The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums
Week ending JUNE 30, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP)		LW	WKS
1	MY FAIR LADY   Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090)		1	11
2	ELVIS PRESLEY   Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254)		2	15
3	CALYPSO   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248)		6	3
4	SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS!   Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653)		3	15
5	CAROUSEL   Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694)		5	21
6	PICNIC   Original Sound Track / Morris Stoloff (Decca DL 8320 / ED 846)		4	9
7	BELAFONTE   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5)		7	20
8	FOUR FRESHMEN AND 5 TROMBONES   Four Freshmen (Capitol T 683 / EAP 683)		8	19
9	NIGHT WINDS   Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 717 / EAP 1,2,3,4-717)		10	5
10	GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED! (A Complete Minstrel Show)   Various Artists (Epic LN 3238)		11	7
11	BUBBLES IN THE WINE   Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57083 / EC 57083)		9	11
12	WALTZES OF IRVING BERLIN   Mantovani & Orchestra (London LL 1452)		13	6
13	OKLAHOMA!   Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595)		14	44
14	CASTLES IN SPAIN   Michel LeGrand & Orchestra (Columbia CL 888 / B 888)		16	3
15	THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY   Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844)		20	7
16	SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK   Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4001-2)		17	2
17	SONGS OF THE SOUTH   Norman Luboff Choir (Columbia CL 860 / B 860)		18	5
18	THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM   Sound Track / Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra (Decca DL 8257 / ED 2335,6,7)		12	16
19	SERENADE   Original Sound Track / Mario Lanza (RCA Victor LM 1996 / ERB 1996)		15	11
20	MR. WONDERFUL   Original Cast / Sammy Davis, Jr. (Decca DL 9032)		19	4
20	THE PLATTERS   Platters (Mercury MG-20146)		20	2
20	LONELY GIRL   Julie London (Liberty LRP 3012 LEP-1,2,3-3012)		—	1
20	MUSIC FROM “MY FAIR LADY”   Percy Faith & Orchestra (Columbia CL 895 / B 895)		—	1

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