Ooh, classics clash! You Send me is just wonderful and edges it over the fab Jailhouse Rock for me. At The Hop is also a 50's great, fun, Bony maronie ditto, and I like raunch and t'other Elvis song. The rest mean not much to me, don;t know them, but Marion Ryan was mum to Paul & Barry Ryan, the creators of the magnificent melodrama classic that is Eloise, and much more. Jim Dale is almost Last Man Standing of the Carry On films, and many a musical from the golden age.

They had just established an EP chart in the USA at this point. “Jailhouse Rock” had already reached #1 as a single but now it was released as a 5 track EP and went to #1 on the EP chart for 28 weeks. Here the EP was only a minor hit single while “Jailhouse Rock” went to #1. Nonetheless it is a lovely EP and the first three tracks including the tiitle track are all among my favourite Elvis songs so far. Overall it is my highlight of this bunch, and so having said I’m not a big Elvis fan he’s now winning twice in a row with the same title! Now slightly wishing I’d given the win for the last group to Sam Cooke instead oops!

 

8 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock EP A remarkably lovely EP - aside from the title track "Young And Beautiful" and "I Want To Be Free" are both gorgeous

7 Perry Como Magic Moments 69th #1: slightly marred by Quality Street but a very good song with some nice details like the bassoon part and the backing vocals

7 Paul Anka You Are My Destiny Paul is growing on me and this is a slightly dark one where he really conveys the howling desperation

6 Dave King The Story Of My Life Confusingly this bears no relation to the chart topper of the same name but has a really good rhythm and slightly dreamy quality

6 Eddie Calvert Mandy (The Pansy) A trumpet lef instrumental with a chorus doing some "la la"s and "doo wop"s; it's a good tune and enjoy the trumpet acrobatics

5 The McGuire Sisters Sugartime This is one of those tunes that gets stuck in your head but isn't necessarily welcome there - that said these girls do a good job

[/b]5 The King Brothers Put A Light In The Window[/b] Similar type of sound to the Johnston Brothers and this is a nice jolly little number with some bouncy backing vocals

5 Ken Mackintosh Raunchy It's another nice version of this instrumental, though can't see that this adds a huge amount to the original

4 Eydie Gorme Love Me Forever Two minor hit versions of this here but prefer them both to the smash hit version

4 The Four Esquires Love Me Forever Like the interplay between the make and female vocals on both these versions, though slightly prefer the performance on the other

3 Alma Cogan Sugartime Whereas the charm of the McGuire Sisters' version made up for the song's irritation factor, Alma cutesy style on it is quite irritating

3 Alma Cogan The Story Of My Life Sorry again Alma but I can't see that this version does anything Michael Holliday's doesn't

2 Frank Sinatra Witchcraft It's the usual Sinatra style jazzy ballad but there isn't much of a tune and the lyrics aren't great; don't enjoy this one at all

2 David Whitfield Cry My Heart Feels like a carbon copy of many of his other hits - incredibly grandiose ballad done with horrid operatic vocals

 

 

 

 

 

Next up:

 

#720 22/02/1958 Ronnie Hilton Magic Moments 22 {22}-28->2

#721 22/02/1958 Louis Prima Buona Sera 25 {25}->1

#722 22/02/1958 Ricky Nelson Stood Up 27 {27}-29R(2)->2

#723 22/02/1958 Bobby Helms No Other Baby 30 {30}->1

#724 01/03/1958 Elvis Presley Don't 2 13-5-5-5-{2}-4-7-11-13-9-21->11

#725 01/03/1958 Little Richard Good Golly, Miss Molly 8 23-13-11-{8}-11-14-11-19-25->9

#726 01/03/1958 Petula Clark Baby Lover 12 26-23-{12}-18-13-15-23->7

#727 01/03/1958 Tony Brent The Clouds Will Soon Roll By 20 30-24-24-{20}R(8)-30->5

#728 08/03/1958 Frankie Vaughan Can't Get Along Without You/We Are Not Alone 11 {11}-13-19-22-23-26->6

