BILLBOARD - 1957
This is an alphabetical artist list of every song to make the top 40 during any given week during this year and its peak highest position reached on the national charts in USA
What are your favorite songs on this list?
My personal favorites are listed at the bottom of this page ! hoknes@hotmail.com
Ames Brothers Tammy 1957 05
Ames Brothers Melodie D'Amour (Melody of Love) 1957 05
Andy Williams Butterfly 1957 01
Andy Williams I Like Your Kind of Love 1957 08
Andy Williams Lips of Wine 1957 17
Betty Johnson I Dreamed 1957 09
Betty Johnson Little White Lies 1957 25
Bill Doggett Slow Walk 1957 26
Bill Doggett Soft 1957 35
Bill Hayes Wringle Wrangle 1957 33
Bill Justis & His Orchestra Raunchy 1957 02
Bill Myles Joker (That's What They Call Me) 1957 25
Billy Vaughn Raunchy 1957 10
Billy Ward and His Dominoes Deep Purple 1957 20
Billy Ward and His Dominoes Star Dust 1957 12
Billy Williams I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 1957 03
Bing Crosby Around the World 1957 25
Bing Crosby White Christmas 1957 34
Bobbettes Mr. Lee 1957 06
Bobby Helms Fraulein 1957 36
Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock 1957 06
Bobby Helms My Special Angel 1957 07
Bonnie Guitar Dark Moon 1957 06
Buchanan & Goodman Flying Saucer the 2nd 1957 18
Buchanan & Goodman Santa and the Satellite (Parts 1 & 2) 1957 32
Buddy Holly & The Crickets Peggy Sue 1957 03
Buddy Holly & The Crickets That'll Be the Day 1957 01
Buddy Knox Hula Love 1957 09
Buddy Knox Party Doll 1957 01
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep 1957 17
Charlie Gracie Butterfly 1957 01
Charlie Gracie Fabulous 1957 16
Chas McDevitt Freight Train 1957 40
Chordettes Just Between You and Me 1957 08
Chris Connor I Miss You So 1957 34
Chuck Berry Rock and Roll Music 1957 08
Chuck Berry School Day 1957 03
Chuck Willis C.C. Rider 1957 12
Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home 1957 20
Clyde McPhatter Just to Hold My Hand 1957 26
Clyde McPhatter Without Love (There Is Nothing) 1957 19
Coasters Searchin' 1957 03
Coasters Young Blood 1957 08
Crew Cuts Young Love 1957 17
Dale Hawkins Suzie-Q 1957 27
Dave Gardner White Silver Sands 1957 22
Debbie Reynolds Tammy 1957 01
Della Reese And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) 1957 12
Dell-Vikings Come Go with Me 1957 04
Dell-Vikings Cool Shake 1957 12
Dell-Vikings Whispering Bells 1957 09
Diamonds Silhouettes 1957 10
Diamonds Little Darlin' 1957 02
Diamonds Words of Love 1957 13
Diamonds Zip Zip 1957 16
Dick Jacobs Fascination 1957 17
Dinah Shore Fascination 1957 15
Dinah Shore Chantez- Chantez (Shan-Tay, "Sing") 1957 19
Dinah Shore I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again 1957 24
Don Rondo White Silver Sands 1957 07
Dubs Could This Be Magic 1957 23
Eddie Cochran Sittin' in the Balcony 1957 18
Elvis Presley (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 1957 01
Elvis Presley (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me) 1957 25
Elvis Presley All Shook Up 1957 01
Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 01
Elvis Presley Love Me 1957 02
Elvis Presley Loving You 1957 20
Elvis Presley Playing for Keeps 1957 21
Elvis Presley Poor Boy 1957 24
Elvis Presley Too Much 1957 01
Elvis Presley Treat Me Nice 1957 18
Ernie Freeman Raunchy 1957 04
Everly Brothers Bye Bye Love 1957 02
Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie 1957 01
Eydie Gorme Love Me Forever 1957 24
Fats Domino Blue Monday 1957 05
Fats Domino Blueberry Hill 1957 02
Fats Domino I'm Walkin' 1957 04
Fats Domino It's You I Love 1957 06
Fats Domino Valley of Tears 1957 08
Fats Domino Wait and See 1957 23
Fats Domino When I See You 1957 29
Ferlin Husky Gone 1957 04
Fess Parker Wringle Wrangle 1957 12
Five Keys Wisdom of a Fool 1957 35
Five Satins To the Aisle 1957 25
