UK Singles & Album Chart (18/08/1956)

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1 1 8 WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE (QUE SERA SERA) Doris Day 2 3 8 Why Do Fools Fall In Love The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon 3 5 6 A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl Teresa Brewer 4 2 6 Walk Hand In Hand Tony Martin 5 4 15 Mountain Greenery Mel Torm 6 7 17 I'll Be Home Pat Boone 7 6 15 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 8 10 9 The Wayward Wind Tex Ritter 9 NE 1 Rockin' Through The Rye Bill Haley And His Comets 10 11 13 The Saints Rock 'N' Roll Bill Haley And His Comets

11 8 8 All Star Hit Parade Various Artists 12 13 8 I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas/Bluebottle Blues The Goons 13 19 8 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant 14 9 8 Who Are We Ronnie Hilton 15 16 4 Walk Hand In Hand Ronnie Carroll 16 12 9 Experiments With Mice Johnny Dankworth 17 NE 1 I Almost Lost My Mind Pat Boone 18 30 7 Serenade Slim Whitman 18 18 7 The Faithful Hussar Ted Heath And His Music 20 23 5 I Want You I Need You I Love You Elvis Presley 20 14 5 Left Bank (C'est A Hambourg) Winifred Atwell

22 15 13 Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) Perry Como 23 22 2 Why Do Fools Fall In Love Alma Cogan 24 RE 2 I'm In Love Again Fats Domino 25 17 11 Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)/The Gal With The Yaller Shoes Michael Holliday 26 20 23 My September Love David Whitfield 27 RE 9 Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley 28 27 6 Bad Penny Blues The Humphrey Lyttelton Band 29 25 18 Lost John The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group 30 NE 1 Walk Hand In Hand Jimmy Parkinson

Albums Week Ending 18 August 1956

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1 1 4 CAROUSEL Film Soundtrack 2 2 4 Songs For Swingin' Lovers Frank Sinatra 3 3 4 Mel Torm At The Crescendo Mel Torm 4 4 3 Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley And His Comets 5 NE 1 Mel Torm With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette Mel Torm