| The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums | ||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 20, 1956 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | MY FAIR LADY Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090) | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | CALYPSO Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248) | 4 | 19 | |
| 3 | THE KING AND I Original Sound Track (Capitol W 740 / EDM-740) | 2 | 14 | |
| 4 | THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844) | 3 | 23 | |
| 5 | HIGH SOCIETY Original Sound Track (Capitol W 750 / EDM-750) | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254) | 6 | 31 | |
| 7 | OKLAHOMA! Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595) | 9 | 60 | |
| 8 | SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS! Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653) | 7 | 31 | |
| 9 | THE PLATTERS Platters (Mercury MG-20146) | 8 | 18 | |
| 10 | SAY IT WITH MUSIC Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57041 / EC 57041) | 10 | 14 | |
| 11 | BELAFONTE Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5) | 13 | 36 | |
| 12 | HOWDY! Pat Boone (Dot DLP-3030) | 15 | 4 | |
| 13 | FRESHMEN FAVORITES Four Freshmen (Capitol T 743 / EAP 1,2,3-743) | 11 | 8 | |
| 14 | CAROUSEL Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694) | 12 | 37 | |
| 15 | SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4001-2) | 18 | 18 | |
| 16 | PLAYS THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF THE MASTERS Roger Williams (Kapp KL-1040) | 22 | 3 | |
| 17 | CUBAN FIRE! Stan Kenton & Orchestra (Capitol T 731 / EAP 1,2,3-731) | 16 | 7 | |
| 18 | ON THE SUNNY SIDE Four Lads with Claude Thornhill & Orchestra (Columbia CL 912 / B 9121,2,3) | 14 | 4 | |
| 19 | THE MISTY MISS CHRISTY June Christy (Capitol T 725 / EAP 1,2,3-725) | 17 | 8 | |
| 20 | BUBBLES IN THE WINE Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57083 / EC 57083) | 19 | 27 | |
| 21 | SOLO MOOD Paul Weston & Music From Hollywood (Columbia CL 879) | 21 | 8 | |
| 22 | THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Original Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5118 / A 5118) | 23 | 14 | |
| 23 | FOUR FRESHMEN AND 5 TROMBONES Four Freshmen (Capitol T 683 / EAP 683) | 20 | 35 | |
| 24 | BLUEJEAN BOP! Gene Vincent & Blue Caps (Capitol T 764 / EAP 1,2,3-764) | 24 | 7 | |
| 25 | LONELY GIRL Julie London (Liberty LRP 3012 LEP-1,2,3-3012) | 25 | 17 | |
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