The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums
Week ending JANUARY 21, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP)		LW	WKS
1	IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS   Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 581 / EAP/ EBF 1,2-581)		2	37
2	OKLAHOMA!   Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595)		1	21
3	LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME   Sound Track / Doris Day (Columbia CL 710 / EPB 540)		3	32
4	JAZZ: RED HOT AND COOL   Dave Brubeck Quartet (Columbia CL 699 / B-699)		4	11
5	THE STUDENT PRINCE   Mario Lanza (RCA Victor LM 1837 / ERB 1837)		5	85
6	SO SMOOTH   Perry Como (RCA Victor LPM 1085 / EPB 1085)		6	16
7	JULIE IS HER NAME   Julie London (Liberty LRP 3006 / LEP-1,2,3-3006)		10	4
8	“MARK TWAIN” AND OTHER FOLK FAVORITES   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1022 / EPB 1022)		12	2
9	JUST FOR LOVERS   Sammy Davis, Jr. (Decca DL 8170 / ED 2285,6,7)		13	16
10	ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK   Bill Haley & Comets (Decca DL 8225)		15	2
11	ROMANTIC JAZZ   Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 568 / EAP 1,2,3,4-568)		7	12
12	MISS SHOW BUSINESS   Judy Garland (Capitol W 676 / EDM 1,2,3,4-676)		8	15
13	SONG HITS FROM THEATRELAND   Mantovani & Orchestra (London LL 1219 / BEPA 24)		11	11
14	SONGS OF THE WEST   Norman Luboff Choir (Columbia CL 657 / B-2003)		—	14
15	LONESOME ECHO   Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 627 / EBF 1,2-627)		14	33
15	SOMETHING COOL   June Christy with Pete Rugolo & Orchestra (Capitol H 516 / EBF-516)		9	22
15	MUSIC FOR LOVERS ONLY   Jackie Gleason (Capitol H 352 / EBF 352)		—	90

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