How is it nearly the end of our first year in the ’60s? Time really flies at 4x life! Let’s hear what November, 1960 sounds like…
Songs of the month
“A Million To One” – Jimmy Charles
[new] “A Thousand Stars” – Kathy Young & The Innocents
“Alone At Last” – Jackie Wilson
[new] “Are You Lonesome Tonight” – Elvis Presley
“Artificial Flowers” – Bobby Darin
“Blue Angel” – Roy Orbison
“Chain Gang” – Sam Cooke
[new] “Devil Or Angel” – Bobby Vee
“Devil Or Angel” – Bobby Vee
“Don’t Be Cruel” – Bill Black’s Combo
“Georgia On My Mind” – Ray Charles
[new] “He Will Break Your Heart” – Jerry Butler
“I Want To Be Wanted” – Brenda Lee
[new] “I’ll Save The Last Dance For You” – Damito Jo
“Kiddio” – Brook Benton
“Last Date” – Floyd Cramer
“Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go” – Hank Ballard
“Let’s Think About Living” – Bob Luman
[new] “Like Strangers” – Everly Brothers
[new] “Love Walked In” – Dinah Washington
[new] “Many Tears Ago” – Connie Francis
[new] “My Girl Josephine” – Fats Domino
“My Heart Has A Mind Of It’s Own” – Connie Francis
“My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own” – Connie Francis
[new] “New Orleans” – Gary Us Bonds
“North To Alaska” – Johnny Horton
[new] “Ol’ Macdonald” – Frank Sinatra
[new] “Perfidia” – Ventures
[new] “Peter Gunn” – Duane Eddy
“Poetry In Motion” – Johnny Tillotson
[new] “Ruby Duby Du” – Tobin Matthews & Co.
[new] “Sailor” – Lolita
“Save The Last Dance For Me” – Drifters
“Sleep” – Little Willie John
“So Sad” – Everly Brothers
“Stay” – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
“Summer’s Gone” – Paul Anka
[new] “Sway” – Bobby Rydell
[new] “The Hucklebuck” – Chubby Checker
“The Twist” – Chubby Checker
“Theme From The Apartment” – Ferrante & Teicher
“To Each His Own” – Platters
“Togetherness” – Frankie Avalon
[new] “Wonderland By Night” – Bert Kaempfert
“You Talk Too Much” – Joe Jones
[new] “You’re Sixteen” – Johnny Burnette
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 2nd of the month a jury in London concluded that Penguin Books had not broken Britain’s Obscene Publications Act, clearing the way for the sale, in the United Kingdom, of 200,000 paperback copies of the, risqué for it’s time, book Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
On the fourth the filming of The Misfits, starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, was finished. It proved to be the last film for both legendary actors. Gable, who had performed many of his own stunts, had a heart attack the next day and died on November 16. Monroe would die in 1962 during the filming of the never completed “Something’s Got to Give”.
Then on the thirteenth african-american singer and actor Sammy Davis, Jr. married white Swedish actress May Britt at a time when interracial marriage was uncommon, and, in some states, still illegal. The resulting fallout would effectively end Britt’s film career.
What’d Sadie think?
Nothing is sticking at number 1 at the moment – too much good music to go around! So it’s a week each for:
- “Save The Last Dance For Me” – Drifters
- “Georgia On My Mind” – Ray Charles
- “Stay” – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
- “Are You Lonesome Tonight” – Elvis Presley
The latter being a great new tune on the charts this month.
Loved ’em
- “Are You Lonesome Tonight” – Elvis Presley
- “Devil Or Algen” – Bobby Vee
- “I’ll Save The Last Dance For You” – Damito Jo
- “Ol’ Macdonald” – Frank Sinatra
- “Peter Gunn” – Duane Eddy
- “Sway” – Bobby Rydell
- “You’re Sixteen” – Johnny Burnette
Liked ’em
- “A Thousand Stars” – Kathy Young & The Innocents
- “He Will Break Your Heart” – Jerry Butler
- “Like Strangers” – Everly Brothers
- “Love Walked In” – Dinah Washington
- “Many Tears Ago” – Connie Francis
- “My Girl Josephine” – Fats Domino
- “New Orleans” – Gary Us Bonds
- “Perfidia” – Ventures
- “The Hucklebuck” – Chubby Checker
Leave ’em
- “Ruby Duby Du” – Tobin Matthews & Co.
- “Wonderland By Night” – Bert Kaempfert
- “Sailor” – Lolita
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.