It’s nearly December here in 2022 and its starting to feel christmasy, perhaps because it seems Sadie has been learning Xmas tunes at nursery and is spontaneously bursting into song. Meanwhile, let’s hear what they were listening to in September, 1959…
Songs of the month
“‘Til I Kissed You” – Everly Brothers
“A Big Hunk O’ Love” – Elvis Presley
“Baby Talk” – Jan & Dean
“Broken-Hearted Melody” – Sarah Vaughan
“Caribbean” – Mitchell Torok*
“Fools Hall Of Fame” – Pat Boone*
“Here Comes Summer” – Jerry Keller
“Hey Little Girl” – Dee Clark*
“High Hopes” – Frank Sinatra*
“I Ain’t Never” – Webb Pierce*
“I Loves You Porgy” – Nina Simone
“I Want To Walk You Home” – Fats Domino
“I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day” – Fats Domino
“I’m Gonna Get Married” – Lloyd Price
“It Was I” – Skip And Flip
“Just Ask Your Heart” – Frankie Avalon*
“Kissin’ Time” – Bobby Rydell
“Lavender Blue” – Fats Domino*
“Lavender Blue” – Sammy Turner
“Lonely Street” – Andy Williams*
“Mack The Knife” – Bobby Darin*
“Makin’ Love” – Floyd Robinson
“Mary Lou” – Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks*
“Morgen” – Ivo Robic*
“Mr. Blue” – Fleetwoods*
“My Heart Is An Open Book” – Carl Dobkins Jr.
“My Wish Came True” – Elvis Presley
“Poison Ivy” – Coasters*
“Primrose Lane” – Jerry Wallace With The Jewels*
“Put Your Head On My Shoulder” – Paul Anka*
“Red River Rock” – Johnny And The Hurricanes
“Robbin’ The Cradle” – Tony Bellus
“Sea Of Love” – Phil Phillips
“See You In September” – Tempos
“Sleep Walk” – Santo And Johnny
“Teen Beat” – Sandy Nelson*
“Thank You Pretty Baby” – Brook Benton
“The Battle Hymn Of The Republic” – Mormon Tabernacle Choir*
“The Battle Of Kookamonga” – Homer & Jethro*
“The Three Bells” – Browns
“The Three Bells” – Dick Flood*
“There Goes My Baby” – Drifters
“What A Diff’rence A Day Makes” – Dinah Washington
“What Is Love” – Playmates
“What’d I Say” – Ray Charles
* = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On September 6th the first jet airliner landed in Honolulu, a Pan American 707. With the advent of jet travel, a trip to Hawaii was less than five hours from the mainland, turning the islands into a prime tourist destination. The same plane landed in Tokyo at 8 pm, cutting flight time between the United States and Japan from 29 hours to 17 hours.
The on the 12th “Bonanza” appeared for the first time on American television. The Western, first to be broadcast in color, ran for 14 seasons and 440 episodes until January 16, 1973. I remember it still being on in NZ as a child in the ’80s.
Then in tech news, on the 16th, the first successful plain paper copying machine, the Xerox 914, was introduced at a show at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York.
What’d Sadie think?
Three different number ones this month – two weeks at the top The Browns, “The Three Bells” then two for “Sleep Walk” by Santo And Johnny and finally a week with the crown for Fats Domino’s, “Lavender Blue”.
Loved ’em
- “Hey Little Girl” – Dee Clark
- “High Hopes” – Frank Sinatra
- “I Ain’t Never” – Webb Pierce
- “Mack The Knife” – Bobby Darin
- “Mary Lou” – Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks
- “Poison Ivy” – Coasters
- “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” – Paul Anka
- “The Battle Of Kookamonga” – Homer & Jethro
- “The Three Bells” – Dick Flood`
Liked ’em
- “Caribbean” – Mitchell Torok
- “Fools Hall Of Fame” – Pat Boone
- “Just Ask Your Heart” – Frankie Avalon
- “Lonely Street” – Andy Williams
- “Morgen” – Ivo Robic
- “Teen Beat” – Sandy Nelson
- “Primrose Lane” – Jerry Wallace With The Jewels
Leave ’em
- “Mr. Blue” – Fleetwoods
- “The Battle Hymn Of The Republic” – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.