Fontane Sisters Banana Boat Song 1957 13
Four Coins My One Sin 1957 28
Four Coins Shangri-La 1957 11
Four Esquires Love Me Forever 1957 25
Four Lads I Just Don't Know 1957 17
Four Lads Who Needs You 1957 09
Frank Sinatra Can I Steal a Little Love 1957 15
Frank Sinatra Hey! Jealous Lover 1957 03
Frank Sinatra You're Cheatin' Yourself (If You're Cheating On Me) 1957 25
Frankie Laine Moonlight Gambler 1957 03
Frankie Laine & Easy Riders Love Is a Golden Ring 1957 10
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Goody Goody 1957 20
Gale Storm Dark Moon 1957 04
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Lotta Lovin' 1957 13
George Hamilton IV Only One Love 1957 33
Guy Mitchell Knee Deep in the Blues 1957 16
Guy Mitchell Rock-a-Billy 1957 10
Harry Belafonte Banana Boat (Day-O) 1957 05
Harry Belafonte Cocoanut Woman 1957 25
Harry Belafonte Island In the Sun 1957 30
Harry Belafonte Jamaica Farewell 1957 14
Harry Belafonte Mama Look At Bubu 1957 11
Hilltoppers Marianne 1957 03
Hilltoppers The Joker (That's What They Call Me) 1957 22
Jane Morgan & The Troubadors Fascination 1957 07
Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On 1957 03
Jill Corey I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me) 1957 21
Jill Corey Love Me to Pieces 1957 11
Jim Lowe Four Walls 1957 15
Jim Lowe Talkin' to the Blues 1957 15
Jim Reeves Four Walls 1957 11
Jimmie Rodgers Honeycomb 1957 01
Jimmie Rodgers Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 1957 03
Jimmy Bowen with The Rhythm Orchids I'm Stickin' with You 1957 14
Jimmy Dean Little Sandy Sleighfoot 1957 32
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra & Chorus So Rare 1957 02
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra June Night 1957 21
Jimmy Newman A Fallen Star 1957 23
Jimmy Reed Honest I Do 1957 32
Jive Bombers Bad Boy 1957 36
Jodie Sands With All My Heart 1957 15
Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones Black Slacks 1957 17
Johnnie & Joe Over the Mountain, Across the Sea 1957 08
Johnnie Ray Look Homeward Angel 1957 36
Johnnie Ray Yes, Tonight, Josephine 1957 12
Johnnie Ray You Don't Owe Me a Thing 1957 10
Johnny Dee Sittin' In The Balcony 1957 38
Johnny Mathis Chances Are 1957 01
Johnny Mathis It's Not for Me To Say 1957 05
Johnny Mathis The Twelfth of Never 1957 09
Johnny Mathis Wild Is the Wind 1957 22
Johnny Mathis Wonderful! Wonderful! 1957 14
Joy Layne Your Wild Heart 1957 20
Kay Starr My Heart Reminds Me (and That Reminds Me) 1957 09
Ken Copeland Pledge of Love 1957 12
Larry Williams Bony Moronie 1957 14
Larry Williams Short Fat Fannie 1957 05
LaVern Baker & The Gliders Jim Dandy 1957 17
Lee Andrews & The Hearts Tear Drops 1957 20
Leroy Van Dyke Auctioneer 1957 19
Les Paul & Mary Ford Cinco Robies (Five Oaks) 1957 35
Little Joe & The Thrillers Peanuts 1957 22
Little Richard Jenny, Jenny 1957 10
Little Richard Keep A Knockin' 1957 08
Little Richard Lucille 1957 21
Lloyd Price Just Because 1957 29
Lou Stein Almost Paradise 1957 31
Mantovani & His Orchestra Around the World 1957 12
Margie Rayburn I'm Available 1957 09
Marty Robbins A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) 1957 02
Marvin Rainwater Gonna Find Me a Bluebird 1957 18
McGuire Sisters Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams 1957 32
Mello-Tones Rosie Lee 1957 24
Mickey & Sylvia Love Is Strange 1957 11
Mills Brothers Queen of the Senior Prom 1957 39
Mindy Carson Since I Met You Baby 1957 34
Mitchell Torok Pledge Of Love 1957 25
Nat "King" Cole Ballerina 1957 18
Nat "King" Cole Send for Me 1957 06
Nat "King" Cole With You On My Mind 1957 30
Nat "King" Cole & The Four Knights My Personal Possession 1957 21
Nick Noble Moonlight Swim 1957 37
Nick Noble A Fallen Star 1957 20
Owen Bradley Quintet White Silver Sands 1957 18