#729 08/03/1958 Tommy Steele Nairobi 3 15-10-6-4-{3}-3-5-8-18-19-24->11

#730 08/03/1958 Perry Como Catch A Falling Star 9 21-17-{9}-12-12-12-14-17-27-26->10

#731 08/03/1958 Jim Dale Sugartime 25 {25}-29-28->3

#732 08/03/1958 George Hamilton IV Why Don't They Understand 22 28-24-23-27-28-24-25-{22}-29->9

#733 08/03/1958 Marvin Rainwater Whole Lotta Woman 1 29-18-11-5-2-2-2-{1}-1-1-3-6-7-15-20->15

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by JulianT

Baby I Don't Care was an 80's posthumous hit for Elvis, so that's one I like, and Magic Moments has always been a bit of a plodder, but the sort of tune that won't get out of your head. I've never been a fan of Perry Comotose as he was sometimes affectionately known - so laid back he was almost horizontal.

I've never been a fan of Perry Comotose as he was sometimes affectionately known - so laid back he was almost horizontal.

Yet you like Dean Martin and he’s even horizontaler? :D

Yet you like Dean Martin and he’s even horizontaler? :D

 

true :D deans was all an act though, his movies were fab and his TV image was as a hard drinker - but that was fake, part of his stagecraft, and a wonderful sense of humour and style. I recommend going on youtube and watch his roasts of celebrity friends, very amusing :lol:

 

 

It's a battle between Elvis and Perry again today and sorry John but I'm giving the win to Mr Comatose. Apparently "Magic Moments" was originally the B side to "Catch A Falling Star" so clearly given the former became his biggest ever hit it was a good idea to separate them. "Catch A Falling Star" is actually the lovelier song though for me and just shades "Don't" which is also a great ballad.

 

8 Perry Como Catch A Falling Star Has really grown on me - it has a gently mesmerising quality and really like the interplay with the backing chorus and harmonies

8 Elvis Presley Don't Another very lovely stripped down emotion filled ballad that really showcases Elvis at his best

7 Little Richard Good Golly, Miss Molly It's really good and has all the usual Little Richard ingredients but nothing that we haven't heard before

7 Bobby Helms No Other Baby Particularly like the guitar accompanment and the bursts of violin between the lines; all in all a very sweet ballad and well sung

7 Louis Prima Buona Sera Italian themed songs seemed to come back into fashion this year and this one from this Sicilian American is very catchy

6 George Hamilton IV Why Don't They Understand Didn't like this at first but there's something warm and hypnotic about the guitar accompaniment and the soft vocals

6 Marvin Rainwater Whole Lotta Woman 70th #1: can you feel the oozing masculinity on this: a bit basic in sentiment but a strong track with nice guitars and piano

6 Ricky Nelson Stood Up #2 in America where he was a teen idol, and a catchy rock 'n' roll song with a nice clapped rhythm

5 Frankie Vaughan Can't Get Along Without You/We Are Not Alone Both sides of this are quite jolly and fairly decent singalong style mid tempo numbers and Frankie sells them well

5 Petula Clark Baby Lover "Oh oh oh oh oh oh" - Petula doing her best seal impression, but it's quite a nice catchy number

4 Tommy Steele Nairobi A big hit for Tommy and it's not bad but can't help finding it slightly irritating, especially the backing vocals

4 Ronnie Hilton Magic Moments I'm losing patience with these pointless covers that add nothing: this is broadly the same record as Perry's done with less charisma

3 Jim Dale Sugartime I've definitely had enough doses of this sugary sweet number now, but the arrangement is quite fun

3 Tony Brent The Clouds Will Soon Roll By Despite music having moved on a long way we still seem to have barely a day without a dirge of a ballad, and this is today's

 

 

#734 15/03/1958 Buddy Holly Listen To Me 16 {16}-30->2

#735 15/03/1958 Michael Holliday In Love 26 {26}-29-30->3

#736 15/03/1958 Jackie Wilson To Be Loved 23 27-29R(2)-24-27-29-26-{23}-23R(2)->8

