| Top 40 Hits of May 1956 |
| 1 |
Ronnie Hilton | No Other Love |
| 2 |
Winifred Atwell | Poor People Of Paris |
| 3 |
Teresa Brewer | A Tear Fell |
| 4 |
Lonnie Donegan | Lost John / Stewball |
| 5 |
David Whitfield | My September Love |
| 6 |
Pat Boone | I'll Be Home |
| 7 |
Kay Starr | Rock And Roll Waltz |
| 8 |
Dream Weavers | It's Almost Tomorrow |
| 9 |
Hilltoppers | Only You |
| 10 |
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
| 11 |
Billy May | Main Title (From 'The Man With The Golden Arm') |
| 12 |
Don Robertson | The Happy Whistler |
| 13 |
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars | Theme From The Threepenny Opera |
| 14 |
Dave King | You Can't Be True To Two |
| 15 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | See You Later, Alligator |
| 16 |
Mel Torme | Mountain Greenery |
| 17 |
Nat 'King' Cole | Too Young To Go Steady |
| 18 |
Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes |
| 19 |
Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line |
| 20 |
Johnnie Ray | Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 21 |
Winifred Atwell & Frank Chacksfield | Port-Au-Prince |
| 22 |
Perry Como | Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
| 23 |
Dave King | Memories Are Made Of This |
| 24 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | The Saint's Rock And Roll |
| 25 |
Dean Martin | Memories Are Made Of This |
| 26 |
Perry Como | Juke Box Baby |
| 27 |
Jimmy Parkinson | The Great Pretender |
| 28 |
Elvis Presley | Blue Suede Shoes |
| 29 |
Alma Cogan | Willie Can |
| 30 |
Dick Hyman Trio | Theme From The Threepenny Opera |
| 31 |
Edmund Hockridge | No Other Love |
| 32 |
Lou Busch | Zambesi |
| 33 |
Max Bygraves | Out Of Town |
| 34 |
Three Kayes | Ivory Tower |
| 35 |
McGuire Sisters | Delilah Jones |
| 36 |
Bing Crosby | In A Little Spanish Town |
| 37 |
Morris Stoloff | Moonglow And The Theme From 'Picnic' |
| 38 |
Cyril Stapleton | The Happy Whistler |
| 39 |
Dick James | Robin Hood / Davy Crockett |
| 40 |
Dean Martin | Innamorata |
