Did brands do April fools in 1959? Were the newspapers full of fake products? Probably not. Answers on a postcard readers… In the meanwhile let’s listen to what the charts sounded like back then.
Songs of the month
“A Fool Such As I” – Elvis Presley
“Alvin’s Harmonica” – David Seville And The Chipmunks
“Charlie Brown” – Coasters
“Come Softly To Me” – Fleetwoods
“Enchanted” – Platters*
“For A Penny” – Pat Boone*
“Guitar Boogie Shuffle” – Virtues
“I Cried A Tear” – Lavern Baker
“I Need Your Love Tonight” – Elvis Presley*
“I’ve Had It” – Bell Notes
“If I Didn’t Care” – Connie Francis
“It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” – Buddy Holly
“It’s Just A Matter Of Time” – Brook Benton
“It’s Late” – Ricky Nelson
“Kansas City” – Wilbert Harrison*
“Kookie Kookie” – Edward Byrnes And Connie Stevens*
“No Other Arms No Other Lips” – Chordettes
“Only You” – Frank Pourcel’S French Fiddles*
“Peter Gunn” – Ray Anthony
“Petite Fleur” – Chris Barber’S Jazz Band
“Pink Shoelaces” – Dodie Stevens
“Please Mr. Sun” – Tommy Edwards
“Poor Jenny” – Everly Brothers*
“Sea Cruise” – Frankie Ford
“Since I Don’t Have You” – Skyliners
“Six Nights A Week” – Crests*
“Sorry” – Impalas*
“Stagger Lee” – Lloyd Price
“Take A Message To Mary” – Everly Brothers*
“Tell Him No” – Travis And Bob*
“That’S Why” – Jackie Wilson*
“The Happy Organ” – Dave Baby Cortez*
“The Hawaiian Wedding Song” – Andy Williams
“The Morning Side Of The Mountain” – Tommy Edwards
“The Tijuana Jail” – Kingston Trio*
“There’ll Never Be Anyone Else But You” – Ricky Nelson
“This Should Go On Forever” – Rod Bernard
“Three Stars” – Tommy Dee*
“Tragedy” – Thomas Wayne With The Delons
“Turn Me Loose” – Fabian*
“Venus” – Frankie Avalon
“Where Were You” – Lloyd Price
“Yep” – Duane Eddy*
* = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On April 6th the Academy Awards ceremony took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Gigi won a record nine Oscars, including the award for Best Picture. Trailer below!
On the 9th the first seven Mercury astronauts were introduced at a press conference held by NASA in Washington. The space race continues…
On the 15th Fidel Castro arrived in Washington for an 11-day tour of the United States. As part of this, on the 19th he appeared on Meet the Press and denied that Cuba would turn to communism… That didn’t age well. A video of him from that tour below.
What’d Sadie think?
Frankie Avalon’s “Venus” has a week at number 1 before “Come Softly To Me” -by Fleetwoods takes it for the rest of the month.
Loved ’em
- “Enchanted” – Platters
- “Kansas City” – Wilbert Harrison
- “Kookie Kookie” – Edward Byrnes And Connie Stevens
- “Poor Jenny” – Everly Brothers
- “Take A Message To Mary” – Everly Brothers
- “That’s Why” – Jackie Wilson
- “Yep” – Duane Eddy
Liked ’em
- “For A Penny” – Pat Boone
- “I Need Your Love Tonight” – Elvis Presley
- “Only You” – Frank Pourcel’S French Fiddles
- “Six Nights A Week” – Crests
- “Tell Him No” – Travis And Bob
- “The Happy Organ” – Dave Baby Cortez
- “The Tijuana Jail” – Kingston Trio
- “Three Stars” – Tommy Dee
- “Turn Me Loose” – Fabian
Leave ’em
- “Sorry” – Impalas
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.