1956 in music

All you want to know about 1956 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Biggest hit singles
4 US No. 1 hit singles
5 Top hits on record
6 Top R&B and Country hits on record
7 Published popular music
8 Classical music
9 Opera
10 Musical theater
11 Musical films
12 Births
13 Deaths
14 Awards
- 14.1 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

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January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes is released by Carl Perkins on the Sun Records label.
Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe.
Foundation of the Korean piano brand Young Chang.
1^st Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music (see [1])
January 26 - Buddy Holly's first recording sessions for Decca Records take place in Nashville, Tennessee
Roy Orbison signs with Sun Records
January 27 - Elvis Presley's Single Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One was released. It goes on to be Elvis' 1st #1 hit.
January 28 - Elvis Presley makes his national television debut on The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show
March 10 - Carl Perkins' single "Blue Suede Shoes" enters the R&B charts, marking the first time a Country music artist has made it on the R&B charts.
March 22 - Carl Perkins is injured in a car accident near Wilmington, Delaware and spends several months in the hospital. Perkins had been on his way to New York City to make an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
March 31 - Elvis Presley films a screen test for Paramount Pictures.
April 3 - Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on The Milton Berle Show
April 6 - Paramount Pictures signs Elvis Presley to a three picture deal.
April 7 - The first regularly scheduled nationally broadcast rock & roll show, Rock 'n Roll Dance Party, with Alan Freed as host, premieres on the CBS Radio Network.
April 10 - A group of racial segregationists (followers of Asa Earl Carter) rush the stage at a Nat King Cole concert in Birmingham, Alabama, but are quickly captured.
May 2 - For the first time in Billboard magazine history, five singles appear in both the pop and R&B Top Ten charts. They are Elvis Presley's "Heatbreak Hotel" (#1 pop, #6 R&B), Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" (#4 pop, #3 R&B), Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" (#9 pop, #1 R&B), the Platters' "Magic Touch" (#10 pop, #7 R&B) and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (#7 pop, #4 R&B). Presley's and Perkins' singles also appeared on the country and western Top Ten chart at #1 and #2 respectively
May 6 - Elvis Presley appears on the Milton Berle show
May 24 - First ever Eurovision Song Contest
Bo Diddley records his song "Who Do You Love".
June 3 - Fred Diodati replaces Al Alberts as lead singer of The Four Aces.
June 5 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 26 - Both trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Richie Powell are killed in a car accident.
July 1 - Elvis Presley appears on the Steve Allen show
July 9 - Dick Clark hosts American Bandstand for the first time
September 9 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Nat King Cole becomes the first major black performer to host a variety show on national television. The Nat King Cole Show was first broadcast on November 5, 1956
December 4 - Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash record together at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The sessions are later released under the name, the "Million Dollar Quartet"
December 19 - Breaking the record for the highest number of concurrent singles by a single artist, Elvis Presley holds 9 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Presley would hold the record until 1964 when the Beatles held 14 positions on the chart.
Elvis Presley emerges as one of the world's first rock stars.
Aretha Franklin's musical career begins
Gene Vincent's recording career begins
The Coasters' recording career begins
Charlie Rich's recording career begins
Bobby Darin's recording career begins
Dalida's musical career begins on Barclay Records in Europe as (one of) the first biggest "world pop star" and sex symbol and she is the first artist to have her photo on a single in France. 175 000 copies of her big hits "Bambino" are sold in a few weeks.
Chrysler Corporation provides an in-car turntable 16⅔ rpm record player with 7-inch ultramicrogroove records in its luxury model, the "Imperial". The machine was developed by Peter Carl Goldmark — the man who invented the 33⅓ rpm long playing (LP) record format
The Everly Brothers form.

