| The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 20 | ||||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 8, 1956 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BLUEBERRY HILL Fats Domino (Imperial 5407) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | SLOW WALK Sil Austin (Mercury 70963) Bill Doggett (King 5000) | 3 | 3 | 18 | 4 3 | |
| 3 | HONKY TONK (pts. 1 & 2) Bill Doggett (King 4950) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 4 | SINCE I MET YOU BABY Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic 1111) | 4 | 11 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | I FEEL GOOD Shirley & Lee (Aladdin 3338) | 6 | 10 | — | 3 | |
| 6 | OH WHAT A NITE Dells (Vee-Jay 204) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
| 7 | CONFIDENTIAL Sonny Knight (Dot 15507) Charles Brown (Aladdin 3342) | 7 | 9 | 20 | 4 3 | |
| 8 | LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6643) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 | ON MY WORD OF HONOR B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 479) | 16 | — | — | 2 | |
| 10 | A THOUSAND MILES AWAY Heartbeats (Hull 720) | 13 | 19 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | IN THE STILL OF THE NITE Five Satins (Ember 1005) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 14 | |
| 12 | LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Shirley & Lee (Aladdin 3325) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |
| 13 | DON’T BE CRUEL Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6604) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |
| 14 | I CAN’T QUIT YOU BABY Otis Rush (Cobra 5000) | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | |
| 15 | THE GREEN DOOR Jim Lowe with High Fives (Dot 15486) | 12 | 14 | 19 | 5 | |
| 16 | PRISCILLA Eddie Cooley & Dimples (Royal Roost 621) | 18 | — | — | 2 | |
| 17 | JUANITA Chuck Willis (Atlantic 1112) | 19 | — | — | 2 | |
| 18 | YOU’VE GOT ME DIZZY Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 226) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 19 | AIN’T GOT NO HOME Clarence “Frog Man” Henry (Argo 5259) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 20 | HEEBY-JEEBIES Little Richard (Specialty 584) | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | |
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