| The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers | ||||
| Week ending MAY 19, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | HEARTBREAK HOTEL Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420) | 1 | 13 | |
| 2 | BLUE SUEDE SHOES Carl Perkins (Sun 234) | 2 | 13 | |
| 3 | YES I KNOW WHY Webb Pierce (Decca 29805) | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | YOU AND ME Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740) | 4 | 16 | |
| 5 | I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6357 / Sun 223) | 5 | 32 | |
| 6 | I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT Faron Young (Capitol 3369) | 8 | 6 | |
| 7 | I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300) | 6 | 19 | |
| 8 | THE BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3347) | 7 | 6 | |
| 9 | YOU’RE STILL MINE Faron Young (Capitol 3369) | 10 | 4 | |
| 10 | WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (If Jesus Came To Your House) Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6421) Red Sovine (Decca 29825) | 12 | 7 | |
| 11 | SO DOGGONE LONESOME Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232) Ernest Tubb (Decca 29836) | 11 | 13 7 | |
| 12 | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232) | 15 | 14 | |
| 13 | WHY BABY WHY Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29739) George Jones (Starday 202) | 9 | 22 27 | |
| 14 | FOR RENT (One Empty Heart) Sonny James (Capitol 3357) | 15 | 6 | |
| 15 | IT’S YOU, ONLY YOU, THAT I LOVE Hank Snow & Anita Carter with Rainbow Ranch Boys (RCA Victor 47-6500) | 15 | 2 | |
| 15 | LITTLE ROSA Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29876) | 13 | 2 | |
| 15 | ’CAUSE I LOVE YOU Webb Pierce (Decca 29805) | 14 | 10 | |
| 15 | HONKY-TONK MAN Johnny Horton (Columbia 21504) | — | 1 | |
| 15 | I WAS THE ONE Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420) | 15 | 11 | |
| 15 | HOW FAR IS HEAVEN Kitty Wells with Carol Sue (Decca 29823) | — | 1 | |
| 15 | UNCLE PEN Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6494) | — | 1 | |
| 15 | I’VE CHANGED Carl Smith (Columbia 21493) | 15 | 4 | |
| 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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