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1956

President                   Dwight D Eisenhower 
Vice President           Richard Nixon
Population of United States:  150,697,361 (50.7 people per sq. mile)
4 million Births in 1956 (1 Born approximately every 8 seconds)
There were 1,667,231 Marriages and 365,144 Divorces.
39,628 motor vehicle related deaths
9 aircraft accidents resulting in 152 deaths
September 1 … There are 117 days until Christmas
If you were born on September 1, 1956
Your date of Conception was on or about December 10, 1955 (A Saturday)
You were born on a Saturday; the moon was in a Waning Crescent.
You are a Virgo 
There were no Grammy Awards until 1959 so ‘they’ went by 
Top requests & Sales to list the top songs of that year
Love me Tender                    Elvis Presley
Hound Dog                            Elvis Presley
Blueberry Hill                        Fats Domino
Long Tall Sally                      Little Richard
Why do fools fall in love      Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
My Prayer                              The Platters
Blue Suede Shoes                Carl Perkins
My Blue Heaven                    Fats Domino
Singing the Blues                 Guy Mitchell
In the Still of the night         The Five Satins
Let the Good times roll        Shirley and Les
Standing on the corner        The Four Lads
See you later, alligator          Bill Haley & the Comets
Diana                                      Paul Anka
That’ll be the Day                  The Crickets
Mack the Knife                      Louis Armstrong
The Great Pretender             The Platters
The Magic Touch                  The Platters
Don’t be Cruel                       Elvis Presley
Wayward Wind                      Gogi Grant
I walk the line                        Johnny Cash
Heartbreak Hotel                   Elvis Presley
Que Sera Sera                       Doris Day (Academy Award - Best Song)
Memories are made of this   Dean Martin
Tutti Fruitti                              Little Richard
Kisses sweeter than wine     Jimmie Rogers
When you Dance                   The Turbans
The ABC’s of love                  Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Roll over Beethoven              Chuck Berry
Blueberry Hill                         Louis Armstrong
Stranded in the Jungle         The Cadets
Eddie my love                        The Chordettes
I’ll be home                             Pat Boone
Jamaica Farewell                   Harry Belafonte
Just walkin in the rain           Johnny Ray
It’s not for me to say              Johnny Mathis
R-O-C-K                                   Bill Haley & the Comets
A Tear fell                                Theresa Brewer
Be-Bop-a-Lula                         Gene Vincent
The Green Door                      Jim Lowe

Top Movies of 1956

1.       Guys and Dolls (top grossing film of 1956)
2.       Anastasia (Ingrid Bergman won Academy Award, best Actress)
3.       Around the world in 80 days ( Academy Award for Best Picture)
4.       Bus Stop
5.       Carousel
6.       Giant
7.       The invasion of the body snatchers
8.       The King and I (Yul Brenner won Academy Award for Best Actor)
9.       The Ten Commandments

What We Were Watching on TV in 1956

1.       Fireside Theatre
2.       The Jackie Gleason Show
3.       American Bandstand
4.       Dragnet
5.       Name that Tune
6.       The Phil Silvers Show
7.       The George Gobel Show
8.       Alfred Hitchcock Presents
9.       The Honeymooners
10.    What’s My Line?

New to TV

1.     Zane Gray Theater 
2.     The Dinah Shore Chevy  Show (A Monthly Show for the First Year)
3.     The Gale Storm Show
4.     Playhouse 90
5.     The Steve Allen show
6.     To Tell the Truth
7.     As the World Turns
8.     The Guiding Light