We missed publishing this week’s playlist due busy lives back in 2022, so let’s just jump into it…
Songs of the month
“A Big Hunk O’ Love” – Elvis Presley*
“A Boy Without A Girl” – Frankie Avalon
“A Teenager In Love” – Dion And The Belmonts
“Along Came Jones” – Coasters
“Bobby Sox To Stockings” – Frankie Avalon
“Bongo Rock” – Preston Epps
“Dream Lover” – Bobby Darin
“Forty Miles Of Bad Road” – Duane Eddy*
“Frankie” – Connie Francis
“Here Comes Summer” – Jerry Keller*
“Hushabye” – Mystics
“I Only Have Eyes For You” – Flamingos
“I’ll Be Satisfied” – Jackie Wilson*
“Just A Little Too Much” – Ricky Nelson*
“Just Keep It Up” – Dee Clark
“Kansas City” – Wilbert Harrison
“Lavender Blue” – Sammy Turner*
“Lipstick On Your Collar” – Connie Francis
“Little Dipper” – Mickey Mozart Quintet*
“Lonely Boy” – Paul Anka
“M.T.A.” – Kingston Trio
“My Heart Is An Open Book” – Carl Dobkins Jr.
“My Wish Came True” – Elvis Presley*
“Only Sixteen” – Sam Cooke*
“Personality” – Lloyd Price
“Quiet Village” – Martin Denny
“Ragtime Cowboy Joe” – David Seville And The Chipmunks*
“Small World” – Johnny Mathis*
“So Fine” – Fiestas
“Sweeter Than You” – Ricky Nelson*
“Tallahassee Lassie” – Freddy Cannon
“The Battle Of New Orleans” – Johnny Horton
“The Wonder Of You” – Ray Peterson
“There Goes My Baby” – Drifters*
“This I Swear” – Skyliners
“Tiger” – Fabian
“Twixt Twelve And Twenty” – Pat Boone*
“Waterloo” – Stonewall Jackson
“What A Diff’rence A Day Makes” – Dinah Washington
“What’d I Say” – Ray Charles*
“You’re So Fine” – Falcons
* = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On July the 1st a new standard for the yard and for the inch was adopted by the United States and Britain. The yard was formally defined as 0.9144 meters, and, as 1/36 of a yard, the inch was 0.0254 m or 2.54 centimeters. And yes, 2022 and they’re still not on the metric system!
They may, still, be behind on the metric system but on July 14, 1959 the first nuclear warship, the USS Long Beach, was launched from Quincy, Massachusetts.
And on July 17th Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest”, with Cary Grant, premiered. A favourite film with one of my favourite actors.
Then on July 25, on the 50th anniversary of the first airplane flight across the English Channel (by Louis Bleriot), the first hovercraft trip across the Channel took place, as the SR.N1 made the journey on a cushion of air.
And lastly in “very 1950s news”, on July 29, after passing both houses of Parliament, the Legitimacy Act of 1959 received royal assent in Britain, giving equal rights to children born out of wedlock.
What’d Sadie think?
We gave a week at the top for “The Battle Of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton before
“Lonely Boy” by Paul Anka takes it for the rest of July.
Loved ’em
- “Here Comes Summer” – Jerry Keller
- “I’ll Be Satisfied” – Jackie Wilson
- “Only Sixteen” – Sam Cooke
- “Small World” – Johnny Mathis
- “There Goes My Baby” – Drifters
- “What’d I Say” – Ray Charles
Liked ’em
- “A Big Hunk O’ Love” – Elvis Presley
- “Forty Miles Of Bad Road” – Duane Eddy
- “Just A Little Too Much” – Ricky Nelson
- “Lavender Blue” – Sammy Turner
- “Little Dipper” – Mickey Mozart Quintet
- “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” – David Seville And The Chipmunks
- “Sweeter Than You” – Ricky Nelson
Leave ’em
- “Twixt Twelve And Twenty” – Pat Boone
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.