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#38 KWK only has/had a Top 38 to go along with its Radio Dial Number 38. And, let's kick off the ouro Oldies Country Hometown Countdown for the week of November 28, 1959 with No. 38 and Bo Diddley doing 'she's Alright' https://youtu.be/aRqmVcit580
That was a new entry for Bo Diddley. Now checking in at #37 is Frankie Avalon with 'Just Ask Your Heart' and Don Gibson at #36 with 'I'm Movin On.' Let 's pick it up with our #36 hit for this week by the Skyliners and 'It Happened Today
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My mistake the Skyliners were at #35, not 36, down from #30. Sarah Vaughn checks in with a jazz standard, Maybe's It's Because at #34 and here's the number 33 song by the Browns, the classic 'Scarlet Ribbons.'Let 's send this one out to big Jim Ed, leader of the Browns, who recently passed https://youtu.be/0qq-eX47JtY
We're doing our weekly HOMETOWN COUNTDOWN here in Oldies Country, this week featuring the great WKW, St. Louis for this week in 1959.
We're up to number 32 where Kitty Kalen is keeping her same spot from last week with 'If I Gave My Heart To You.' But before we go on let's hear an extra from this week from a group you'd never expect to make the Pop Charts, but then, again, that's why music during the Golden Era '50s and '60s is so interesting... you've got a little bit of everything. And here's that group, the MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR - no foolin' - with 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' https://youtu.be/vlAbqeQ7qE8
COMING UP #31 If you're enjoying our new countdown show please give our page a LIKE (at the top) and tell your friends... We try to do it most Saturday nights. By the way have you noticed how music changed drastically from the 50s and 60s to, say , the 1980s, and since then while there've been great advances in technology and all music hasn't changed much since then - which doesn't say a lot... Sorry for the aside... We're back in business now with the No 31 song on WKW's Hot 38 with 'Smokie Part 2' from Bill Black'sCombo... and here's a treat..the video footage of the group performing the song in a 1961 movie 'TEENAGE MILLIONAIRE'https://youtu.be/Lm_xBHCtubM
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COUNTDOWN EXTRA - Well that was a first, to have two different artists each checking in at #25 with their version of the same song, The Hunch, which by the way hasn't done well nationally. Perhaps a regional hit... We talked about Buddy Holly and how his tragic loss earlier this year (1959) has left a void along with the legal problems and resutlting quietude from upbeat rockers Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, not to mention Elvis' musical sabatical in the Army. But Holly was already softening his tune with beautiful ballads like this one, that somehow escaped the U.S. charts last year (1958) or ever, 'True Love Ways' - probably because it only came out, on an album, in Marcy of 1959 after Holly's passing -https://youtu.be/QjFRHIhSvwc
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That was #26 for Bill Haley and his sax man in front and now for #25 we've got an unual situation. Two different Versions of the same song, a little instrumental thing called THE HUNCH, one by Paul Gayten and the other by Bobby Peterson. But, let's listen now to #24, an instrumental from Santo and Johnny called 'Teardrop.' https://youtu.be/yhaReVCrS_8
Back to the survey #28, down one notch for Ray Smith, telling us 'That s' All Right,.'not to be confused with the earlier Bo Diddley tune, 'She's Alright. #27 is Tony Fisher's big ballad, replete with phaser, 'The Big Hurt' and #26 is a new one from Bill Haley and his Comets, an instrumental called 'Joey's Song, no doubt named for Comet sax player Joey D'Ambrosio who solo's here.
