In alphabetischer Reihenfolge: Die erfolgreichsten Musikalben (LP) des Jahres 1956.
- Aldemaro Romero: Dinner in Colombia
- Aldemaro Romero: Flight to Romance
- Aldemaro Romero: Venezuelan Fiesta
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: The Jazz Messengers
- Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues
- Big Joe Turner: The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz
- Bill Evans: New Jazz Conceptions
- Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock ’n’ Roll Stage Show
- Bing Crosby: Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
- Bing Crosby: Shillelaghs and Shamrocks
- Bing Crosby: Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around
- Bud Powell: The Genius of Bud Powell
- Caterina Valente: The Hi-Fi Nightingale
- Charles Aznavour: Chante Charles Aznavour, Vol. 3
- Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus
- Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Story
- Chet Atkins: Finger Style Guitar
- Chris Connor: Chris Connor
- Clifford Brown und Max Roach: At Basin Street
- Clifford Brown: Memorial Album
- Dick Haymes: Rain or Shine
- Dinah Shore: Holding Hands at Midnight
- Doris Day: Day by Day
- Duke Ellington: Ellington at Newport
- Ella Fitzgerald und Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
- Elmo Hope: Informal Jazz
- Elvis Presley: Elvis
- Elvis Presley: Elvis Presley
- Eroll Garner: Concert by the Sea
- Fats Navarro: The Fabulous Fats Navarro
- Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & Celeste Holm: High Society
- Frank Sinatra: Songs for Swingin’ Lovers
- Frank Sinatra: This Is Sinatra!
- Frank Sinatra: Tone Poems of Color
- Frankie Laine mit Buck Clayton: Jazz Spectacular
- Frankie Laine: Frankie Laine & The Four Lads
- Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
- Freddy Quinn: Heimweh auf großer Fahrt
- Gene Krupa: Drummer Man
- Gene Vincent: Bluejean Bop!
- George Jones: Grand Ole Opry’s New Star
- George Shearing: The Shearing Spell
- Georgia Gibbs: Song Favorites
- Georgia Gibbs: Swingin’ with Her Nibs
- Gigi Gryce: Nica’s Tempo
- Hampton Hawes: This Is Hampton Hawes
- Harry Belafonte: Calypso
- Horace Silver: Six Pieces of Silver
- Jean Shepard: Songs of a Love Affair
- Jimmy Giuffre: The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
- Jimmy Smith: A New Sound… A New Star…
- Jimmy Smith: The Champ
- Jo Stafford: Ski Trails
- John Lewis: Grand Encounter: 2° East – 3° West
- John Serry, Sr. : Squeeze Play
- Juan Miguel Gonzales und Freddy Quinn: Baiao-Medley / Samba-Medley
- Julie London: Calendar Girl
- Julie London: Lonely Girl
- June Christy: The Misty Miss Christy
- Kay Starr: Swingin’ with Kay Starr
- Lawrence Welk: Merry Christmas
- Lawrence Welk: Pick a Polka
- Lawrence Welk: Say It with Music
- Lennie Tristano: Lennie Tristano
- Louis Prima: The Wildest!
- Miles Davis und Milt Jackson: Quintet/Sextet
- Miles Davis: Collectors’ Items
- Miles Davis: Miles
- Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Horns
- Miles Davis: Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet
- Miles Davis: Miles Davis Volume 2
- Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
- Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa
- Norman Simmons: Norman Simmons Trio
- Odetta: Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
- Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
- Oscar-Peterson-Trio: The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford
- Shakepearean Festival
- Pat Boone: Howdy!
- Pat Boone: Pat Boone
- Patti Page: In the Land of Hi-Fi
- Patti Page: Manhattan Tower
- Patti Page: Music for Two in Love
- Patti Page: You Go to My Head
- Phineas Newborn: Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry Of Phineas Newborn Jr.)
- Quincy Jones: This Is How I Feel About Jazz
- Ravi Shankar: Three Ragas
- Red Norvo: Move!
- Rosemary Clooney und Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: Blue Rose
- Sarah Vaughan: In the Land of Hi-Fi
- Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
- Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins Plus 4
- Sonny Rollins: Tenor Madness
- Sons of the Pioneers: 25 Favorite Cowboy Songs
- Stan Kenton: Cuban Fire!
- The Ames Brothers: Ames Brothers Concert
- The Ames Brothers: Exactly Like You
- The Ames Brothers: Love’s Old Sweet Song
- The Ames Brothers: The Ames Brothers
- The Crew-Cuts: Music Ala Carte
- The Four Lads: On the Sunny Side
- The Hi-Lo’s: On Hand
- The Hi-Lo’s: Under Glass
- The Jazz Messengers: At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 & 2
- The Lark in the Morning
- The Louvin Brothers: Tragic Songs of Life
- The McGuire Sisters: Do You Remember When?
- The Mills Brothers: Singin’ And Swingin’
- The Platters: The Platters
- Thelonious Monk und Sonny Rollins: Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins
- Thelonious Monk: The Unique Thelonious Monk
- Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk
- Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Plays the Music of Duke Ellington
- Toshiko Akiyoshi: George Wein Presents Toshiko
- Toshiko Akiyoshi: Toshiko – Her Trio, Her Quartet
- Woody Guthrie: Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child
- Zoot Sims: Tonite’s Music Today