Though there had been plenty rock and roll preceding it, 1956 for all intents and purposes, was year 1 in rock and roll for white America.  Bill Haley had a huge hit with “Rock Around the Clock” in ’54/’55, but in ’56 Elvis Presley dropped his debut album and the country would never be the same.  Elvis had been recording for the past two years with Sun Records in Memphis but had only had regional hits.  With his first national hit, Heartbreak Hotel at the beginning of the year which went all the way to number 1, followed by fellow top 5 hits “Don’t Be Cruel”, “Hound Dog”, “Love Me Tender” and “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”, America was in full-on Elvis-mania.  Presley hardly invented rock and roll but he did bring it to the masses and also can at least be said to be one of the, if not THE inventor of Rockabilly- a hybrid of rock n’ roll and country music.

Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Records, had quite an ear for talent.  Along with discovering Presley, Phillips had acquired a roster of Hall of Famers including Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis & Johnny Cash.  Perkins had is signature hit in ’56 with “Blue Suede Shoes”, which Presley quickly covered.  Unfortunately an automobile accident curtailed his career right as “Shoes” was climbing the charts and though Perkins put together an impressive  stable of songs, he would never realize the fame and fortune that his first hit promised.  Orbison would achieve his greatest successes at the beginning of the 1960’s as a balladeer.  In ’56 he was still finding his way playing rockabilly and having small hits such as the great “Ooby Dooby”.  Jerry Lee’s biggest hits would come in ’57, but he did release his first single “Crazy Arms/End of the Road”.  Johnny Cash had two of his best known tracks in ’56- “I Walk the Line” and “Folsom Prison Blues”.  He would wind up having the longest career of them all and would become one of the most legendary country music performers of all time.

Elvis and Sun Records weren’t the only things white hot in ’56.   Other early rock n’ roll legends like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley & Gene Vincent were busy releasing some of their most enduring and best classic tracks “Blueberry Hill”, “Slipping & Slidin”, “Rip It Up”, “Who Do You Love”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man”, “Be-Bop-A-Lula”, “You Can’t Catch Me”, “My Blue Heaven”, “Too Much Monkey Business”, “Ready Teddy”- these tracks are so woven into rock n’ roll’s DNA that even casual fans are well aware of them.  It’s hard to overstate how quickly this music had gone from being underground and urban-centric into a culturally dominant force loved by nearly every teenager in existence and feared by nearly every adult.  Black artists James Brown, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles & Little Willie John were at the same time creating Soul music- most of their ’56 tracks wouldn’t cross over to the pop charts but many would become rock n’ soul classics in due time.  John’s “Fever” was notably covered by female crooner Peggy Lee.  James Brown’s first ever hit “Please Please Please” would jump start his amazing career.  Charles would continue his string of hits started two years earlier with “I’ve Got a Woman” with standout tracks like “Hallelujah I Love Her So” and “Drown In My Own Tears”.  The great Sam Cooke woudn’t have his first crossover it until 1957 with “You Send Me”.  In ’56 he was busy being one of America’s biggest gospel stars leading Chicago’s Soul Stirrers.  “Touch the Hem Of His Garment” is perhaps their best ever track.

Doo Wop vocal groups had also been prominent fixtures in black music throughout the early 50’s with very limited crossover appeal until 1956.  Groups like the Platters, the Flamingos, the Dells, the 5 Satins, the Schoolboys & Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers were some of the most successful groups, not only of 1956 but of the entire scene in general.  “Oh What a Night”, “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”, “You’ve Got (the Magic Touch)” & “In the Still Of the Night” are some of the most well known Doo-Wop tracks ever made.  Doo Wop would continue to flourish for several years, would then peter out, only to be revived again in the pre-Beatles early 60’s.

Country, Jazz & Blues music were certainly around prior to 1956 and the fact that rock n’ roll had changed the world overnight, didn’t stop those genres from existing and continuing to move forward.   One of Jazz’s premier saxophonists, Sonny Rollins released his signature album “Saxophone Collosus” and bandleader and bassist Charles Mingus was at the beginning of an incredibly fertile decade- ’56’s “Pithecanthropus Erectus” is one of his best.  The most famous male crooner of all-time, Frank Sinatra, released “Songs for Swinging Lovers” one of his four stone cold classic mid-to late 50’s albums.  Ella Fitzgerald, possibly Jazz’s best ever female vocalist began her amazing great American Songbook series with “Ella Sings Cole Porter” and also released her first duets with Louis Armstrong.  Aside from Johnny Cash and the rest of the Sun Records artists, Marty Robbins, George Jones and Ray Price were some of the biggest stars in Country music in ’56.  Chicago’s Chess Records dominated the Blues market.  Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf had big hits in ’56 as well as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Otis Rush.

After 1956 rock n’ roll would take over music and American culture- it helped create a generation gap, loosen the nation’s sexual mores, contributed toward eradicating racism and discrimination and gave birth to many offshoots over the next 60 years- among them Heavy Metal, Punk, Disco, Rap & Techno.  The Would would never be the same again.

 

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ELLA FITZGERALD- ELLA SINGS COLE PORTER

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FRANK SINATRA- SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS!

