Top 40 Hits of Late September 1956
 | 1 | Anne Shelton | Lay Down Your Arms |
 | 2 | Doris Day | Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) |
 | 3 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rockin' Through The Rye |
 | 4 | The Goons | The Ying Tong Song / Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call |
 | 5 | The Platters | The Great Pretender / Only You |
 | 6 | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog |
 | 7 | Frankie Laine | A Woman In Love |
 | 8 | Tony Martin | Walk Hand In Hand |
 | 9 | Lonnie Donegan | Bring A Little Water Sylvie / Dead Or Alive |
 | 10 | Teresa Brewer | Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl |
 | 11 | Mel Torme | Mountain Greenery |
 | 12 | Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon | Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
 | 13 | Bill Haley & His Comets | The Saints Rock 'N' Roll |
 | 14 | The Chordettes | Born To Be With You |
 | 15 | Slim Whitman | Serenade |
 | 16 | Elvis Presley | I Want You I Need You I Love You |
 | 17 | Freddie Bell & The Bellboys | Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong |
 | 18 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Razzle Dazzle |
 | 19 | Fats Domino | I'm In Love Again |
 | 20 | Perry Como | More |
 | 21 | Edmund Hockridge | By The Fountains Of Rome |
 | 22 | Bill Haley & His Comets | See You Later Alligator |
 | 23 | Mitchell Torok | When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba |
 | 24 | Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel |
 | 25 | Pat Boone | I Almost Lost My Mind |
 | 26 | Jimmy Young | More |
 | 27 | Perry Como | Glendora |
 | 28 | Glen Mason | Glendora |
 | 29 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
 | 30 | Pat Boone | I'll Be Home |
 | 31 | Pat Boone | Long Tall Sally |
 | 32 | Tex Ritter | The Wayward Wind |
 | 33 | David Whitfield | My September Love |
 | 34 | Ruby Murray | You Are My First Love |
 | 35 | Nat 'King' Cole | Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow |
 | 36 | David Hughes | By The Fountains Of Rome |
 | 37 | Michael Holliday | Ten Thousand Miles |
 | 38 | Ronnie Hilton | A Woman In Love |