| The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers | ||||
| Week ending JULY 21, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6540) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | CRAZY ARMS Ray Price (Columbia 21510) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | I WALK THE LINE Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 241) | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | HEARTBREAK HOTEL Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420) | 3 | 22 | |
| 5 | SEARCHING (For Someone Like You) Kitty Wells (Decca 29956) | 7 | 3 | |
| 6 | I TAKE THE CHANCE Jim Edward & Maxine Brown & Bonnie (RCA Victor 47-6480) | 5 | 8 | |
| 7 | SWEET DREAMS Faron Young (Capitol 3443) | 6 | 5 | |
| 8 | BE-BOP-A-LULA Gene Vincent & Blue Caps (Capitol 3450) | 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | YES I KNOW WHY Webb Pierce (Decca 29805) | 8 | 20 | |
| 10 | BLUE SUEDE SHOES Carl Perkins (Sun 234) | 10 | 22 | |
| 11 | YOU AND ME Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740) | 14 | 25 | |
| 12 | I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT Faron Young (Capitol 3369) | 13 | 15 | |
| 13 | YOU ARE THE ONE Carl Smith with Tunesmiths (Columbia 21522) | 15 | 4 | |
| 14 | MY LIPS ARE SEALED Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-6517) | 15 | 4 | |
| 15 | THE BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3347) | 11 | 15 | |
| 15 | HOPING THAT YOU’RE HOPING Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3413) | 12 | 8 | |
| 15 | LITTLE ROSA Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29876) | 15 | 11 | |
| 15 | HONKY-TONK MAN Johnny Horton (Columbia 21504) | 15 | 9 | |
| 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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