Albums released

The Ames Brothers - The Ames Brothers
Ames Brothers Concert - The Ames Brothers
The Ames Brothers With Hugo Winterhalter - The Ames Brothers & Hugo Winterhalter
At Basin Street - Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - Bing Crosby
Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
The Boss of the Blues - Big Joe Turner
Calendar Girl - Julie London
Calypso - Harry Belafonte
The Champ - Jimmy Smith
Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
The Complete Porgy and Bess - Original Broadway Cast
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Davis
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings - Joe Williams
Day by Day - Doris Day
Dinner in Colombia - Aldemaro Romero
Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry - Spike Jones
Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
Do You Remember When? - McGuire Sisters
The East Side - Patti Page
Ella and Louis - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington
Elvis - Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (debut)
Exactly Like You - The Ames Brothers
Finger Style Guitar - Chet Atkins
Flight to Romance - Aldemaro Romero
Fontessa - Modern Jazz Quartet
For Musicians Only - Stan Getz
The Four Aces - The Four Aces
Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color - Frank Sinatra
Frankie Laine & The Four Lads - Frankie Laine
A Girl Named Jo - Jo Stafford
The Hi-Fi Nightingale - Caterina Valente
High Society - Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & Celeste Holm
High Step - Paul Chambers and John Coltrane
Holding Hands at Midnight - Dinah Shore
Howdy! - Pat Boone
Improvisations - Stéphane Grappelli
In the Land of Hi Fi - Patti Page
Informal Jazz - Elmo Hope
Kay Starr Country - Kay Starr
The Lark in the Morning - Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem
Latin Kick - Cal Tjader
Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano
Let There Be Love - Joni James
Listen To The Hi-Lo's - The Hi-Lo's
Lonely Girl - Julie London
Love Songs Sung - Dinah Shore
Love's Old Sweet Song - The Ames Brothers
Lullaby Time - Bing Crosby
Manhattan Tower - Gordon Jenkins
Manhattan Tower - Patti Page
Mating Call - Tadd Dameron
Max Roach Plus Four - Max Roach
Miles Davis with Horns - Miles Davis
Music and Memories - Georgia Gibbs
My Fair Lady - Shelly Manne & His Friends
New Jazz Conceptions - Bill Evans
Nursery Days - Woody Guthrie
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues - Odetta
On Hand - The Hi-Lo's
On the Sunny Side of the Street - The Four Lads
Page Three - Easy Listening - Patti Page
Pat Boone - Pat Boone
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
Playboys - Chet Baker and Art Pepper
Rock 'n' Roll Stage Show - Bill Haley & His Comets
Rock, Rock, Rock - Various Artists
'Round about Midnight - Miles Davis
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
Shillelaghs and Shamrocks - Bing Crosby
Singin' And Swingin' - The Mills Brothers
Ski Trails - Jo Stafford
Son nom est Dalida - Dalida
Song Favorites - Georgia Gibbs
Songs by Kay Starr - Kay Starr
Songs for Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around - Bing Crosby
Songs of Faith - Aretha Franklin
Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child - Woody Guthrie
Squeeze Play - John Serry, Sr.
Swingin' with Her Nibs - Georgia Gibbs
Swingin' with Kay Starr - Kay Starr
Tenor Conclave - Prestige All Stars
Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins
This Is Anita - Anita O'Day
This Is Sinatra! - Frank Sinatra
Toshiko - Her Trio, Her Quartet - Toshiko Akiyoshi
The Toshiko Trio - Toshiko Akiyoshi
Two For Tonight - Bing Crosby
Under Glass - The Hi-Lo's
The Unique Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk
Venezuelan Fiesta - Aldemaro Romero
Whims of Chambers - Paul Chambers
Work Time - Sonny Rollins
You Go to My Head - Patti Page

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1956.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	US BB 1 - Aug 1956, RYM 1 of 1956, DDD 1 of 1956, UK 2 - Sep 1956, US BB 2 of 1956, POP 2 of 1956, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1956, US CashBox 15 of 1956, Rolling Stone 19, Acclaimed 52, Europe 57 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 60 of oldies, RIAA 68, Italy 72 of 1956, Party 281 of 1999, WXPN 692
2	Elvis Presley	Heartbreak Hotel	1956	US BB 1 - Mar 1956, UK 2 - May 1956, RYM 2 of 1956, 4 in 2FM list, US CashBox 6 of 1956, Europe 7 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 13 of rock & roll, DDD 15 of 1956, Acclaimed 19, US BB 22 of 1956, POP 22 of 1956, Rolling Stone 45, Italy 49 of 1956, RIAA 87, WXPN 730
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	1956	US BB 1 - Aug 1956, US CashBox 1 of 1956, RYM 1 of 1956, DDD 4 of 1956, Europe 14 of the 1950s, US BB 19 of 1956, POP 19 of 1956, UK 24 - Jun 1978, RIAA 68, Acclaimed 74, Italy 92 of 1958, Rolling Stone 197, WXPN 543
4	The Platters	The Great Pretender	1956	US BB 1 - Dec 1955, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Oct 1955, US CashBox 2 of 1956, UK 5 - Sep 1956, DDD 5 of 1955, RYM 11 of 1955, US BB 17 of 1956, POP 17 of 1956, Italy 31 of 1957, Europe 50 of the 1950s, Scrobulate 68 of oldies, Acclaimed 260, Rolling Stone 351
5	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	US BB 2 - Oct 1956, US BB 2 of 1957, Holland 2 - Jun 1976, POP 2 of 1957, Europe 3 of the 1950s, RYM 5 of 1956, UK 6 - Dec 1956, DDD 8 of 1956, France 10 - May 1976, RIAA 18, US CashBox 39 of 1956, Rolling Stone 81, Acclaimed 153

