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The Best Music of 1956

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1956. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1956, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
B.B. King	Singin' The Blues	☆
Big Joe Turner	The Boss of the Blues	☆
Billie Holiday	Lady Sings the Blues	☆
Charles Mingus	Pithecanthropus Erectus	☆
Dinah Washington	In the Land of Hi-Fi	☆
Duke Ellington	At Newport	☆
Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart album Book	☆
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong	Ella and Louis	☆
Elvis Presley	Elvis	☆
Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	☆
Fats Domino	This is Fats Domino!	☆
Fats Domino	Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino	☆
Frank Sinatra	Songs For Swingin' Lovers	☆
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon	☆
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	Bluejean Bop!	☆
Harry Belafonte	Calypso	☆
Harry Belafonte	Belafonte	☆
Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio	Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio	☆
Little Willie John	Fever	☆
Louis Prima	The Wildest!	☆
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Gospel Train	☆
Sonny Rollins	Saxophone Colossus	☆
Sonny Rollins	Moving Out	☆
Sonny Rollins	Tenor Madness	☆
Various Artists	My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording)	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Big Joe Turner	Corrine Corrina	☆
Bill Doggett	Honky Tonk	☆
Bill Haley & His Comets	See You Later, Alligator	☆
Billie Holiday	Lady Sings the Blues	☆
Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	☆
Carl Perkins	Matchbox	☆
Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	☆
Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	☆
Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	☆
Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	☆
Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	☆
Clyde McPhatter	Treasure of Love	☆
Dale Hawkins	Susie Q	☆
Doris Day	Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	☆
Eddie Cochran	Twenty Flight Rock	☆
Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	☆
Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	☆
Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	☆
Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	☆
Elvis Presley	Blue Suede Shoes	☆
Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	☆
Fats Domino	Blue Monday	☆
Fats Domino	I'm In Love Again	☆
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	☆
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent	☆
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	The ABC's of Love	☆
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	Race With The Devil	☆
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps	Be Bop a Lula	☆
Gogi Grant	The Wayward Wind	☆
Harry Belafonte	Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)	☆
Harry Belafonte	Jamaican Farewell	☆
Harry Belafonte	Mary's Boy Child	☆
Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightning	☆
Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	☆
James Brown & The Famous Flames	Please, Please, Please	☆
Jimmy Reed	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby	☆
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio	Train Kept A-Rollin'	☆
Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'n' Roll Trio	Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)	☆
Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line	☆
Johnny Cash	Give My Love To Rose	☆
Johnny Cash	Get Rhythm	☆
Lavern Baker	Jim Dandy	☆
Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	☆
Little Richard	The Girl Can't Help It	☆
Little Richard	Ready Teddy	☆
Little Richard	Rip It Up	☆
Little Willie John	Fever	☆
Louis Prima	Jump, Jive An' Wail	☆
Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	☆
Mickey & Sylvia	Love is Strange	☆
Muddy Waters	Forty Days And Forty Nights	☆
Otis Rush	I Can't Quit You Baby	☆
Ravi Shankar	Raga Jog	☆
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Little Demon	☆
Screaming Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	☆
Shirley & Lee	Let the Good Times Roll	☆
Sonny Rollins	St. Thomas	☆
T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	☆
The Cadets	Stranded in the Jungle	☆
The Coasters	Down in Mexico	☆
The Del-Vikings	Come Go With Me	☆
The Dells	Oh, What a Night	☆
The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Nite	☆
The Platters	(You've Got) The Magic Touch	☆
The Platters	My Prayer	☆

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