Well what we're missing in the rocking numbers 1959 sure seems to make up with in the beautiful ballads. Peterson's Goodnight My Love only peaked at #64 nationally on Billboard and the other current version out by R & B singer Jesse Belvin has missed the charts completely but hit #7 on the R & B Billboard charts. Let 's hear that equally beautiful ballad . The song was originally released on a 78 on the Modern label out of Los Angeles https://youtu.be/gWhZXa-JCco
Countdown #18 , up from #21 is Ray Peterson with the lovely 'Goodnight My Love.' https://youtu.be/Spb_ju4enaA
Before we get into the first half the WKW St. Louis Radio survey from this week in 1959 let's take a look a another week's survey from WKW
That was #19 with Fats Domino and 'Ive Been Around.' Before we move on let's pay tribute to a couple of R&B greats who had birthdays this week, the great LIttle Richard, who also has taken off time for religion and Motown founder Berry Gordy Junior http://oldiescountry1.blogspot.com/
Rick Nelson comes in at #22 with a bluesy number, 'I Wanna Be Loved, followed by Brook Benton at #21 with 'So Many Ways.' Rounding out the first of the second half of the WKW Hot 38 is rock and roll pioneer still pumping them out in 1959, Fats Domino. Let s here 'Ive Been Aroundhttps://youtu.be/c8jE1UuA9xc
I think it's time for a rocker, and there were still a few on the survey like this one from SKIP & FLIP, 'Fancy Nancy' clocking in at #23, up five from #28 https://youtu.be/E9ywKvPOwCY
COUNTDOWN EXTRA - Well that was a first, to have two different artists each checking in at #25 with their version of the same song, The Hunch, which by the way hasn't done well nationally. Perhaps a regional hit... We talked about Buddy Holly and how his tragic loss earlier this year (1959) has left a void along with the legal problems and resutlting quietude from upbeat rockers Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, not to mention Elvis' musical sabatical in the Army. But Holly was already softening his tune with beautiful ballads like this one, that somehow escaped the U.S. charts last year (1958) or ever, 'True Love Ways' - probably because it only came out, on an album, in Marcy of 1959 after Holly's passing -https://youtu.be/QjFRHIhSvwc
Well what we're missing in the rocking numbers 1959 sure seems to make up with in the beautiful ballads. Peterson's Goodnight My Love only peaked at #64 nationally on Billboard and the other current version out by R & B singer Jesse Belvin has missed the charts completely but hit #7 on the R & B Billboard charts. Let 's hear that equally beautiful ballad . The song was originally released on a 78 on sthe Modern label out of Los Angeles https://youtu.be/gWhZXa-JCco
Countdown #18 , up from #21 is Ray Peterson with the lovely 'Goodnight My Love.' https://youtu.be/Spb_ju4enaA
Before we get into the first half the WKW St. Louis Radio survey from this week in 1959 let's take a look a another week's survey from WKW
That was #19 with Fats Domino and 'Ive Been Around.' Before we move on let's pay tribute to a couple of R&B greats who had birthdays this week, the great LIttle Richard, who also has taken off time for religion and Motown founder Berry Gordy Junior http://oldiescountry1.blogspot.com/
Rick Nelson comes in at #22 with a bluesy number, 'I Wanna Be Loved, followed by Brook Benton at #21 with 'So Many Ways.' Rounding out the first of the second half of the WKW Hot 38 is rock and roll pioneer still pumping them out in 1959, Fats Domino. Let s here 'Ive Been Aroundhttps://youtu.be/c8jE1UuA9xc
Well what we're missing in the rocking numbers 1959 sure seems to make up with in the beautiful ballads. Peterson's Goodnight My Love only peaked at #64 nationally on Billboard and the other current version out by R & B singer Jesse Belvin has missed the charts completely but hit #7 on the R & B Billboard charts. Let 's hear that equally beautiful ballad . The song was originally released on a 78 on the Modern label out of Los Angeles https://youtu.be/gWhZXa-JCco
Countdown #18 , up from #21 is Ray Peterson with the lovely 'Goodnight My Love.' https://youtu.be/Spb_ju4enaA
Before we get into the first half the WKW St. Louis Radio survey from this week in 1959 let's take a look a another week's survey from WKW
That was #19 with Fats Domino and 'Ive Been Around.' Before we move on let's pay tribute to a couple of R&B greats who had birthdays this week, the great LIttle Richard, who also has taken off time for religion and Motown founder Berry Gordy Junior http://oldiescountry1.blogspot.com/
SORRY , FOLKS, WE'RE GONNA END THIS ONE A BIT PREMATURELY WITH THE SURVEY... A GOOD COUNTDOWN BUT NOT ONE OF THE GREATS...
HERE'S YOUR kwk TOP 38 for Last Week Of Novemeber 1959
HERE'S YOUR kwk TOP 38 for Last Week Of Novemeber 1959
and the winner is....
#1 BOBBY RYDELL with 'HE GOT LOVE'
#1 BOBBY RYDELL with 'HE GOT LOVE'
