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“Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by The Diamonds

“Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by The Diamonds finished No. 75 on the year-end Top 100 of 1956, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 751956
Year-end charts11956
ArtistThe Diamonds4 year-end hits
Decade1950ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1956 was “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley. The Diamonds had 4 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1956 chart.

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Around it on the 1956 chart

#SongArtistListen
72That's All There Is to ThatNat King Cole▶♪
73Band of GoldKit Carson▶♪
74Walk Hand in HandTony Martin▶♪
75Why Do Fools Fall in LoveThe Diamonds▶♪
76Juke Box BabyPerry Como▶♪
77Are You SatisfiedRusty Draper▶♪
78It's Almost TomorrowJo Stafford▶♪

More hits by The Diamonds

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1Little Darlin'The Diamonds1957 #3▶♪
2The StrollThe Diamonds1958 #48▶♪
3The Church Bells May RingThe Diamonds1956 #90▶♪

Same title, different hit

“Why Do Fools Fall In Love” by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (1956) · “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Gale Storm (1956) · “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?” by Diana Ross (1982)

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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.