The CASH BOX Best Selling Pop Albums
Week ending DECEMBER 8, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label LP / EP)		LW	WKS
1	ELVIS   Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1382 / EPB 1382)		1	6
2	CALYPSO   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1248 / EPB-1248)		2	26
3	MY FAIR LADY   Original Broadway Cast (Columbia Masterworks OL 5090)		3	34
4	THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY   Original Sound Track / Carmen Cavallaro (Decca DL 8289 / ED 844)		5	30
5	HIGH SOCIETY   Original Sound Track (Capitol W 750 / EDM-750)		4	20
6	THE KING AND I   Original Sound Track (Capitol W 740 / EDM-740)		6	21
7	OKLAHOMA!   Sound Track (Capitol SAO 595 / FDM 595)		8	67
8	ELVIS PRESLEY   Elvis Presley (RCA Victor LPM 1254 / EPB 1254)		10	38
9	MANHATTAN TOWER   Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra (Capitol T 766 / EDM-766)		12	5
10	SAY IT WITH MUSIC   Lawrence Welk & Champagne Music (Coral CRL 57041 / EC 57041)		9	21
11	ELLA AND LOUIS   Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (Verve MG V-4003)		11	7
12	SONGS FOR SWINGIN’ LOVERS!   Frank Sinatra (Capitol W 653 / EAP 653)		7	38
13	BELAFONTE   Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor LPM 1150 / EPB 1150 / EPA-693,4,5)		13	43
14	THE PLATTERS   Platters (Mercury MG-20146)		15	25
15	HOWDY!   Pat Boone (Dot DLP-3030)		16	11
16	FRESHMEN FAVORITES   Four Freshmen (Capitol T 743 / EAP 1,2,3-743)		14	15
17	THE ELGART TOUCH   Les Elgart & Orchestra (Columbia CL 875 / B-8751,2,3)		17	6
18	CALENDAR GIRL   Julie London (Liberty SL 9002 / LEP-1,2,3-9002)		—	1
19	MERRY CHRISTMAS   Jackie Gleason (Capitol W 758 / EAP 1,2,3-758)		—	1
20	THE MISTY MISS CHRISTY   June Christy (Capitol T 725 / EAP 1,2,3-725)		20	15
21	THIS IS SINATRA   Frank Sinatra (Capitol T 768)		24	2
22	PLAYS THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF THE MASTERS   Roger Williams (Kapp KL-1040)		25	10
23	SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK   Ella Fitzgerald (Verve MG V-4001-2)		19	25
24	JUDY   Judy Garland (Capitol T 734 / EAP 1,2,3-734)		21	3
25	CAROUSEL   Sound Track (Capitol W 694 / EDM-694)		18	44

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