US #1s of 1956

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Part 29 of an ongoing series. Rules are as usual. Year as randomly determined by our friendly integer generator. Songs are only included in the first year they reach the top spot. Years covered: 1941 1944 1945 1949 1950 1957 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1970 1975 1978 1980 1981 1986 1987 1988 1989 1992 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Elvis Presley, "Heartbreak Hotel"	12
The Platters, "The Great Pretender"	9
Elvis Presley, "Don't Be Cruel"	4
Elvis Presley, "Love Me Tender"	2
Gogi Grant, "The Wayward Wind"	2
Dean Martin, "Memories Are Made of This"	1
Guy Mitchell, "Singin' the Blues"	1
The Platters, "My Prayer"	0
Les Baxter, "The Poor People of Paris"	0
Jim Lowe, "Green Door"	0
Kay Starr, "Rock and Roll Waltz"	0
Pat Boone, "I Almost Lost My Mind"	0

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago)

Hotel imo

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago)

"Don't Be Cruel" for me.

― Pimp My Hearse (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago)

But love "Memories" and "The Great Pretender" and "Singin' the Blues" almost as much.

― Pimp My Hearse (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:34 (fifteen years ago)

'The Wayward Wind.' OMFG. Hear it on an AM radio station in a barber shop in a Philadelphia train station with some ancient sex offender barber holding a straight razor to your neck before you vote against it.

― Beth Death (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:59 (fifteen years ago)

Heartbreak Hotel

― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:43 (fifteen years ago)

Dean Martin, "Memories Are Made of This" - It's one of my favorite songs ever.

― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago)

this list seems really short, what had the longest run at #1 here...?

― And the biggest self of self is, indeed, self (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago)

"Heartbreak Hotel" and "Don't Be Cruel" had 7 weeks each, "Singin' the Blues" had 9 weeks extending into 1957

― thousands of bears are distraught (The Reverend), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 02:19 (fifteen years ago)

Been playing Green Door a lot lately.

But, yeah, 56 was the year of Elvis/RCA.

― PappaWheelie V, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 02:42 (fifteen years ago)

gotta go elvis, and of the elvis, gotta go hotel. but "memories" and "great pretender" are totally classic too obviously. the guy mitchell song is good, it's one of those interesting bridges between the previous pop era and rock n roll.

― us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 03:20 (fifteen years ago)

great pretender over elvis

― We are not a gossip site like Wikipedia (hmmmm), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 05:56 (fifteen years ago)

ts: the great pretender vs. the great imposter

(ok probably "the great pretender," but "the great imposter" is overlooked.)

― us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 06:00 (fifteen years ago)

"The Great Pretender," but all three Presley songs tie for 2nd place.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 08:29 (fifteen years ago)

"Don't Be Cruel."

― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 30 June 2009 10:07 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 2 July 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Gogi Grant (born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, September 20, 1924) is an American popular singer....She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of twelve she moved to Los Angeles, California. In California she won a teenage singing contest and appeared on television talent shows. In 1952 she began to record, using first the name "Audrey Brown" and later "Audrey Grant". She was given the name "Gogi" by Dave Kapp, the head of Artists and Repertory at RCA Records, who liked to patronize a restaurant called "Gogi's LaRue."..........Miss Grant is still performing, currently she headlined with The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, California. Her last show was on December 31, 2006 with the Follies, and she continues to perform well into her 80s.

And I believe she's pissed about these sorry poll results, so heads up.

― Wikipedia Is My King James Version (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Friday, 3 July 2009 02:39 (fifteen years ago)

That was gorgeously written, Dr. Joseph. And I love the song (which I have to admit I first heard on one of those great Time/Life infomercials). But my vote went to the Popist Fight Song "The Great Pretender."

― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 3 July 2009 03:21 (fifteen years ago)

I might concede that The Great Pretender is a better song, but certainly not as long as Ms. Grant is alive.

― Wikipedia Is My King James Version (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Friday, 3 July 2009 03:23 (fifteen years ago)

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