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It’s feeling decidedly wintery, for Auckland, here in June, 1957. Let’s escape back to the comforting cool vibes of October, 1957…

The songs of October, 1957

“Be-Bop Baby” – Ricky Nelson*
“Black Slacks” – Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones*
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers
“Chances Are” – Johnny Mathis
“Deep Purple” – Billy Ward*
“Diana” – Paul Anka
“Fascination” – Jane Morgan And The Troubadors
“Happy Happy Birthday Baby” – Tune Weavers
“Honeycomb” – Jimmie Rodgers
“Hula Love” – Buddy Knox & Rhythm Orchids
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“In The Middle Of An Island” – Tony Bennett
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis
“Jailhouse Rock” – Elvis Presley*
“Just Between You And Me” – Chordettes*
“Keep A Knockin’” – Little Richard*
“Lotta Lovin’” – Gene Vincent
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“Love Me To Pieces” – Jill Corey
“Mr. Lee” – Bobbettes
“Peanuts” – Little Joe And The Thrillers*
“Rainbow” – Russ Hamilton
“Remember You’Re Mine” – Pat Boone
“Searchin’” – Coasters
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams
“Stardust” – Billy Ward
“Tammy” – Debbie Reynolds
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley
“That’ll Be The Day” – Crickets
“There’s A Gold Mine In The Sky” – Pat Boone
“Wake Up Little Susie” – Everly Brothers*
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings
“White Silver Sands” – Don Rondo
“Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On” – Jerry Lee Lewis
“You’re My One And Only Love” – Rick Nelson

* = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

The first man-made object into space, Sputnik, was  launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries ran out. The satellite then silently continued to orbit the planet for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere on the 4th of January 1958.

And then in other signs the world was looking up (see what i did there), on October 3 Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl and Other Poems” is ruled not obscene.

Finally, the theme song is in the charts for the first time this month with the launch, on October 17, of “Jailhouse Rock” starring Elvis Presley

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What’d Sadie think?

After Elvis tunes dominating for whole months at a time we have 3 different number 1s this month. Firstly “Tammy” by Debbie Reynolds hangs on for a week before Jimmie Rodgers’ “Honeycomb” nabs it for 2 weeks, which is then ousted by the Everly Brothers, “Wake Up Little Susie”.

Love ’em

“Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley is the stand out track of the moment for sure. Thinking we might have to watch the movie finally.

“Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly Brothers is also a personal favourite. And yet I still never quite got the theme – “the song is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a cinema (perhaps a drive-in), only to fall asleep during the movie. They do not wake up until 4 o’clock in the morning, well after her 10 o’clock curfew.”. Somehow missed they were at the movies…

“Keep A Knockin’” by Little Richard is another iconic early rock’n’roll song but apparently goes as far back as 1928 in other styles.

“Be-Bop Baby” by Ricky Nelson rounds out our favourites for the month.

Like ’em

“Black Slacks” – Joe Bennett And The Sparkletones

“Just Between You And Me” – Chordettes

“Peanuts” – Little Joe And The Thrillers

Lose ’em

“Deep Purple” – Billy Ward

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s September, 1957 in our trip through time…which for a minute was sounding exactly like August, 1957. An administrative glitch in my pre-prepared playlists meant I had doubled-up somehow. Annoyingly only noticed at the end of building the playlist. Anyway, enough of 2022’s problems…back in time we go!

The songs of September, 1957

“And That Reminds Me” – Della Reese*
“Around The World” – Mantovani
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers
“Chances Are” – Johnny Mathis*
“Diana” – Paul Anka
“Fascination” – Jane Morgan*
“Flying Saucer 2Nd” – Buchanan And Goodman
“Goody Goody” – Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
“Happy Happy Birthday Baby” – Tune Weavers*
“Honeycomb” – Jimmie Rodgers
“Hula Love” – Buddy Knox & Rhythm Orchids*
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“In The Middle Of An Island” – Tony Bennett
“It’S Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis
“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard
“Lotta Lovin’” – Gene Vincent*
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“Love Me To Pieces” – Jill Corey
“Mr. Lee” – Bobbettes
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page
“Rainbow” – Russ Hamilton
“Remember You’Re Mine” – Pat Boone
“Searchin’” – Coasters
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole
“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Stardust” – Billy Ward
“Tammy” – Ames Brothers*
“Tammy” – Debbie Reynolds
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley
“That’Ll Be The Day” – Crickets
“The Flying Saucer” – Buchanan & Goodman
“There’s A Gold Mine In The Sky” – Pat Boone*
“To The Aisle” – Five Satins
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings
“White Silver Sands” – Don Rondo
“Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On” – Jerry Lee Lewis
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis
“You’re My One And Only Love” – Rick Nelson*

