The 50s were such an interesting decade for popular music. Throwing back to the week of September 19, 1956, we find Elvis Presley topping Billboard’s singles chart with ‘Don’t Be Cruel,’ and his ‘Hound Dog‘ at #3. In between is R&B vocal group The Platters with ‘My Prayer.’

Then at #4 we shift gears completely, with an instrumental version of the song ‘Canadian Sunset’ performed by Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra with Eddie Heywood on piano. And closing out the top five is Doris Day’s ‘Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera).’ It’s wild to imagine those two tracks battling two of Elvis’ biggest hits for airplay.

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