| The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers | ||||
| Week ending JANUARY 7, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | SIXTEEN TONS “Tennessee” Ernie Ford (Capitol 3262) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 29662) | 2 | 15 | |
| 3 | EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (Tomorrow You’ll Cry) Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6289) | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 | JUST CALL ME LONESOME Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-6198) | 3 | 19 | |
| 5 | WHY BABY WHY Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739) George Jones (Starday 202) | 6 | 3 8 | |
| 6 | I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223) | 4 | 13 | |
| 7 | IT’S A GREAT LIFE (If You Don’t Weaken) Faron Young (Capitol 3258) | 9 | 10 | |
| 8 | ALL RIGHT Faron Young (Capitol 3169) | 7 | 24 | |
| 9 | THE RICHEST MAN (In The World) Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra (RCA Victor 47-6290) | 15 | 6 | |
| 10 | I’VE KISSED YOU MY LAST TIME Kitty Wells (Decca 29728) | 12 | 2 | |
| 11 | BEAUTIFUL LIES Jean Shepard (Capitol 3222) | 13 | 7 | |
| 12 | DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON ME Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3275) | 10 | 3 | |
| 13 | YOU’RE FREE TO GO Carl Smith (Columbia 21462) | — | 2 | |
| 14 | LONELY SIDE OF TOWN Kitty Wells (Decca 29728) | 8 | 3 | |
| 15 | I DON’T CARE Webb Pierce (Decca 29480) | 11 | 29 | |
| 15 | BORN TO BE HAPPY Hank Snow & Rainbow Ranch Boys (RCA Victor 47-6269) | 15 | 3 | |
| 15 | THIRTY DAYS (To Come Back Home) Ernest Tubb (Decca 29731) | 15 | 2 | |
| NOTE: On the original published chart, Cash Box appended five additional positions to its Top 10 Country Best Sellers chart, but included only the titles of those additional records. Artists/labels listed above in positions 11 through 15 are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 10 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard Country charts. |
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