List of Top 25 singles for 1956 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1956. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1956. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Just Walking in the Rain"Johnnie Ray19
2."Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera)"Doris Day18
3."The Yellow Rose of Texas"Mitch Miller16
4."Sixteen Tons"Tennessee Ernie Ford; Frankie Laine16
5."Memories Are Made of This"Dean Martin15
6."The Rock and Roll Waltz"Kay Starr15
7."Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)"Perry Como14
8."Mack the Knife"Louis Armstrong14
9."The Great Pretender"The Platters23
10."The Poor People of Paris"Les Baxter11
11."Portuguese Washerwomen"Joe "Fingers" Carr13
12."He"Al Hibbler22
13."Moonglow and Love Theme (from Picnic)" (medley)Morris Stoloff11
14."It's Almost Tomorrow"Jo Stafford; The Dream Weavers3
15."A Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl"Teresa Brewer2
16."Moments to Remember"The Four Lads3
17."Wayward Wind"Gogi Grant2
18."My Prayer"The Platters4
19."Ivory Tower"Cathy Carr2
20."Canadian Sunset"Hugo Winterhalter/Eddie Heywood; Andy Williams2
21."Allegheny Moon"Patti Page3
22."Suddenly There's a Valley"Jo Stafford2
23."A Woman in Love"Frankie Laine5
24."Walk Hand in Hand"Tony Martin; Andy Williams4
25."Hello Young Lovers"Perry Como6


These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"

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