#737 15/03/1958 The Crickets Maybe Baby 4 28-15-9-5-5-{4}-10-10-15-26->10

#738 15/03/1958 Jackie Dennis La Dee Dah 4 30-21-8-7-{4}-8-11-19-18->9

#739 15/03/1958 Ted Heath And His Music Swingin' Shepherd Blues 3 30-21-18-10-6-{3}-3-3-5-8-13-19-28-29->1

#740 22/03/1958 Malcolm Vaughan With The Michael Sammes Singers To Be Loved 14 24-25-17-17-17-{14}-15-14-14-20-24-25->12

#741 29/03/1958 Jimmie Rodgers Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again 18 21-20-19-{18}-19-20->6

#742 29/03/1958 Moe Koffman Quartette Swingin' Shepherd Blues 23 {23}-29->2

#743 29/03/1958 Fats Domino The Big Beat 20 28-25-{20}-24->4

#744 05/04/1958 The Champs Tequila 5 10-9-6-{5}-6-9-11-25-30->9

#745 05/04/1958 Pat Boone A Wonderful Time Up There 2 16-16-7-4-5-3-{2}-4-5-4-7-9-11-15-21-28-24->17

#746 05/04/1958 Connie Francis Who's Sorry Now 1 22-10-9-6-2-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-7-10-10-15-12-17-22-21-21-29->25

#747 12/04/1958 Pat Boone It's Too Soon To Know 7 13-10-{7}-13-13-10-23-20-20-26-26-26->12

 

 

Catch A Falling Star is prob Perry's best record, but I'd opt for Good Golly - Another childhood song that one, in the cover from Swinging Blue jeans. Don't is nice. Buena Sera was covered by Bad Manners I think, but Louis Prima was immortalised as King Louie in Disneys Jungle Book. He who sings the still brilliant I Wanna Be Like You, The King Of Swing. So I will like everything he did...!

 

The only other one I know is baby Lover, which is a bit of fun that cropped up on TV now and again. Ricky Nelson, what's not to like, handsome teen idol with a decent back catalogue, even if this one I don't recall.

It's TEQUILA time! Also a double 9 today because Connie Francis' stonking rubbing her ex's face in it ballad also deserves. When you think of a female power ballad you might think of Mariah-esque vocal acrobatics, but Connie shows that you don't need any of that to get all the emotion across.

 

9 The Champs Tequila TEQUILA!! - what a classic instrumental with its squawking sax over jingly percussion; somehow only made #5

9 Connie Francis Who's Sorry Now 71st #1 and debut hit for Connie - what a fabulous voice which she lets rip on this fiercely bitter heartbreak ballad

8 Jimmie Rodgers Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again He only had a few modest hits but really liking them all; this is catchy and heartfelt (interesting chart run incidentally)

7 Buddy Holly Listen To Me A much smaller hit than the Crickets song here but prefer it - a really good tune that sounds quite Beatles-esque

7 Moe Koffman Quartette Swingin' Shepherd Blues A really lovely instrumental with a wistful flute melody over a simple bass and percussion

6 The Crickets Maybe Baby Lyrically quite basic but the track makes up for it with the percussive backing vocals and strumming

6 Jackie Wilson To Be Loved Wow very different from "Reet Petite" - a romantic, slightly slushy ballad with a very impressive vocal performance

5 Ted Heath And His Music Swingin' Shepherd Blues This version has the melody done on the oboe instead of the flute, and it's also nice but not as enchanting as the other

5 Fats Domino The Big Beat A nice jolly little rock number, sung very nicely but all in all nothing to write home about

4 Michael Holliday In Love "In lu-hu-huv" - another of those whistly mid tempo late 50s songs, but it's fairly pleasant

4 Pat Boone A Wonderful Time Up There Oh gosh it's a very explicitly Christian rock song - it is a catchy melody and hence a big hit, and at least it's lively for Pat

3 Malcolm Vaughan With The Michael Sammes Singers To Be Loved The usual stuff from Malcolm - what would be quite a gentle song done by most other artists given the crash bang wallop treatment

