HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins
“Blue Suede Shoes” by Carl Perkins finished No. 18 on the year-end Top 100 of 1956, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 181956
Year-end charts11956
ArtistCarl Perkins1 year-end hit
Decade1950ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1956 was “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley.
Play “Blue Suede Shoes”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1956 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1956 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | ▶♪ |
| 16 | Hot Diggity | Perry Como | ▶♪ |
| 17 | Canadian Sunset | Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter | ▶♪ |
| 18 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | ▶♪ |
| 19 | The Green Door | Jim Lowe | ▶♪ |
| 20 | No, Not Much | Four Lads | ▶♪ |
| 21 | Honky Tonk | Bill Doggett | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.