Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1956

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1956
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	June 28, 1988
Recorded	1956
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	24:34
Label	Rhino Records
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1956 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1956.

The track lineup includes three songs that reached the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart — two of the tracks "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" are treated as a single No. 1 track.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Don't Be Cruel"	Otis Blackwell	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	2:04
2.	"Be-Bop-A-Lula"	Donald Graves Gene Vincent Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis	Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	2:37
3.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	2:16
4.	"I'm in Love Again"	Antoine Domino Dave Bartholomew	Fats Domino	1:59
5.	"See You Later Alligator"	Robert Guidry	Bill Haley & His Comets	2:47
6.	"Hound Dog"	Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller	Elvis Presley	2:18
7.	"The Fool"	Lee Hazlewood Naomi Ford	Sanford Clark	2:46
8.	"The Green Door"	Bob Davie Marvin Moore	Jim Lowe	2:14
9.	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Frankie Lymon Herman Santiago Jimmy Merchant	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	2:19
10.	"The Flying Saucer, Pts. 1 & 2"	Bill Buchanan Dickie Goodman	Buchanan & Goodman	4:25
Total length:				24:34

See also

• 1988 in music
• 1956 in music

References

1. Phares, Heather. Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1956 at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2025.