2 Jackie Dennis La Dee Dah A very Scottish sounding 15 year old singing a repetitive melody and various nonsense lyrics; yep fairly irritating

2 Pat Boone It's Too Soon To Know Normal service resumes with this Pat Boone hit - very nondescript dreary and non hummable ballad

 

 

 

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12/04/1958 Jerry Lee Lewis Breathless 8 22-12-9-{8}-11-17-30->7

12/04/1958 Ted Heath And His Music Tequila 21 29-28-{21}-22-28-21->6

12/04/1958 Lonnie Donegan The Grand Coolie Dam 6 30-22-18-16-8-7-7-{6}-6-10-14-22-22-22-21->15

19/04/1958 The Chordettes Lollipop 6 23-12-7-{6}-9-8-21-21->8

19/04/1958 Ronnie Hilton With The Michael Sammes Singers I May Never Pass This Way Again 27 30-30R(2)-{27}R(5)->3

26/04/1958 Tommy Steele Happy Guitar 20 {20}-25-22-22-26->5

26/04/1958 Robert Earl I May Never Pass This Way Again 14 23-17-17-15-{14}-15-24-17-20-16-20-24-27->13

26/04/1958 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen 16 28-26-{16}-18-20->5

26/04/1958 Elias And His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes Tom Hark 2 30-12-7-6-{2}-2-2-2-3-6-9-11-20-30->14

03/05/1958 The Mudlarks Lollipop 2 11-10-4-4-{2}-5-8-10-20->9

03/05/1958 Elvis Presley Wear My Ring Around Your Neck 3 13-4-5-{3}-4-11-13-21-23-28->10

03/05/1958 Max Bygraves Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands 3 28-29-13-11-10-7-6-5-8-{3}-4-3-3-4-6-5-6-5-14-13-13-16-19-26-27->25

10/05/1958 Perry Como Kewpie Doll 9 25-16-10-{9}-13-14-23->7

10/05/1958 Frankie Vaughan Kewpie Doll 10 26-19-12-13-{10}-10-11-13-14-16-22-26->12

 

My mums been playing the Swingin Blue Jeans version of 'Good Golly' quite a bit recently haha, it's a great track.

'Catch A Falling Star' is also good too!

So many repeat tracks in those days!

Tequila is a great party record, still fresh. Who's Sorry Now I've always liked. Buddy Holly & The Crickets are always good, and To Be Loved is jackie Wilson. Legend. Must admit I dont know Pat Boone's version of Wonderful Time Up There, the version I know was Alvin Stardust's, the only pop star who's ever lived in the area I was born - Mansfield. Bet his version was better than Pat's.... :D

I'm still feeling slightly bad for not giving "Mr Sandman" by The Chordettes the win when it came up in 1954. "Lollipop" isn't quite on the same level but it's also great; a bit more bubblegum pop but still has that lovely dreamy feel to it that their close harmony manages to evoke. "Tom Hark" was close though - a delightfully authentic South African penny whistle number.

 

8 The Chordettes Lollipop A brilliantly catchy, poppy but still sophisticated number with close harmony; their third and final hit sadly

8 Elias And His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes Tom Hark A month at #2 for this very random hit and it's a great recognisable instrumental tune but also the flute playing is delightfully chaotic

7 The Mudlarks Lollipop The bigger version of this, reaching #2, and it's not quite as beautiful as the Chordettes' but still really good

7 Tommy Steele Happy Guitar "Chun-ka-chun-ka whom ching chah!" - find this really catchy and it suits Tommy, who gives it a good quirky performance

6 Max Bygraves Tulips From Amsterdam/You Need Hands This is probably my favourite Max hit - "Tulips From Amsterdam" is a lovely waltz style song; the other side is less good

6 Elvis Presley Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Not sure I understand how a ring fits round a neck, but a nice mid tempo ballad that conveys the joy of falling in love

6 Lonnie Donegan The Grand Coolie Dam Another very pleasant one from Lonnie - he manages to sing about mundane subjects as though they're incredibly exciting

