The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers
Week ending JANUARY 28, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	SIXTEEN TONS     “Tennessee” Ernie Ford (Capitol 3262)		1	11
2	LOVE, LOVE, LOVE     Webb Pierce (Decca 29662)		2	18
3	WHY BABY WHY     Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739)     George Jones (Starday 202)		4	6 11
4	EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (Tomorrow You’ll Cry)     Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6289)		3	8
5	I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223)		5	16
6	JUST CALL ME LONESOME     Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-6198)		6	22
7	ALL RIGHT     Faron Young (Capitol 3169)		7	27
8	BEAUTIFUL LIES     Jean Shepard (Capitol 3222)		10	10
9	YOU’RE FREE TO GO     Carl Smith (Columbia 21462)		8	5
10	LONELY SIDE OF TOWN     Kitty Wells (Decca 29728)		11	6
11	I FEEL LIKE CRYIN’     Carl Smith (Columbia 21462)		13	3
12	I DON’T CARE     Webb Pierce (Decca 29480)		14	32
13	I’VE KISSED YOU MY LAST TIME     Kitty Wells (Decca 29728)		15	5
14	RUN BOY     Ray Price (Columbia 21474)		15	3
15	I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300)		15	3
15	IT’S A GREAT LIFE (If You Don’t Weaken)     Faron Young (Capitol 3258)		15	13
15	MYSTERY TRAIN     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223)		15	8
15	THE RICHEST MAN (In The World)     Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra (RCA Victor 47-6290)		9	9
15	DON’T TAKE IT OUT ON ME     Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3275)		12	6

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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