The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums
Week ending JULY 7, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP)		LW	WKS
1	MY FAIR LADY   Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090)		1	12
2	ELVIS PRESLEY   Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254)		2	16
3	CALYPSO   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248)		3	4
4	SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS!   Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653)		4	16
5	CAROUSEL   Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694)		5	22
6	PICNIC   Original Sound Track / Morris Stoloff (Decca DL 8320 / ED 846)		6	10
7	BELAFONTE   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5)		7	21
8	FOUR FRESHMEN AND 5 TROMBONES   Four Freshmen (Capitol T 683 / EAP 683)		8	20
9	BUBBLES IN THE WINE   Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57083 / EC 57083)		11	12
10	OKLAHOMA!   Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595)		13	45
11	NIGHT WINDS   Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 717 / EAP 1,2,3,4-717)		9	6
12	WALTZES OF IRVING BERLIN   Mantovani & Orchestra (London LL 1452)		12	7
13	GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED! (A Complete Minstrel Show)   Various Artists (Epic LN 3238)		10	8
14	THE PLATTERS   Platters (Mercury MG-20146)		20	3
15	CASTLES IN SPAIN   Michel LeGrand & Orchestra (Columbia CL 888 / B 888)		14	4
16	SONGS OF THE SOUTH   Norman Luboff Choir (Columbia CL 860 / B 860)		17	6
17	LONELY GIRL   Julie London (Liberty LRP 3012 LEP-1,2,3-3012)		20	2
18	MUSIC FROM “MY FAIR LADY”   Percy Faith & Orchestra (Columbia CL 895 / B 895)		20	2
19	SERENADE   Original Sound Track / Mario Lanza (RCA Victor LM 1996 / ERB 1996)		19	12
20	SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK   Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4001-2)		16	3
20	THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY   Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844)		15	8
20	THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM   Sound Track / Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra (Decca DL 8257 / ED 2335,6,7)		18	17
20	MR. WONDERFUL   Original Cast / Sammy Davis, Jr. (Decca DL 9032)		20	5

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