1956 in country music
See also: 1955 in country music, 1956 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in country music, 1950s in music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
Top Hits of the Year
No. 1 Hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- February 11 - "Why Baby Why" - Webb Pierce and Red Sovine
- February 25 - "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" - Elvis Presley
- March 17 - "Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
- March 17 - "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby" - The Wilburn Brothers
- April 7 - "Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins
- June 23 - "Crazy Arms" - Ray Price
- July 14 - "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" - Elvis Presley
- July 21 - "I Walk the Line" - Johnny Cash
- September 15 - "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
- November 10 - "Singing the Blues" - Marty Robbins
- Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes," "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts.
Other Major Hits
- "The Blackboard of My Heart" - Hank Thompson
- "Honky Tonk Man" - Johnny Horton
- "I Take the Chance" - The Browns featuring Jim Ed Brown
- "I've Got Five Dollars and it's Saturday Night" - Faron Young
- "It's a Great Life (If You Don't Weaken)" - Faron Young
- "Searching (For Someone Like You)" - Kitty Wells
- "Sweet Dreams" - Faron Young
- "You're Still Mine" - Faron Young
Top New Album Releases
Births
- January 18 - Mark Collie, country artist of the early 1990s.
- June 19 - Doug Stone, popular country vocalist during the early- to mid-1990s.
- December 9 - Sylvia Kirby, pop-styled female vocalist of the early-1990s who became best known as "Sylvia."
- December 21 - Lee Roy Parnell, alternative country star who enjoyed mainstream country success during the mid-1990s.
- December 30 - Suzy Boggus, folk-styled country artist who rose to fame in the early 1990s.
Deaths
Further Reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.