The end of our first year in the 1960s already – time sure does fly at 4x life. A few Xmas tunes on the charts for us to enjoy unseasonably…
Songs of the month
“A Thousand Stars” – Kathy Young & The Innocents
“Alone At Last” – Jackie Wilson
[new] “Angel Baby” – Rosie & The Originals
“Are You Lonesome Tonight” – Elvis Presley
[new] “Baby Oh Baby” – Shells
[new] “Blue Tango” – Bill Black’s Combo
[new] “Calcutta” – Lawrence Welk
[new] “Corinna Corinna” – Ray Peterson
“Don’t Be Cruel” – Bill Black’s Combo
[new] “Exodus” – Ferrante & Teicher
[new] “Fools Rush In” – Brook Benton
“Georgia On My Mind” – Ray Charles
“He Will Break Your Heart” – Jerry Butler
[new] “Hucklebuck” – Chubby Checker
[new] “I Gotta Know” – Elvis Presley
“I Want To Be Wanted” – Brenda Lee
“I’ll Save The Last Dance For You” – Damito Jo
“Last Date” – Floyd Cramer
[new] “Last Date” – Lawrence Welk
“Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go” – Hank Ballard
“Like Strangers” – Everly Brothers
[new] “Little Drummer Boy” – Harry Simeon Chorale
[new] “Lonely Teenager” – Dion
“Many Tears Ago” – Connie Francis
[new] “Many Years Ago” – Connie Francis
“My Girl Josephine” – Fats Domino
[new] “My Girl Jospehine” – Fats Domino
“New Orleans” – Gary Us Bonds
“North To Alaska” – Johnny Horton
“Perfidia” – Ventures
“Poetry In Motion” – Johnny Tillotson
[new] “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” – Brenda Lee
[new] “Rubber Ball” – Bobby Vee
[new] “Ruby” – Ray Charles
[new] “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” – David Seville & The Chipmunks
[new] “Sad Mood” – Sam Cooke
“Sailor” – Lolita
“Save The Last Dance For Me” – Drifters
“Sleep” – Little Willie John
“Stay” – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
“Sway” – Bobby Rydell
“To Each His Own” – Platters
[new] “White Christmas” – Bing Crosby
[new] “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – Shirelles
[new] “Wings Of A Dove” – Ferlin Husky
[new] “Wonderland By Night” – Anita Bryant
“Wonderland By Night” – Bert Kaempfert
[new] “Wonderland By Night” – Louis Prima
“You Talk Too Much” – Joe Jones
“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 December 8th the Musical “Peter Pan”, starring Mary Martin, is broadcast on NBC as a special event, videotaped in coloyr for future rebroadcasts.
Then on December 9th the first episode of the long-running ITV drama Coronation Street aired in Britain. It was originally planned to be a 16-part drama but became such a success that, running five times or more per week, it continued past its 10,000th episode in its 60th anniversary year…
And on December 21 Ornette Coleman recorded his influential album “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, and establishes the name for the ‘Free Jazz’ sound.
What’d Sadie think?
Finally some consistency at the top of the charts with 5 weeks at number 1 for Elvis’ classic – “Are You Lonesome Tonight”.
Loved ’em
- “Angel Baby” – Rosie & The Originals
- “Hucklebuck” – Chubby Checker
- “Many Years Ago” – Connie Francis
- “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” – Brenda Lee
- “Rubber Ball” – Bobby Vee
- “Sad Mood” – Sam Cooke
- “White Christmas” – Bing Crosby
- “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – Shirelles
Liked ’em
- “Baby Oh Baby” – Shells
- “Blue Tango” – Bill Black’s Combo
- “Corinna Corinna” – Ray Peterson
- “Exodus” – Ferrante & Teicher
- “Fools Rush In” – Brook Benton
- “I Gotta Know” – Elvis Presley
- “Last Date” – Lawrence Welk
- “Lonely Teenager” – Dion
- “Ruby” – Ray Charles
- “Wonderland By Night” – Anita Bryant
- “Wonderland By Night” – Louis Prima
- “Little Drummer Boy” – Harry Simeon Chorale
- “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” – David Seville & The Chipmunks
Leave ’em
- “Calcutta” – Lawrence Welk
- “Wings Of A Dove” – Ferlin Husky
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.