We’re almost at the end of the ’50s as we find ourselves rounding out 2022. Let’s hear what it sounded like…
Songs of the month
“‘Til I Kissed You” – Everly Brothers
“A Worried Man” – Kingston Trio*
“Baby Talk” – Jan And Dean
“Broken-Hearted Melody” – Sarah Vaughan
“Brook Benton” – Homer & Jethro*
“Come On And Get Me” – Fabian*
“Danny Boy” – Conway Twitty*
“Deck Of Cards” – Wink Martindale*
“Don’t You Know” – Della Reese*
“Fools Hall Of Fame” – Pat Boone
“Heartaches By The Number” – Guy Mitchell*
“Hey Little Girl” – Dee Clark
“I Loves You Porgy” – Nina Simone
“I Want To Walk You Home” – Fats Domino
“I’m Gonna Get Married” – Lloyd Price
“In The Mood” – Eugene Fields*
“Just Ask Your Heart” – Frankie Avalon
“Lonely Street” – Andy Williams
“Mack The Knife” – Bobby Darin
“Makin’ Love” – Floyd Robinson
“Mary Lou” – Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks
“Misty” – Johnny Mathis*
“Morgen” – Ivo Robic
“Mr. Blue” – Fleetwoods
“Oh Carol” – Neil Sedaka*
“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
“Say Man” – Bo Diddley*
“Sea Of Love” – Phil Phillips
“Sitting In The Back Seat” – Paul Evans & Curls*
“Sleep Walk” – Santo And Johnny
“So Many Ways” – Brook Benton*
“Teen Beat” – Sandy Nelson
“The Angels Listened In” – Crests*
“The Battle Hymn Of The Republic” – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
“The Battle Of Kookamonga” – Homer & Jethro
“The Three Bells” – Browns
“You Were Mine” – Fireflies*
* = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On October 2 “The Twilight Zone” debuted on CBS television starting with the episode “Where Is Everybody?”.
Then on October 5th the IBM 1401 computer and data processing system was introduced, providing the first fully transistorized computer intended for business use. The three piece system, which could be rented for $2,500 a month, had a memory ranging from 1.4 KB to 16K, could read 800 punchcards per minute and could print 600 lines per minute.
On the 21st The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, popularly referred to as “the Guggenheim”, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York.
Then on October 24th Playboy’s Penthouse began a brief run on syndicated television. Broadcast live from Chicago, the program was in the format of a cocktail party hosted by Hugh Hefner.
Finally on October 26, 1959: Earth’s people see the other side of the Moon for the first time when the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 spacecraft took a photograph.
What’d Sadie think?
A clean sweep for “Mack The Knife” by Bobby Darin, with it holding the top spot the whole month. It was a number one across in the UK too and earned Darin two grammy award.
Loved ’em
- “Don’t You Know” – Della Reese
- “Heartaches By The Number” – Guy Mitchell
- “Oh Carol” – Neil Sedaka
- “Say Man” – Bo Diddley
- “The Angels Listened In” – Crests
Liked ’em
- “A Worried Man” – Kingston Trio
- “Come On And Get Me” – Fabian
- “Danny Boy” – Conway Twitty
- “Misty” – Johnny Mathis
- “So Many Ways” – Brook Benton
- “You Were Mine” – Fireflies
Leave ’em
- “Deck Of Cards” – Wink Martindale
- “Sitting In The Back Seat” – Paul Evans & Curls
The latter got a stern, “no like this song!” from Sadie, so there you go.
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.