The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers
Week ending JULY 7, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	HEARTBREAK HOTEL     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420)		1	20
2	I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6540)		2	5
3	CRAZY ARMS     Ray Price (Columbia 21510)		4	6
4	I WALK THE LINE     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 241)		3	4
5	I TAKE THE CHANCE     Jim Edward & Maxine Brown & Bonnie (RCA Victor 47-6480)		8	6
6	YES I KNOW WHY     Webb Pierce (Decca 29805)		5	18
7	SWEET DREAMS     Faron Young (Capitol 3443)     Don Gibson (M-G-M 12194)		11	3
8	HOPING THAT YOU’RE HOPING     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3413)		9	6
9	BLUE SUEDE SHOES     Carl Perkins (Sun 234)		7	20
10	YOU AND ME     Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740)		6	23
11	THE BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART     Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3347)		10	13
12	YOU ARE THE ONE     Carl Smith with Tunesmiths (Columbia 21522)		15	2
13	I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT     Faron Young (Capitol 3369)		13	13
14	LITTLE ROSA     Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29876)		12	9
15	MY LIPS ARE SEALED     Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-6517)		15	2
15	SO DOGGONE LONESOME     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232)     Ernest Tubb (Decca 29836)		14	20 14
15	MY BABY LEFT ME     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6540)		15	5
15	SEARCHING (For Someone Like You)     Kitty Wells (Decca 29956)		—	1
15	FOR RENT (One Empty Heart)     Sonny James (Capitol 3357)		15	13
15	I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300)		15	26
15	UNCLE PEN     Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-6494)		—	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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