Pat Boone Anastasia 1957 37
Pat Boone April Love 1957 01
Pat Boone Bernadine 1957 14
Pat Boone Don't Forbid Me 1957 01
Pat Boone I'm Waiting Just for You 1957 27
Pat Boone Love Letters In the Sand 1957 01
Pat Boone Remember You're Mine 1957 06
Pat Boone There's A Gold Mine In the Sky 1957 14
Pat Boone Why Baby Why 1957 05
Patsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight 1957 12
Patti Page A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold) 1957 14
Patti Page I'll Remember Today 1957 23
Patti Page Old Cape Cod 1957 03
Patti Page Wondering 1957 12
Paul Anka Diana 1957 01
Perry Como Ivy Rose 1957 18
Perry Como Just Born (to Be Your Baby) 1957 12
Perry Como Round and Round 1957 01
Perry Como The Girl with the Golden Braids 1957 13
Platters He's Mine 1957 16
Platters I'm Sorry 1957 11
Platters My Dream 1957 24
Platters On My Word of Honor 1957 20
Platters One in a Million 1957 20
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra Shish-Kebab 1957 10
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra Tricky 1957 25
Randy Starr After School 1957 32
Ray Charles Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) 1957 34
Rays Silhouettes 1957 03
Ricky Nelson A Teenager's Romance 1957 02
Ricky Nelson Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? 1957 29
Ricky Nelson I'm Walking 1957 04
Ricky Nelson You're My One and Only Love 1957 14
Ricky Nelson Be-Bop Baby 1957 03
Roger Williams Almost Paradise 1957 15
Roger Williams 'Till 1957 22
Rosemary Clooney Mangos 1957 10
Roy Brown Let the Four Winds Blow 1957 29
Russ Hamilton Rainbow 1957 04
Russell Arms Cinco Robles (Five Oaks) 1957 22
Rusty Draper Freight Train 1957 06
Ruth Brown Lucky Lips 1957 25
Sal Mineo Lasting Love 1957 27
Sal Mineo Start Movin' (in My Direction) 1957 09
Sam Cooke You Send Me 1957 01
Sarah Vaughan Banana Boat Song 1957 19
Shepherd Sisters Alone (Why Must I Be Alone) 1957 18
Shirley & Lee I Feel Good 1957 38
Sonny James Young Love 1957 01
Sonny James First Date, First Kiss, First Love 1957 25
Stan Freberg Banana Boat (Day-O) 1957 25
Stan Freberg Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Sides Uh-One & Uh-Two) 1957 32
Steve Lawrence Banana Boat Song 1957 18
Steve Lawrence Party Doll 1957 05
Tab Hunter Ninety-Nine Ways 1957 11
Tab Hunter Young Love 1957 01
Tarriers Banana Boat Song 1957 04
Techniques Hey! Little Girl 1957 29
Tennessee Ernie Ford In The Middle Of An Island 1957 23
Teresa Brewer You Send Me 1957 08
Teresa Brewer Empty Arms 1957 13
Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders Marianne 1957 04
Thurston Harris Little Bitty Pretty One 1957 06
Timmie "Oh Yeah" Rogers Back to School Again 1957 36
Tommy Sands Goin' Steady 1957 16
Tommy Sands Teenage Crush 1957 02
Tony Bennett Ca, C'est L'amour 1957 22
Tony Bennett In the Middle Of An Island 1957 09
Tony Perkins Moonlight Swim 1957 24
Tune Weavers Happy, Happy Birthday Baby 1957 05
Vic Damone An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) 1957 16
Victor Young Main Theme Around The World 1957 13
Will Glahe & His Orchestra Liechtensteiner Polka 1957 16
| SONNY JAMES - YOUNG LOVE (1957) hit #1 on Billboard Great song with a strong melodic verse and chorus. I like the vocal phrasing on this version much better than the Tab Hunter version which is also hit #1 that year. "Young Love" is a popular song, written by Ric Cartey and Carole Joyner and published in 1956. The original version was recorded by Ric Cartey With The Jiva-Tones on November 24, 1956. It was originally released in 1956 by Stars Records as catalog number 539 and one month later by RCA Records as catalog number 47-6751. Cartey's version never charted, but better-known versions were released by Sonny James, Tab Hunter (in a version that did even better on the charts) and The Crew-Cuts.