* = New to the chart this week.

We’ve thrown in a top 10 R&B chart from the month, but the cross-over now means only 2 songs are novel.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

On September 5th Beat classic, “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac is published by Viking Press in New York. Here’s him reading some passages:

In a “spoiler alert” , on September 6th Elvis records “White Christmas”, “Silent Night” & “Here Comes Santa Claus” – I’d say we are fairly sure of seeing them in the charts in a few weeks.

And on September 26 Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins’ musical “West Side Story” premieres at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 732 performances, wins 2 Tony Awards. A composite of clips from the the original run is below:

What’d Sadie think?

Elvis is pushed out of the top spot by Debbie Reynold’s “Tammy” which takes it for the full month. We added that song last month so its actually a cover by the Ames Brothers we have in our playlist this week.

The song is from 1957 film “Tammy and the Bachelor” which starred Debbie Reynolds, you can see her singing it in the film below. The Ames Brothers version actually featured across the film credits and it’s a bit sappy and a bit alright.

“And That Reminds Me” by Della Reese ain’t a bad tune either. Apparently the music was based on the Italian instrumental, “Concerto d’autunno,” by Camillo Bargoni and was first a pop song named “Autumn Concerto” by Flo Sandons the previous year.

“Chances Are” by Johnny Mathis is kind of forgettable. But what’s not forgettable, once you know it, is that Mathis is still kicking around at 86 and has sold over 400 million records worldwide to date, making him the third-biggest selling artist of the 20th century after Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

“Fascination” was a popular waltz song from 1904 that became a pop hit for Jane Morgan more than half a century later. There’s not a lot of songs with an accordion that pique our interest and this is no exception.

“Happy Happy Birthday Baby” was the only major hit for the Tune Weavers and its kind of catchy.

“Hula Love” by Buddy Knox & the Rhythm Orchids is…problematic from title through to lyrics so we’ll just be dancing (not the hula) quickly onto the next new song…

“Lotta Lovin’” by Gene Vincent sees him doing a passable Elvis, it’s actually quite a fun song. We give it a little, rather than a lotta lovin’ though.

“There’s A Gold Mine In The Sky” is yet another chart hit for Pat Boone. To date, nothing of his has really hit it out of the ball park for us. But who are we to judge his numbers, he was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley. And there’s a reason why it seems like he’s been in the charts non-stop for a time… Until the 2010s, Boone held the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.

“You’re My One And Only Love” meanwhile is the first hit for Ricky Nelson at age 17. From age eight he had starred alongside his family in the radio and television series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”. You can see him playing in that show below:

“Farther up the Road” by the most excellently named “Bobby Blue Bland” is a tune and a half. It is, by all accounts, an early influential Texas shuffle and features guitar playing that represents the transition from the 1940s blues style to the 1960s blues-rock style.

And we end on a high with “Think” by the Five Royals which will have you clapping, or snapping, along with it.

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

My how time flies… at both 4x and regular speed. We find ourselves in June, 2022 and listening to the music of August, 1957. Which may beg the question for some of you, what happened to July, 1957? Well, we were there…where were you?

Oops! Got busy and didn’t get time to finish the blog post and send it out. We listen to the music like clockwork, but sometimes fitting in the writing is a struggle. So we missed a week in your inboxes. You can view the missing month and play list here.

