Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1956
This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1956 according to retail sales.
| Position | Song | Artist |
| 1 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | "Don't Be Cruel" | Elvis Presley |
| 3 | "Lisbon Antigua" | Nelson Riddle |
| 4 | "My Prayer" | The Platters |
| 5 | "The Wayward Wind" | Gogi Grant |
| 6 | "The Poor People of Paris" | Les Baxter |
| 7 | "Que Sera, Sera " | Doris Day |
| 8 | "Hound Dog" | Elvis Presley |
| 9 | "Memories Are Made of This" | Dean Martin |
| 10 | " Rock and Roll Waltz" | Kay Starr |
| 11 | "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" | Morris Stoloff |
| 12 | "The Great Pretender" | The Platters |
| 13 | "I Almost Lost My Mind" | Pat Boone |
| 14 | "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" | Elvis Presley |
| 15 | "Love Me Tender" | Elvis Presley |
| 16 | "Hot Diggity " | Perry Como |
| 17 | "Canadian Sunset" | Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter |
| 18 | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins |
| 19 | "Green Door" | Jim Lowe |
| 20 | "No, Not Much" | The Four Lads |
| 21 | "Honky Tonk" | Bill Doggett |
| 22 | "Sixteen Tons" | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 23 | "Just Walkin' in the Rain" | Johnnie Ray |
| 24 | "Allegheny Moon" | Patti Page |
| 25 | "I'm in Love Again" | Fats Domino |
| 26 | "Tonight You Belong to Me" | Patience and Prudence |
| 27 | "Be-Bop-A-Lula" | Gene Vincent |
| 28 | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
| 29 | "Standing on the Corner" | The Four Lads |
| 30 | "The Flying Saucer" | Buchanan & Goodman |
| 31 | "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" | George Cates |
| 32 | "Ivory Tower" | Cathy Carr |
| 33 | "See You Later Alligator" | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 34 | "I'll Be Home" | Pat Boone |
| 35 | "On the Street Where You Live" | Vic Damone |
| 36 | " The Magic Touch" | The Platters |
| 37 | "Born to Be with You" | The Chordettes |
| 38 | "Band of Gold" | Don Cherry |
| 39 | "More" | Perry Como |
| 40 | "Singing the Blues" | Guy Mitchell |
| 41 | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino |
| 42 | "The Fool" | Sanford Clark |
| 43 | "The Happy Whistler" | Don Robertson |
| 44 | "True Love" | Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly |
| 45 | "Long Tall Sally" | Little Richard |
| 46 | "A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" | Teresa Brewer |
| 47 | "Transfusion" | Nervous Norvus |
| 48 | "It Only Hurts for a Little While" | The Ames Brothers |
| 49 | "A Tear Fell" | Teresa Brewer |
| 50 | "Rock Island Line" | Lonnie Donegan |