This series continues to build an historic collection of the development of British chart music. 1956 was the year when the chart was expanded to 30 places and means that our collection is presented as two separate 4 CD sets. 1956 was the year that Rock and Roll really began to make its presence felt and the track listing demonstrates the eclectic nature of the music industry at the time, Where else would you find the old guard of established stars such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Edmund Hockeridge rubbing shoulders with the new upstarts who were to go on and dominate the charts such as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Little Richard and Carl Perkins. Added to this there are a number of typically British entries, most notably the Goons who were establishing themselves as one of the most loved and important icons of British entertainment. The package is completed with a fully illustrated booklet which tells the story of every song and every artist in detail.

Track Listing

• Bill Hayes - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
• Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
• Frank Sinatra - Love & Marriage
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
• Edna Savage - Arrividerci Darling
• Gary Miller - Robin Hood
• Frank Sinatra - Love Is The Tender Trap
• Frankie Laine - Sixteen Tons
• Dick James - Robin Hood
• Eamon Andrews - The Shifting Whispering Sands
• The Hilltoppers - Only You
• Lou Busch - Zambesi
• Nat King Cole - Dreams Can Tell A Lie
• Malcolm Vaughan - With Your Love
• Billy Vaughan & His Orchestra - The Shifting Whispering Sands
• Frankie Vaughan - My Boy Flat Top
• Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This
• The Dreamweavers - It's Almost Tomorrow
• Ronnie Hilton - Young And Foolish
• Don Cherry - Band Of Gold
• Kay Starr - Rock And Roll Waltz
• Dave King - Memories Are Made Of This
• Edmund Hockeridge - Young And Foolish

• Johnnie Ray - Who's Sorry Now
• Max Bygraves - The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
• Frank Chacksfield - In Old Lisbon
• Jimmy Parkinson - The Great Pretender
• David Whitfield - My september Love
• Dean Martin - Young And Foolish
• Bill Haley & The Comets - See You Later Alligator
• Eddie Calvert - Zambesi
• Slim Whitman - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
• Winifred Atwell - Poor People Of Paris
• Dick Hyman Trio - Threepenny Opera Theme
• Jimmy Young - Chain gang
• Alf & Harry - The Trouble With Harry
• Billy Vaughan - A theme From The Threepenny Opera(Mack The Knife
• Lita Roza - Jimmy Unknown
• Alma Cogan - Willie Can
• Michael Holliday - Nothin' To Do
• Cyril Stapleton - The Italian Theme
• Teresa Brewer - A Tear Fell
• Slim Whitman - I'M A Fool
• Johnson Brothers - No Other Love
• Anne Shelton - Seven Days
• Dave King - You Can't Be True To two
• Louis Armstrong & His All Stars - A theme From The Threepenny Opera(Mack The Knife

• Tony Bennett - Come Next Spring
• The Beverley Sisters - Willie Can
• Ronnie Hilton - No Other Love
• Johnnie Ray - Ain't Misbehavin'
• Lonnie Donegan - Stewball
• Sammy Davis JR - In A Persian Market
• Pat Boone - I'll Be Home
• Lonnie Donegan - Lost john
• Bing Crosby - In A Little Spanish Town
• Billy May & His Orchestar - The Man With The Golden Arm
• Dean Martin - Innamorata
• Mel Torme - Mountain Greenery
• Perry Como - Jukebox Baby
• Frankie Laine - Hell Hath No Fury
• Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
• Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler
• Edmund Hockeridge - No Other Love
• Nat King Cole - Too Young To Go Steady
• Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
• Winifred Atwell - Port-Au-Prince
• Dick James - Davy Crockett
• Perry Como - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
• Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
• Bill Haley & His Comets - The Saints Rock & Roll
• Max Bygraves - Out Of Town

• Winifred Atwell - Theme From The Threepenny Opera
• Dave King - No Other Love
• Joan Regan - My September Love
• Lita Roza - A Tear Fell
• Dickie Valentine - Out Of Town
• David Whitfield - It's Almost Tomorrow
• Three Kaye Sisters - Ivory Tower
• The Mcguire Sisters - Delilah Jones
• Morris Stoloff - Moonglow And The Theme From Picnic
• Cyril Stapleton - The Happy Whistler
• Jimmy Young - The Wayward Wind
• Vera Lynn - Who Are We
• Michael Holliday - The Gal With The Yaller Shoes
• Ray Martin - Carousel Waltz
• Michael Holliday - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
• Slim Whitman - Serenade
• Jimmy Young - Rich Man Poor Man
• The Stargazers - Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)
• Johnny Dankworth - Experiments With Mice
• Tex Ritter - The Wayward Wind
• Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be
• - All Star Hit Parade
• Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind
• Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In love
• Joe 'Fingers' Carr - Potugese Washer Woman
• Mario lanza - Serenade
• Ronnie Hilton - Who Are We
• The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046700225