Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1956 im Genre Country-Musik.
Ereignisse
Während der Autofahrt zu einem Auftritt in der Perry Como–Show verunglückt Carl Perkins am 22. März und verbringt Monate im Krankenhaus.[1]
Elvis Presley ist vor Webb Pierce der meistgespielte Interpret im Radio.[2]
Top-Hits des Jahres
Nummer-eins-Hits
- Anmerkung: Es werden alle drei Hitparaden, die Most Played By Jockeys, die Most Played in Jukeboxes sowie die Best Sellers in Stores, gewertet.[11]
Weitere Hits
- According to My Heart – Jim Reeves
- Any Old Time – Webb Pierce
- Be-Bop-A-Lula – Gene Vincent
- Before I Met You – Carl Smith
- The Blackboard of My Heart – Hank Thompson
- Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
- Boppin' the Blues – Carl Perkins
- Casey Jones – Eddy Arnold
- Cash on the Barrelhead – The Louvin Brothers
- The Cat Came Back – Sonny James
- ’Cause I Love You – Webb Pierce
- Cheated Too – Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper
- Come Back to Me – Jimmy C. Newman
- Conscience I'm Guilty – Hank Snow
- Dixie Fried – Carl Perkins
- Doorstep to Heaven – Carl Smith
- Eat, Drink, and Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry) – Porter Wagoner
- Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- The Fool – Sanford Clark
- Go Away with Me – The Wilburn Brothers
- God Was So Good – Jimmy C. Newman
- Hold Everything (Till I Get Home) – Red Sovine
- Honky-Tonk Man – Johnny Horton
- Hoping That You're Hoping – The Louvin Brothers
- How Far Is Heaven – Kitty Wells
- Hula Rock – Hank Snow
- I Feel Like Cryin’ – Carl Smith
- I Gotta Know – Wanda Jackson
- I Take the Chance – The Browns
- I Want to Be Loved – Johnnie & Jack
- I Was the One – Elvis Presley
- I'd Rather Stay Home – Kitty Wells
- I'm a One-Woman Man – Johnny Horton
- I'm Moving In – Hank Snow
- I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt – Hank Thompson
- I'm So in Love with You – The Wilburn Brothers
- I've Changed – Carl Smith
- I've Got a New Heartache – Ray Price
- I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night – Faron Young
- It's a Great Life (If You Don't Weaken) – Faron Young
- Just as Long as You Love Me – The Browns
- Just One More – George Jones
- Little Rosa – Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
- The Lonely Side of Town – Kitty Wells
- Love Me – Elvis Presley
- Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
- My Baby Left Me – Elvis Presley
- My Lips Are Sealed – Jim Reeves
- Mystery Train – Elvis Presley
- Only You, Only You – Charlie Walker
- Poor Man's Riches – Benny Barnes
- Run Boy – Ray Price
- Searching (For Someone Like You) – Kitty Wells
- Seasons of My Heart – Jimmy C. Newman
- So Doggone Lonesome – Johnny Cash
- Sweet Dreams – Faron Young
- Sweet Dreams – Don Gibson
- Teenage Boogie – Webb Pierce
- That's All – Tennessee Ernie Ford
- These Hands – Hank Snow
- Trouble in Mind – Eddy Arnold
- Tryin' to Forget the Blues – Porter Wagoner
- Turn Her Down – Faron Young
- Twenty Feet of Muddy Water – Sonny James
- Uncle Pen – Porter Wagoner
- Waltz of the Angels – Wynn Stewart
- Wasted Words – Ray Price
- What Am I Worth – George Jones
- What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House) – Porter Wagoner
- What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House) – Red Sovine
- Why Baby Why – Hank Locklin
- Wicked Lies – Carl Smith
- Without Your Love – Bobby Lord
- Yes I Know Why – Webb Pierce
- You and Me – Kitty Wells & Red Foley
- You Are the One – Carl Smith
- You Don't Know Me – Eddy Arnold
- You Gotta Be My Baby – George Jones
- You're Free to Go – Carl Smith
- You're Not Play Love – The Wilburn Brothers
- You're Running Wild – The Louvin Brothers
- You're Still Mine – Faron Young
Geboren
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Michael Köhler: Meilensteine: Carl Perkins entrinnt bei Autounfall dem Tod. In: Classic Rock. 22. März 2017, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 10. November 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 11. Februar 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 25. Februar 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ a b The Billboard, 17. März 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 23. Juni 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 14. Juli 1956, Seite 42, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 21. Juli 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 15. September 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ The Billboard, 10. November 1956 in der Google-Buchsuche, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2023.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. Record Research, 2006, ISBN 0-89820-165-9.