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CHARLES MINGUS- PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS

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SONNY ROLLINS- SAXOPHONE COLLOSUS

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Best of 1956 Volume 1 (10/9/02)

1.  Little Richard- Rip it Up

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2.  Bill Doggett- Honky Tonk (Part 2)

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3.  Shirley and Lee- Let the Good Times Roll

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4.  Carl Perkins- Blue Suede Shoes

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5.  Louis Prima- Jump, Jive & Wail

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6.  Howlin’ Wolf- Smokestack Lightnin’

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7.  The Johnny Burnette Rock N’ Roll Trio- Train Kept A Rollin’

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8.  Bo Diddley- Who Do You Love

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9.  Chuck Berry- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

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10.  Gene Vincent- Be-Bop-A-Lula

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11.  Fats Domino- Blueberry Hill

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12.  Ray Charles- Hallelujah I Love Her So

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13.  Little Willie John- Fever

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14.  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins- I Put a Spell On You

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15.  The Clovers- Devil or Angel

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16.  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers- Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

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17.  Otis Rush- I Can’t Quit You Baby

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18.  Frank Sinatra- I’ve Got You Under My Skin

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19.  Elvis Presley- Blue Moon

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20.  Johnny Cash- Folsom Prison Blues

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21.  Jerry Lee Lewis- Crazy Arms

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22.  The Cadets- Stranded in the Jungle

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23.  Lavern Baker- Jim Dandy

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24.  The Heartbeats- A Thousand Miles Away

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25.  James Brown- Please Please Please

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26.  The Platters- My Prayer

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27.  The Soul Stirrers- Touch the Hem Of His Garment

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28.  The Five Satins- In the Still Of the Night

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29.  The Dells- Oh What a Night

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Best of 1956 Volume 2 (10/10/02)

1.  Elvis Presley- Heartbreak Hotel

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2.  Janis Martin- My Boy Elvis

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3.  Chuck Berry- Roll Over Beethoven

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4.  Little Richard- Slippin’ & Slidin’

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5.  Shirley & Lee- I Feel Good

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6.  Ruth Brown- I Want To Do More

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7.  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins- Little Demon

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8.  Bill Haley & His Comets- See You Later Alligator

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9.  The Coasters- Down in Mexico

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10.  The Chips- Rubber Biscuit

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11.  Dean Martin- Standing on the Corner

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12.  Louis Prima- Just a Gigolo (I Ain’t Got Nobody)

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13.  Jimmy Reed- Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby

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14.  The Platters- (You’ve Got) The Magic Touch

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15. George Jones- Just One More

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16. Roy Orbison- Ooby Dooby

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17.  Carl Perkins- Honey Don’t

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18.  Jerry Lee Lewis- End of the Road

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19.  Clyde McPhatter- Without Love (There is Nothing)

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20.  Ray Charles- Drown In My Own Tears

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21.  The Schoolboys- Please Say You Want Me

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22.  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers- I Want You to Be My Girl

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23.  Ivory Joe Hunter- Since I Met You Baby

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24.  Frank Sinatra- You Make Me Feel So Young

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25.  Fats Domino- I’m in Love Again

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26.  The Cleftones- Little Girl of Mine

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27.  The Drifters- Your Promise To Be Mine

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28.  The Flamingos- The Vow

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29.  Johnny Cash- I Walk the Line

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Best of 1956 Volume 3 (12/31/12)

1.  Elvis Presley- Hound Dog

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2.  Chuck Berry- You Can’t Catch Me

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3.  Warren Smith- Ubangi Stomp

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4.  Joe Clay- Duck Tail

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5.  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps- Bluejean Bop

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6.  Muddy Waters- Got My Mojo Working

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7.  Johnny Cash- Get Rhythm

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8.  Bo Diddley- I’m Looking For a Woman

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9.  Little Richard- Long Tall Sally

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10.  Carl Perkins- Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby

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11.  Billy Gayles- I’m Tore Up

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12.  Sonny Boy Williamson II- Keep It To Yourself

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13.  Ray Charles- Lonely Avenue

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14.  Clarence “Frogman” Henry- Ain’t Got No Home

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15.  Fats Domino- My Blue Heaven

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16.  John Lee Hooker- Dimples

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17.  Ella Fitzgerald- Too Darn Hot

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18.  Sonny Rollins- St. Thomas

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19.  Harry Belafonte- Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

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20.  The Soul Stirrers- Wonderful

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21.  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers- The ABC’s Of Love

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22.  The Willows- Church Bells May Ring

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23.  Chuck Willis- It’s Too Late

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24.  Frank Sinatra- I Thought About You

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25.  Marty Robbins- Singing the Blues

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26.  Ray Price- Crazy Arms

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27.  The Drifters- Ruby Baby

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28.  The Flamingos- I’ll Be Home

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29.  Jesse Belvin- Goodnight My Love

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Best of 1956 Volume 4 (12/31/12)

1.  Little Richard- Ready Teddy

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2.  Carl Perkins- Boppin’ the Blues

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3.  Buddy Holly- Blue Days, Black Nights

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4.  Jimmy Reed- You’ve Got Me Dizzy

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5.  Chuck Berry- Too Much Monkey Business

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6.  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers- I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent

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7.  The “5” Royales- Just As I Am

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8.  The El Dorados- Bim Bad Boom

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9.  The Cleftones- You Baby You

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10.  Hank Ballard & the Midnighters- Open Up the Back Door

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11.  Amos Milburn- Chicken Shack

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12.  Big Joe Turner- Boogie Woogie Country Girl

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13.  Ray Price- I’ve Got A New Heartache

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14.  Marty Robbins- Knee Deep In the Blues

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15.  Johnny Cash- Train of Love

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16.  Sonny Burgess- Red Headed Woman

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17.  Snooky Pryor- Someone to Love Me

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18.  Ella Fitzgerald- All Through the Night

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19.  Frank Sinatra- Too Marvelous For Words

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20.  Muddy Waters- Forty Days and Forty Nights

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21.  Howlin’ Wolf- I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)

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22.  Sonny Rollins- You Don’t Know What Love Is

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23.  Charles Mingus- A Foggy Day

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24.  Fats Domino- When My Dreamboat Comes Home

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25.  Elvis Presley- Don’t Be Cruel

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26.  Ray Charles- Leave My Woman Alone

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