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”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 2

Did you like that last batch of Popular Songs from 1947? Good? Then here's more. No? Then don't check these out. More of the same here...and it's all good stuff! Enjoy!  ~  JH 

1)  Nat King Cole  ~  “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”

2)  Dinah Shore  ~  “You Do”

3)  Bing Crosby ft. Fred Waring & The Glee Club  ~  “The Whiffenpoof Song”

4)  Frankie Laine  ~  “All Of Me”

5)  Ted Weems Orchestra  ~  “Heartaches”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “I’ll Step Aside”

7)  Al Jolson  ~  “April Showers”

8)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “It’s A Sin”

9)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Near You”

10)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Texas And Pacific”

11)  Perry Como ft. Dinah Shore  ~  “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”

12)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ft. Tommy Duncan  ~  “Sugar Moon”

13)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got A Crush On You”

14)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Sincerely Yours”

15)  Merle Travis  ~  “Missouri”

16)  James Baskett  ~  “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”  (Fun fact: Actor/singer James Baskett became the first African-American male to receive an Oscar, for his performance in this film, Song Of The South.)

17)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?”

18)  Doris Day & Buddy Clark  ~  “Confess”

19)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Don Cornell  ~  “That’s My Desire”

20)  Jane Russell  ~  “Do It Again”

21)  Dinah Shore  ~  “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So”

22)  Woody Herman Orchestra  ~  “Four Brothers”

23)  Frankie Laine  ~  “A Sunday Kind Of Love”

24)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Ivy”

25)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 1

Continuing with the retro music posts, here's what folks were listening to 70 years ago. Crooners, jazz, swing, as well as country and western music are all represented well here. If you remember these when they came out, well...I don't really have to say it. You already know. Popular Songs Of 1947 begins...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Shine / We’ll Be Together Again”

2)  Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, & The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Anything You Can Do”

3)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Jack, You’re Dead”

4)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “I’ll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)”

5)  Merle Travis  ~  “Sixteen Tons”  (Tennessee Ernie Ford had greater success with this song a few years later, but Travis actually wrote the song and was its original performer.)

6)  Dinah Shore  ~  “The Anniversary Song”

7)  Dick Haymes  ~  “How Are Things In Glocca Morra”

8)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Galway Bay”

9)  Count Basie & His Orchestra  ~  “Open The Door, Richard!”

10)  Perry Como  ~  “Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)”

11)  Al Jolson  ~  “Let Me Sing And I’m Happy”  (This song was actually a hit some seventeen years earlier, but in 1946 the biopic The Jolson Story propelled some of Jolson’s old hits back onto the charts in ’47. This was one of those songs.)

12)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Always”

13)  Jo Stafford ~  “Serenade Of The Bells”

14)  Lonzo and Oscar  ~  “I’m My Own Grandpa”

15)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Filipino Baby”

16)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “What Is Life Without Love”

17)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Singing The Blues”

18)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Golden Earrings”

19)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “That’s How Much I Love You”

20)  The Harmonicats  ~  “Peg O’ My Heart”

21)  Doris Day & Buddy Clark  ~  “Love Somebody”

22)  Savannah Churchill & The Sentimentalists  ~  “I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)”

23)  Hank Williams  ~  “Move It On Over”

24)  Vaughn Monroe  ~  “Ballerina”

25)  Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends  ~  “(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It”

Popular Songs Of 1957, Vol. 2

Can't get enough Popular Songs of 1957? Well, you're in luck! Here's part 2 of 3 in the series. Only good stuff here, no fillers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Buddy Holly & The Crickets  ~  “That’ll Be The Day”

2)  Pat Boone  ~  “Why, Baby, Why”

3)  The Coasters  ~  “Searchin’”

4)  The Bobbettes  ~  “Mr. Lee”

5)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Teddy Bear”

6)  Fats Domino  ~  “I’m Walkin’”

7)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Wake Up, Little Susie”

8)  Chuck Berry  ~  “School Days”

9)  Ferlin Husky  ~  “Gone”

10)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Rock-A-Billy”

11)  The Rays  ~  “Silhouettes”

12)  Chuck Willis  ~  “C.C. Rider”

13)  Perry Como  ~  “Round And Round”

14)  Sam Cooke  ~  “You Send Me”

15)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Be-Bop Baby”

16)  Billy Williams  ~  “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter”

17)  Jim Reeves  ~  “Four Walls”

18)  Betty Johnson  ~  “I Dreamed”

19)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Too Much”

20)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Send For Me”

21)  The Four Coins  ~  “Shangri-La”

22)  Buddy Knox  ~  “Party Doll”

23)  Harry Belafonte  ~  “Jamaica Farewell”

24)  Larry Williams  ~  “Bony Moronie”

25)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Chances Are”