The recording by
Sonny James was released by
Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached
the
Billboard magazine charts on January 5, 1957. On the
Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #1; on the Best Seller
chart, at #2; on the Juke Box chart, at #4; on the composite
chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #2. On Billboard's
country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and
remained the longest-reigning of James' 23 chart-topping
songs on the chart.
Vocal backing on the recording was provided by the Eligibles, a Pacific Northwest vocal group that backed Sonny James on several songs, including the singles, "Talk of the School" and "Pure Love" (both 1959). The group itself recorded twelve singles and three albums from 1959 to 1963 |
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| BILL JUSTIS - RAUNCY (1957) The fist rock guitar instrumental radio hit ? This is the song that George Harrison proved he could play so that he could join The Quarrymen.
Raunchy" is the name of an
American
rock and roll instrumental hit from 1957. It was
recorded by
Bill Justis and his band in
Memphis, Tennessee, and co-written by Justis and Sid
Manker. "Raunchy" may have been the first song
to use the twangy solo lead
guitar format, which was developed by others and became
a staple for the next few years. Justis played the
saxophone and Manker played the lead guitar. Released on
Phillips International Records, it charted in the U.S.
at #2 Pop and #1 R&B.
The lead guitar work was rudimentary in comparison with later instrumentals. In later years Justis rerecorded an improved definitive rendition with a stronger guitar. Competing with the Justis release in 1957 were other versions of "Raunchy," by Billy Vaughn and Ernie Freeman. Freeman's version was his biggest solo success, reaching #4 on the Pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart in 1957. Soon after the hit, guitarist Duane Eddy, with producer Lee Hazlewood, took it upon themselves to develop that style to an ultimate degree. Far from a light lead guitar sound, they greatly enhanced the reverberation in their recordings. Eddy started with the big hit "Rebel Rouser" in 1958, but later made a recording of "Raunchy" for the RCA Records album Twangin' the Golden Hits in 1965. In 1958 George Harrison performed the song to John Lennon (and Paul McCartney) on the top deck of a bus, and was so note-perfect Lennon decided to let him into his band, The Quarrymen, which later became The Beatles, despite earlier reservations about Harrison's younger age. Years later, while working on the Beatles Anthology project in 1994, the three surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, played this song during a jam session |
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| JERRY LEE LEWIS - WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOING ON (1957) A white man truly rocking on the piano !! I impersonated him for many years and of course loved to play this song for a lively crowd.
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (also rendered "Whole
Lotta Shaking Going On") is a
song best known for the 1957
rock and roll/rockabilly
hit version by
Jerry Lee Lewis.
On March 21, 1955, Big Maybelle made the first recording for Okeh Records, which was produced by Quincy Jones. Lewis had been performing the song in his stage act and recorded it at his second recording session for Sun Records in February 1957. The release is reviewed in Billboard magazine on May 27, 1957. Supervised by producer Jack Clement, Lewis radically altered the original, adding a propulsive boogie piano that was complemented by J.M. Van Eaton's energetic drumming and also added suggestive spoken asides. Lewis later stated: "I knew it was a hit when I cut it. Sam Phillips thought it was gonna be too risqué, it couldn't make it. If that's risqué, well, I'm sorry." Released as Sun 267, the record reached #3 on the Billboard pop chart and #1 on the Billboard R&B chart. The single also hit #1 on the country charts an #38 in the UK. Lewis became an instant sensation and as writer Robert Gordon noted: "Jerry Lee began to show that in this new emerging genre called rock 'n' roll, not everybody was going to stand there with a guitar." Lewis's version of the song is ranked as the 61st greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. |
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| LEROY VAN DYKE - THE AUCTIONEER (1957) How can you not find this song fascinating on the radio in 1957? Well written and fun !
