HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“The Fool” by Sanford Clark
“The Fool” by Sanford Clark finished No. 42 on the year-end Top 100 of 1956, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 421956
Year-end charts11956
ArtistSanford Clark1 year-end hit
Decade1950ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1956 was “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley.
Play “The Fool”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 and Grace Kelly | ▶♪ |
| 45 | Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | ▶♪ |
Same title, different hit
“Fool (If You Think It's Over)” by Chris Rea (1978)
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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.