5 Jerry Lee Lewis Breathless A fairly run of the mill rock 'n' roll track really; the main interest being the odd long breaths to signify breathlessness

5 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen #16 hit fittingly - mind was blown to discover "Surfin' USA" was effectively a cover of this; that's a much better track though

4 Ted Heath And His Music Tequila Losing interest in these Ted Heath covers - it's fine but it's basically the same record as The Champs' version

4 Perry Como Kewpie Doll He wins a doll at the fair and says he doesn't need it as he has one at home - charming, though she does get her own back afterwards

3 Frankie Vaughan Kewpie Doll Slightly prefer the way Perry does this; all in all it's a not terrible but silly song

2 Robert Earl I May Never Pass This Way Again Dirge of the day klaxon - a very forgettable ballad though quite impressed with Robert Earl's voice

2 Ronnie Hilton With The Michael Sammes Singers I May Never Pass This Way Again Similar but slightly prefer the vocals on the above

 

 

Next bunch:

 

#762 10/05/1958 Vic Damone On The Street Where You Live 1 30-19-9-8-3-4-2-{1}-1-2-4-4-11-14-14-18-23->17

#763 17/05/1958 David Whitfield On The Street Where You Live 16 25-26-28-29-25-17-18-18-17-{16}-16-18-19-24->14

#764 17/05/1958 Michael Holliday Stairway Of Love 3 27-17-12-8-{3}-5-4-11-9-14-19-19-28->13

#765 17/05/1958 The Platters Twilight Time 3 28-29-22-16-16-12-12-6-{3}-5-5-7-9-9-14-27-30-30->18

#766 17/05/1958 Terry Dene Stairway Of Love 16 29-18-{16}-22-30->5

#767 24/05/1958 Ella Fitzgerald Swingin' Shepherd Blues 15 {15}-16-18-23-27->5

#768 24/05/1958 Alvin And The Chipmunks Witch Doctor 11 16-{11}-14-18-18-25->6

#769 24/05/1958 Don Lang And His Frantic Five Witch Doctor 5 19-14-9-{5}-7-6-7-12-10-18-25->11

#770 24/05/1958 The Everly Brothers All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette 1 24-18-12-9-4-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-5-12-15-29->21

#771 24/05/1958 Johnny Mathis Teacher, Teacher 27 28-29-30-28-{27}->5

#772 31/05/1958 Perry Como I May Never Pass This Way Again 15 25-19-{15}-15-24-17-28-25->8

#773 31/05/1958 Paul Anka Crazy Love 26 {26}->1

#774 31/05/1958 Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass And Leslie Fyson The Signature Tune Of 'The Army Game' 5 27-17-12-8-{5}-10-15-23-22->

#775 07/06/1958 Marvin Rainwater I Dig You Baby 19 23-22-{19}-21-24-26-30->7

 

 

Tom Hark is my fave of this batch, still fond of the 1980 Piranhas version. Lollipop less so, but Chief Wiggum singing it in the Simpsons was a highlight. Both the Max tracks are well known and neither have been faves of mine, so that leaves Chuck Berry and Elvis as also-rans...

I'm being basic and putting the two #1s at the top today!

 

9 The Everly Brothers All I Have To Do Is Dream/Claudette 73rd #1: the blend of their voices creates the beautiful dreamy quality here and the other side is a very well done Orbison cover

8 Vic Damone On The Street Where You Live 72nd #1: also a classic and it's great, though comparing it with the above I feel the Everlys hit has more sparkle

8 The Platters Twilight Time The Platters back to their best - a very atmospheric ballad beautifully sung; a warm hug of a record

7 Ella Fitzgerald Swingin' Shepherd Blues Interesting that a vocal version of this was done and became a hit after the instrumentals - turns it into a really lovely jazz song

7 Michael Holliday Stairway Of Love It's a very pleasant jolly tune with nice "bom bom bom" from the backing singers - very enjoyable in a gentle unchallenging way

