Top Songs of 1956 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19] US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock

[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman

[Imperial 5386]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Decca 29791]
written by Robert Guidry

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Imperial 5417]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
[Capitol 3450]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves & Tex Davis

written by traditional

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #423] [EP]
[RCA 47-6492 (u)]
written by Carl Perkins

R
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

[Specialty 579]
written by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
[Specialty 561]
written by Richard Penniman & Dorothy LaBostrie

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

[1954 recording]
[RCA Victor 47-6640]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937
[Imperial 5396]
written by Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin

B side to I'm in Love Again; #1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1927
[Imperial 5386]
written by Walter Donaldson & George A. Whiting

written by Lionel Bart, Michael Pratt & Tommy Steele

US B-side to Heartbreak Hotel
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Bill Peppers, Claude Demetrius & Hal Blair

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #97]
[Chess 1626]
written by Chuck Berry

B side to Blueberry Hill
[Imperial 5407]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP; B side to Love Me
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan

B side to Long Tall Sally
[Specialty 572]
written by Richard Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Albert Collins & James Smith [guitarist]

[Imperial 5375]
written by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew

B side to When My Dreamboat Comes Home
[Imperial 5396]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

B side to Rip It Up
[Specialty 579]
written by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco

[Sun 243]
written by Carl Perkins & Howard "Curley" Griffin

[Chess 1635]
written by Chuck Berry

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #374] B side to "Too Much Monkey Business" in the US
[Chess 1635]
written by Chuck Berry

[RCA Epa-993+]
written by Red Foley

[Chess 1615]
written by Chuck Berry

written by Bill Haley

B side to Bo Weevil
[Imperial 5375]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[RCA Victor 47-6641]
written by Jesse Stone