The year in music
Best Songs of 1956
Elvis Presley’s year: “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Hound Dog”, “Don’t Be Cruel”. Johnny Cash records “I Walk the Line”, and Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes”.

Play 1956
15 songs

Blue Moon
Elvis Presley

Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley

Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley

Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley

Hound Dog
Elvis Presley

Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley

Money Honey
Elvis Presley

Drown in My Own Tears
Ray Charles

Roll Over Beethoven
Chuck Berry

Please, Please, Please
James Brown

Dream a Little Dream of Me
Doris Day

Slippin' and Slidin'
Little Richard

Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino

Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gene Vincent

Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
1956 on Music By Decade
The catalogue holds 15 songs first released in 1956. Rock, Rockabilly and Pop lead the year. Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Doris Day are among the voices of 1956.
Artists of 1956
- Elvis Presley7
- Chuck Berry
- Doris Day
- Fats Domino
- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- Gene Vincent
- James Brown
- Little Richard
- Ray Charles