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Old 08-21-2013, 01:33 AM   #11
larrymcg421
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Notes

*Chuck Berry #1 again with a song that has a classic guitar intro and clever lyrics that announce a new era of music. His entry at #7 is another great, fast-paced tune and has very superb lyrics that open with the provocative line "Arrested on charges of unemployment."

*Elvis makes his debut on these lists. His vocals on Hound Dog are just terrific and while Blue Suede Shoes was a cover, I like it better than the Carl Perkins version.

*Little Richard belts out two more great songs. Long Tall Sally is a heavily covered song (as is Chuck's Roll Over Beethoven).

*The Del Vikings are one of the very few racially integreated groups of the era and Come Go With Me has a great doo wop intro.

*7 of the 10 entries this year are repeats from last year.

*There was a trend of white artists covering songs by black artists to make them more palatable to a wider audience, the most excruciating example being Pat Boone's lame version of Tutti Frutti, but the black artists started outselling the watered down white cover versions and that trend was over by 1957.

*Fats Domino had a very good year with several hits and two more songs (My Blue Heaven, Blueberry Hill) that just narrowly missed my top 10.

*Totally loving Little Willie John. Best discovery of this project so far.


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Billboard Top 30 of 1956

1. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley
2. Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley
3. Lisbon Antigua, Nelson Riddle
4. My Prayer, Platters
5. The Wayward Wind, Gogi Grant
7. The Poor People Of Paris, Les Baxter
8. Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera), Doris Day
8. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
9. Memories Are Made Of This, Dean Martin
10. Rock And Roll Waltz, Kay Starr
11. Moonglow And Theme From "Picnic", Morris Stoloff
12. The Great Pretender, Platters
13. I Almost Lost My Mind, Pat Boone
14. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, Elvis Presley
15. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley
16. Hot Diggity, Perry Como
17. Canadian Sunset, Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter
18. Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins
19. The Green Door, Jim Lowe
20. No, Not Much, Four Lads
21. Honky Tonk, Bill Doggett
22. Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford
23. Just Walking In The Rain, Johnnie Ray
24. Allegheny Moon, Patti Page
25. I'm In Love Again, Fats Domino
26. Tonight You Belong To Me, Patience & Prudence
27. Be-bop-a-lula, Gene Vincent
28. Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
29. Standing On The Corner, Four Lads
30. The Flying Saucer, Buchanan & Goodman

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs

#19 - Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
#30 - I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash
#45 - Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley
#55 - Long Tall Sally, Little Richard
#82 - Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino
#95 - Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins
#97 - Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry
#103 - Be-Bop-a-Lula, Gene Vincent
#143 - Please Please Please, James Brown
#200 - Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley
#320 - I Put a Spell on You, Screamin Jay Hawkins
#352 - Jim Dandy, Lavern Baker
#383 - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, Chuck Berry
#430 - Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis Presley
#444 - Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley
#449 - Come Go With Me, The Del-Vikings
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