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1956.

First week	Number of weeks	Title	Artist
January 14, 1956	5	"Memories Are Made Of This"	Dean Martin
February 18, 1956	2	"Great Pretender"	The Platters
March 3, 1956	3	"Rock And Roll Waltz"	Kay Starr
March 24, 1956	6	"Poor People Of Paris"	Les Baxter
May 3, 1956	7	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Elvis Presley
June 16, 1956	7	"Wayward Wind"	Gogi Grant
August 4, 1956	2	"I Almost Lost My Mind"	Pat Boone
August 18, 1956	5	"My Prayer"	The Platters
September 15, 1956	7	"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog"	Elvis Presley
November 3, 1956	3	"Green Door"	Jim Lowe
November 17, 1956	3	"Love Me Tender"	Elvis Presley
December 8, 1956	2	"Singing the Blues"	Guy Mitchell
December 22, 1956	1	"Love Me Tender"	Elvis Presley
December 29, 1956	7	"Singing the Blues"	Guy Mitchell

Top hits on record

"(Heigh, Ho) Addison Road" - The Eisenhowers
"Ain't Got No Home" - Clarence Frogman Henry
"All the Way" - Frank Sinatra
"I Walk the Line" - Johnny Cash
"Allegheny Moon" - Patti Page
"And This Is My Beloved" - Mario Lanza
"Any Way You Want Me" - Elvis Presley
"Bambino" - Dalida
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" - Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins
"Blueberry Hill" - Fats Domino
"Can I Steal a Little Love" - Frank Sinatra
"Che bambola" - Fred Buscaglione(Italy)
"Don't Be Cruel" - Elvis Presley
"Don't Forbid Me" - Pat Boone
"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" - Pat Boone
"Glad Rag Doll" - Kay Starr
"Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - Patience & Prudence
"The Great Pretender" - The Platters
"The Green Door" - Jim Lowe
"Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe" - Georgia Gibbs
"Happiness Street" recorded by
- Georgia Gibbs
- Tony Bennett
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
"Hell Hath No Fury" - Frankie Laine
"Hey! Jealous Lover" - Frank Sinatra
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
"(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" - Frank Sinatra
"I Almost Lost My Mind" - Pat Boone
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - Georgia Gibbs
"I Remember You" - Doris Day
"I Want to Be Loved" - Johnnie Ray
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" - Elvis Presley
"I Was the One" - Elvis Presley
"I'll Be Home" - Pat Boone
"Innamorata" - Dean Martin
"It's Almost Tomorrow" - The Dream Weavers
"I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
"Ivory Tower" - Cathy Carr
"Just Walkin' in the Rain" - Johnnie Ray
"Lonesome Road" - Georgia Gibbs
"Long Tall Sally" - Little Richard
"Lotus Blossom" - Johnnie Ray
"Love Is a Golden Ring" - Frankie Laine & The Easy Riders
"Love Me Tender" - Elvis Presley
"(You've Got) The Magic Touch" - The Platters
"Mama from the Train" - Patti Page
"The Man That Got Away" - Georgia Gibbs
"Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin
"My Blue Heaven" - Fats Domino
"My Prayer" - The Platters
"No, Not Much" - The Four Lads
"On the Road to Mandalay" - Frankie Laine
"On the Street Where You Live" - Vic Damone
"Picnic" - The McGuire Sisters
"Rock Right" - Georgia Gibbs
"Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry
"See You Later Alligator" - Bill Haley and His Comets
"Shake a Hand" - Johnnie Ray
"Singing the Blues" - Guy Mitchell
"Standing on the Corner" - The Four Lads
"Suddenly There's a Valley" - Gogi Grant
"Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" - Teresa Brewer
"A Tear Fell" - Teresa Brewer
"Tonight You Belong to Me" - Patience and Prudence
"Tra La La" - Georgia Gibbs
"Tutti-Frutti" - Little Richard
"Walk Hand in Hand" - Tony Martin
"The Wayward Wind" - Gogi Grant
"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" - Doris Day
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
"Without Him" - Frankie Laine
"You Don't Know Me" - Jerry Vale

