The charts for the year 1956 were overtaken by Elvis. No question. There were a few others that illuminated the jukebox namely Fats Domino, Webb Pierce, Little Richard, and The Platters. Rock ‘n roll’s impact swept the floor with most burying some fairly incredible performances in it’s wake. Call it an avalanche. Call it a mudslide. Call it what you like. As I began to assemble a show looking at the top of the charts for the year, I found that starting at the bottom and working my way up was a revelation. Whether it was country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll or pop…there were some delicious also-rans that I could not ignore so chose to ignore the Top 30 and focused today’s show on the so-called losers below the waterline of the Top 40. And what a joy it was! We’ll hear from some of them including Big Joe Turner, The Dells, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, Carl Smith and Kitty Wells in today’s show. I hope you’ll find some time, morning, noon or night, to listen in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	The Ernie Freeman Combo	Jivin' Around, Part 1	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
2	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
3	Chuck Berry	Too Much Monkey Business	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
4	Big Joe Turner	The Chicken and the Hawk	Big Joe Rocks
5	LaVern Baker	I Can't Love You Enough	Rock & Roll
6	Clyde McPhatter	Seven Days	Rock & Roll
7	Chuck Willis	Juanita	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
8	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
9	The Clovers	Devil or Angel	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
10	The Dells	Oh What A Nite	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
11	The Moonglows	See Saw	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
12	Little Willie John	Home At Last	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
13	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
14	Otis Williams & His Charms	Ivory Tower	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
15	The Five Keys	Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind	Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
16	The G-Clefs	Ka-Ding Dong	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
17	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
18	Sil Austin	Slow Walk	Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
19	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
20	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
21	Eddy Arnold	You Don't Know Me	Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
22	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
23	Johnny Horton	093-Honky Tonk Man	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
25	Kitty Wells	The Lonely Side of Town	The Complete Country Hits
26	Sonny James	The Cat Came Back	Singles
27	Marty Robbins	I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far)	The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
28	Porter Wagoner	Tryin' to Forget the Blues	The Essential Porter Wagoner
29	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
30	Hank Thompson	I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt	Most Of All
31	Sanford Clark	The Fool	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
32	Choir / Faron Young / Hubert Long	Turn Her Down	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
33	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
34	Wanda Jackson	I Gotta Know	Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
35	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers/Jimmy Wright	The ABC's of Love	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
36	The Chordettes	Born To Be With You	Four By Four – Girl Groups