| Top 30 Hits of January 1956 |
| 1 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons |
| 2 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
| 3 |
Bill Hayes | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
| 4 |
Four Aces | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing |
| 5 |
Bill Haley | Rock A-Beatin' Boogie |
| 6 |
Frank Sinatra | Love And Marriage |
| 7 |
Max Bygraves | Meet Me On The Corner |
| 8 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
| 9 |
Frank Sinatra | (Love Is) The Tender Trap |
| 10 |
Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line |
| 11 |
David Whitfield | When You Lose The One You Love |
| 12 |
Eve Boswell | Pickin' A Chicken |
| 13 |
Alma Cogan | Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo |
| 14 |
Stargazers | Twenty Tiny Fingers |
| 15 |
Petula Clark | Suddenly There's A Valley |
| 16 |
Gary Miller | Robin Hood |
| 17 |
Frankie Laine | Sixteen Tons |
| 18 |
Jimmy Young | Someone On Your Mind |
| 19 |
Frankie Laine | Hawk-Eye |
| 20 |
Dick James | Robin Hood |
| 21 |
Eamonn Andrews | The Shifting, Whispering Sands |
| 22 |
Nat 'King' Cole | Dreams Can Tell A Lie |
| 23 |
Pat Boone | Ain't That A Shame |
| 24 |
Hilltoppers | Only You |
| 25 |
Dickie Valentine | Old Pianna Rag |
| 26 |
Jo Stafford | Suddenly There's A Valley |
| 27 |
Lou Busch | Zambesi |
| 28 |
Dickie Valentine | Christmas Alphabet |
| 29 |
Mitch Miller | Yellow Rose Of Texas |
| 30 |
Ann Shelton | Arrivederci Darling |
