Friday, July 15, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
This week in 1962! Day 4!
This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!
We call it: "1962!"
July 14, 2016
At number two this week in 1962 is the song that was number one the week before.
"The Stripper" was written and recorded four years earlier in 1958 by David Rose and pulled out by the record company to be the "B" side of a remake of"Ebb Tide" in 1962.
~ Glenn
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
This week in 1962! Day 3!
This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!
We call it: "1962!"
July 13, 2016
At number three this week in 1962 was an R&B remake of a country song.
The original Don Gibson version, released in 1958, went to number 7 on the US Country charts and cracked the Hot 100 at #81.
That same year a version by Kitty Wells went to number 3 on the Country charts.
Ray Charles version went all the way to number one on multiple charts in many countries.
~ Glenn
This week in 1962! Day 2!
This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!
We call it: "1962!"
July 12, 2016
Number four this date in 1962 was the first top five hit for this Philadelphia based group The Orlons.
"The Wah-Watusi" went as high as number two in 1962 and for the first of three straight top five hits for the group.
It was also their highest charting single.
~ Glenn
Monday, July 11, 2016
This week in 1962! Day 1!
This week, the week of July 11-July 15, 2016, we'll countdown the top five songs this week in 1962!
We call it: "1962!"
July 11, 2016
Number five this date in 1962 was a remake of a single released two years earlier.
Peaking at number 3, "Sealed With a Kiss" was Brian Hyland's second top five hit. Coming two years after his chart topping "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini".
~ Glenn
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