| The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers | ||||
| Week ending APRIL 7, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | HEARTBREAK HOTEL Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | BLUE SUEDE SHOES Carl Perkins (Sun 234) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | YES I KNOW WHY Webb Pierce (Decca 29805) | 6 | 5 | |
| 4 | I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300) | 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223) | 3 | 26 | |
| 6 | YOU AND ME Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740) | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | WHY BABY WHY Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739) George Jones (Starday 202) | 5 | 16 21 | |
| 8 | SO DOGGONE LONESOME Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232) Ernest Tubb (Decca 29836) | 13 | 7 1 | |
| 9 | YOU’RE FREE TO GO Carl Smith (Columbia 21462) | 9 | 15 | |
| 10 | LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Webb Pierce (Decca 29662) | 10 | 28 | |
| 11 | EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (Tomorrow You’ll Cry) Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6289) | 7 | 18 | |
| 12 | I WAS THE ONE Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420) | 11 | 5 | |
| 13 | ’CAUSE I LOVE YOU Webb Pierce (Decca 29805) | 12 | 4 | |
| 14 | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232) | 15 | 8 | |
| 15 | WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (If Jesus Came To Your House) Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6421) Red Sovine (Decca 29825) | — | 1 | |
| 15 | THE POOR PEOPLE OF PARIS (Jean’s Song) Chet Atkins (RCA Victor 47-6366) | 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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