The songs of August, 1957

“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Around The World” – Mantovani*
“Around The World” – Victor Young And His Singing Strings*
“Bernadine” – Pat Boone*
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers
“C.C. Rider” – Chuck Willis
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm
“Diana” – Paul Anka*
“Gonna Find Me A Bluebird” – Marvin Rainwater*
“Goody Goody” – Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers*
“Honeycomb” – Jimmie Rodgers*
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“In The Middle Of An Island” – Tony Bennett*
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis*
“It’s You I Love” – Fats Domino
“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard
“Little Darlin’” – Diamonds
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“Love Me To Pieces” – Jill Corey*
“Loving You” – Elvis Presley*
“Mr. Lee” – Bobbettes*
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe
“Rainbow” – Russ Hamilton*
“Remember You’re Mine” – Pat Boone*
“Searchin’” – Coasters
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole
“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Stardust” – Billy Ward And His Dominoes
“Start Movin’” – Sal Mineo
“Tammy” – Debbie Reynolds*
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley
“That’ll Be The Day” – Crickets*
“The Flying Saucer 2Nd” – Buchanan And Goodman*
“To The Aisle” – Five Satins*
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings
“White Silver Sands” – Dave Gardner*
“White Silver Sands” – Don Rondo*
“Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On” – Jerry Lee Lewis*
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis
“Young Blood” – Coasters

* = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

On August 5th, American Bandstand launched across the USA. The show featured teenagers dancing to music of the time. Like this classic clip from 1957 of some teenagers “rock & roll” dancing. It’s been a while since 15 year old boys have worn suits on the regular…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdSGjmhtaL0

In more 2022/1957 parallels, on August 26th the USSR announced a successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile – ramping up the cold war fear factor.

And on the 24th Stephen Fry, English comedian, writer and actor was born in London. A personal favourite on all fronts, you can see some of his classic comedy moments in the video below:

What’d Sadie think?

It was already at the top spot for 2 weeks in July, and its another 5 weeks at number 1 for Elvis with “Teddy Bear”.

Love ’em

A couple of real rock classics – “That’ll be the day” and “Whole lot of shakin’ going on” in this month’s playlist. The former is credited to ‘The Crickets’ because of some contractual issues Buddy Holly had at the time by all accounts. Great tunes whatever you call them…

“Honeycomb” – Jimmie Rodgers

“Love Me To Pieces” – Jill Corey

“Mr. Lee” – Bobbettes

“That’ll Be The Day” – Crickets

“Whole Lot Of Shakin’ Going On” – Jerry Lee Lewis

Like ’em

“Bernadine” – Pat Boone

“Diana” – Paul Anka

“Gonna Find Me A Bluebird” – Marvin Rainwater

“Goody Goody” – Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis

“Loving You” – Elvis Presley

“Remember You’re Mine” – Pat Boone

“To The Aisle” – Five Satins

“White Silver Sands” – Don Rondo

Leave ’em

“Around The World” – Mantovani

“In The Middle Of An Island” – Tony Bennett

“Rainbow” – Russ Hamilton

“Tammy” – Debbie Reynolds

“The Flying Saucer 2Nd” – Buchanan And Goodman

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It should be the end of May, 2022 but actually it’s the beginning of June as we slipped up on writing the blog for July, 1957. See the August entry for more info. (tl;dr: got busy) but in the meanwhile enjoy the sounds of the month…

The songs of July, 1957

“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers*
“C.C. Rider” – Chuck Willis
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie*
“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper*
“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands
“Gone” – Ferlin Husky
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams*
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams
“I’m Walking” – Ricky Nelson
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis*
“It’s You I Love” – Fats Domino*
“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard*
“Just To Hold My Hand” – Clyde Mcphatter*
“Little Darlin’” – Diamonds
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“My Dream” – Platters*
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page*
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe*
“School Day” – Chuck Berry
“Searchin’” – Coasters
“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole*
“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams*
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Star Dust” – Billy Ward*
“Start Movin’” – Sal Mineo
“Suzie Q” – Dale Hawkins*
“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley*
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino*
“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings*
“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands*
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis
“Young Blood” – Coasters

* = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

On July 2nd the 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles was launched, the USA’s Grayback. Film at 6…

And then on the 6th of July, some chaps we’ve not yet head of in our charts, John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for the 1st time as Lennon’s rock group Quarrymen perform at St. Peter’s, Woolton’s Parish Church in Liverpool. A fictionalised version of that from a biopic of John Lennon below:

And lastly on July 28th Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance on the Steve Allen Show. It’s quite awesome how many of these clips are available to watch.

