Top 40 Hits of Early January 1956
 | 1 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
 | 2 | Max Bygraves | Meet Me On The Corner |
 | 3 | The Four Aces | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing |
 | 4 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons |
 | 5 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie |
 | 6 | The Stargazers | Twenty Tiny Fingers |
 | 7 | Alma Cogan | Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo |
 | 8 | Petula Clark | Suddenly There's A Valley |
 | 9 | Bill Hayes | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
 | 10 | Frankie Laine | Hawkeye |
 | 11 | David Whitfield With Mantovani & His Orchestra | When You Lose The One You Love |
 | 12 | Jimmy Young | Someone On Your Mind |
 | 13 | Pat Boone | Ain't That A Shame |
 | 14 | Dickie Valentine | The Old Pianna Rag |
 | 15 | Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line |
 | 16 | Eve Boswell | Pickin' A Chicken |
 | 17 | Dickie Valentine | Christmas Alphabet |
 | 18 | Frank Sinatra | Love And Marriage |
 | 19 | Winifred Atwell | Let's Have A Ding Dong |
 | 20 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
 | 21 | Jo Stafford | Suddenly There's A Valley |
 | 22 | Big Ben Banjo Band | Let's Get Together Again |
 | 23 | Anne Shelton | Arrivederci Darling |
 | 24 | Edna Savage | Arrivederci Darling |
 | 25 | Gary Miller | Robin Hood |
 | 26 | Lee Lawrence | Suddenly There's A Valley |