Top 40 Hits of Late January 1956
 | 1 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons |
 | 2 | Bill Hayes | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
 | 3 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
 | 4 | Frank Sinatra | Love And Marriage |
 | 5 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
 | 6 | Frank Sinatra | (Love Is) The Tender Trap |
 | 7 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie |
 | 8 | The Four Aces | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing |
 | 9 | Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line |
 | 10 | Eve Boswell | Pickin' A Chicken |
 | 11 | Frankie Laine With The Mellomen | Sixteen Tons |
 | 12 | David Whitfield With Mantovani & His Orchestra | When You Lose The One You Love |
 | 13 | Gary Miller | Robin Hood |
 | 14 | Dick James With Stephen James & His Chums | Robin Hood / The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
 | 15 | Max Bygraves | Meet Me On The Corner |
 | 16 | Eamonn Andrews | The Shifting Whispering Sands |
 | 17 | Nat 'King' Cole | Dreams Can Tell A Lie |
 | 18 | The Hilltoppers | Only You |
 | 19 | Petula Clark | Suddenly There's A Valley |
 | 20 | Lou Busch | Zambesi |
 | 21 | Alma Cogan | Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo |
 | 22 | The Stargazers | Twenty Tiny Fingers |
 | 23 | Jimmy Young | Someone On Your Mind |
 | 24 | Billy Vaughn Orchestra & Chorus | The Shifting Whispering Sands |
 | 25 | Malcolm Vaughan | With Your Love |
 | 26 | Frankie Vaughan | My Boy Flat Top |
 | 27 | Don Lang | Cloudburst |