6 Paul Anka Crazy Love Like his last one it's a wailing angst ridden ballad in a minor key with sympathetic saxes and it works nicely

5 Terry Dene Stairway Of Love Prefer Michael's voice and otherwise this is quite a similar cover with "doo-bee" "doo-bee" instead of "bom bom" backing

4 Marvin Rainwater I Dig You Baby The follow up to his #1 and it's just an inferior version of that; not too surprised that he had no more hits

4 Don Lang And His Frantic Five Witch Doctor A 50s novelty hit - it's catchy I'll give it that, and I really like Don Lang - see his hit "Cloudburst" which I gave a 9 in 1955

3 Alvin And The Chipmunks Witch Doctor Like this one slightly less; all in all the song has limited replay value but interesting that the biggest version will come in 40 years

3 David Whitfield On The Street Where You Live Similar to the chart topping version but with David's ruinous pseudo-operatic vocals

2 Perry Como I May Never Pass This Way Again What a way to follow up "Catch A Falling Star" - third version of this and just as turgid as the others

2 Johnny Mathis Teacher, Teacher The 50s version of "What I Go To School For" perhaps - first hit for Johnny Mathis and I'm afraid I don't like the lyrics or melody

1 Michael Medwin, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass And Leslie Fyson The Signature Tune Of 'The Army Game' A sitcom theme - it's a march style song with military band and very ropey singing and shouting - no doubt works with the show

 

 

 

Next group:

 

#776 07/06/1958 The Mudlarks Book Of Love 8 26-19-13-9-{8}-8-9-14-23->9

#777 14/06/1958 The Four Preps Big Man 2 21-16-10-5-5-{2}-2-3-4-7-7-12-18-22R(2)->14

#778 14/06/1958 Dean Martin Return To Me 2 24-24-17-23-20-19-13-9-5-3-3-3-{2}-3-4-4-7-10-16-24-28-25->22

#779 14/06/1958 Doris Day A Very Precious Love 16 27-25-27-20-19-18-17-{16}-22-22-28->11

#780 21/06/1958 Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater 12 22-14-13-{12}-13-20-16-26->8

#781 21/06/1958 Eddie Calvert Little Serenade 28 29-{28}->2

#782 21/06/1958 Buddy Holly Rave On 5 29-15-15-10-8-7-{5}-8-8-7-10-13-17-23->14

#783 28/06/1958 Pat Boone Sugar Moon 6 19-12-7-{6}-8-13-10-11-13-18-22-27->12

#784 28/06/1958 Connie Francis I'm Sorry I Made You Cry 11 29-19-17-15-12-12-{11}-17-26-21->10

#785 28/06/1958 Jackie Dennis The Purple People Eater 29 {29}->1

#786 05/07/1958 Renato Carosone And His Sextet Torero-Cha Cha Cha 25 {25}->1

#787 05/07/1958 Fats Domino Sick And Tired 26 {26}->1

#788 05/07/1958 Ted Heath And His Music Tom Hark 24 27-{24}->2

#789 05/07/1958 Valerie Carr When The Boys Talk About The Girls 29 {29}-30R(2)->2

 

 

'Lollipop' is great! I can't believe 'Mr. Sandman' is sampled in the new Meghan Trainor single :lol:

 

Also a fan of 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' which lives up to its title by being very dreamy <3

All I Have To Do Is Dream is Everlys at their best, but it was the Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry cover that made me love it, and the country version from Nitty Gritty Dirt band that made me see it as an indestructible song - it can be done in any genre and still be class.

 

Claudette is good, On The Street is classy, Twilight Time is a goodie, and Witch Doctor fun when not heard too much. I go with Alvin's Chipmunks as they were ahead of the game in speeding up vocals - though at least they did it all themselves and didnt steal other people's work and label it as their own... :teresa:

No obvious winner today but a few highlights and I’m going with “Big Man” as it’s held up very well and there’s something very soulful about it.

