WMGM Top 40 Survey
For the Week of June 25, 1956
Courtesy of www.musicradio77.com
Survey collected and contributed by Randy
Price and Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW
1 1 MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM “PICNIC” - Morris Stoloff & The Columbia
Pictures Orchestra (Decca)
2 4 THE WAYWARD WIND - Gogi Grant (Era)
3 6 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE - Vic Damone (Columbia)
4 3 STANDING ON THE CORNER - The Four Lads (Columbia)
5 5 I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
6 7 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN - Fats Domino (Imperial)
7 2 IVORY TOWER - Cathy Carr (Fraternity)
8 17 MY PRAYER - The Platters (Mercury)
9 8 HEARTBREAK HOTEL - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
10 9 HOT DIGGITY (Dog Ziggity Boom) - Perry Como (RCA Victor)
11 13 WALK HAND IN HAND - Tony Martin (RCA Victor)
12 37 TRANSFUSION - Nervous Norvus (Dot)
13 10 GRADUATION DAY - The Rover Boys (ABC-Paramount)
14 28 TREASURE OF LOVE - Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic)
15 14 MY BLUE HEAVEN - Fats Domino (Imperial)
16 24 A SWEET OLD FASHIONED GIRL - Teresa Brewer (Coral)
17 11 BORN TO BE WITH YOU - The Chordettes (Cadence)
18 22 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND - Pat Boone (Dot)
19 -- WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day
(Columbia)
20 34 GLENDORA - Perry Como (RCA Victor)
21 21 (How Little It Matters) HOW LITTLE WE KNOW - Frank Sinatra
(Capitol)
22 16 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT - Sylvia Syms (Decca)
23 19 I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRL - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (Gee)
24 26 IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE - The Ames Brothers
(RCA Victor)
25 23 CAN YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART - Tony Bennett (Columbia)
26 39 ALLEGHENY MOON - Patti Page (Mercury)
27 20 BLUE SUEDE SHOES - Carl Perkins (Sun)
28 12 THE HAPPY WHISTLER - Don Robertson (Capitol)
29 32 MORE - Perry Como (RCA Victor)
30 -- A CASUAL LOOK - The Six Teens (Flip)
31 35 MY LITTLE ANGEL - The Four Lads (Columbia)
32 -- STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE - The Cadets (Modern)
33 -- IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN - Somethin’ Smith & The
Redheads (Epic)
34 36 YOU’RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE - The Four Lovers (RCA Victor)
35 -- READY TEDDY - Little Richard & His Band (Specialty)
36 18 THE MAGIC TOUCH - The Platters (Mercury)
37 40 LOST JOHN - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group (Mercury)
38 -- PORTUGUESE WASHERWOMEN - Joe “Fingers” Carr (Capitol)
39 27 PICNIC - The McGuire Sisters (Coral)
40 -- LOVE, LOVE, LOVE - The Clovers (Atlantic)