Top R&B and Country hits on record

"Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins
"In the Still of the Night" - Five Satins
"I've Loved And Lost Again" - Patsy Cline
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" - Brenda Lee
"My Pink Cadillac" - Hal Willis
"Ooby Dooby" - Roy Orbison
"I Walk the Line" - Johnny Cash

Published popular music

"11th Hour Melody" w. Carl Sigman m. King Palmer
"Abbondanza" w.m. Frank Loesser
"After The Lights Go Down Low" w.m. Alan White & Leroy Lovett
"Ain't Got No Home" w.m. Clarence Henry
"Allegheny Moon" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"Anastasia" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Alfred Newman
"Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)" w.m. Aaron Schroeder & Cliff Owens
"Around the World" w. Harold Adamson m. Victor Young
"The Banana Boat Song" trad arr. Alan Arkin, Bob Carey & Erik Darling
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" w.m. Tex Davis & Gene Vincent
"Bells Are Ringing" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne
"The Best of All Possible Worlds" w. Richard Wilbur m. Leonard Bernstein
"Big D" w.m. Frank Loesser
"The Birds And The Bees" Mack David, Harry Warren
"Bloodnock's Rock And Roll Call" T. Carbone
"Bluebottle Blues" Spike Milligan, Carbone
"Bo Weevil" w.m. Dave Bartholomew & Antoine "Fats" Domino
"Boppin' The Blues" w.m. Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin
"Born To Be With You" w.m. Don Robertson
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry
"The Bus Stop Song" (aka "A Paper Of Pins") w.m. Ken Darby
"Can I Steal A Little Love" w.m. Phil Tuminello
"Canadian Sunset" w. Norman Gimbel m. Eddie Heywood
"Chain Gang" w.m. Sol Quasha & Herb Yakus
"Cindy, Oh Cindy" w.m. Bob Barron & Burt Long
"Don't Be Cruel" w.m. Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
"Don't Forbid Me" w.m. Charles Singleton
"Eddie My Love" A. Collins, M. Davis, S. Ling
"Fever" w.m. Eddie Cooley & John Davenport
"Flying Saucer" w. Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman
"Fools Fall In Love" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Friendly Persuasion" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Dimitri Tiomkin
"The Garden of Eden" w.m. Dennise Haas Norwood
"Get Me to the Church on Time" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Stanley Holloway in the musical My Fair Lady and also performed by Holloway in the 1964 film.
"Glendora" w.m. Ray Stanley
"Glitter and Be Gay" w. Richard Wilbut m. Leonard Bernstein
"The Gnu" Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
"Good Golly, Miss Molly" w.m. John Marascalco & Robert Blackwell
"Goodnight My Love" G. Motola, J. Marascalco
"The Green Door" w. Marvin Moore m. Bob Davie
"Happy To Make Your Acquaintance" w.m. Frank Loesser
"The Happy Whistler" m. Don Robertson
"Heartbreak Hotel" w.m. Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden & Elvis Presley
"Hey! Jealous Lover" w.m. Sammy Cahn, Kay Twomey & Bee Walker
"High Society Calypso" w.m. Cole Porter
"The Hippopotamus" Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
"Honky Tonk" w. Henry Glover m. Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Shep Shephard & Clifford Scott
"Hot Diggity" w. m.(adapt) Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"A House With Love In It" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sid Lippman
"(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know(1)" w. Carolyn Leigh m. Philip Springer
"I Could Have Danced All Night" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Julie Andrews in the musical My Fair Lady. Performed in the 1964 film by Marni Nixon dubbing for Audrey Hepburn.
"I Dreamed" w. Marvin Moore m. Charles Grean
"I Love You, Samantha" w.m. Cole Porter Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film High Society.
"I Walk the Line" w.m. Johnny Cash
"I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" w. George Mysels m. Ira Kosloff
"I Was The One" w.m. Claude Demetrius, Bill Peppers, Hal Blair, Aaron Schroeder
"If I Had My Druthers" w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
"I'm An Ordinary Man" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe Introduced by Rex Harrison in the musical My Fair Lady
"I'm Walkin"' w.m. Antoine "Fats" Domino & Dave Bartholomew
"I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas" Spike Milligan, T. Carbone
"In The Still Of The Nite" w.m. Fred Parris
"It Only Hurts For A Little While" w. Mack David m. Fred Spielman
"It's Not For Me To Say" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
"I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Rex Harrison in the musical My Fair Lady.
"Ivory Tower" w.m. Jack Fulton & Lois Steele
"Joey, Joey, Joey" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Jubilation T. Cornpone" w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul. Introduced by Stubby Kaye in the musical Li'l Abner.
"Juke Box Baby" w. Noel Sherman m. Joe Sherman
"Just In Time" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing
"Knee Deep In The Blues" w.m. Melvin Endsley