 

8 The Four Preps Big Man Only big hit for this American quartet and it's a great heartfelt close harmony number with a rich piano led accompaniment

8 Buddy Holly Rave On Really lives up to its name with the relentless beat underpinning the excellent vocals and well composed melody

7 The Mudlarks Book Of Love A doo wop song which is a cover of an American hit version but very well done and it's a bouncy vibrant number

7 Eddie Calvert Little Serenade One of Eddie's best - as well as the usual bending trumpet has a good beat, strident male backing "la la la" and a distant soprano voice

6 Renato Carosone And His Sextet Torero-Cha Cha Cha An Italian singer singing about meeting a bullfighter in Barcelona - as a very authentic feel to it and a strong melody

5 Connie Francis I'm Sorry I Made You Cry Was always going to be difficult to follow up her debut her voice swoops and bends beautifully on this but the song isn't brilliant

5 Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater The points for this are very much for originality as like "Witch Doctor" it doesn't bear too many listens, but it's good fun

4 Dean Martin Return To Me Another of Dean's Italian style ones; has quite a nice atmosphere with the strings and backing vocals but not sure it quite comes off

4 Fats Domino Sick And Tired The usual style from Fats; classy rich vocals on a soulful sax laden bluesy track, but the song itself is something of a dud

4 Valerie Carr When The Boys Talk About The Girls Her only hit and another terribly slow ballad; really like her voice and performance but the song really stays in one place

3 Doris Day A Very Precious Love Nice violins and not at all unpleasant but a rather limp ballad that doesn't really draw you in and the tune isn't memorable

3 Ted Heath And His Music Tom Hark My least favourite Ted cover yet as it takes the ragged haphazard charm out of the song by playing it in an orderly and sanitised way

2 Jackie Dennis The Purple People Eater This combines 3 of my least favourite things - an irritating novelty song, a child star and a cover that adds little, but he gives it welly

2 Pat Boone Sugar Moon Yes Pat wins dirge of the day again with a glacial pace ballad with no real development, memorable melody or discernible emotion

 

 

Next up:

 

#790 05/07/1958 Julius La Rosa Torero 15 30-29-25-28-{15}-17-17-26-25->9

#791 12/07/1958 Lonnie Donegan Sally Don't You Grieve/Betty, Betty, Betty 11 14-{11}-11-14-12-16-24->7

#792 12/07/1958 Marty Wilde Endless Sleep 4 23-12-9-8-7-6-5-{4}-6-6-10-10-16-23->14

#793 12/07/1958 Michael Holliday I'll Always Be In Love With You 27 {27}->1

#794 12/07/1958 Little Richard Ooh! My Soul 22 30-23R(2)-{22}-27->4

#795 19/07/1958 Tommy Steele And The Steelmen The Only Man On The Island 16 {16}-21-26-18-20-22-23-29->8

#796 19/07/1958 The Kalin Twins When 1 24-15-6-3-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-8-15-16-20-27->18

#797 19/07/1958 George Hamilton IV I Know Where I'm Goin' 23 29-25R(3)-{23}-30->4

#798 26/07/1958 Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman 2 6-{2}-2-4-4-7-11-14-21-23-30->11

#799 26/07/1958 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Trudie 14 25-23-20-{14}-21-26-19-23-14-17-20-24-23R(2)-27->14

#800 26/07/1958 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra Patricia 8 26-21-13-10-9-9-{8}-11-9-11-13-20-22-19-23-26->16

#801 26/07/1958 The Crickets Think It Over 11 28-20-16-13-{11}-15-23->7

#802 02/08/1958 Vic Damone The Only Man On The Island 24 26-{24}-25->3

#803 02/08/1958 Bobby Darin Splish Splash 19 28-28R(2)-23-{19}-28-21-30->7

 

Rave On is great, it made my shortlist for the #5s rate. I also enjoy The Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley's version) after first hearing it while playing indoor mini-golf in Las Vegas, of all places.

Don't know that Big Man track! Rave On is pretty well known and pretty good, Book Of Love is a catchy doowop song I've always enjoyed, Purple People Eater OK once in a blue moon. Doris features in a current fave of mine by Thomas Rhett (Simple As A Song) as a speeded up sample of a lovely 1954 tune If I Gave My Heart To You which I wasn't aware of apart from a mention on here, so I'll give a thumb up now.

