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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat's your favorite song (or songs) from 1956?
Be Bop a Lula - Gene Vincent
Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
The Great Pretender - The Platters
Que Sera, Sera - Doris Day
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Tonight You Belong To Me - Patience & Prudence
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lyman & The Teenagers
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Transfusion - Nervous Norvus
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What's your favorite song (or songs) from 1956? (Original Post)
red dog 1
Aug 2017
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None that I'm aware of. I think she was the original one-hit wonder. But what a hit!
Glorfindel
Aug 2017
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SouthernLiberal
(407 posts)1. Not sure that I have a fav ...
from 1956... I was two years old!
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)2. The Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
I agree with you on The Great Pretender; Que Sera, Sera; Tonight You Belong to Me; and Blueberry Hill. I turned 11 that year, and really didn't like Elvis Presley.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)5. I agree with you on The Wayward Wind
Did Gogi Grant have any other hits?
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)6. None that I'm aware of. I think she was the original one-hit wonder. But what a hit!
bullimiami
(13,044 posts)3. They had music then????
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)4. Heartbreak Hotel, Long Tall Sally, 16 Tons.
There are several more from that year.
sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)7. The Great Pretender is my pick.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)9. Good pick
Great song!
emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)8. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Memories are made of this - Dean Martin
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)10. I remember Memories are Made of This
I love that song
(I like Long Tall Sally too)
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)11. Andrews Sisters