Peak
4
Weeks
3
Number
5 Down by 1

Rockin' Through The Rye
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
6 Up by 10

Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys
Peak
6
Weeks
2
Number
7 Down by 4

The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call
The Goons
Peak
3
Weeks
4
Number
8 Down by 2

The Great Pretender
The Platters
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 2

Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive
Lonnie Donegan
Peak
7
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 1

Walk Hand In Hand
Tony Martin
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
11 Up by 4

Born to Be With You
The Chordettes
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
12 Up by 1

Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets
From the album: Rock Around the Clock
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
13 Down by 1

Mountain Greenery
Mel Tormé
Peak
4
Weeks
22
Number
14 Up by 3

Razzle Dazzle
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
14
Weeks
4
Number
15 Down by 5

A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl
Teresa Brewer
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
16 Down by 5

The Saints Rock 'N' Roll
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
5
Weeks
20
Number
17 Down by 3

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
15
Number
18 Up by 9

More
Perry Como
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 4

When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba
Mitchell Torok
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20

See You Later, Alligator
Bill Haley and His Comets
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
21 Re-Entry

You Are My First Love
Ruby Murray
Peak
16
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 4

More
Jimmy Young
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 1

Be-Bop-a-Lula
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Peak
16
Weeks
7
Number
24 Up by 5

I'm in Love Again
Fats Domino
Peak
12
Weeks
9
Number
25 Re-Entry

Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow
Nat King Cole
Peak
24
Weeks
3
Number
26 Re-Entry

Walk Hand In Hand
Jimmy Parkinson
Peak
26
Weeks
2
Number
27 Down by 9

Serenade
Slim Whitman
Peak
8
Weeks
14
Number
28 Debut

Ten Thousand Miles
Michael Holliday
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Down by 4

Glendora
Perry Como
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 2

Glendora
Glen Mason
Peak
28
Weeks
2

Dropouts

Number
19 Dropout

By The Fountains Of Rome
Edmund Hockridge
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
21 Dropout
DUPLICATE: Should be: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (403053)
Elvis Presley
Peak
14
Weeks
11
Number
22 Dropout

Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
30 Dropout

I Almost Lost My Mind
Pat Boone
Peak
14
Weeks
7

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Date

October 5, 1956

Songs

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1 1 Anne Shelton – “Lay Down Your Arms” 1(×3) 7

2 2 Doris Day – “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)” 1(×6) 15

8 3 Frankie Laine – “A Woman In Love” 3 5

5 4 Elvis Presley – “Hound Dog” 4 3

4 5 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rockin' Through The Rye” 3 8

16 6 Freddie Bell & The Bellboys – “Giddy-Up-A Ding Dong” 6 2

3 7 The Goons – “The Ying Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call” 3 4

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

7 9 Lonnie Donegan – “Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive” 7 5

9 10 Tony Martin – “Walk Hand In Hand” 2 13

15 11 The Chordettes – “Born to Be With You” 8 6

13 12 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Rock Around the Clock” 1(×5) 22

12 13 Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery” 4 22

17 14 Bill Haley and His Comets – “Razzle Dazzle” 14 4

10 15 Teresa Brewer – “A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl” 3 13

11 16 Bill Haley and His Comets – “The Saints Rock 'N' Roll” 5 20

14 17 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon – “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” 1(×3) 15

27 18 Perry Como – “More” 18 3

23 19 Mitchell Torok – “When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba” 19 2

20 20 Bill Haley and His Comets – “See You Later, Alligator” 7 16

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

26 22 Jimmy Young – “More” 22 2

24 23 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – “Be-Bop-a-Lula” 16 7

29 24 Fats Domino – “I'm in Love Again” 12 9

RE 25 Nat King Cole – “Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow” 24 3

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

18 27 Slim Whitman – “Serenade” 8 14

NE 28 Michael Holliday – “Ten Thousand Miles” 28 1

25 29 Perry Como – “Glendora” 25 2

28 30 Glen Mason – “Glendora” 28 2

DROPOUTS:

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

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

22 -- Elvis Presley – “Heartbreak Hotel” 2 21

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

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