| The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums | ||||
| Week ending MAY 5, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM Sound Track / Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra (Decca DL 8257 / ED 2335,6,7) | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5) | 2 | 12 | |
| 4 | SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS! Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653) | 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | CAROUSEL Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694) | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | MY FAIR LADY Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090) | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | FOUR FRESHMEN AND 5 TROMBONES Four Freshmen (Capitol T 683 / EAP 683) | 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | SERENADE Original Sound Track / Mario Lanza (RCA Victor LM 1996 / ERB 1996) | 11 | 3 | |
| 9 | PICNIC Original Sound Track / Morris Stoloff (Decca DL 8320 / ED 846) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY Sound Track / Benny Goodman (Decca DL 8252,3 / ED-7,8,9) | 10 | 11 | |
| 11 | JULIE IS HER NAME Julie London (Liberty LRP 3006 / LEP-1,2,3-3006) | 8 | 19 | |
| 12 | BUBBLES IN THE WINE Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57083 / EC 57083) | 9 | 3 | |
| 13 | OKLAHOMA! Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595) | 12 | 36 | |
| 14 | SO SMOOTH Perry Como (RCA Victor LPM 1085 / EPB 1085) | 14 | 28 | |
| 15 | LAWRENCE WELK AND HIS SPARKLING STRINGS Lawrence Welk & Sparkling Strings (Coral CRL 57011 / EC 82020) | 15 | 16 | |
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