Here we are half way through 1957 in our journey through pop music history, let’s hear what it sounds like…
The songs of June, 1957
“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Bernadine” – Pat Boone
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers*
“C.C. Rider” – Chuck Willis
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Bonnie Guitar
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm
“Empty Arms” – Teresa Brewer
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie*
“Four Walls” – Jim Lowe*
“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper*
“Girl With The Golden Braids” – Perry Como*
“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands
“Gone” – Ferlin Husky
“I Just Don’t Know” – Four Lads
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams*
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams*
“I’m Walkin'” – Ricky Nelson
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis*
“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*
“Party Doll” – Buddy Knox
“Rock Your Baby To Sleep” – Lieutenant Buddy Knox*
“Rock-A-Billy” – Guy Mitchell
“Round And Round” – Perry Como
“School Day” – Chuck Berry
“Searchin'” – Coasters
“Shish-Kebab” – Ralph Marterie Orchestra
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Start Movin'” – Sal Mineo
“Talkin’ To The Blues” – Jim Lowe
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino*
“Why Baby Why” – Pat Boone
“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
While Russia is in all the headlines in 2022, we’ll no doubt keep finding news stories about it from the ’50s particularly salient. In June 1957, US TV interviewed Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev – which I can’t find a video of. But there’s a decent documentary of his visit to the USA two years later below to watch:
Meanwhile, while you were worried about “reds under the beds” killing you, it was only just becoming clear that the cigarettes you were stress smoking to forget about that menace were actually the greater threat. Yes, on June 27 The British Medical Research Council published a report suggesting a direct link between smoking and lung cancer… which didn’t kill of adverts like the one below anytime soon surprisingly!
What’d Sadie think?
One more week at the top spot for Elvis before “Love Letters In The Sand” by Pat Boone takes it for the rest of June.
Love it
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers
“My Dream” – Platters
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino
“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands
Like it
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie
“Girl With The Golden Braids” – Perry Como
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page
“Rock Your Baby To Sleep” – Lieutenant Buddy Knox
Leave it
“Four Walls” – Jim Lowe
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.