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What’d Sadie think?

It’s 2 weeks at number 1 for “Love Letters In The Sand” by Pat Boone before Elvis’ “Teddy Bear” takes the top spot for the rest of the month. I don’t think i’ve ever heard of the latter to be honest, and it’s definitely not one of my favourite Elvis songs so far. But 1957 were crazy for anything he dropped it seems!

Love ’em

“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers

“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie

“Jenny Jenny” – Little Richard

“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe

“Short Fat Fannie” – Larry Williams

“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino

Like ’em

“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams

“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis

“It’s You I Love” – Fats Domino

“Just To Hold My Hand” – Clyde Mcphatter

“My Dream” – Platters

“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page

“Send For Me” – Nat King Cole

“Suzie Q” – Dale Hawkins

“Teddy Bear” – Elvis Presley

“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands

Leave ’em

“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper

“Shangri-La” – Four Coins
“Star Dust” – Billy Ward

“Whispering Bells” – Dell-Vikings

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

Here we are half way through 1957 in our journey through pop music history, let’s hear what it sounds like…

The songs of June, 1957

“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Bernadine” – Pat Boone
“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers*
“C.C. Rider” – Chuck Willis
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Bonnie Guitar
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm
“Empty Arms” – Teresa Brewer
“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie*
“Four Walls” – Jim Lowe*
“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves
“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper*
“Girl With The Golden Braids” – Perry Como*
“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands
“Gone” – Ferlin Husky
“I Just Don’t Know” – Four Lads
“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams*
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams*
“I’m Walkin’” – Ricky Nelson
“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis*
“Little Darlin’” – Diamonds
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone
“My Dream” – Platters*
“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page*
“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe*
“Party Doll” – Buddy Knox
“Rock Your Baby To Sleep” – Lieutenant Buddy Knox*
“Rock-A-Billy” – Guy Mitchell
“Round And Round” – Perry Como
“School Day” – Chuck Berry
“Searchin’” – Coasters
“Shish-Kebab” – Ralph Marterie Orchestra
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
“Start Movin’” – Sal Mineo
“Talkin’ To The Blues” – Jim Lowe
“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino*
“Why Baby Why” – Pat Boone
“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands*
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis
“Young Blood” – Coasters

* = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

While Russia is in all the headlines in 2022, we’ll no doubt keep finding news stories about it from the ’50s particularly salient. In June 1957, US TV interviewed Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev – which I can’t find a video of. But there’s a decent documentary of his visit to the USA two years later below to watch:

Meanwhile, while you were worried about “reds under the beds” killing you, it was only just becoming clear that the cigarettes you were stress smoking to forget about that menace were actually the greater threat. Yes, on June 27 The British Medical Research Council published a report suggesting a direct link between smoking and lung cancer… which didn’t kill of adverts like the one below anytime soon surprisingly!

What’d Sadie think?

One more week at the top spot for Elvis before “Love Letters In The Sand” by Pat Boone takes it for the rest of June.

Love it

“Bye Bye Love” – Everly Brothers

“My Dream” – Platters

“Valley Of Tears” – Fats Domino

“With All My Heart” – Jodie Sands

Like it

“Fabulous” – Charlie Gracie

“Girl With The Golden Braids” – Perry Como

“I Like Your Kind Of Love” – Andy Williams

“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter” – Billy Williams

“It’s Not For Me To Say” – Johnny Mathis

“Old Cape Cod” – Patti Page

“Rock Your Baby To Sleep” – Lieutenant Buddy Knox

Leave it

“Four Walls” – Jim Lowe

“Freight Train” – Rusty Draper

“Over The Mountain Across The Sea” – Johnnie And Joe

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

There’s something nice about the current month, in 2022, matching the year we are listening to – in this case, May, 1957. Let’s listen!

