| Top 40 Hits of October 1956 |
| 1 |
Frankie Laine | A Woman In Love |
| 2 |
Anne Shelton | Lay Down Your Arms |
| 3 |
Elvis Presley | Hound Dog |
| 4 |
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys | Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong |
| 5 |
Doris Day | Whatever Will Be Will Be |
| 6 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Rockin' Through The Rye |
| 7 |
Johnnie Ray | Just Walking In The Rain |
| 8 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
| 9 |
Platters | The Great Pretender / Only You |
| 10 |
Lonnie Donegan | Bring A Little Water Sylvie / Dead Or Alive |
| 11 |
Goons | The Ying Tong Song / Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call |
| 12 |
Mitchell Torok | When Mexico Gave Up The Rumba |
| 13 |
Perry Como | More |
| 14 |
Jimmy Young | More |
| 15 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | The Saint's Rock And Roll |
| 16 |
Bill Haley & His Comets | Razzle Dazzle |
| 17 |
Nat 'King' Cole | Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow |
| 18 |
Melachrino Orchestra | Autumn Concerto |
| 19 |
Chordettes | Born To Be With You |
| 20 |
Perry Como | Glendora |
| 21 |
Fats Domino | I'm In Love Again |
| 22 |
Four Aces | Woman In Love |
| 23 |
Teresa Brewer | Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl |
| 24 |
Platters | My Prayer |
| 25 |
Tommy Steele | Rock With The Caveman |
| 26 |
Gene Vincent | Blue Jean Bop |
| 27 |
Tony Martin | Walk Hand In Hand |
| 28 |
Winifred Atwell | Make It A Party |
| 29 |
Jim Lowe | The Green Door |
| 30 |
Michael Holliday | Ten Thousand Miles |
| 31 |
Vera Lynn | A House With Love In It |
| 32 |
Tony Crombie & His Rockets | Teach You To Rock / Short'nin' Bread Rock |
| 33 |
Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
| 34 |
Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon | Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| 35 |
Mel Torme | Mountain Greenery |
| 36 |
Pat Boone | I'll Be Home |
| 37 |
Alma Cogan | In The Middle Of The House |
| 38 |
Malcolm Vaughan | St Therese Of The Roses |
| 39 |
Gene Vincent | Race With The Devil |
| 40 |
Liberace | I Don't Care |
