Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Popular Songs Of 1958, Vol. 1

Time for some real throwback music. Thus begins a three-part retrospective of the best and most Popular Songs of 1958. If you aren’t that familiar with the music of sixty years ago, give it a listen. You might be surprised how much you like it. If these golden oldies bring back memories for you, then all I can say is you’re welcome. I hope you will…enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Perry Como & Dean Martin  ~  “Return To Me”




2)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “All I Have To Do Is Dream / Cathy’s Clown”  (The first of these two songs was a hit in 1958. The second one came two years later.)




3)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t”




4)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Stood Up”




5)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”




6)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Sweet Little Sixteen”




7)  Pat Boone  ~  “A Wonderful Time Up There”




8)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Looking Back”




9)  The Four Preps  ~  “26 Miles (Santa Cantina)”




10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Guess Things Happen That Way”




11)  Buddy Holly  ~  “Peggy Sue”




12)  David Seville  ~  “Witch Doctor”  (Fun fact: “David Seville” is a stage name for Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. This same guy later created “Alvin & The Chipmunks” and lent his stage name to the cartoon animals’ human “dad.”)




13)  The Champs  ~  “Tequila”




14)  Danny & The Juniors  ~  “At The Hop”




15)  Sheb Wooley  ~  “Purple People Eater”




16)  Conway Twitty  ~  “It’s Only Make Believe”




17)  Pérez Prado  ~  “Patricia”




18)  The McGuire Sisters  ~  “Sugartime”




19)  Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington  ~  “Tea For Two Cha-Cha”




20)  The Kingston Trio  ~  “Tom Dooley”




21)  Andy Williams  ~  “Are You Sincere?”




22)  Don Gibson  ~  “Oh, Lonesome Me”




23)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “De-De-Dinah”




24)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Waitin’ In School”




25)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”


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