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Songs Of The Fifties

Discussion in 'Other Reminiscences' started by Yvonne Smith, May 27, 2016.

  1. Patsy Faye

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    Great choice Frank ! :)
     
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    Here are Billboard's Number One charted hits for a few years in the Fifties. Note that in 1955 there were 14 #1 hits, 1956 17, 1957 20, 1958 23, and 1959 only 15 made #1. Happy reminiscing! Frank

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    Fantastico Frank ! :D
    Got this through my Email and sat there mesmerised looking at those fabulous songs and the
    memories they evoked for me
    Thank you so much ! :)

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    @Patsy Faye
    You are very welcome, Patsy! Knowing someone liked this is rewarding; it required tearing the pages out of my aging Billboard book, scanning them, then downloading to Servimg.com, then copying and pasting here. I find the sizing comes out more reliably legible this way. Not to worry about the book; it's falling apart! My nephew got it for me about 1989. It came out not long before Roy Orbison passed away....has listed his last recording with Traveling Wilburys "Anything you Want"........
    Frank
     
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    This was the top 50 chart hits in 1959 in the UK.... how many do you remember?

    01

    Russ Conway Side Saddle

    02 Cliff Richard & The Drifters Living Doll

    03 Buddy Holly It Doesn't Matter Anymore

    04 Bobby Darin Dream Lover

    05 Elvis Presley A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight

    06 The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    07 Shirley Bassey As I Love You

    08 Craig Douglas Only Sixteen

    09 Cliff Richard & The Shadows Travellin' Light

    10 Russ Conway Roulette

    11 Bobby Darin Mack The Knife

    12 Chris Barber's Jazz Band Petite Fleur

    13 Lonnie Donegan Battle Of New Orleans

    14 Emile Ford & The Checkmates What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?

    15 Marty Wilde A Teenager In Love

    16 Ricky Nelson It's Late

    17 Jerry Keller Here Comes Summer

    18 Elvis Presley One Night / I Got Stung

    19 The Everly Brothers ('Til) I Kissed You

    20 Paul Anka Lonely Boy

    21 Connie Francis Lipstick On Your Collar

    22 Shirley Bassey Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me

    23 Marty Wilde Donna

    24 Anthony Newley I've Waited So Long

    25 The Teddy Bears To Know Him Is To Love Him

    26 Adam Faith What Do You Want?

    27 Slim Dusty A Pub With No Beer

    28 Little Richard Baby Face

    29 Johnny & The Hurricanes Red River Rock

    30 Jane Morgan The Day The Rains Came

    31 Conway Twitty It's Only Make Believe

    32 Connie Francis My Happiness

    33 Marty Wilde Sea Of Love

    34 Johnny Mathis Someone

    35 Lonnie Donegan Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight)

    36 Conway Twitty Mona Lisa

    37 Frankie Vaughan The Heart Of A Man

    38 Lloyd Price Stagger Lee

    39 Russ Conway China Tea

    40 The Browns The Three Bells

    41 Frank Sinatra High Hopes

    42 Neil Sedaka Oh Carol

    43 Anthony Newley Personality

    44 The Beverley Sisters Little Drummer Boy

    45 Sarah Vaughan Broken Hearted Melody

    46 Billy Eckstine Gigi

    47 The Coasters Charlie Brown

    48 Duane Eddy Peter Gunn

    49 Joan Regan May You Always

    50 Paul Anka Put Your Head On My Shoulder







     
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    What a fabulous list of songs, three's only a couple I'll have to look up and I know when I do
    I'll remember them
    Weren't we lucky :)

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    I was just a toddler in 1959 Patsy, but I know every one of those songs...my mum never had the wireless off....and of course we've heard these songs played all our lives too. Classics, unlike the forgettable songs of today...
     
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    Which reminds me...I remember always hearing Russ Conways ' side saddle' played in the supermarkets whenever we went shopping...so to this day when I hear it, it takes me back to those far off dreaded grocery shopping days where I had to struggle to help carry the heavy bags home for 2 miles in all weathers.....



     
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    Oh yes Holly remember those days too, I fell over meself trying to be helpful to me Mum and please her
    but the bags we had were thick paper and the handles were of string, which cut into me little hands. I never
    told her though :p
    Russ had a lovely smiley face - liked him

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    Buddy Holly always brings back memories of a very special girl I knew in the 1950's. My first true love. A little butter ball of a gal, always laughing, driving around town in a red Pontiac convertible, exactly like the one pictured. She loved Buddy Holly. We had some fun times.
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    It is interesting the different songs that were popular in America and the ones in England. Some were the same, and some that you remember, we didn't have over here, or at least not that I remember. The Sidesaddle song by Russ Conway is one example. If we had his music here at all, I do not remember ever hearing it.
    Another name that doesn't ring any bells is Marty Wilde, although we had the same song, "A Teenager in Love" by Dion and the Belmonts, and it was very popular over here as well.
    One song that was released in late 1959 and topped the charts well into early 1960 was apparently banned in England. It was called "Teen Angel" and was sung by Mark Dinning. It was considered too morbid here, too; but became popular anyway, and I remember we listened to it for months.
    Since it was one of my favorites also, I had a couple of Mark Dinning's albums, and liked most of the songs that he sang, many of which were melancholy songs.

     
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    @Yvonne Smith , Yes there's many American stars we don't know either..not from that list but generally..if you see what I mean.

    Marty Wilde was a huge star here..he's in fact a close neighbour of mine. I don't know if you might have heard of his daughter Kim tho'...she had many hits but the most famous is ''Kids in America''...

     
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    @Yvonne Smith - no, I don't recall Teen Angel - reminded me of 'Tell Laura I love her'
    My Dad had a huge collection of American records, with a flurry of the Irish recordings too :)
     
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