Classic 1 hit wonder klaxon for "When"!

 

9 The Kalin Twins When 74th #1: just a fabulous song, from the saxophone intro to the stonking melody to the phrasing and the clickety rhythm

8 Perez 'Prez' Prado And His Orchestra Patricia The long awaited follow up hit to "Cherry Pink…" and it's a brilliant organ, brass and percussion number

8 Marty Wilde Endless Sleep This is excellent - sounds like it could be an Elvis track with the echo on the vocals and twanging guitar

7 The Crickets Think It Over Something about the vocals on this almost makes it sound like a Beatles track; anyway it's another really sold rock 'n' roll number

7 Little Richard Ooh! My Soul All the elements that make him great are there, and I love the way he squeaks the "ooh"s, but not the most distinctive track

6 Elvis Presley Hard Headed Woman Another #2 for Elvis - it's good but the style, structure and beat are a bit too similar to "Jailhouse Rock"

6 Lonnie Donegan Sally Don't You Grieve/Betty, Betty, Betty "Sally Don't You Grieve" in particular is really good and has the usual Lonnie skiffle elements; the other side feels a bit more folky

5 Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson Trudie His only hits to date have been rather pointless seeming medleys so nice that this is a really good bluesy piano instrumental

5 George Hamilton IV I Know Where I'm Goin' Laid back country style to this and there's a simple charm to it somehow, as the backing vocals and guitars bob along in sympathy

5 Michael Holliday I'll Always Be In Love With You A nice twinkly ballad with Michael's deep, effortless vocals - very pleasant all in all

4 Bobby Darin Splish Splash Water sound effects begin and end this so you're in no doubt it's a rock 'n' roll song about taking a bath - silly but quite fun

4 Tommy Steele And The Steelmen The Only Man On The Island He's alone on an island with 150 women and he's terribly smug about it - Tommy plays the eligible bachelor part well though

3 Julius La Rosa Torero An English version of this song about bullfighting; much prefer the Italian version as it has a much more authentic feel to it

2 Vic Damone The Only Man On The Island We really didn't need another version of this boorish song and Vic doesn't bring it off as well as Tommy

 

 

 

Tomorrow's:

 

#804 02/08/1958 Bobby Helms Jacqueline 20 29-{20}-27->3

#805 02/08/1958 Frankie Vaughan Wonderful Things 22 30-{22}-26-27R(4)-28-30->6

#806 09/08/1958 Charlie Drake Splish Splash 7 28-20-10-11-10-{7}-8-9-8-18-29->11

#807 09/08/1958 David Whitfield The Right To Love 30 {30}->1

#808 16/08/1958 The Coasters Yakety Yak 12 19-16-17-{12}-14-15-15-23->8

#809 16/08/1958 Peggy Lee Fever 5 29-15-8-7-9-7-{5}-10-16-28-29->11

#810 16/08/1958 Doris Day Everybody Loves A Lover 25 30-{25}-27-27R(4)->4

#811 23/08/1958 Ricky Nelson Poor Little Fool 4 12-13-9-8-6-6-{4}-9-11-12-11-16-17-28R(2)->14

#812 23/08/1958 Connie Francis Stupid Cupid/Carolina Moon 1 19-6-4-2-2-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-4-6-9-13-16-20-25-28->19

#813 23/08/1958 Harry Belafonte Little Bernadette 16 20-{16}-16-20-24-28-28->7

#814 23/08/1958 Max Bygraves Little Train/Gotta Have Rain 28 {28}-29->2

#815 30/08/1958 Dean Martin Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) 2 14-5-4-3-{2}-2-2-3-9-10-14-15-30-27->14

#816 30/08/1958 Buddy Holly Early In The Morning 17 20-{17}-24-26->4

#817 30/08/1958 Pat Boone If Dreams Came True 16 30-26-25-18-18-{16}-20-20-21-25-27->11