Popular Songs Of 1958, Vol. 3

Last but certainly not least, there's this set of Popular Songs of 1958. If you think these are the leftovers, you're thinking wrong. I've saved some of the best for last! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Johnny B. Goode”

2)  The Chordettes  ~  “Lollipop”

3)  Marty Robbins  ~  “The Story Of My Life”

4)  Jimmie Rodgers  ~ “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine / Honeycomb”  (This double feature includes one 1958 hit – the first song here – and a chart-topper from the previous year.)

5)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “I’ve Got A Feeling”

6)  The Big Bopper  ~  “Chantilly Lace”

7)  Ed Townsend  ~  “For Your Love”

8)  Pat Boone  ~  “Sugar Moon”

9)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Breathless”

10)  Bobby Freeman  ~  “Do You Wanna Dance”

11)  Duane Eddy & The Rebels  ~  “Rebel ‘Rouser”

12)  The Coasters  ~  “Yakety Yak”

13)  Eddie Cochran  ~  “Summertime Blues”

14)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Hard-Headed Woman”

15)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Problems”

16)  Perry Como  ~  “Magic Moments / Catch A Falling Star”  (Both of these songs were hits for Como in ’58.)

17)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Splish Splash”

18)  The Four Preps  ~  “Big Man”

19)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen”

20)  The Diamonds  ~  “The Stroll”

21)  Jack Scott  ~  “My True Love”

22)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Lonesome Town”

23)  Little Anthony & The Imperials  ~  “Tears On My Pillow”

24)  Johnny Otis Band  ~  “Willie And The Hand Jive”

25)  The Royaltones  ~  “Poor Boy”

"40" Songs

Yesterday, I celebrated my 40th birthday. I'm neither proud nor ashamed of that number – it's just a number. When my wife was pregnant with our second child, I was doing weekly posts with songs featuring a number in their titles that corresponded with the number of weeks of her pregnancy. Our daughter was born a few days early, so I never got a chance to put together the "40" Songs. For both of those reasons, there's this lengthy post. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “A Pirate Looks At Forty”

2)  Sesame Street  ~  “Forty Blocks From Home”

3)  Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers  ~  “40 Days & 40 Nights”

4)  Royal Crown Revue  ~  “40 Cups Of Coffee”

5)  Alabama  ~  “Forty Hour Week (For A Livin’)”

6)  Yonder Mountain String Band  ~  “40 Miles From Denver”

7)  Caedmon’s Call  ~  “40 Acres”

8)  Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks  ~  “40 Days”

9)  U2  ~  “40”

10)  Tom T. Hall  ~  “The Ballad Of Forty Dollars”

11)  The Longing  ~  “40 Days”

12)  The Mountain Goats  ~  “Psalms 40:2”

13)  Third Day  ~  “40 Days”

14)  Ricky Skaggs  ~  “Highway 40 Blues”

15)  Dido  ~  “See You When You’re 40”

16)  Johnny Horton  ~  “When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below)”

17)  Franz Ferdinand ~  “40’”

18)  Duane Eddy  ~  “Forty Miles Of Bad Road”

19)  Vienna Teng  ~  “Love Turns 40”

20)  Chris Norman  ~  “Forty Years On”

21)  The Twilight Singers  ~  “Forty Dollars”

22)  Sophie Tucker  ~  “Life Begins At Forty”

23)  Frank Turner  ~  “Love Forty Down”

24)  Buddy Guy, Ronnie Wood, & Jonny Lang  ~  “Forty Days And Forty Nights”

25)  Newsong  ~  “Psalm 40”

26)  Eric Johnson  ~  “Forty Mile Town”

27)  Porter Wagoner ft. Christie Lynn  ~  “Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff”

28)  Wire  ~  “Forty Versions”

29)  Cursive  ~  “Dorothy At Forty”

30)  Neil Sedaka  ~  “Forty Winks Away”

31)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  “Forty Days”

32)  Paul Kelly  ~  “Forty Miles To Saturday Night”

33)  The Violet Burning  ~  “40 Weight”

34)  Skinny Lister  ~  “Forty Pound Wedding”

35)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Forty Shades Of Green”

36)  Bruce Cockburn  ~  “40 Years In The Wilderness”

37)  Spinning Lucy  ~  “Forty”

38)  Modern Kin  ~  “40 Winks”

39)  John Berry  ~  “Forty Again”

40)  Ray Price  ~  “Forty And Fading”