Top 40 Hits of January 1956
| 1 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons |
| 2 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock Around The Clock |
| 3 | Bill Hayes | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
| 4 | The Four Aces | Love Is A Many Splendored Thing |
| 5 | Bill Haley & His Comets | Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie |
| 6 | Frank Sinatra | Love And Marriage |
| 7 | Max Bygraves | Meet Me On The Corner |
| 8 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
| 9 | Lonnie Donegan | Rock Island Line |
| 10 | David Whitfield With Mantovani & His Orchestra | When You Lose The One You Love |
| 11 | Frank Sinatra | (Love Is) The Tender Trap |
| 12 | Eve Boswell | Pickin' A Chicken |
| 13 | Petula Clark | Suddenly There's A Valley |
| 14 | Alma Cogan | Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo |
| 15 | The Stargazers | Twenty Tiny Fingers |
| 16 | Gary Miller | Robin Hood |
| 17 | Frankie Laine With The Mellomen | Sixteen Tons |
| 18 | Jimmy Young | Someone On Your Mind |
| 19 | Dick James With Stephen James & His Chums | Robin Hood / The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
| 20 | Frankie Laine | Hawkeye |
| 21 | Eamonn Andrews | The Shifting Whispering Sands |
| 22 | Nat 'King' Cole | Dreams Can Tell A Lie |
| 23 | The Hilltoppers | Only You |
| 24 | Pat Boone | Ain't That A Shame |
| 25 | Dickie Valentine | The Old Pianna Rag |
| 26 | Lou Busch | Zambesi |
| 27 | Dickie Valentine | Christmas Alphabet |
| 28 | Winifred Atwell | Let's Have A Ding Dong |
| 29 | Jo Stafford | Suddenly There's A Valley |
| 30 | Big Ben Banjo Band | Let's Get Together Again |
| 31 | Anne Shelton | Arrivederci Darling |
| 32 | Edna Savage | Arrivederci Darling |
| 33 | Billy Vaughn Orchestra & Chorus | The Shifting Whispering Sands |
| 34 | Malcolm Vaughan | With Your Love |
| 35 | Frankie Vaughan | My Boy Flat Top |
| 36 | Don Lang | Cloudburst |
| 37 | Lee Lawrence | Suddenly There's A Valley |