"Lay Down Your Arms" w.(Eng) Paddy Roberts (Swed) Ake Gerhard m. Ake Gerhard & Leon Land
"Let The Good Times Roll" w.m. Leonard Lee
"Long Before I Knew You" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing
"Long Tall Sally" w.m. Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman & Robert A. Blackwell
"Look Homeward Angel" w.m. Wally Gold
"Love Me Tender" w. Elvis Presley & Vera Matson m. George R. Poulton
"Love Me" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"Lucky Lips" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
"The Magic Touch" w.m. Buck Ram
"Mama From The Train" w.m. Irving Gordon
"Mama, Teach Me To Dance" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
"Mangos" w.m. Sid Wayne & Dee Libbey
"Maria" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein
"Marianne" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller & Richard Dehr
"Married I Can Always Get" w.m. Gordon Jenkins
"Mary's Boy Child" w.m. Jester Hairston
"Mind If I Make Love to You?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film High Society
"The Money Tree" w. Cliff Ferre m. Mark McIntyre
"Moonlight Gambler" w. Bob Hilliard m. Philip Springer
"More" w. Tom Glazer m. Alex Alstone
"The Most Happy Fella" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Mutual Admiration Society" w. Matt Dubey m. Harold Karr. Introduced by Ethel Merman and Virginia Gibson in the musical Happy Hunting
"My Heart Is So Full Of You" w.m. Frank Loesser
"My Lucky Charm" Sammy Cahn & Nicholas Brodszky
"Namely You" w. Johnny Mercer m. Gene De Paul
"Now You Has Jazz" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong in the film High Society.
"Oh What A Nite" w.m. Marvin Junior & John Funches
"On The Street Where You Live" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Michael King in the musical My Fair Lady.
"Our Language Of Love" w.m. Monte Norman, David Heneker, Julian More, Alexander Breffort & Marguerite Monnot
"Pardners" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in the film of the same name
"The Party's Over" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne. Introduced by Judy Holliday in the musical Bells Are Ringing.
"The Portuguese Washerwomen" (Original title "Las Lavanderas De Portugal") m. André Popp & Roger Lucchesi
"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
"The Rain in Spain" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison and Robert Coote in the musical My Fair Lady.
"Rock With The Caveman" Steele, Pratt, Lionel Bart, Frank Chacksfield
"Roll Over Beethoven" - w.m. Chuck Berry
"A Rose and a Baby Ruth" - w.m. John D. Loudermilk
"Round and Round" - w.m. Lou Stallman & Joe Shapiro
"Shape of Things" w.m. Sheldon Harnick
"Show Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Julie Andrews in the musical My Fair Lady
"Singing the Blues" w.m. Melvin Endsley
"(A Little Boy Called) Smiley" Clyde Collins
"Soft Summer Breeze" w. Judy Spencer m. Eddie Heywood
"Somebody Up There Likes Me" w. Sammy Cahn m. Bronislau Kaper
"Somebody Somewhere" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Song For A Summer Night" w.m. Robert Allen
"Standing on the Corner" w.m. Frank Loesser. Introduced by Shorty Long, Alan Gilbert, John Henson and Roy Lazarus in the musical The Most Happy Fella.
"Sweet Heartaches" w.m. Nat Simon & Jimmy Kennedy
"A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" w.m. Bob Merrill
"A Tear Fell" w.m. Eugene Randolph & Dorian Burton
"Teen Age Crush" w.m. Audrey Allison & Joe Allison
"Theme from Picnic" w. Steve Allen m. George Duning
"There's Never Been Anyone Else But You" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Dimitri Tiomkin
"This Could Be The Start Of Something" w.m. Steve Allen
"This Is What I Call Love" w. Matt Dubey m. Harold Karr
"A Thousand Miles Away" J. Shephard, N. H. Miller
"Too Close For Comfort" w. Larry Holofcener & George David Weiss m. Jerry Bock
"Too Much" w.m. Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman
"A Town Like Alice" w.m. Letty Katts
"Transfusion" w.m. Jimmy Drake
"True Love" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the film High Society.
"Two Different Worlds" w. Sid Wayne m. Al Frisch
"Walk Hand In Hand" w.m. Johnny Cowell
"Warm All Over" w.m. Frank Loesser
"The Wayward Wind" w.m. Stan Lebowsky & Herb Newman
"When Sunny Gets Blue" w. Jack Segal m. Marvin Fisher
"Who Needs You" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Celeste Holm and Frank Sinatra in the film High Society.
"With A Little Bit Of Luck" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Stanley Holloway in the musical My Fair Lady.
"Without You" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Julie Andrews in the musical My Fair Lady.
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by Julie Andrews in the musical My Fair Lady. Performed in the 1964 film by Marni Nixon dubbing for Audrey Hepburn.
"Wringle, Wrangle" w.m. Stan Jones. Introduced by Fess Parker in the film Westward Ho, The Wagons!
"Written on the Wind" w.m. Sammy Cahn & Victor Young
"Ying Tong Song" w.m. Spike Milligan
"Young Love" w.m. Carole Joyner & Ric Cartey

