| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | | 3 | Nov-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | On My Word Of Honor | Katherine Harrison, Jean Miles |
| | | 6 | Sep-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | Sweet Little Angel | Riley King, Jules Taub |
| | | 3 | Sep-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | Bad Luck | Riley King, Jules Taub |
| | 0 | 0 | Jun-1956 | Chess | Chuck Berry | Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry |
| | 1 | 1 | Aug-1956 | RCA Victor | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 6 | 1 | Feb-1956 | Gee | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Why do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon |
| | 95 | 6 | Jun-1956 | Federal | James Brown & the Famous Flames | Please Please Please | James Brown-Johnny Terry |
| | 6 | 1 | Apr-1956 | Specialty | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally | Richard Penneman |
| | 17 | 1 | Jan-1956 | Specialty | Little Richard | Tutti-Frutti | Richard Penneman |
| | | | Apr-1956 | Verve | Louis Armstrong | Sweet Lorraine | Carter Burwell, Mitchell Parish |
| | | 5 | Jun-1956 | Atlantic | Ray Charles | Hallelujah, I Love Her So | Ray Charles |
| | | 8 | Feb-1956 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Down in Mexico | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 25 | 15 | Oct-1956 | Chess | The Moonglows | See Saw | Roquel Davis, Charles Sutton |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1956 | Mercury | The Platters | My Prayer | Kennedy-Boulanger |
