WMGM Top 40 Survey
For the Week of November 12, 1956
Courtesy of www.musicradio77.com
Survey collected and contributed by Randy
Price and Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW WOC
1 1 LOVE ME TENDER - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 7
2 2 JUST WALKING IN THE RAIN - Johnnie Ray (Columbia) 9
3 3 DON’T BE CRUEL - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 16
4 4 HONKY TONK (pt. 2) - Bill Doggett (King) 13
5 5 TRUE LOVE - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (Capitol) 8
6 6 THE GREEN DOOR - Jim Lowe (Dot) 6
7 8 FRIENDLY PERSUASION (Thee I Love) - Pat Boone (Dot) 8
8 9 BLUEBERRY HILL - Fats Domino (Imperial) 7
9 10 CINDY, OH CINDY - Vince Martin with The Tarriers (Glory) /
Eddie Fisher (RCA Victor) 7
10 7 CANADIAN SUNSET - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra with
Eddie Heywood (RCA Victor) 18
11 13 SINGING THE BLUES - Guy Mitchell (Columbia) 4
12 11 TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME - Patience & Prudence (Liberty) 16
13 14 HEY! JEALOUS LOVER - Frank Sinatra (Capitol) 5
14 12 YOU’LL NEVER NEVER KNOW - The Platters (Mercury) 8
15 32 A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH - George Hamilton IV (ABC-Paramount) 4
16 22 A THOUSAND MILES AWAY - The Heartbeats (Hull) 4
17 34 TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS - Don Rondo (Jubilee) 7
18 23 IT ISN’T RIGHT - The Platters (Mercury) 6
19 16 HOUND DOG - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 18
20 27 PETTICOATS OF PORTUGAL - Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra (Coral) 4
21 17 SOFT SUMMER BREEZE - Eddie Heywood (Mercury) 15
22 15 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day
(Columbia) 21
23 19 BLANCHE - The 3 Friends (Lido) 4
24 26 I WALK THE LINE - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two (Sun) 5
25 37 MAMA FROM THE TRAIN - Patti Page (Mercury) 4
26 24 LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS - The Chordettes (Cadence) 8
27 36 TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - Nat “King” Cole (Capitol) 3
28 -- GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YA NOW - Patience & Prudence
(Liberty) 1
29 18 MY PRAYER - The Platters (Mercury) 22
30 25 YOU DON’T KNOW ME - Jerry Vale (Columbia) 17
31 -- PRISCILLA - Eddie Cooley & The Dimples (Royal Roost) 1
32 -- CITY OF ANGELS - The Highlights (Bally) 1
33 30 EARTHBOUND - Sammy Davis, Jr. (Decca) 12
34 -- LOVE ME - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) 1
35 33 SEE SAW - The Moonglows (Chess) 2
36 20 MIRACLE OF LOVE - Eileen Rodgers (Columbia) 10
37 29 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND - The Five Keys (Capitol) 3
38 -- NIGHT LIGHTS - Nat “King” Cole (Capitol) 2
39 -- CONFIDENTIAL - Sonny Knight (Dot) 1
40 -- MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY - Eddy Arnold & Jaye P. Morgan
(RCA Victor) 1