The #1 R&B song on August 21, 1956

Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) By Bill Doggett

Other #1 songs on August 21, 1956

#1 Hit Song

Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley

UK #1 Song

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Doris Day

#1 Country Song

I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash

Notable August 21 birthdays in the 1950s

Bernhard Germeshausen
Bobsledder
Born August 21, 1951

Mark Pender
Trumpet Player
Born August 21, 1957

Archie Griffin
Football Player
Born August 21, 1954

Steve Case
Entrepreneur
Born August 21, 1958

Keith Hart
Wrestler
Born August 21, 1952

Steve Alten
Novelist
Born August 21, 1959