HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)” by Pat Boone
“Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)” by Pat Boone finished No. 52 on the year-end Top 100 of 1956, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 521956
Year-end charts11956
ArtistPat Boone15 year-end hits
Decade1950ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1956 was “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley. Pat Boone had 15 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | A Tear Fell | Teresa Brewer | ▶♪ |
| 50 | Rock Island Line | Lonnie Donegan | ▶♪ |
| 51 | It's Almost Tomorrow | Dream Weavers | ▶♪ |
| 52 | Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) | Pat Boone | ▶♪ |
| 53 | Hey Jealous Lover | Frank Sinatra | ▶♪ |
| 54 | Soft Summer Breeze | Eddy Heywood | ▶♪ |
| 55 | Canadian Sunset | Andy Williams | ▶♪ |
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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.