Other #1 songs on January 24, 1956
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

The Great Pretender

The Platters

#1 song in the UK

Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

#1 song

Memories Are Made of This

Dean Martin with Orchestra conducted by Dick Stabile

Notable January 24 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Yakov Smirnoff

Comedian

Jim Montgomery

Swimmer

Mark Eaton

Basketball Player

Alan Sokal

Physicist and Mathematician

Lynda Weinman

Technology Business Executive