| Top 40 Hits of September 1956 |
| 1 |
Anne Shelton |
Lay Down Your Arms |
| 2 |
Doris Day |
Whatever Will Be Will Be |
| 3 |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
Rockin' Through The Rye |
| 4 |
Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon |
Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
| 5 |
Tony Martin |
Walk Hand In Hand |
| 6 |
Teresa Brewer |
Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl |
| 7 |
Platters |
The Great Pretender / Only You |
| 8 |
Goons |
The Ying Tong Song / Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call |
| 9 |
Frankie Laine |
A Woman In Love |
| 10 |
Lonnie Donegan |
Bring A Little Water Sylvie / Dead Or Alive |
| 11 |
Mel Torme |
Mountain Greenery |
| 12 |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
The Saint's Rock And Roll |
| 13 |
Elvis Presley |
Hound Dog |
| 14 |
Chordettes |
Born To Be With You |
| 15 |
Slim Whitman |
Serenade |
| 16 |
Elvis Presley |
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You |
| 17 |
Elvis Presley |
Heartbreak Hotel |
| 18 |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
Rock Around The Clock |
| 19 |
Pat Boone |
I'll Be Home |
| 20 |
Edmund Hockridge |
By The Fountains Of Rome |
| 21 |
Pat Boone |
I Almost Lost My Mind |
| 22 |
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys |
Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong |
| 23 |
Fats Domino |
I'm In Love Again |
| 24 |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
Razzle Dazzle |
| 25 |
Ruby Murray |
You Are My First Love |
| 26 |
Tex Ritter |
The Wayward Wind |
| 27 |
Perry Como |
More |
| 28 |
Nat 'King' Cole |
Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow |
| 29 |
Pat Boone |
Long Tall Sally |
| 30 |
Ronnie Carroll |
Walk Hand In Hand |
| 31 |
Mitchell Torok |
When Mexico Gave Up The Rumba |
| 32 |
Ronnie Hilton |
Who Are We |
| 33 |
Jimmy Young |
More |
| 34 |
David Whitfield |
My Son John |
| 35 |
Perry Como |
Glendora |
| 36 |
Glen Mason |
Glendora |
| 37 |
Frank Chacksfield |
Donkey Cart |
| 38 |
David Hughes |
By The Fountains Of Rome |
| 39 |
Michael Holliday |
Ten Thousand Miles |
| 40 |
Johnny Dankworth |
Experiments With Mice |