It should be the end of May, 2022 but actually it’s the beginning of June as we slipped up on writing the blog for July, 1957. See the August entry for more info. (tl;dr: got busy) but in the meanwhile enjoy the sounds of the month…
The songs of July, 1957
“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers*
“C.C. Rider” – Chuck Willis
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie*
“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper*
“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands
“Gone” – Ferlin Husky
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams*
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“I’m Walking” – Ricky Nelson
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis*
“It’s You I Love” – Fats Domino*
“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard*
“Just To Hold My Hand” – Clyde Mcphatter*
“Little Darlin'” – Diamonds
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“My Dream” – Platters*
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page*
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe*
“School Day” – Chuck Berry
“Searchin'” – Coasters
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole*
“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams*
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Star Dust” – Billy Ward*
“Start Movin'” – Sal Mineo
“Suzie Q” – Dale Hawkins*
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley*
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino*
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings*
“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands*
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis
“Young Blood” – Coasters
* = 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 July 2nd the 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles was launched, the USA’s Grayback. Film at 6…
And then on the 6th of July, some chaps we’ve not yet head of in our charts, John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for the 1st time as Lennon’s rock group Quarrymen perform at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool. A fictionalised version of that from a biopic of John Lennon below:
And lastly on July 28th Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance on the Steve Allen Show. It’s quite awesome how many of these clips are available to watch.
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What’d Sadie think?
It’s 2 weeks at number 1 for “Love Letters In The Sand” by Pat Boone before Elvis’ “Teddy Bear” takes the top spot for the rest of the month. I don’t think i’ve ever heard of the latter to be honest, and it’s definitely not one of my favourite Elvis songs so far. But 1957 were crazy for anything he dropped it seems!
Love ’em
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie
“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino
Like ’em
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis
“It’s You I Love” – Fats Domino
“Just To Hold My Hand” – Clyde Mcphatter
“My Dream” – Platters
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole
“Suzie Q” – Dale Hawkins
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley
“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands
Leave ’em
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper
“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Star Dust” – Billy Ward
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.