"The Auctioneer" (also known as "The Auctioneer's
Song") is a
1956
country song by
Leroy Van Dyke It was co-written with
Buddy Black.
Van Dyke was inspired to write the song from his own experiences as an auctioneer. He wrote it while stationed in Korea during the Korean War, and first performed it to troops on the same bill as Marilyn Monroe. After finishing his service, Van Dyke entered the song in a Chicago talent contest. It gained him a record contract with Dot Records. "The Auctioneer" subsequently topped the pop music chart, selling 2.5 million copies Van Dyke was born in Mora, Missouri. He lived in Spencer, Wisconsin, but graduated from the University of Missouri majoring in agricultural journalism.He was catapulted into country music fame in 1956 with his composition "The Auctioneer", co-written with Buddy Black, which sold over 2.5 million records. He wrote the song about the life of his cousin, National Auctioneers Association Hall of Famer Ray Sims, also a Missourian. Van Dyke had the lead role of a budding country music performer in the 1967 movie What Am I Bid?, in which Sims played himself as an auctioneer. In his 50 years-plus career, Van Dyke has recorded more than 500 songs, dozens of them making the charts. His record of "Walk On By" (1961) was named by Billboard magazine in 1994 as the biggest country single of all time, based on sales, plays and weeks in the charts. It stayed at number one in the U.S. country chart for 19 weeks, and in all, charted for 42 weeks, also reaching No. 5 on the pop listings. It sold more than 1.5 million copies |
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| BOBBY HELMS - JINGLE BELL ROCK (1957) The first rock Christmas song to become a national hit and still the best !
"Jingle Bell Rock" is the name of a popular
Christmas song first released by
Bobby Helms in 1957. It has received frequent airplay in
the United States during every
Christmas time since then. "Jingle Bell Rock" was
composed by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967), and James Ross
Boothe (1917–1976). The biographical drama/motion picture
Crazy claimed
Hank Garland to be the original writer of Jingle Bell
Rock.
Beal was a Massachusetts-born public relations man and longtime resident of South Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Boothe was a Texan writer in the advertising business. "Jingle Bell Rock" has been performed by many, but Helms' version is the most known in the world. Its title and some of its lyrics are takeoffs on the old Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells." It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as "Rock Around the Clock," and mentions going to a "Jingle hop." An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes to the chorus from "Jingle Bells." Despite being titled a Jingle Bell "Rock", Helms' version of the song was performed in the crossover style known as rockabilly. Bobby Helms' original version on Decca 9-30513 from 1957, was re-recorded by him on Kapp K-719 in 1965 and yet again in 1967 on Little Darlin' LD-0038. In 1970, Helms recorded an entire album titled "Jingle Bell Rock" on Certron C-7013, releasing from the album the title track on Certron C-10021 with a picture sleeve. In yet another re-recording, Helms released a version on Ashley AS-4200 (year unknown). In 1983, Bobby Helms released his last recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" on Black Rose 82713. |
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| FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL (1957) This was my great grandmother Nanny's favorite song and she would sing it to me when I was young.
"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940
best remembered for its 1950s
rock n' roll version by
Fats Domino. The music was written by
Vincent Rose, the lyrics by
Larry Stock and
Al Lewis. It was recorded six times in 1940. The largest
1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached
#1.
Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching #29. It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the R&B Best Sellers chart. The version by Fats Domino was also ranked #82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was Domino's greatest hit and remains the song most associated with him. Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Domino was French Creole and Creole was his first language. Domino was delivered at home by his midwife grandmother who was born into enslavement in 1857. Like most families in the Lower Ninth Ward, Domino's family were new arrivals from the sugar and cotton plantations. His father was a well known violinist, and Domino was inspired to play himself. He eventually learned from his Uncle, jazz guitarist Harrison Verrett. Fats released five Gold (million selling) records before 1955. Domino also had 35 Top 40 American Hits and has a music style based on traditional R&B ensembles or Bass, Piano, Electric Guitar, Drums, and Saxophone |
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| HARRY BELAFONTE - BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY-O) (1957) Classic fun song that started the Calypso craze that year. "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican mento folk song, the best-known version of which was sung by Harry Belafonte. Despite the song's mento influences, "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is widely known as an example of calypso music. It is a work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. Daylight has come, the shift is over and they want their work to be counted up so that they can go home. Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O".