Classical music

Samuel Barber - Summer Music for wind quintet
Reginald Smith Brindle - El Polifemo de Oro
Mario Davidovsky - Three Pieces for Woodwind Quartet, Noneti for Nine Instruments
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs - Threnody
Glenn Gould releases The Goldberg Variations (Gould Album) (Goldberg Variations)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann - Symphony No. 1 Versuch eines Requiems
Lars-Erik Larsson - Concertino for Violin
Gian-Francesco Malipiero - Dialoghi VII for two pianos and orchestra
Peter Mennin - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Sonata Concertante, for Violin and Piano
Luigi Nono - Il Canto Sospeso
Vincent Persichetti - Symphony No. 6 for Band
Francis Poulenc - Dernier poème
Ned Rorem - Symphony No. 2
Miklós Rózsa - Concerto for Violin
Edmund Rubbra - Piano Concerto in G Op. 85, Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra Op. 89
Roger Sessions - Piano Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 6 in G major Op. 101
Sándor Szokolay - Violin Concerto Op. 13
Mieczysław Weinberg - Piano Sonata No. 5 in A minor op. 58
William Walton - Cello Concerto

Opera

Lukas Foss - Griffelkin (opera in three acts, libretto by A. Reed after H. Foss, premiered on November 6, 1956, on NBC television)
Douglas Moore - The Ballad of Baby Doe
Robert Ward - He Who Gets Slapped (libretto by Bernard Stambler}

Musical theater

At The Drop Of A Hat London revue Starring Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, opened at the New Lindsey Theatre on December 31 and transferred to the Fortune Theatre on January 24, 1957 for a total run of 808 performances
Bells Are Ringing Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on November 29 and ran for 924 performances
Candide (Leonard Bernstein) - Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on December 1 and ran for 73 performances
Fanny London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on November 15 and ran for 347 performances
Grab Me a Gondola London production opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on November 27 and ran for 673 performances
Happy Hunting Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on December 6 and ran for 412 performances
Irma La Douce Paris production opened at the Théâtre Gramont on November 12
Li'l Abner (Gene De Paul and Johnny Mercer) - Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on November 15 and ran for 693 performances
The Most Happy Fella Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 3 and ran for 676 performances
Mr Wonderful Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on March 22 and ran for 383 performances
My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) - Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 15 and ran for 2717 performances
Plain and Fancy London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on January 25 and ran for 217 performances