| Top 40 Hits of August 1956 |
| 1 |
Doris Day | Whatever Will Be Will Be |
| 2 |
Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon | Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| 3 |
Tony Martin | Walk Hand In Hand |
| 4 |
Teresa Brewer | Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl |
| 5 |
Mel Torme | Mountain Greenery |
| 6 |
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
| 7 |
Pat Boone | I'll Be Home |
| 8 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Rockin' Through The Rye |
| 9 |
Tex Ritter | The Wayward Wind |
| 10 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | The Saint's Rock And Roll |
| 11 |
Slim Whitman | Serenade |
| 12 |
Ronnie Hilton | Who Are We |
| 13 |
Ronnie Carroll | Walk Hand In Hand |
| 14 |
Fats Domino | I'm In Love Again |
| 15 |
Various Artists | All-Star Hit Parade |
| 16 |
Goons | I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas / Bluebottle Blues |
| 17 |
Gogi Grant | The Wayward Wind |
| 18 |
Johnny Dankworth | Experiments With Mice |
| 19 |
Elvis Presley | I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |
| 20 |
Pat Boone | I Almost Lost My Mind |
| 21 |
Winifred Atwell | Left Bank |
| 22 |
Ted Heath & His Music | The Faithful Hussar |
| 23 |
Pat Boone | Long Tall Sally |
| 24 |
Alma Cogan | Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| 25 |
Gene Vincent | Be-Bop-A-Lula |
| 26 |
David Whitfield | My September Love |
| 27 |
Perry Como | Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
| 28 |
Anne Shelton | Lay Down Your Arms |
| 29 |
Chordettes | Born To Be With You |
| 30 |
David Whitfield | My Son John |
| 31 |
Lonnie Donegan | Lost John / Stewball |
| 32 |
Humphrey Lyttleton & His Band | Bad Penny Blues |
| 33 |
Jimmy Parkinson | Walk Hand In Hand |
| 34 |
Michael Holliday | Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
| 35 |
Frank Cordell | Sadie's Shawl |
| 36 |
Ruby Murray | You Are My First Love |
| 37 |
Morris Stoloff | Moonglow And The Theme From 'Picnic' |
| 38 |
Edmund Hockridge | By The Fountains Of Rome |
| 39 |
Michael Holliday | Hot Diggity / Gal With The Yaller Shoes |
| 40 |
Nat 'King' Cole | Too Young To Go Steady |
