| The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 15 | ||||
| Week ending JANUARY 21, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | THE GREAT PRETENDER Platters (Mercury 70753) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | TUTTI-FRUTTI Little Richard (Specialty 561) | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | HANDS OFF Jay McShanns Orchestra (Vee-Jay 155) | 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | POOR ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5369) | 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | SEVEN DAYS Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic 1081) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | ONLY YOU (And You Alone) Platters (Mercury 70633) | 5 | 23 | |
| 7 | WITCHCRAFT Spiders (Imperial 5366) | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | FEEL SO GOOD Shirley & Lee (Aladdin 3289) | 9 | 19 | |
| 9 | CRYING WONT HELP YOU B.B. Blues Boy King & Orchestra (RPM 451) | 11 | 2 | |
| 10 | SPEEDOO Cadillacs (Josie 785) | 13 | 2 | |
| 11 | WHEN YOU DANCE Turbans (Herald 458) | | 5 | |
| 12 | EVERYBODYS GOT A HOME Roy Hamilton (Epic 9132) | 10 | 2 | |
| 13 | COME HOME Bubber Johnson (King 4822) | | 3 | |
| 14 | JIVIN AROUND (pts. 1 & 2) Ernie Freeman Combo (Cash 1017) | | 1 | |
| 15 | ADORABLE Drifters (Atlantic 1078) Colts (Vita 112) | 12 | 12 | |
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