Tento článek obsahuje události související s hudbou, které proběhly v roce 1956.

• Elvis Presley nahrává hit „Hound dog“

• Ella and Louis – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook – Ella Fitzgerald
• Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook – Ella Fitzgerald
• Bach: The Goldberg Variations – Glenn Gould
• Elvis – Elvis Presley
• Elvis Presley (album) – Elvis Presley
• Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color – Frank Sinatra
• High Society – Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & Celeste Holm
• Lullaby Time – Bing Crosby
• New Jazz Conceptions – Bill Evans
• Rock and Roll Stage Show – Bill Haley & His Comets
• Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets
• Shillelaghs And Shamrocks – Bing Crosby
• This Is Sinatra – Frank Sinatra
• Two For Tonight – Bing Crosby

• "All The Way" – Frank Sinatra
• "I Walk the Line" – Johnny Cash
• "Any Way You Want Me" – Elvis Presley
• "Blue Suede Shoes" – Carl Perkins
• "Blueberry Hill" – Fats Domino
• "Can I Steal A Little Love" – Frank Sinatra
• "Don't Be Cruel" – Elvis Presley
• "Heartbreak Hotel" – Elvis Presley
• "Hey! Jealous Lover" – Frank Sinatra
• "Hound Dog" – Elvis Presley
• "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" – Frank Sinatra
• "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" – Elvis Presley
• "I Was The One" – Elvis Presley
• "I've Got You Under My Skin" – Frank Sinatra
• "Long Tall Sally" – Little Richard
• "Love Me Tender" – Elvis Presley
• "My Blue Heaven" – Fats Domino
• "Roll Over Beethoven" – Chuck Berry
• "See You Later Alligator" – Bill Haley and His Comets
• "Tutti–Frutti" – Little Richard
• "Blue Suede Shoes" – Carl Perkins
• "I've Loved And Lost Again" – Patsy Cline
• "Ooby Dooby" – Roy Orbison
• "I Walk the Line" – Johnny Cash

• Glenn Gould releases Bach: The Goldberg Variations
• Dmitrij Šostakovič – String Quartet No. 6 in G major Op. 101

• 12. ledna – Nikolaj Noskov
• 17. ledna – Paul Young
• 31. ledna – Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols
• 3. února – Lee Renaldo, Sonic Youth
• 12. března – Steve Harris, Iron Maiden
• 15. července – Ian Curtis, Joy Division
• 20. července – Paul Cook, Sex Pistols

• 5. listopadu – Art Tatum, jazzový pianista
• 26. listopadu – Tommy Dorsey, kapelník jazzového orchestru

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