A busy month and week in 2021 and 1955 – as The Scovells move into their new home in Auckland and we have 12 new tracks on the charts:
The songs of March, 1955
“A Man Chases A Girl” – Eddie Fisher*
“Birth Of The Boogie” – Bill Haley & The Comets*
“Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White” – Prez Prado*
“Dance With Me Henry” – Georgia Gibbs*
“Danger Heartbreak Ahead” – Jaye P. Morgan*
“Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup” – Nat King Cole*
“Earth Angel” – Crew-Cuts
“Earth Angel” – Penguins
“Glad Rag Doll” – Crazy Otto*
“Hearts Of Stone” – Charms
“Hearts Of Stone” – Fontane Sisters
“How Important Can It Be” – Joni James
“How Important Can It Be” – Sarah Vaughan
“It May Sound Silly” – Mcguire Sisters*
“Ko Ko Mo” – Crew-Cuts
“Ko Ko Mo” – Perry Como
“Let Me Go Lover” – Joan Weber
“Make Yourself Comfortable” – Sarah Vaughan
“Mambo Rock” – Bill Haley & The Comets
“Melody Of Love” – Billy Vaughn Orchestra
“Melody Of Love” – David Carroll Orchestra
“Melody Of Love” – Four Aces
“Mr. Sandman” – Chordettes
“No More” – Mcguire Sisters
“Open Up Your Heart” – Cowboy Church Sunday School
“Plantation Boogie” – Lenny Dee
“Play Me Hearts And Flowers” – Johnny Desmond*
“Pledging My Love” – Johnny Ace
“Pledging My Love” – Teresa Brewer*
“Rock Love” – Fontane Sisters
“Sincerely” – Mcguire Sisters
“The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” – Tennessee Ernie Ford
“That’s All I Want From You” – Jaye P. Morgan
“The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” – Bill Hayes
“The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” – Fess Parker*
“The Crazy Otto” – Johnny Maddox
“The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane” – Ames Brothers
“The Sand And The Sea” – Nat King Cole*
“Tweedlee Dee” – Georgia Gibbs
“Tweedlee Dee” – Lavern Baker
* = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:
This month in history
On March 5th Elvis Presley makes his television debut on “Louisiana Hayride” carried by KSLA-TV Shreveport. You can watch it… oh no – although audio recordings exists, there is no known video footage of this appearance.
Sadly on March 12th Charlie Parker, 34, US saxophonist and a personal fave died. Here he is performing a couple of years earlier:
And at the 7th annual Emmy awards held on the 7th, Lassie wins Best Children’s show. Here’s the theme tune:
What’d Sadie think?
Three weeks at number 1 for “Sincerely” by the Mcguire Sisters before its overtaken in the last week of March by “The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” by Bill Hayes.
As mentioned its a busy weekend back in 2021 so we’ll just group the songs by “love ’em”, “like ’em” and “lose ’em”.
Love ’em:
“Birth Of The Boogie” – Bill Haley & The Comets
“Danger Heartbreak Ahead” – Jaye P. Morgan
“It May Sound Silly” – Mcguire Sisters
“The Sand And The Sea” – Nat King Cole
Like ’em:
“Pledging My Love” – Teresa Brewer
“Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White” – Prez Prado
“Dance With Me Henry” – Georgia Gibbs
“Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup” – Nat King Cole
“The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” – Fess Parker
Lose ’em
“Glad Rag Doll” – Crazy Otto
“A Man Chases A Girl” – Eddie Fisher (Until She Catches Him)
“Play Me Hearts And Flowers” – Johnny Desmond
Now go make up your mind and listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.