The songs of May, 1957

“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson*
“A White Sport Coat” – Marty Robbins
“All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley
“Almost Paradise” – Roger Williams
“Bernadine” – Pat Boone*
“Butterfly” – Andy Williams
“Butterfly” – Charlie Gracie
“Chantez-Chantez” – Dinah Shore
“Come Go With Me” – Dell-Vikings
“Dark Moon” – Bonnie Guitar
“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm*
“Empty Arms” – Teresa Brewer*
“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves*
“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands*
“Gone” – Ferlin Husky
“He’s Mine” – Platters*
“I Just Don’T Know” – Four Lads*
“I’m Sorry” – Platters
“I’m Stickin’ With You” – Jimmy Bowen & Rhythm Orchids
“I’m Walkin’” – Fats Domino
“I’m Walkin’” – Ricky Nelson*
“Little Darlin’” – Diamonds
“Love Is A Golden Ring” – Frankie Laine
“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone*
“Lucille” – Little Richard
“Mama Look At Bubu” – Harry Belafonte
“Mangos” – Rosemary Clooney*
“Marianne” – Hilltoppers
“Marianne” – Terry Gilkyson & Easy Riders
“Ninety-Nine Ways” – Tab Hunter
“Party Doll” – Buddy Knox
“Party Doll” – Steve Lawrence
“Pledge Of Love” – Ken Copeland*
“Pledge Of Love” – Mitchell Torok*
“Rock-A-Billy” – Guy Mitchell
“Round And Round” – Perry Como
“School Day” – Chuck Berry
“Searchin’” – Coasters*
“Shish-Kebab” – Ralph Marterie Orchestra*
“Sittin’ In The Balcony” – Eddie Cochran
“So Rare” – Jimmy Dorsey
“Start Movin’” – Sal Mineo*
“Talkin’ To The Blues” – Jim Lowe*
“Teenage Crush” – Tommy Sands
“Who Needs You” – Four Lads
“Why Baby Why” – Pat Boone
“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis*
“Yes Tonight Josephine” – Johnnie Ray*
“Young Blood” – Coasters

* = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link or embedded below:

This month in history

On May 1, very veteran broadcaster Larry King makes his first appearance on radio. As the story goest he manager of a small station, WAHR in Miami Beach, hired him to clean up and perform miscellaneous tasks. When one of the station’s announcers abruptly quit, King was put on the air.

And then, in a big month for media history, on May 6 the Pulitzer prize is awarded to Senator John F. Kennedy for “Profiles in Courage”, a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators. Didn’t do his run for President any harm I’m sure.

On May 15 in Operation Grapple, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb near Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Luckily the threat of nuclear war has waned since…oh wait.

In more war related news, on May 17th at the 10th Cannes Film Festival: “Friendly Persuasion”, a civil war film directed by William Wyler wins the Palme d’Or. Interestingly the film was originally released with no screenwriting credit because Michal Wilson was on the Hollywood blacklist for being a “damn commie”. He continued to write, uncredited for some time, including the screenplay for personal favourite, “Planet of the Apes” (1968).

What’d Sadie think?

It’s Elvis all the time at the top of the charts with “All Shook Up” at number 1 for the whole month.

Love ’em

“A Teenager’s Romance” – Ricky Nelson

“Four Walls” – Jim Reeves

“Goin’ Steady” – Tommy Sands

“Searchin’” – Coasters

Like ’em

“Bernadine” – Pat Boone

“Dark Moon” – Gale Storm

“Empty Arms” – Teresa Brewer

“He’s Mine” – Platters

“I’m Walkin’” – Ricky Nelson

“Mangos” – Rosemary Clooney

“Pledge Of Love” – Ken Copeland

“Start Movin’” – Sal Mineo

“Wonderful Wonderful” – Johnny Mathis

Leave ’em

“I Just Don’t Know” – Four Lads

“Love Letters In The Sand” – Pat Boone

“Shish-Kebab” – Ralph Marterie Orchestra

“Talkin’ To The Blues” – Jim Lowe

“Yes Tonight Josephine” – Johnnie Ray

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.