1956 in music

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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"     Leiber, 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 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
• "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
• "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
• "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
• "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
• "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