The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers
Week ending MARCH 10, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	WHY BABY WHY     Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739)     George Jones (Starday 202)		1	12 17
2	I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223)		2	22
3	SIXTEEN TONS     “Tennessee” Ernie Ford (Capitol 3262)		3	17
4	I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300)		4	9
5	LOVE, LOVE, LOVE     Webb Pierce (Decca 29662)		5	24
6	EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (Tomorrow You’ll Cry)     Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6289)		6	14
7	YOU AND ME     Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740)		7	6
8	HEARTBREAK HOTEL     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420)		13	3
9	BLUE SUEDE SHOES     Carl Perkins (Sun 234)		9	3
10	YOU’RE FREE TO GO     Carl Smith (Columbia 21462)		8	11
11	FOLSOM PRISON BLUES     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232)		11	4
12	I FEEL LIKE CRYIN’     Carl Smith (Columbia 21462)		12	9
13	SO DOGGONE LONESOME     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232)		14	3
14	I WANT TO BE LOVED     Johnnie & Jack with Ruby Wells (RCA Victor 47-6395)		15	5
15	I’M MOVING IN     Hank Snow & Rainbow Ranch Boys (RCA Victor 47-6379)		15	3
15	RUN BOY     Ray Price (Columbia 21474)		15	8
15	THESE HANDS     Hank Snow & Rainbow Ranch Boys (RCA Victor 47-6379)		10	4
15	JUST CALL ME LONESOME     Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 47-6198)		15	28
15	WHAT AM I WORTH     George Jones (Starday 216)		—	3
15	I WAS THE ONE     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420)		—	1
15	YES I KNOW WHY     Webb Pierce (Decca 29805)		—	1

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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