| The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 18, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | MY FAIR LADY Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090) | 1 | 18 | |
| 2 | THE KING AND I Original Sound Track (Capitol W 740 / EDM-740) | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | CALYPSO Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248) | 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844) | 7 | 14 | |
| 5 | ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254) | 4 | 22 | |
| 6 | THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Original Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5118 / A 5118) | 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS! Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653) | 5 | 22 | |
| 8 | OKLAHOMA! Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595) | 10 | 51 | |
| 9 | CAROUSEL Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694) | 9 | 28 | |
| 10 | THE PLATTERS Platters (Mercury MG-20146) | 8 | 9 | |
| 11 | SAY IT WITH MUSIC Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57041 / EC 57041) | 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | HIGH SOCIETY Original Sound Track (Capitol W 750 / EDM-750) | 16 | 4 | |
| 13 | BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5) | 14 | 27 | |
| 14 | PICNIC Original Sound Track / Morris Stoloff (Decca DL 8320 / ED 846) | 12 | 16 | |
| 15 | SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4001-2) | 13 | 9 | |
| 16 | BUBBLES IN THE WINE Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57083 / EC 57083) | 15 | 18 | |
| 17 | LONELY GIRL Julie London (Liberty LRP 3012 LEP-1,2,3-3012) | 17 | 8 | |
| 18 | NIGHT WINDS Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 717 / EAP 1,2,3,4-717) | 18 | 12 | |
| 19 | PASSPPORT TO ROMANCE Percy Faith & Orchestra (Columbia CL 880 / B 880) | 19 | 3 | |
| 20 | THE GOLDEN INSTRUMENTALS Billy Vaughn & Orchestra (Dot DLP 3016) | 23 | 3 | |
| 21 | MUSIC FROM “MY FAIR LADY” Percy Faith & Orchestra (Columbia CL 895 / B 895) | 20 | 8 | |
| 22 | FOUR FRESHMEN AND 5 TROMBONES Four Freshmen (Capitol T 683 / EAP 683) | 21 | 26 | |
| 23 | GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED! (A Complete Minstrel Show) Various Artists (Epic LN 3238) | 22 | 14 | |
| 24 | STARRING AL HIBBLER Al Hibbler (Decca DL 8328 / ED 2410,1,2) | 25 | 2 | |
| 25 | CASTLES IN SPAIN Michel LeGrand & Orchestra (Columbia CL 888 / B 888) | 24 | 10 | |
| 25 | WALTZES OF IRVING BERLIN Mantovani & Orchestra (London LL 1452) | — | 12 | |
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