The CASH BOX Top 15 Country Best Sellers
Week ending JUNE 30, 1956
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	HEARTBREAK HOTEL     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6420)		1	19
2	I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6540)		3	4
3	I WALK THE LINE     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 241)		5	3
4	CRAZY ARMS     Ray Price (Columbia 21510)		7	5
5	YES I KNOW WHY     Webb Pierce (Decca 29805)		2	17
6	YOU AND ME     Red Foley & Kitty Wells (Decca 29740)		6	22
7	BLUE SUEDE SHOES     Carl Perkins (Sun 234)		4	19
8	I TAKE THE CHANCE     Jim Edward & Maxine Brown & Bonnie (RCA Victor 47-6480)		10	5
9	HOPING THAT YOU’RE HOPING     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3413)		12	5
10	THE BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART     Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 3347)		9	12
11	SWEET DREAMS     Faron Young (Capitol 3443)     Don Gibson (M-G-M 12194)		15	2
12	LITTLE ROSA     Red Sovine & Webb Pierce (Decca 29876)		8	8
13	I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT     Faron Young (Capitol 3369)		11	12
14	SO DOGGONE LONESOME     Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 232)     Ernest Tubb (Decca 29836)		13	19 13
15	FOR RENT (One Empty Heart)     Sonny James (Capitol 3357)		15	12
15	MY LIPS ARE SEALED     Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-6517)		—	1
15	HONKY-TONK MAN     Johnny Horton (Columbia 21504)		15	7
15	YOU ARE THE ONE     Carl Smith with Tunesmiths (Columbia 21522)		—	1
15	MY BABY LEFT ME     Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6540)		14	4
15	I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’VE MET MY BABY     Louvin Brothers (Capitol 3300)		15	25

NOTE: On the original published chart, Cash Box appended five additional positions to its Top 10 Country Best Sellers chart, but included only the titles of those additional records. Artists/labels listed above in positions 11 through 15 are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 10 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard Country charts.

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