His breakthrough album
Calypso (1956) became the first
LP to sell over 1 million copies. The album is number
four on
Billboard's
"Top 100 Album" list for having spent 31 weeks at number 1,
58 weeks in the top ten, and 99 weeks on the U.S. charts.
The album introduced American audiences to
Calypso music (which had originated in
Trinidad and Tobago in the early 20th century), and
Belafonte was dubbed the "King of Calypso", a title he wore
with reservations, since he had no claims to any
Calypso Monarch titles.
One of the songs included in the album is the now famous "Banana Boat Song" (listed as "Day O" on the original release), which reached number five on the pop charts, and featured its signature lyric "Day-O." Belafonte based his version on a 1954 recording by Jamaican folk singer Louise Bennett. His other smash hit was "Jump in the Line." |
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| BUCHANAN AND GOODMAN - FLYING SAUCER THE 2ND (1957) A great followup novelty song to their big original Flying Saucer hit the year before. This would hit #18 nationally and would be one of many hits over decades for Dick Goodman. In June 1956 Goodman created his first record, "The Flying Saucer Parts 1 & II", which he co-wrote with his partner Bill Buchanan, and featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio show This recording was the subject of a copyright infringement case against Goodman. The lawsuit was settled out of court. "The Flying Saucer" was officially released under the artist name "Buchanan and Goodman" and was Goodman's highest-charting single on Billboard, peaking at #3. Buchanan and Goodman followed up with four other records: "Buchanan and Goodman on Trial" (#80 in 1956), "Flying Saucer The 2nd" (#18 in 1957), "The Creature (From A Science Fiction Movie)" (as by Buchanan and Ancell) (#85 in 1957), and "Santa and the Satellite (Parts I & II)" (#32 in 1957). |
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| PATSY CLINE - WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT (1957) The first big hit for a new country star that it even crossed over to top 40 radio hitting #12. Her voice is strong and confident and of course this would go on to be one of the most famous country songs ever.
"Walkin' After Midnight" is a song written by Alan
Block and Donn Hecht and recorded by
American
country music artist
Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer
Kay Starr; however, her label rejected it. The song was
left unused until Hecht rediscovered it when writing for
Four Star Records. Originally Cline was not fond of "Walkin'
After Midnight", but after making a compromise with her
label, she recorded it.
In January 1957, Cline performed the song on an episode of the CBS television program, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. It garnered a strong response from viewers, and was therefore rush-released as a single February 11, 1957. "Walkin' After Midnight" became Cline's first major hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard country music chart, and No. 12 on its pop chart. Although the song was her only hit until 1961, the single version sold over one million copies and is often included on authoritative lists of the all-time greatest songs in country music. |
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| ELVIS PRESLEY - JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957) One of Elvis greatest rock songs - energy, raw strong vocal and a huge classic.
"Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit
for
Elvis Presley. The song was released as a
45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to
coincide with the release of Presley's
motion picture,
Jailhouse Rock.
The song as sung by Elvis Presley is #67 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The single, with its B-side "Treat Me Nice," was a US #1 hit for 7 weeks in the fall of 1957, and a UK #1 hit for three weeks early in 1958. In addition, "Jailhouse Rock" spent one week at the top of the country charts and reached the #2 position on the R&B charts. Also in 1957, "Jailhouse Rock" was the lead song in an EP (extended play single), together with other songs from the film, namely "Young and Beautiful," "I Want to be Free," "Don't Leave Me Now," and "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care." It topped the Billboard EP charts, eventually selling an additional two million copies and earning another double-platinum RIAA certification. In 2005, the song was re-released in the UK and reached #1 for a single week. The song, which is an example of simple verse form, eventually sold four million copies in the US, thus earning a Double Platinum certification by the RIAA. The video of the song by Elvis is known as the first music video |